Shadow Beauty

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Drama: Shadow Beauty (literal title)
Revised romanization: Geurimja Minyeo
Hangul: 그림자 미녀
Director: Bang Soo-In
Writer: A-Heum (webcomic), Bang Soo-In
Network: KakaoTV
Episodes: 13
Release Date: November 20 - December 29, 2021
Runtime: Wednesday & Saturday 20:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Ae-Jin (Shim Dal-Gi) is a high school student. Students call her ugly and she is bullied by them. The only friend she has at school is Jin-Sung (Yang Hong-Seok). Ae-Jin also has a secret which nobody knows about. Her secret is that she is famous and popular social media influencer Genie, who has more than 770,000 followers. Ae-Jin makes her selfies look beautiful by photoshopping her pictures and then posting them on social media as Genie.

One day, Ae-Jin receives a text message and an untouched photo of herself. That person is aware that Ae-Jin is Genie.

Notes

Based on webcomic "Geurimja Minyeo” by A-Heum (published from 2017 to May 31, 2020 via Kakao).

Cast



Shim Dal-Gi	Choi Bo-Min	Lee Na-Gyung	Hur Jung-Hee	Yang Hong-Seok
Goo Ae-Jin	Kim Ho-In	Sun Mi-Jin	Yang Ha-Neul	Lee Jin-Sung

Baek Ji-Hye

Jo Sae-Hee

Goo Ae-Jin's Family



Ko Seo-Hee	Shin Dam-Soo	Kyung Da-Eun	Lee Chae-Bin
Goo Ae-Jin's mother	Goo Ae-Jin's father	Goo Hee-Jin	Goo Ae-Jin (child)

Yang Ha-Neul's Family



Park Bo-Kyung	Park Yoon-Ho	Park Ji-Yoon
Yang Ha-Neul's mother	Yang Ha-Neul's father (ep.8)	Yang Ha-Neul (child) (ep.8)

Other Students

Shin Ki-Hwan

Joo Dae-Yeon

Others



Kim Haeng-Gon	Ham Tae-Gyun	Kim Seung-Bee
teacher	hair stylist (ep.8)	Pluto (ep.11,13)

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K Jan 01 2023 10:17 am They shud just stick original comic storyline, what is with the makjang drama towards the end.. i dun really understand. Dissapointed with the drama. I like the comic better, more realistic.

yuls Jul 10 2022 4:08 am very stressful and intense movie. it such a beautiful story and it has a good ending and i loved it. Highly recommended drama. Korean movies never disappoints me. <3 And wait, lastly, Choi Bo Min looks like V in this movie, with or without glasses. hjihhihihih

jae Feb 24 2022 2:44 am it's nice drama i guess, but i just don't like the character. ha neul, ae jin and that genie really pissed me off and how mi jin know her phone password??! i watched it because of bo min of coursee i love his character

Kina Feb 08 2022 11:13 pm Weak plot. The actors need to improve their acting. The dialogue sound lil bit cringe too. 5/10.

Joey Jan 30 2022 7:41 am Dull drama. Thank God it was only 20mins per episode. So cringey and stiff actor/actress. Not sure if that was intentional.

LEE Jan 12 2022 3:54 am This is like black mirror sh*t. it was nice to watch. I just dont like the Main Lead=)))) she's cat fishing yet she's the one who plays the victim in here. yikes.

OMG i just hate Goo Ae-Jin!!! I hate her character so much more than the bullies =)))) her mental health wasn't even address in this issue. We dont know if she's really imagining things or what.

Norihan Jan 11 2022 3:22 am One of the best drama!!!

Chimi Jan 10 2022 1:57 pm I love the movie, especially when Ae-jin was appling make-up, the instrumental music is so sweet

Alsea Jan 07 2022 12:21 am Why is ep 14 taking this much time to release in make it soon

EL.MNH Jan 03 2022 11:38 pm Only watched 2 épisode but à little disappointed about the hairstyle, it feels like I'm watching an old drama

Andrei Dec 30 2021 8:43 am wow i cant move on with this like WTF---?

Melody Dec 30 2021 6:04 am Plot twist: Goo ae Jin's sister is Mi jin.

Lydia Dec 30 2021 5:47 am Love this drama... Hoping for season 2

Gs Dec 30 2021 3:07 am Loving the message of this series. Good job everyone.

Joy Dec 30 2021 2:31 am I enjoyed it a lot!

carol Dec 29 2021 10:58 pm one of the best dramas i've watched in 2021! i already watched some of bomin's dramas and i am a fan, but i think this is definetly one of his best works, i really liked it! i'm really sad it ended, the way the story is told in the drama is kinda different from the webtoon, in a lot of ways i guess, but i think that even if it's different they told the story really well and i was really satisfied with the addaptation!

Aizah Dec 29 2021 9:58 am I started stanning Golden Child and Pentagon because of this drama, It's That Good.

Yeah That's XX Dec 29 2021 8:59 am I think this drama is one of the best high school drama in 2021. School 2021 is way behind this one. Definitely it's worth to watch.

Yeon Dec 29 2021 8:59 am I cant stop watching! Every episodes just wow!

sirixx Dec 29 2021 12:09 am I cant stop watching!! I love every episodes! Waa Choi Bomin and Hongseok in one drama is just wow!! I like the character of aejin especially her friend, haneul.

refka Dec 28 2021 3:22 pm Wooow. This drama is so good. Their acting. It deserve more popularity. And i hope there is season 2!

Lla Dec 25 2021 2:24 am The show is kinda exaggerated and dramatic but its still pretty good. Love the slightly artistic feels with the hairstyles, uniform and cinematography. Its a short web drama so just watch it casually without some high budget quality expectations and youll love it.

Btw nagyung's acting is great.

emma Dec 24 2021 8:02 pm i like this drama, can't wait fot next episodes

Natsu22 Dec 24 2021 11:34 am I love this drama can't wait for the next episode

Jade Dec 24 2021 5:31 am Is this drama worth watching?

Red Dec 20 2021 12:28 pm Lol the flow of the story is really different from the manhwa but I hope in this drama hoin will be the male Lead, highly recommend to watch this, the manhwa was really depressing and hoin is not her male Lead

Nian Dec 19 2021 6:35 pm I dunno the whole webtoon story but can we have Jinsung screentime again?

Ptyyyyy Dec 16 2021 11:26 pm Since this drama is a pity party for bullies and wrongdoers I hope they show Mi Jin back story so we can understand and pity her too!

hoin_sherlock Dec 16 2021 10:52 am I didnt thought this drama will be funny. They said this is like true beauty, but nah, this is way more than amazing than true beauty. Its not a cliche as true beauty, lol. Such a waste that each episode is only 20 mins or more. The acting are superb as well. Gu Ae Jin is so pretty, the wig is just so weird hahahaha

Palak Patial Dec 16 2021 8:31 am Oh my god this is really a toxic drama. I love it. Everything in this drama is really really good. I am too excited to watch next episode. Ah okay boyfriend is really trash but I still like his character. I mean having detective mind that is insane like ? wow?. Everyone has a black side and this drama is really showing this. Huh why why why I started this drama now I can't wait to see next.

JoJo Dec 14 2021 3:12 pm Wow this show really has a way of pulling at your heartstrings. The reveal behind Ae Jin and Ha Neil’s past was so upsetting !! I hope they find their way back in the end

Haru Dec 13 2021 11:40 am I shouldn't watch this drama from the first place. Then why did I click and start watching it? This drama hasn't finish yet, and the curiosity of what will happen in the next episode is torturing me.

I thought this drama is just another 'meh' and cheesy web drama, but it is Not. I'm wrong. I started watching this drama without any expectation because I barely know the actors or actresses here. But this drama proof me that I am wrong. You don't really need well known actors or actresses as long as the story, the acting, and the directing of the dramas (or movies) are good. For me, the timing of the story is well prepared. At first you don't know what is actually happen, why Lee Jinsung close to Goo Aejin, why did Yang Haneul bully Goo Aejin, why Goo Aejin afraid of Yang Haneul. But they peel every reason carefully each episode so that you can relate to their action. They changed pov several times so you will have mixed feeling of whether you like the characters or hate them. I sometimes understand of Aejin's feeling to like Haneul and hate Haneul at the same time. But on the other hand, I understand Haneul's action (even tho that was totally wrong and no one should do that).

But other than that, I am curious about Sun Mijin. I know she behave like a devil (and I don't care about the reason because I think that was her true self). What I curious about her is: what is her feeling when there is famous internet influencer have exactly the same face as her? It should be bother her because THAT is her face, but why would another person get the profit of her face? No matter where she goes, everyone will recognize her as Genie. It's really the worst when you are labeled as fake when your face is the real one and the other person who are faking their face is labeled as the real one. That would be really suck.

Oh my god... I think too much about things I shouldn't think. And why did I watch this drama before it is aired all of its episode? Why??? I cannot handle this curiosity.

Lee Dec 11 2021 10:36 am I'm surprised that this kdrama has more appeal than even 'Happiness', 'Inspector Koo', 'Jirisan' & 'Now we are breaking up' despite all the heavy-weight names like Lee Young Ae, Song Hye Kyo & Gianna Jun in these titles. 'Shadow Beauty' has good pacing and keeps you quite at the edge of your chair., while depicting the reality of social media. The female lead, Gu Ae Jin though not your typical kdrama prettiness, is actually a really good actress. Her naturalness does come through & there's no cringy moments despite her plain Jane appearance.. Even the male lead, Ho In , despite being abit creepy & weird in this role, does a pretty good job too. Definitely chasing this drama??

Kimchi Dec 11 2021 8:48 am Ahhhrgggg can't w8 for episode 9 I ship aejin and hoin

Starla Dec 10 2021 11:10 pm I ship Ae-Jin & Ho-In together but it's toxic but idc lol it's not reality and they have great chemistry and tension and it's just interesting

Aria Dec 10 2021 9:45 am the plot is kinda similar to true beauty but honestly this one is much more interesting in my opinion. i’m still not sure who’s the male lead but im hoping it’ll be hoin ?

iksan Dec 06 2021 7:08 pm nakko creepy is coming for next episode!

Chanel Dec 06 2021 1:42 am ok I'll admit that the show is kinda good but it also looks unrealistic bc of the wigs its so obvious that its a wig it would've been much better if they removed the wig and then the acting is kind of eh.. but ig its worth continuing.

Hdhdn Dec 05 2021 2:46 pm Spoiler!!!!!——— i think jin sung didnt send a raunchy video to genie since he is an idol, feel like it might be him trolling since ae jin didnt watch it….and did genie came to life?

cio Nov 29 2021 8:38 pm hmmmm sorry but choi bomin is the male lead?

Jairelle Nov 29 2021 10:15 am Just binge-watched 4 episodes in one night as the duration wasn't that long...I like this!

rei Nov 29 2021 12:54 am Dang, why are yall getting so pressed about Bomin not being put in the main cast category like this boi just recently got introduced this episode, be patient

Fanita Nov 28 2021 12:09 pm This drama is not your typical school drama. This drama deserves more and more popularity!

mzjs Nov 28 2021 8:58 am The Main lead are so good

Lizzy Nov 24 2021 7:27 am I remember this comic, it was good at the begining but then its not interestng anymore. Hopefully the drama will be better on keeping the story interesting

JisooNotScary Nov 21 2021 11:30 am I watched this drama yesterday but when i read the plot it kinda reminded me of true beauty. Anyway when i watched it i loved it and im so addicted to hongseoks dialect. Waiting for the next episode. Hwaiting!!!!

oppa Nov 20 2021 4:47 pm hongseok is soooo cute with a dialect

una Nov 14 2021 1:34 pm Can't wait to see hongseok!

rinko Nov 10 2021 2:51 am Ooohhhh it seems dark. So excited!!

Marvi Nov 08 2021 9:16 am I feel it resembles a "True Beauty" ㅋㅋㅋ ~~~ I love those stories that resemble "True Beauty"

Marvi Nov 08 2021 9:11 am I think it's a drama nice~~waited for her~ :')

Fanita Nov 07 2021 6:59 am Choi Bomin Fighting!

Universe Nov 06 2021 7:18 am @chicken

me too!!! the moment i found out that hongseok will be in this series, my pentagon heart was so happy!

Chicken Oct 23 2021 3:01 am can't wait to see actor hongseokkkk!!!

Shadow Beauty

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Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Notes

Cast

Goo Ae-Jin's Family

Yang Ha-Neul's Family

Other Students

Others

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