Discover some doramas, with different actors and assumptions, which bring a curious detail in common: references to Brazil!
Titles created for South Korean TV, K-Dramas (popularly known as doramas) have increased the number of fans in the West over the years, after all, streaming platform catalogs are increasingly stuffed with the beloved ‘South Korean soap operas’.
So much so that one of the places that has added an exponential number of assiduous consumers of the doramas is Brazil, given that today 90% of Brazilians consume these contents, according to a survey by ECGLOBAL (via IG).
However, the faithful audience in Brazil seems to generate results not only at the production levels of productions, but also in the way they are made, as many of them bring references – of various types – to the Brazilian country; See 5 of them:
1. Doona (2023)
Dorama of 2023, “Doona” is filled with elements that connect with Brazil that appear both in subtler, and when a Brazilian shirt can be seen on the scene, or even a sequence in which a couple argues in Portuguese.
“While dealing with the ups and downs of university life, a young man needs to get used to the new republic colleague: a beautiful former K-pop star,” says the series synopsis.
Where to watch: Netflix
2. HomeTown Cha Cha Cha (2021)
In ‘HomeTown Cha Cha’ (2021), Yoon Hye Jin (Shin min ah) It is a dentist who moves to coastal village and will have the help of a doing that is the opposite extreme to adapt to the new place.
There, she opens a new office, and to make her patients more comfortable, often ask them to feel calmer. In one of the calls, she decides to ask the boy sitting in her office chair what is his favorite book, which he responds as: “My Lima orange foot.”
Did you know? The book “My Orange Foot Lima” or “나의 라임 오렌지나무” is a great success in South Korea, the book is part of mandatory reading in schools for children of elementary school! 🇧🇷
The book has already been cited in several doramas and the song “Zezé” from IU. pic.twitter.com/hait3jcyxs
– Doramas Brasil (@doramabra) December 22, 2021
The literary work was written by José Mauro de Vasconcelos and published in 1968, becoming a classic of children’s literature. The book was translated into 52 languages.
Where to watch: Netflix
3. My name (2021)
Also in 2021, another reference to Brazil could be seen on the small screens. It turns out that in “My Name” (2021), the young Yoon Jiwoo (HAN SO-HEE) embarks on a violent journey in search of your father’s killer. Among the clues left by the crime executor is the weapon used, which had the serial number scraped.
To find out more about the case, Jiwoo changes his identity and allies with both organized crime and the police. Member of the forensic department, during the investigation she eventually unraveling the origin of the weapon, as after analysis, it was found that the weapon had been manufactured in Brazil.
Where to watch: Netflix
3. For Bela Você (2012)
As with one of the references in ‘Doona’, the allusion to Brazil from ‘to Bela Você’ (2012) is more subtle: there is a scene where a character comes up using a case of the Paulista Palmeiras football club.
In the dorama, Jae Hee (Sulli) ends up making an extreme decision to know his idol Tae Joon (Lee min ho): She cuts her hair and passes a boy to be able to study at the same exclusive school as him. The problem? She will have to keep her secret as she learns to deal with the male universe to realize her dream.
Where to watch: VIKI, Kocowa
5. Fight for My Way (2017)
What to do when your dreams don’t come true? In ‘Fight for My Way’ (2017), Ko Dong Man (Park Seo Joon) wanted to become a famous taekwondo athlete, but ends up trapped in a common job and wants to recalculate the route: now he wants to bet his chips at the UFC, and during his preparation, there is a mention of Brazil.
At the time, the coach quotes Jiu-Jitsu mentioning the Gracie family, founder of this modality here in Brazil.
Where to watch: Viki, Kocowa, Netflix
Source: Recreio
