Daebak Real Estate (2021)

Entre magie, fantômes et exorcismes, histoire originales d'une agence immobilière particulière !

Une fois admise l’hypothèse que les maisons hantées se trouvent à foison dans l’immobilier et qu’une agence gérée par une exorciste aidée par un médium se charge de les « nettoyer » avant de les vendre, on peut entrer dans cette histoire qui se double d’une enquête sur une mort ancienne et et sur le démantèlement d’une société de construction pourrie par la corruption et la violence.
Sans être transportée j’ai bien aimé ce drama que j’ai regardé parce que je suis fan des histoires de fantômes en général, et aussi parce que j’aime beaucoup Jung Na Ra et je voulais voir si Jung Young Hwa avait progressé depuis You’re beautiful, et surtout depuis The musketeers !
En fait le couple Ji a/In Beom est la valeur essentielle de l’histoire, se maintenant constamment à la limite de la romance sans jamais y tomber. C’est encore une fois le truc du couple improbable mais là c’est la femme qui est rude, désagréable et très froide, et la simplicité assez rigolote de l’escroc médium va pas à peu faire tomber les barrières, mais on ne parlera pas d’amour, plutôt d’une amitié solide et d’une complémentarité… Les personnages secondaires sont très bons, l’ami fidèle Ji Chul, The Jin le voyou qui n’arrive à choisir s’il devient honnête ou non, la secrétaire assez mystérieuse et surtout l’affreux Président magistralement interprété par Ahn Kil Kang qui ne déçoit jamais, en « méchant » comme en « gentil ».
Je ne me suis jamais ennuyée, et même j’ai passé un très bon moment, il y a de l’humour et les fantômes ne font pas vraiment peur !! Si vous aimez ce genre, je recommande !

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More Horror, Less Comedy, Good Lessons

Daebak Real Estate is the kind of rare Horror Kdrama which has more horror side to it unlike many other horror comedy Kdramas where even the ghosts are part of the comedy and the scenes are clearly over-edited. Some horror scenes in this were really scary. In fact, every horror scene felt intense.

About half of the story is about the basic steady plot that's going on smoothly & slowly, gradually involving more characters, one by one along with many connecting plots which are more or less related to the central story.

The story involves 4 major characters: Hong Ji Ah (Jang Na Ra), a skilled and stupendous exorcist, continuing her family business of exorcism through a real estate agency, Daebak Realty. Oh In Bum (Jung Yong Hwa), a conman disguised as exorcist who later turns into a psychic to help Hong Ji Ah. Together they discover the past about their families, that they had forgotten in the course a tragic incident. Joo Hwa Jung (Kang Mal Gum), the real estate agent at Daebak Realty. Heo Ji Chul (Kang Hong Suk), Oh In Bum's partner-in-conning who also joins Daebak Realty as a Chief.

The storyline is a good one and the direction is well-organised. One or two episodes felt a bit slow as they were just busy investing stuffs but manageable. Have some tissue paper by your side as at many instances, it will be too overwhelming because there are lots of crying scenes. Also, watch it with a minor TW because there are some triggering scenes which are obvious for a horror drama. Every character did their acting well, especially Jang Na Ra again proved her skills.

Romance part of the leads in the drama is almost zero yet some conversations seemed like flirting but who is complaining about that? Not me! Hong Ji Ah's character is cold yet very very strong but she's soft from inside too. She'll make you cry more than anything else. I can't just see NaRa noona crying. Also, my Yong crying few times made it worse for me TT.

Another thing to point out is cinematography. In most of the cases, the horror dramas hugely rely on VFX and editing even for the horror scenes to look scary but in this drama, they used cinematography to keep the atmosphere simple and look natural and at the same time give off the horror vibes.

OSTs of this drama aee good too yet it felt under-utilized a bit but I think that's fine because their intention was to keep it intense. The bg themes are thrilling and melancholic I must say. And Jung Yong Hwa's OST is definitely a catchy one.

Note: If you're expecting anything very extraordinary, you've come to the wrong place; but it's not bad at all. It's worth giving a watch because the story is definitely a good one :)

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