The New Emotional Melodrama writers

The heirs of Lee Kyung-hee, Noh Hee-kyung, In Jung Ok,  j-drama writers like Yuji Sakamoto and other writers in the invention of the modern emotional melodrama. 

"We’re not dealing with characters looking for a soulmate, at least not all of them. What they’re trying to escape from is loneliness. Find someone who understands them, someone they can trust, rely on, that is what they want."

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