Netflix's new Korean show Tomorrow is the perfect stepping stone from Hellbound
Already this year, Netflix has spoilt us with a great number of original shows from South Korea. First, there was the high school zombie thriller All of Us are Dead, quickly followed by romantic comedy Twenty Five Twenty One, and now we’re being treated to a new dark fantasy drama series, Tomorrow.
Emitting a similar vibe to the much-talked-about Hellbound, Tomorrow delves into the inner workings of the afterlife, showing the daily lives of a group of grim reapers who work in the crisis management team. The series stars K-pop idol-turned-actor Rowoon, alongside The Lady in Dignity’s Kim Hee-seon, and High School King of Savvy’s Lee Soo Hyuk.
The following mentions sensitive topics that appear in the show including death, suicide, and bullying so reader discretion is advised
The story starts with job seeker Choi Jun-woong (Rowoon) who, after another failed interview, gets tangled up with a homeless man attempting to take his own life. Whilst trying to stop the man from jumping off a bridge, Jun-woong falls off the bridge himself and meets two grim reapers working for Jumadeung – an organisation that guides the dead into the afterlife and aids with suicide prevention in South Korea. Following this encounter, Jun-woong is offered a position at Jumadeung to work alongside the angels of death in exchange for less time in a hospital bed, where he currently resides after the incident.
Unlike Hellbound, which gave viewers a much more sinister view of death, Tomorrow offers a bureaucratic perspective of the afterlife as Jumadeung is essentially just a large office block full of different departments and workers. The organisation contains all the usual suspects including IT support, administration, sales, risk management, and
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