Hymn of Death

Hymn of Death (Available on Netflix) 
Content Warning: Language, Violence, and Mature Content (Infidelity and Suicide)
My Rating: C

Character Glossary:
Kim U-jin: Producing a Play
Yun Sim-deok: Music Student

Hymn of Death is about the love story between Kim U-jin who is producing a play and Yun Sin-deok, a music student who decides to join. But doing so might cost them their very lives.
(Here is a link to an article explaining the true story behind it: https://www.bustle.com/p/hymn-of-death-wont-return-for-season-2-for-one-very-good-reason-15517835) This article does contain spoilers so please be aware.

SPOILERS AHEAD READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Instead of organizing this all by characters, plot, and romance I am just going to give an overall review here. This show was 3 episodes long but halfway through the 2nd one I stopped. Why? Because as soon as I heard he was married I lost interest. I don't know if I should have watched more to see if maybe I misunderstood but if I was right in my assumption I did not want to keep watching. The story was interesting though as a whole, especially once I found out it was based on a true story. It does not have a happy ending--not as bad as Scarlet Heart but pretty depressing. They end up committing suicide. Because it was based on a true story it couldn't have ended any other way. But the cast for this show was fantastic and despite what I thought of it, it was a really well done show. If it at all sounds interesting please give it a shot.

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