Asian Drama

Yoon Kyeo Re is a young man who has known nothing but misery ever since he was a child. He was abused while still a boy and had a horrid time at the orphanage where he was raised. He then spent time in a juvenile detention center. And as an adult, things got no better, leading to him serving time in prison. Beatings and misery are all he knows, and he finds himself at the end of his tether, finally facing the void…

But when he is ordered by a court to serve his community service at an end-of-life care facility for the terminally ill, things begin to change for him. Here he meets the tireless Kang Tae Shik, a middle-aged man who leads the volunteer team at the facility. Kang Tae Shik has created a unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting dying patients their last wishes. No matter what people ask for, Team Genie will work their hardest to make those precious last wishes come true. He also meets Seo Yeon Joo, a young nurse who refuses to give up on her patients and tries to keep them physically active at all times. Will working at this facility help turn Yoon Gyeo Ree’s life around? Or is it too late to change his destiny?

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Episodes: 16

Detective Seok Jae heads to a cold riverbed in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam Province to confirm the rumored death of Jin Sook, a prostitute who stole one billion won from a brothel pimp, Dal Soo.

Detective Lim from Miryang Police Station, who seem to not be cooperative in the investigation asserts that the woman committed suicide, but Chun Ja, a coffee shop waitress who found the body says she would never have committed suicide. During the investigation he learns about a prayer house, Seongrimwon, and gets into a traffic accident while visiting the place.

Seok Jae wakes up at Seongrimwon, and begins to dig into the secrets of the place.

And then on February 19, the shocking fact is revealed that the people in that place prepare to kill themselves in the hope of salvation.

Sung Gil, an old funeral director, lives with his unwell son. Sung Gil is strong but poor. He is too poor to be forced to work as an employee of a large funeral company. A woman who has many stories moves to the next house with her little daughter, and she becomes a caretaker for Sung Gil’s ill son. Sung Gil’s son, who only wants to die, begins to know hope and happiness. Around that time, a benefactor of the town who cared for the homeless dies and the homeless want his funeral to be held in the town square. The old undertaker thinks it’s his job to do.

Hye Won gets tired of her difficult life in the city and moves back to her hometown in the countryside. There, she heals her emotional wounds with the help of her long-time friends, nature and food.

Adapted from the manga series “Little Forest” (リトル・フォレスト) by Igarashi Daisuke (五十嵐大介).