Wrong Number

Wrong Number – Sukfilm back on track

It’s been a year that Sukfilm took the world of BL by storm with the miniseries “ Blue Boys“. The good storytelling, focusing on a small number of protagonists, excellent acting, and high production quality despite limited budget attracted million of viewers. Then Sukfilm put out several miniseries, and to be honest, I lost interest at some point because they all felt like remakes of “Blue Boys“.

That was the reason why I didn’t even notice when “Wrong Number“ was released, which turned out to be a good thing because I could binge-watch all the four episodes in one sitting, and I was really happy because obviously Sukfilm are back on track.

I never really understood why production companies make viewers wait 7 days for episodes of just 10 minutes, because among all the ongoing BL series it’ll be hard to remember details of such short episodes. So watching the series like a short film makes a lot more sense.

Why am I saying that Sukfilm is back on track? Well, “Wrong Number“ has all the qualities of earlier Sukfilm miniseries - it tells a unique story, and, thanks to three good actors, in a way that makes viewers relate to the characters’ background. It creates the typical “Sukfilm-atmosphere“ of quiet intimacy, and its production standard is good thoughout.

In the middle of the night, Lee-seop (Jung Myeong-cheol, Tae-ha in “Sweetheart Service“), a professional photographer, is woken by a phone call from a stranger who has dialed the number of his ex-girlfriend who dumped him a month ago. Lee-seop was obviously given this number when he recently changed his number. As the stranger announces to kill himself unless his ex-girlfriend meets him in the bar where he has gotten drunk, Lee-seop goes to the bar, and as the young man named Woo-tae (Lee Choi-hyun) is not only totally drunk, but also desperate and helpless, he takes him home.

The next morning. Lee-seop refuses to give Woo-tae his number as he doesn’t want a...