Lee Jun-ho Dramas: Where to Start After King the Land

Find your next Lee Jun-ho drama after King the Land: compare The Red Sleeve, Good Manager and Rain or Shine by character, tone and the mood you want next.

Lee Jun-ho — public-event photograph (2025-01-18). Photo: K-POPIT 케이팝잇 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Original source. Scaled for display; no additional crop.

CELEBPEDIA / THE NEXT ROLE

Beyond the hotel lobby.

Four characters. Four different ways into Lee Jun-ho’s screen work.

A favourite romantic lead can be a useful starting point without becoming the template for everything you watch next. Lee Jun-ho’s drama credits let you move from a hotel heir to a royal grandson, a difficult finance director and a young man living with the aftermath of an accident.

This is a selective, spoiler-light watchlist. Choose a tone first, then a title; the suggested order compares roles rather than ranking the actor’s career.

Drama	Character	Choose for
King the Land	Gu Won	A modern workplace romance
The Red Sleeve	Yi San	Palace duty and romantic tension
Good Manager	Seo Yul	Corporate conflict and an ensemble
Rain or Shine	Lee Gang-du	An emotionally heavier melodrama

King the Land: begin with the romantic-comedy setup

Lee plays Gu Won, an heir within the King Group hotel business, opposite Lim Yoon-a’s Cheon Sa-rang. Netflix’s official introduction sets out their contrasting approaches to work and the fictional hotel setting.

Choose this as your baseline if you are new to the actor. The hotel workplace gives you an immediate way to understand the characters’ different positions. Follow the relationship through complete episodes before deciding which part interests you most: the romance itself, the professional friction or the contrast between status and personality. That answer can guide the next choice.

The Red Sleeve: change the rules around romance

In The Red Sleeve, Lee plays Yi San, a royal grandson and heir, alongside Lee Se-young as court lady Seong Deok-im. MBC’s official character guide establishes those roles and the palace hierarchy around them.

Make this your next stop if the tension between personal feeling and public position is the appeal. A palace changes what a character can request, refuse or keep private. Watch that difference rather than expecting Gu Won in period clothing. The people and institutions belong to another story.

This route suits a more serious romantic viewing mood. Let the series introduce its relationship on its own terms; historical character summaries and ending discussions can reveal developments before the drama reaches them.

Good Manager: trade the couple’s focus for workplace combat

Lee’s Seo Yul is a former prosecutor working as TQ Group’s finance director. KBS World’s programme page contrasts his forceful manner with the challenges posed by chief accountant Kim Seong-ryong.

Choose Good Manager if you want to see a character whose position in an ensemble matters more than the promise of a central romance. The office is a place of competing agendas, not simply a backdrop for dating. Track who benefits from a decision and who is willing to challenge authority.

It also makes a useful contrast after two romantic selections: you can compare how the actor occupies a professional hierarchy when the character has a different relationship to the people around him.

Rain or Shine: allow room for the aftermath

Lee Gang-du lives with the consequences of a severe accident. The official JTBC character profile describes the difficult recovery and circumstances shaping him. The series is also known as Just Between Lovers; including the actor’s name in a search helps distinguish the title.

Choose this when you want an emotionally demanding melodrama rather than another hotel or palace setting. The starting point is survival and the life that follows, so allow for a heavier atmosphere. A few romantic clips may not represent the full viewing experience.

For this selection, the more useful question is how a person carries experience into a new relationship. You can follow that without looking up the resolution in advance.

Your next two clicks

What is the easiest route after King the Land?
Try The Red Sleeve for another romance under different social rules, or Good Manager for a clearer genre change. Save Rain or Shine for the mood its premise suggests.

Do these dramas connect?
No. They are independent productions, so this order is optional. Check licensed services in your country for the exact title, available episodes and subtitle choices before subscribing.

Want the other half of the hotel pairing? Continue with our Yoona drama watchlist. For another mood-led actor route, explore Park Bo-gum dramas.

Credits and starting premises checked against the linked Netflix, MBC, KBS World and JTBC sources on 27 October 2026. Recommendations are editorial choices, not a current popularity ranking.