When the Camellia Blooms (Season 1)

When the Camellia Blooms (동백꽃 필 무렵, 2019) is a South Korean romantic comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Dongbaek runs a tiny bar called Camellia in the small town of Ongsan, raising her son alone while the neighbors gossip behind her back.

Then patrol cop Hwang Yong-sik shows up — younger than her, stubborn, and head over heels. He'll take on the whole town to be with her. Around them swirl the sharp-tongued market women, Dongbaek's old flame, the local elite who look down on her, and a quieter dread: a serial killer is loose nearby, and Dongbaek may be the one witness who can name him.

Gong Hyo-jin plays Dongbaek and Kang Ha-neul plays Yong-sik, and their awkward, warm chemistry carries all twenty episodes. Director Cha Young-hoon braids romance, small-town comedy and a murder mystery so the funny and the frightening walk side by side. The series swept the Baeksang Arts Awards and became one of the best-loved dramas on Korean TV. Stream When the Camellia Blooms online on iFILM.