Netflix Unveils Star-Packed New K-Drama 2025: ‘Notes from the Last Row’

Netflix has officially announced the production of a highly anticipated new K-drama 2025 project titled Notes from the Last Row, confirming an all-star cast that includes veteran actor Choi Min Sik, rising talent Choi Hyun Wook, and Heo Joon Ho. This psychological literary drama is adapted from a renowned Spanish play by Juan Mayorga and promises an emotionally intense and intellectually stimulating storyline.

A Literature Professor Haunted by His Past

Notes from the Last Row centers around Heo Mun Oh, a once-aspiring novelist who now teaches literature, having long abandoned his dreams after publishing just one poorly received novel. Choi Min Sik, who most recently achieved blockbuster success in Exhuma, plays the disillusioned professor Mun Oh, whose creative spark has long since dimmed—until a student’s writing revives his forgotten passions.

Choi Hyun Wook: The Mysterious Talent in the Last Row

Playing the enigmatic student Lee Kang is Choi Hyun Wook, known for standout performances in Weak Hero Class 1, Twinkling Watermelon, and My Dearest Nemesis. As an engineering major who prefers to sit in the very last row, Lee Kang’s extraordinary writing talent captures Mun Oh’s attention and reignites a dangerous obsession within the professor. Invited to a secretive literature class, Lee Kang becomes both muse and mirror to Mun Oh’s fractured psyche.

Heo Joon Ho as the Rival Writer and Lifelong Shadow

Acclaimed actor Heo Joon Ho brings gravitas to the role of Kim Su Hun, a celebrated author and former college classmate of Mun Oh. With a calm yet commanding presence, Kim Su Hun embodies the success and literary acclaim that Mun Oh could never attain. He is the unspoken rival and constant reminder of failure, a character whose mere existence fuels Mun Oh’s internal conflict.

A Cast of Prestige: Kim Yun Jin and Jin Kyung Join the Ensemble

Adding further prestige to this new K-drama 2025, international star Kim Yun Jin (Lost, Money Heist: Korea) will portray Ahn Eun Joo, Kim Su Hun’s graceful and enigmatic wife. Her elegance becomes a symbolic contrast to Mun Oh’s increasingly unstable inner world.

Veteran actress Jin Kyung (Dr. Romantic, Love in Contract) plays Jo Hyeon Suk, Mun Oh’s wife and a professional psychologist. As the story unfolds, her presence may serve as both anchor and witness to her husband’s descent into obsession.

Anticipation Builds for Netflix’s 2025 Psychological Drama

With a powerhouse cast and a narrative rooted in psychological tension and literary ambition, Notes from the Last Row is poised to become a standout title in the new K-drama 2025 lineup. The unique premise and the emotional complexity of its characters are already drawing early buzz. As Choi Min Sik and Choi Hyun Wook prepare to face off in a battle of minds and words, this drama is one to watch.

Stay tuned for more updates as production progresses and Netflix reveals more about this thought-provoking upcoming series. While waiting, look at some of the on-going k-drama that are currently on air below: