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DRAGON : Universal Symbol of Imagination and Creativity
Connecting the World
Through Stories
power of stories, building emotional bridges
that transcend language and culture.
Universal Emotions,
Original Stories
We discover and create our own unique stories thatthe world can relate to and enjoy as one.
Korea's Leading
Scripted TV Studio
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Studio Dragon, a subsidiary of global IP
powerhouse CJ ENM, is a leading K-drama studio in South
Korea and a group of premium storytellers who captivate
the world with their limitless narratives.
powerhouse CJ ENM, is a leading K-drama studio in South
Korea and a group of premium storytellers who captivate
the world with their limitless narratives.
- Studio Dragon owns 266 global premium IPs, totaling 4,127 episodes. With eight drama production subsidiaries and affiliates and a team of 263 creators, including Korea's A-list writers, directors, and producers, Studio Dragon currently plans over 140 dramas and produces approximately 25 works annually, distributing them globally.
- Led by "Sweet Home 1, 2, 3", the first Asian drama to rank in the Netflix Global TOP 10, numerous other works have also ranked, including 'The Glory 1, 2", "Queen of Tears", "Iduna!", "Gyeongseong Creature", "The Sound of the Sword", "Speed", "The Uncanny Counter 1, 2", "Ilta Scandal", "Shroop", "Little Women", "The Return of Superman 1, 2", "Crash Landing on You", and "It's Okay to Not Be Okay". They have also been invited to and nominated for various international events,including the Cannes Film Festival and the International Emmy Awards,and are spreading the joy of K-Drama around the world.
- Furthermore, through the establishment of the Los Angeles International Office (2019) and Studio Dragon Japan (2022), the company is expanding its business globally. Starting with its first order for the Apple TV+ series "The Big Door Prize" with Skydance Media, the company is also working on various global projects with leading partners worldwide, including "Designers" (produced with Creator/EP "Soo Hu," UIS, UCP, and Ink Factory), and co-producing and planning numerous remakes of Studio Dragon IP, including "Crash Landing on You" and "Vincenzo." The company is making strides toward becoming a major global studio.
Company History
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2025
June
"Marry
My
Husband: Japanese
Version" ranked #1 on Amazon
Prime Video in Japan.
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May
"Jeongnyeoni"
won the
Art
Award and Best Actress Award at
the Baeksang Arts Awards.
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March
Selected as a 2024 KOSDAQ Market Public Company with Excellent Disclosure.
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2024
December
"Queen of Tears" and "A Wrong Day of Luck" won the "Best Direction" and "Best Original Production by a Streamer" categories at the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA). -
November
"Queen of Tears" wins 'Best Scriptwriting' at the Asian Television Awards (ATA). -
October
Achieves an A grade in the ESG evaluation from the Korea ESG Standards Institute. -
September
"Queen of Tears" wins Best K-Drama and Best Original Soundtrack at the 2024
Seoul
International Drama Awards.
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"Don't Press the Peach" wins Best One-Act Drama in the International
Competition
category at the 2024 Seoul International Drama Awards.
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June
"Hairaki" ranked first in the Netflix Top 10 non-English category
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April
"Queen of Tears"'s final episode achieved an average viewership rating of 24.9%, becoming the highest-rated tvN series of all time -
"The Big Door Prize", a US TV series, debuted in Season 2 on Apple TV+
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March
"Queen of Tears" ranked first globally in the Netflix Top 10 non-English
category
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February
"Marry My Husband" ranked #1 globally on Amazon Prime Video
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January
"Island" won the 'Best Original Digital Drama Series' category at the Asian Television Awards (ATA)
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2023
December
"Scandal Scandal" writer Yang Hee-seung received the Presidential Citation for Contribution to the Development of the Broadcasting and Video Industry at the 2023 Korea Content Awards -
"The Glory" won the 'Best Drama Series' and 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' categories at the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) in Singapore -
Little Women
wins
APAN Star Awards Best Drama
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October
Won the 2023 Korea IR Awards Excellence Award, selected as an IR Excellence Company for the fifth consecutive year -
September
"Twenty Five Twenty One" and "Yumi's Cells Season 2" won the Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards Excellence Award -
July
Tops Netflix's Top 10 Non-English Category -
Korea's Drama Production Industry Publishes First Sustainability Report -
June
Yumi's Cells
Season 2
Wins Asia-Pacific Broadcasting+
(APB+) Awards
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April
"The Big Door Prize" Season 2 confirmed for production
"The Glory" wins Best Drama at the Baeksang Arts Awards
"Ireland" Officially Invited to the Rendezvous Section of the Cannes International Series Festival -
March
First US TV series
"The
Big Door Prize" released on Apple
TV+
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"After School War Activities" invited to a French Seriesmania special
screening
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January
"The Glory" maintains its top spot in the non-English category of Netflix's
TOP 10
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2022
December
Shin Ha-eun,
writer of
"Sea Village Cha Cha Cha", receives
a commendation from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the 2022
Korea Content Awards
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Winner of "Twenty Five Twenty One (Best Drama Series), "Our Blues (Best Screenplay)," and "Yumi's Cells (Best Original Programme by a Streamer/OTT)" at the Singapore Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) -
October
Content supply
agreement signed with Amazon Prime
Video
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"Our Blues" won the Advertisers' Choice Program Award at the 2022 Korea
Advertisers'
Conference
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September
"Deokgu Is Back" won the Short Drama category at the Asia Pacific Star
Awards
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Acquired a subsidiary of Gil Pictures, the producer of "Stove League," "Wonder Woman," and "Juvenile Justice"
"Studio Dragon" selected as an IR Outstanding Company for the fourth consecutive year -
July
"The King of Pigs" invited to the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival -
June
"The Sea Village Cha Cha Cha" won the 2022 Broadcasting Awards Hallyu Expansion Excellence Award -
May
Studio Dragon, CJ ENM, and Naver Webtoon announced plans to establish a joint venture, "Studio Dragon Japan" -
April
invited to the out-of-competition section of the Cannes International Series Festival -
March
"A Superior Day" invited to the official screening of "Series Mania" in France
Acquisition of shares in "Next Scene," the production company of directors Park Shin-woo and Oh Choong-hwan
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2021
December
Studio Dragon received the $100 Million Export Tower Award and the K-Service (Content) Special Award on Trade Day.
Record of Youth received the Presidential Citation for Contribution to the Development of the Broadcasting and Video Industry at the 2021 Korea Content Awards, and Vincenzo and The Uncanny Counter received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Citation.
Studio Dragon received the Presidential Citation for Contribution to Overseas Expansion at the 2021 Korea Content Awards. -
October
"Vincenzo" Wins Grand Prize in the Hallyu Drama Category at the 2021 Seoul
International Drama Awards
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"Vincenzo" Wins Special Award in the Overseas Category at the 2021 Tokyo International Drama Festival
"Start-Up" Wins Excellence Award in the Hallyu Drama Category at the 2021 Seoul International Drama Awards -
September
"It's Okay to Not Be Okay" nominated in the TV Movie/Miniseries category at the 49th International Emmy Awards. -
August
The one-act
drama
"Surrogate"
won Best Feature Film at the
Stockholm Film & TV Festival and Best Drama and Best VFX at the Paris Film
Festival.
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June
Studio Dragon, Skydance, and Apple TV+ signed a joint planning and production contract for "The Big Door Prize".
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2020
December
"It's Okay to Not Be Okay" selected as one of the "Best International Shows
of 2020"
by the New York Times
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"Crash Landing on You" selected as Best International TV Series of 2020 by Variety
"Crash Landing on You" and "The Cursed" won Best Drama Series and Best Original Screenplay, respectively, at the Singapore Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA). -
November
Netflix original series "My Holo Love" wins Excellence Award in the Video category at the SF Awards -
October
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Korea IR Awards -
September
"Hotel Del Luna" won the Excellence Award at the 2020 Korea Communications
Commission Broadcasting Awards
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"Crash Landing on You" won the Excellence Award in the Hallyu Drama category at the 2020 Seoul International Drama Awards -
April
Studio Dragon and Skydance Sign Joint Planning and Production Agreement for the TV Series "Hotel Del Luna" -
February
The final
episode
of
"Crash Landing on You" achieved an
average viewership rating of 21.7%, becoming the highest-rated drama of all
time for
tvN.
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2018
December
"Mr. Sunshine" selected as 2018 Viewers' Choice Drama of the Year and many
others
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wins the Korean Writers' Award for Drama -
November
"Mr. Sunshine" wins the Asia Pacific Star Awards Drama of the Year -
September
"Mother" wins the Seoul International Drama Awards Miniseries Award -
May
"Mother" wins the Baeksang Arts Awards TV Series Award -
March
"Mother" enters the official competition section of the Cannes International Series Festival
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2017
December
"Secret Forest" selected as one of the New York Times' "Top 10 International TV Dramas of 2017" -
November
Studio Dragon listed on KOSDAQ -
October
wins Grand Prize in the Drama category at the 1st The Seoul Awards -
July
tvN's
"Secret
Forest"
Achieves 7% viewership ratings -
May
"Goblin" wins 2017 Cable TV Broadcasting Awards
OCN's "Tunnel" achieves 7% viewership ratings -
March
"Goblin" wins Excellence Award (Creative Development) at the 2017 Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards and more
"Signal" wins Excellence Award (Society and Culture) at the 2017 Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards
OCN's "Voice" achieves 5% viewership ratings
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2016
December
"THE K2" Wins Grand Prize at the 2016 Korea UHD Awards -
tvN's
"Goblin"
Reaches 20% Viewership Ratings -
November
"Dear My Friends" wins the National Integration Excellence Cultural Content Award and other awards
Korea-Vietnam co-production "Today's Youth 2" achieves a local viewership rating of 10% -
June
"Signal" wins Best TV Drama at the Baeksang Arts Awards
OCN's "Squad 38" achieves 6% viewership ratings -
May
Studio Dragon established -
January
tvN's
"Signal"
Achieves 12% viewership ratings
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2015
September
"Misaeng" won Best Miniseries at the 2015 Seoul International Drama Awards of the Korean Broadcasting Association, and many others. -
July
tvN's "Oh My
Ghostess"
achieved a 7% viewership rating. -
March
won the 2015 Cable TV Broadcasting Awards. -
February
The first Korean-Chinese co-produced drama,, achieved a local peak viewership rating of 1.240%. -
January
won the Content of the Year Award at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Awards.
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2014
December
"It's Okay, That's Love" won the Grand Prize at the 2014 Korea UHD Awards for UHD Content, and more
"Today's Youth 1", the first Korean-Vietnamese co-produced drama, achieved a local viewership rating of 9%
"Misaeng" won the Excellence Award for Pay-TV Content at the 2014 Media Awards, and more -
October
tvN's
"Misaeng"
reached 8% viewership ratings -
OCN's "Bad Guys" reached 4%
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2011
December
"God's Quiz 2" Wins the 2011 Media Awards' Best Paid Broadcast Content Award -
January
MBC's "Royal
Family",
KBS's
"Dream High 1"
First terrestrial drama production
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Vision & Mission
power of stories, building emotional bridges
that transcend language and culture.
Empowering
Creative Freedom
we lead the global K-Drama
universe and shape the future of storytelling.