If a kmovie is successful, it can always become a kdrama. And it works the other way too.
If a kdrama wins hearts, it may be edited down to film length.
Here are a few examples of how it worked both ways.
"Bridget Jones Diary" was not a kmovie but it was definitely the inspiration for "My Lovely Kim Sam Soon." In "Bridget Jones Diary," the curvy Bridget Jones obsesses about weight and her totally unsuitable boss and winds up with a much better match. In "My Lovely Kim Sam Soon," Kim Sun Ah is considered overweight, although she looks fine. She obsesses about her pastry making skills and her totally unsuitable ex-boyfriend but winds up with boss Hyun Bin.
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