Soul Mate (2026)

Costarring Hayato Isomura and Ok Taec-yeon Two lonely souls unite and choose to spend 10 years together: their fates intertwine, spinning a tale of soulful love that takes them to Berlin, Seoul and TokyoRyu shared both laughter and hardships with his one-of-a-kind best friend, but wound up inadvertently destroying his friend’s life in an instant. Continuing to blame himself, and with a heart on the verge of breaking, Ryu fled to his childhood friend’s home of Berlin, only to sink into despair there and nearly perish. By chance, he encounters Korean boxer Johan, who risks his own life to save Ryu’s. Johan was struggling in this foreign land as well, flailing in the darkness with no exit in sight. Against the backdrops of the fascinating cities of Berlin, Seoul and Tokyo, these two lonely young people who seem to have been drawn together by something find their souls becoming intertwined as they begin to look ahead with all their strength. Experience their beautiful and emotional 10-year journey as the pair become once-in-a-lifetime “soulmates.” As they both encourage one another and even clash fiercely at times, they begin to want to spend their lives together, but fate tangles their paths in painful ways. Everyone will surely one day encounter the person they are meant to meet. This story of love and souls, woven amid intertwining destinies, fosters belief in this kind of miracle. Two souls with deep wounds in their hearts shall encounter one another, resonate, and ultimately become one. Ryu Narutaki (Hayato Isomura) spends his days feeling fulfilled. He plays on his university’s ice hockey team alongside his teammates, including his best friend, Arata Oikawa (Koshi Mizukami). However, following a certain event, having inadvertently injured Arata and destroying his life in the process, Ryu abandons everything and heads to Berlin, where his childhood friend, Sumiko Shinonome (Ai Hashimoto), lives. Though he is grateful for Sumiko’s kindness for not pressuring him to reveal what happened, Ryu is unable to forgive himself. On a whim he enters a church and gets caught in an unexpected fire that nearly costs him his life, but he is saved in the nick of time by Hwang Johan (Ok Taec-yeon), a Korean boxer who just happened to be there. Several days later, Ryu accepts Sumiko’s invitation to accompany her to a boxing match. There, he again runs into Johan, who fights valiantly in the ring. At the insistence of Johan’s sister, Hwang Soo-ah (Lee Jae-yi), the four of them share a meal after the fight and drink the night away. Johan goes through life burdened by a certain sin, working to raise money to pay the tuition for Soo-ah, his only family. Despite the vast differences between the two men, just before they part ways in Berlin, Ryu asks Johan how to get in touch with him and promises that they will meet again. They exchange lighthearted messages while living separately in Tokyo and Seoul, but harsh times lie ahead for Johan.