The Bequeathed ~ Two Half-Siblings Fight Over a Family Gravesite

By cmoneyspinner - January 27, 2024

“The Bequeathed” was released in 2024, has 6 episodes, is categorized as an Occult Thriller, Crime, and Mystery, is based on the webtoon of the same name, and is streaming on Netflix.

♦ Family You Never Knew Always Show Up When an Inheritance is Involved

“The Bequeathed” begins with an old man who looks like he’s dying and a shaman is performing some kind of ritual. Next thing you know, Yoon Seo-Ha, who is living a dull, boring, and uneventful life, gets a phone call telling her that her uncle died and she needs to come take care of “family matters” regarding his death.

Uncle? What uncle? When she arrives at the village where her uncle lived she is told that she inherited the family burial plot. She is also told that her uncle’s death is being investigated as a homicide. Detective Choi Sung-Jun is part of the investigation team.

Great! First, you find out that you have family you didn’t know about, and you inherit a burial plot! Whoopee! Oh well! At least you didn’t inherit debt. But now the police question you about a murder! Can “matters” get any worse? The answer is: Yes. Yes, they can!

So you’re at your uncle’s funeral at least trying to be respectful. You can’t mourn since you didn’t even know the dearly departed. But you are at least polite to those who show up to pay their respects. Except for one person that shows up. Some guy named Kim Young-Ho, who is obviously a wacko nut job, shows up at the funeral claiming to be her half-brother.

Uncle or not! Half-brother or not! She has lived her entire life not knowing either of them and doesn’t see why they need to be “related” NOW! She only held the funeral services and accepted the inheritance because she was told that she was considered next of kin, according to the law. Fine! She’ll bury the dead guy. But what’s with this half-brother business? The guy is a PSYCHO!!!

Yoon Seo-Ha is aware of one “suspected” murder, i.e. her uncle’s death.
Detective Choi Sung-Jun is pursuing leads to several suspicious incidents that appear to be connected to the family gravesite that she inherited.
When her psycho half-brother, Kim Young-Ho, shows up and demands his share of the inheritance, Yoon Seo-Ha’s dull, boring, and uneventful gets turned upside down.

Main Characters:

Yoon Seo-Ha (played by Kim Hyun-Joo, “Jung_E”, “Hellbound”)
Kim Young-Ho (played by Ryu Kyung-Soo, “Glitch”)
Detective Choi Sung-Jun (played by Park Hee-Soon, “A Model Family”)

Where to Watch

Viewership and Rating:

IMDb: 6.5 out of 10 stars
My Drama List: 7.6 out of 10 stars
Kyahaha: 7.2 out of 10 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 3 out 5 stars
NME: 3 out of 5 stars
Outlook India: 2.5 out of 5
South China Morning Post: 3 out of 5 stars

My personal rating is 7 out of 10 stars. This is just an observation. But it was easy to find lots of reviewers that wanted to share their rating of “The Bequeathed”. Can’t help but wonder if the viewers watched the K-drama series because the storyline is so relatable. How many people find out they have relatives that they didn’t want to know? Frankly, it’s one of the reasons I don’t want to do a DNA test. LOL.

Per Wikipedia: “The Bequeathed ranked fourth in Netflix’s Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) category after three days of its release and received a warm response in 10 countries being listed in the Top 10 including South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Qatar, and Singapore.” [19]

Netflix has no plans for a Season 2.

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TRAILERS/TEASERS:

Netflix K-Content. “The Bequeathed | Official Teaser | Netflix.” YouTube Video. YouTube, December 21, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNugXXbWtAw.