Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Oct 18 2022

Lee Sang-Yeob & Kim So-Hye cast in KBS2 drama “Pure Boxer”

Lee Sang-Yeob & Kim So-Hye are cast in KBS2 drama series “Pure Boxer” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2014 novel “Soonjungboxer Leekwonsook” by Chu Jong-Nam and is set in the sports world. Lee Sang-Yeob will play cold-blooded sports agent Kim Tae-Young. Kim So-Hye will play former boxing prodigy Lee Kwon-Sook. Kim Tae-Young attempts to bring Lee Kwon-Sook back to boxing for reasons that are unscrupulous.

“Pure Boxer” will air sometime during the first half of 2023 in South Korea.

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Oct 18 2022

Kim Hyun-Joo, Park Hee-Soon cast in Netflix drama “Family Gravesite”

Kim Hyun-Joo, Park Hee-Soon, Park Byung-Eun, & Ryoo Kyung-Soo are cast in Netflix drama series “Family Gravesite” (literal title). The drama series is scripted by Yeon Sang-Ho (“Train To Busan“) and directed by Min Hong-Nam (assistant director in “Train To Busan“). As the title suggests, the drama series revolves around a family gravesite that seems to cause disturbing events for Yoon Seo-Ha (Kim Hyun-Joo) and the village where it is situated. Park Hee-Soon will play Detective Choi Sung-Joon, who investigates. Park Byung-Eun will play Park Sang-Min. He is the chief of the detective squad where Choi Sung-Joon works. Ryoo Kyung-Soo will play Kim Young-Ho. He is the younger stepbrother of Yoon Seo-Ha.

Release date for the drama series has not yet been announced.

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Oct 17 2022

Teaser trailer 3 for tvN drama “Behind Every Star”

Teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Behind Every Star” starring Lee Seo-Jin, Kwak Sun-Young, Seo Hyun-Woo, & Joo Hyun-Young. The teaser trailer features the cameo appearances of Cho Yeo-Jeong, Jin Sun-Kyu, Lee Hee-Jun, Kim Soo-Mi, Seo Hyo-Rim, and Soo-Hyun. They will all appear in different episodes as actors and actresses managed by Ma Tae-O (Lee Seo-Jin), Cheon Je-In (Kwak Sun-Young), Kim Joong-Don (Seo Hyun-Woo) and So Hyun-Joo (Joo Hyun-Young). For Cho Yeo-Jeong, she will appear in an episode by herself. Jin Sun-Kyu and Lee Hee-Jun will appear in an episode together. Their appearance follows their real past when they played together in the same theater company. Kim Soo-Mi and Seo Hyo-Rim will appear together in an episode and follow their real relationship as mother-in-law and daugher-in-law. Lastly, Soo-Hyun will also appear in an individual episode.

“Behind Every Star” first airs November 7, 2022 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 10:30 PM time slot after “Mental Coach Jegal“).

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Oct 17 2022

Teaser trailer & poster for Disney+ drama “Revenge of Others”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Revenge of Others” starring Shin Ye-Eun & Lomon. Caption on the poster states “19 years old, I hold a gun for a revenge.” The teen revenge thriller drama series revolves around a high school student who tries to get revenge on those responsible for the death of her twin brother. Caption in the teaser trailer states (0:40) “19 years old, I choose revenge over my dream.” Narration in the teaser trailer starts with Shin Ye-Eun stating “Why did my older brother commit suicide?” An anonymous follows (0:07) with “There are no circumstance or evidence of murder.” Shin Ye-Eun then states (0:09) “I will go and catch the criminal. The reason I am transferring to Seoul is to catch the killer who murdered my brother.”

“Revenge of Others” will be available to stream from November 9, 2022 on Disney+ Korea.

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Oct 13 2022

Yoon Kye-Sang cast in drama “The Day of The Kidnapping”

Yoon Kye-Sang is cast in new drama series “The Day of The Kidnapping” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2019 novel “Yoogweui Nal” by Jung Hae-Yeon. The screenplay adaptation is written by Kim Je-Young (“Wonderful Nightmare“) and directed by Park Yoo-Young (“A Model Family“). The drama series will have Yoon Kye-Sang play Kim Myung-Joon. He is a father that desperately needs money to pay for his daughter’s operation. He decides to kidnap a young girl from a rich family to pay for the operation, but things don’t go as planned.

“The Day of The Kidnapping” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.

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Oct 13 2022

Seol Hyun & Im Si-Wan cast in ENA drama “I Don’t Want To Do Anything”

Seol Hyun & Im Si-Wan are cast in ENA-Genie TV-Seezn drama series “I Don’t Want To Do Anything” (literal title). The drama series is based on  webcomic “Amugeotdo Hago Sibji Adda” by Joo Young-Hyun. While ENA and Seezn are by now an established Cable TV channel and OTT platform, Genie TV is the newly rebranded version of Olleh TV, which is an IPTV platform in Korea operated by KT cable company. In drama series “I Don’t Want To Do Anything.” Seol Hyun will play Lee Yeo-Reum. She moves to a small village to start a new life of not doing anything after experiencing a difficult time in her life. Im Si-Wan will play An Dae-Beom. He works as a librarian in the village and stutters when he speaks.

“I Don’t Want To Do Anything” will be released this November in South Korea.

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Oct 12 2022

Main trailer & poster for Disney+ drama “Shadow Detective”

Main trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Shadow Detective” starring Lee Sung-Min, Jin Goo, Kyung Soo-Jin, & Lee Hak-Joo. The crime-mystery drama series directed by Han Dong-Hwa (“Squad 38“) follows a veteran detective (Lee Sung-Min) who becomes a suspect in a colleague’s murder. A mysterious caller holds the key to the case. Caption on the main poster below states “He’s in my past.”

“Shadow Detective” will be available to stream from October 26, 2022 on Disney+ Korea.

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Oct 12 2022

Chae Jong-Hyeop, Seo Eun-Su, & Park Sung-Woong cast in ENA drama “Unlock the Boss”

Chae Jong-Hyeop, Seo Eun-Su, & Park Sung-Woong are cast in ENA drama series “Unlock the Boss” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Sajangnimeul Jamgeumhaeje” by Park Sung-Hyun. The unusual comedy-mystery follows a CEO (Park Sung-Woong) who gets stabbed by an unknown person and his spirit gets stuck in a cellphone. Chae Jong-Hyeop will play a young man who finds the cellphone and helps the CEO return to his former self.

“Unlock the Boss” will first air November 30, 2022 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Wednesday and Thursday 9PM time slot after “Love is for Suckers“).

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Oct 12 2022

Teaser poster & air date for JTBC drama “Reborn Rich”

Teaser poster and air date set for JTBC drama series “Reborn Rich” (English title) starring Song Joong-Ki & Shin Hyun-Bin. The drama series is now set to first air November 18, 2022 in South Korea. “Reborn Rich” will also have the unique setup of airing three episodes per week (Friday to Sunday) at 10:30 PM local time in Korea. Caption on the teaser poster states “I’m reborn as a blood related member of the family that killed me.”

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