Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Sep 18 2025

Lee Jae-Wook & Shin Ye-Eun cast in ENA-Genie TV drama “Holdout Doctor”

Lee Jae-Wook & Shin Ye-Eun are cast in ENA-Genie TV drama series “Holdout Doctor” (literal working title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Jonbeodoctor” by Kim Tae-Poong and directed by Lee Myung-Woo (“Boyhood“). For “Holdout Doctor,” Lee Jae-Wook will play plastic surgeon Do Ji-Ui. He enlists as a public health doctor, to fulfill his mandatory military requirement, and gets assigned to work on a rural island village. There he meets Nurse Yook Ha-Ri (Shin Ye-Eun).

“Holdout Doctor” will air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 16 2025

First teaser trailer for KBS2 drama “Last Summer”

First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Last Summer” starring Lee Jae-Wook and Choi Sung-Eun. Drama series features Lee Jae-Wook playing twin brothers Baek Do-Ha & Baek Do-Yeong.

Captions in the first teaser trailer states (0:02) “Hot summer,” (0:05) “You and I are,” (0:07) “Between a wall,” (0:15) “My next-door friend who suddenly returns,” (0:49) “Maybe this time.” Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:13) Lee Jae-Wook “You haven’t changed anything,” (0:16) Choi Sung-Eun “You hired a lawyer?,” (0:17) Lee Jae-Wook “Because you sent me a certificate of contents in 2 years,” (0:19) Choi Sung-Eun “Aren’t you sick of it?,” (0:20) “Go to Seoul when I say something nice,” (0:22) “Get out of my sight,” (0:31) Lee Jae-Wook “Thank God,” (0:32) “You haven’t changed at all,” (0:40) “When I see you,” (0:42) “I think of me back when i liked you,” (0:46) “Please take care of me,” (0:47) “Song Ha-Kyeong.”

“Last Summer” first airs November 1, 2025 in South Korea.

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Sep 15 2025

Cha Tae-Hyun cast in drama “Private Taxi”

Cha Tae-Hyun is cast in drama series “Private Taxi” (literal title). Joining him in the drama series will be Lee Yeon-Hee, Lee Jae-In, Lim Se-Mi, Hyun Bong-Sik, Kim Do-Hyun, Mimi, Joo Jong-Hyuk, Ye Ji-Won, Ahn Ji-Ho, Lim Ha-Ryong, & Ye Soo-Jung. The drama series is based on webcomic “Gaeinjeokin Taxi” by ms**** and directed by Jeon Chang-Geun (“Mystic Pop-up Bar“). In “Private Taxi,” Cha Tae-Hyun will play the driver of a mysterious taxi. It picks riders by reservation only and those riders tell stories that are meaningful to them. They are also comforted by songs that they request. The drama series will be co-produced by Fuji TV from Japan.

“Private Taxi” will consist of 8 episodes and filming is expected to begin this month.

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Sep 12 2025

Son Suk-Ku and Eita Nagayama cast in Netflix drama “Road”

Son Suk-Ku and Eita Nagayama are cast in Netflix drama series “Road” (working title). Also cast for supporting roles are Kim Shin-Rok, Choi Sung-Eun, and Jung Jae-Young. The drama series is based on 2004 comic “Peureungil” by Keishi Edogawa and will be directed by Han Jun-Hee (“D.P.“). The drama series will revolve around a series of gruesome murders committed by a serial killer in South Korea and Japan. Son Suk-Ku and Eita Nagayama will play detectives who work together on a joint investigation to solve the murders.

“Road” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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Sep 11 2025

So Ji-Sub cast in SBS drama “Manager Kim”

So Ji-Sub is cast in SBS drama series “Manager Kim” (literal title). Drama series is based on webcomic “Kimbujang” by Namjaui Yiyagi. The screenplay adaption is written by Nam Dae-Joong (“The Last Ride“) and directed by Lee Seung-Young (“Wonderful World“). In “Manager Kim,” So Ji-Sub will play the title character. He works at a small bank as a manager and he is a single father, raising his daughter Min-Ji. He holds a big secret though. His secret is that he was an elite spy and is wanted by the North Korean government. Although he lives like a regular citizen, he puts everything on the line when his daughter goes missing.

“Manager Kim” will air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 11 2025

First teaser trailer for SBS drama “Would You Marry Me”

First teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “Would You Marry Me” starring Choi Woo-Sik & Jung So-Min. The teaser trailer has Yoo Me-Ri (Jung So-Min), enraged by her fiance Kim Woo-Joo’s (Seo Bum-June) infidelity, getting drunk and then meeting a man (Choi Woo-Sik) with same name as her ex-fiance.
Dialogue in the teaser trailer goes (0:11) Jung So-Min “Kim Woo-Joo?,” (0:12) Choi Woo-Sik “Yes, I’m Kim Woo-Joo,” (0:16) anonymous voice “Congratulations, Yoo Me-Ri,” (0:17) Jung So-Min “Did I win?,”
(0:18) anonymous voice “Both spouses must attend together,” (0:21) Jung So-Min “Will you be my husband?,” (0:23) Choi Woo-Sik “If I pretend to be your fake husband, you will offer me some of the reward?,” (0:34) Jung So-Min “Don’t worry I’ll keep it a secret.”

“Would You Marry Me” first airs October 10, 2025 in South Korea.

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Sep 11 2025

Main trailer and posters for Netflix movie “Mantis”

Main trailer and posters added for Netflix distributed movie “Mantis” starring Yim Si-Wan, Park Gyu-Young, and Jo Woo-Jin. Movie follows 2023 Netflix distributed movie “Kill Boksoon” with new characters, but centered around MK Enterprise and their contract killers. The main poster features three contract killers: A-class killer Mantis (Yim Si-Wan), his long time friend and rival J (Park Gyu-Young) and retired legendary killer Dok-Ko (Jo Woo-Jin).

“Mantis” will premiere September 26, 2025.

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Sep 10 2025

Lee Jun-Young cast in JTBC drama “Rookie Employee Chairman Kang”

Lee Jun-Young is cast in JTBC drama series “Rookie Employee Chairman Kang” (literal title). Drama series is based on web novel “Shinibsawon Kanghoejang” by San Kyeong (“Reborn Rich“). In “Rookie Employee Chairman Kang,” Lee Jun-Young will play Hwang Joon-Hyun. His soul gets swapped with the chairman of the 10th largest conglomerate in South Korea. Rather than pursue soccer (which Hwang Joon-Hyun played prior to the soul swap), he applies for a job at the conglomerate as a new employee.

“Rookie Employee Chairman Kang” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 10 2025

Second teaser trailer for Wavve drama “No Mercy”

Second teaser trailer added for Wavve drama series “No Mercy” starring Lee Joo-Young, Ji Seung-Hyun, and Koo Jun-Hoe. Drama series revolves around a revenge plot implemented by Ha So-Min (Lee Joo-Young). She was the victim of a voice phishing scam and her target is the criminal organization responsible for the scam. Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:10) Ji Seung-Hyun “You still have one thing left to give me,” (0:12) Lee Joo-Young “Where is Ma Seok-Gu in Korea?,” (0:22) Ji Seung-Hyun “Everyone around you will be suffering one by one, because i will make that happen,” (0:28) Lee Joo-Young “Where is my mother?,” (0:30) “Where is my mother?” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:04)
“Missing mother,” (0:15) “All the misfortune,” (0:22) “Started that day.” 

“No Mercy” will be available to stream from September 24, 2025.

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Sep 9 2025

Ep.1 trailer for JTBC drama “A Hundred Memories”

Ep.1 trailer added for JTBC drama series “A Hundred Memories” starring Kim Da-Mi, Shin Ye-Eun, & Heo Nam-Jun. The drama series is set in the 1980’s and follows two women who work as bus attendants. Narration in the trailer goes (0:01) “One, two, three,” (0:05) “All right,” (0:13) Shin Ye-Eun “I’m Seo Jong-Hee. I’m looking forward to working with you,” (0:20) “I think i just fell for you,” (0:22) Kim Da-Mi “I’m already in love with you,” (0:24) Shin Ye-Eun “Thank goodness, we both like each other,” (0:29) Heo Nam-Jun “Are you okay?,” (0:43) “Haven’t we met somewhere?”

“A Hundred Memories” will first air September 13, 2025 in South Korea.

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