Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Oct 1 2025

Teaser trailer 2 for MBC drama “Moon River”

Teaser trailer 2 added for MBC drama series “Moon River” starring Kang Tae-Oh and Kim Se-Jeong. The period fantasy-romance story revolves around a crown prince (Kang Tae-Oh) and a peddler (Park Dal-Yi). Their souls somehow swap bodies. Dialogue in the teaser trailer goes (0:02) Kang Tae-Oh “After I lost my wife, I have thought about that everyday,” (0:06) “From where should I turn back?,” (0:15) “I missed you,” (0:16) Kim Se-Jeong “Please wake up from the dream,” (0:18) “I am not your wife in your dream, I am Park Dal-Yi living in reality,” (0:24) Hong Su-Zu “Return your original position,” (0:26)
“My majesty,” (0:26) Lee Sin-Young “Don’t call me like that,” (0:27) “I am the crown prince who was deposed a long time ago,” (0:29) Hong Su-Zu “Then, now,” (0:31) “I am the one who protects him,” (0:40) Kang Tae-Oh “Now this woman is in my body and,” (0:45) “In my heart,” (0:49) “The moon flows.” 

“Moon River” first airs October 31, 2025 in South Korea.

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Sep 29 2025

Teaser trailer for Disney+ drama “The Manipulated”

First teaser trailer added for Disney+ drama series “The Manipulated” starring Ji Chang-Wook and Do Kyung-Soo. The teaser trailer begins with Tae-Joong (Ji Chang-Wook) steadily working as a deliveryman and pursuing his dream, when he finds a cellphone on the side of the road. He receives a phone call from the cellphone’s owner. The call changes his life completely. Captions on the teaser trailer states (0:18) “That day,” (0:25) “My life was fabricated,” (0:58) “I don’t know your identity or face,” (1:03) “But, I’ll definitely catch you.”

“The Manipulated” will premiere November 5, 2025.

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Sep 25 2025

Lee Sung-Kyung and Chae Jong-Hyeop cast in MBC drama “In Your Brilliant Season”

Lee Sung-Kyung and Chae Jong-Hyeop are cast in MBC drama series “In Your Brilliant Season” (literal title). The romance drama series is scripted by Jo Sung-Hee (“Still 17“). For “In Your Brilliant Season,” Chae Jong-Hyeop will play a young man who tries to live everyday like its his summer vacation and Lee Sung-Kyung will play a woman who is trapped in a winter state. They meet by chance.

“In Your Brilliant Season” will air sometime during the first half of 2026 in MBC’s Friday and Saturday 10 PM time slot.

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Sep 24 2025

Teaser trailer for TVING drama series “Dear X”

Teaser trailer added for TVING drama series “Dear X” starring Kim You-Jung and Kim Young-Dae. The teaser trailer begins with Kim You-Jung as actress Baek A-Jin stating “I want to be reborn at the highest peak.” Around the 16 second mark anonymous voices gossips about Baek A-Jin “Pretending to be a model student in front of others,” (0:18) “Extorting money from kids in a dirty way behind their backs,” (0:21) “Pretending to be pitiful when necessary,” (0:25) “Pretending to be pitiful,” (0:27) “It’s all fake,” (0:29) “The devil in human form.” At the 36 second mark Kim You-Jung asks “Now, do you want to kill me?,” followed by (0:46) “How far can you go for me?,” and (0:52) “What’s wrong with being self-serving?”

“Dear X” will be available to stream on November 6, 2025.

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Sep 24 2025

Teaser poster and release date set for TVING drama “Spirit Fingers”

Teaser poster and release date set for TVING drama series “Spirit Fingers” starring Park Ji-Hu and Jo Joon-Young. Drama series is based on webcomic “Spirit Fingers” by Han Kyung-Chal and directed by Lee Chul-Ha (“Unlock My Boss“). Caption in blue by Park Ji-Hu on the teaser poster asks “Why do you like me?” and caption in red by Jo Joon-Young responds with “Of all the girls I know, you’re the only one like you!”

“Spirit Fingers” will be available to stream from October 29, 2025.

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Sep 24 2025

Hwang In-Yeop and Hyeri cast in ENA-Genie TV drama “Dream to You”

Hwang In-Yeop and Hyeri are cast in ENA-Genie TV drama series “Dream to You” (literal title). Drama series features an original screenplay by Jeong Eun-Bi and directed by Yoo Sun-Dong (“Unmasked “). For “Dream to You,” Hwang In-Yeop and Hyeri will play two people in their 30’s, who were friends in their teenage years. At that time, they dreamed of becoming movie directors. Hwang In-Yeop’s Woo Su-Bin character actually becomes a movie director and returns to South Korea. Hyeri’s Joo Yi-Jae works a reporter, but carries a void in her heart.

“Dream to You” will air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 22 2025

Teaser posters and air date set for JTBC drama series “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim”

Teaser posters and air date set for JTBC drama series “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim” starring Ryu Seung-Ryong, Myung Se-Bin, & Cha Kang-Yoon. Drama series is based on webcomic “Seoul Jagae Daekieob Danineun Kim Bujang Yiyaki” by Song Hee-Gu & Kim Byeong-Gwan. The teaser posters consist of 3 “survival” posters of Ryu Seung-Ryong who plays Kim Nam-Su. He experiences a drastic change in his life.

“The Dream Life of Mr. Kim” is now set to air from October 25, 2025 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:40 PM time slot after “A Hundred Memories“).

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Sep 22 2025

Teaser poster and release date for Disney+ drama “The Manipulated”

Teaser poster and release date set for Disney+ drama series “The Manipulated” starring Ji Chang-Wook and Do Kyung-Soo. The drama series is inspired by 2017 movie “Fabricated City,” which also starred Ji Chang-Wook, but tells a new revenge themed story with new characters. Caption on the teaser poster states “The day my life was fabricated, the race began.” Screenwriter Oh Sang-Ho also worked on both the 2017 movie “Fabricated City” and the new Disney+ drama series “The Manipulated.”

“The Manipulated” will consist of 12 total episodes and the first 4 episodes will be available to stream on November 5, 2025. Two episodes will follow each of the following four weeks.

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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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