Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Nov 11 2020

Jung Woo & Oh Yeon-Seo cast in Kakao TV drama “The Crazy Guy in This District”

Jung Woo & Oh Yeon-Seo are cast in Kakao TV drama series “The Crazy Guy in This District” (literal title). The drama series will be directed by Lee Tae-Gon (“Hello, My Twenties!“/”Diary of a Prosecutor“). For the drama series, Jung Woo and Oh Yeon-Seo will play two people that are going through very turbulent times. They meet each other and fall for the other person.

“The Crazy Guy in This District” will consist of 12 episodes and will be available to stream via Kakao TV sometime during the first half of next year in South Korea.

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Nov 10 2020

KBS2 drama “School 2021” air date

Upcoming KBS2 drama series “School 2021,” starring Kim Yo-Han, is now scheduled to air from August, 2021 in South Korea. Consequently, the title of the drama series has been adjusted from “School 2020” to “School 2021.” Casting for the lead female actress is ongoing and has not yet been finalized. Teen actresses Ahn Seo-Hyun & Kim Sae-Ron were previously linked to the role, but both ultimately did not take the role.

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Nov 10 2020

Character posters for tvN drama “No Touch Princess”

Here’s four character posters for upcoming tvN drama series “No Touch Princess” (English title) starring Shin Hye-Sun & Kim Jung-Hyun. The character posters are of Shin Hye-Sun as Kim So-Yong, Kim Jung-Hyun as King Cheoljong, Bae Jong-Ok as Queen Sunwon, and Kim Tae-Woo as Kim Jwa-Geun. The fantasy-comedy drama series has Shin Hye-Sun playing a man from the present day that somehow takes over the body of Kim So-Yong in a historical period. Caption on Shin Hye-Sun’s poster states “I am sure you are going to be shocked, but try to get as little as you can .. I am actually a man.” Captions on Kim Jung-Hyun’s poster states “Queen is more unusual and strange than anyone else… it’s like she is from another world.” Captions on Bae-Jong-Ok’s poster states “To keep youth and beauty is to maintain power.” Lastly, caption on Kim Tae-Woo’s poster states “It is more important for us who be than who is.

“No Touch Princess” will first air December 12, 2020 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9:30 PM time slot after “Start-Up“).

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Nov 9 2020

Jung Woo-Yeon & Jae Hee cast in MBC drama “Be a Meal”

Jung Woo-Yeon and Jae Hee are cast for lead roles in MBC weekday drama series “Be a Meal” (literal title). For Jung-Woo-Yeon, she previously worked under her birth name of Ryu Hyo-Young and this is her first time working under her new stage name. The drama series will have Jung Woo-Yeon playing a woman who has a natural talent for cooking traditional royal cuisine.

“Be a Meal” will first air January, 2021 (takes over MBC’s Monday – Friday 7:20 AM time slot after “My Wonderful Life“).

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Nov 6 2020

First script reading for Kakao TV drama”City Couple’s Way of Love”

First script reading for Kakao TV drama series “City Couple’s Way of Love: My Lovely Camera Thief” (literal title), starring Ji Chang-Wook & Kim Ji-Won, took place September, 2020 in South Korea. The first script reading included director Park Shin-Woo, screenwriter Jung Hyun-Jung, Ji Chang-Wook, Kim Ji-Won, Kim Min-Suk, Ryoo Kyung-Soo, and So Ju-Yeon. Filming then began a few days later and some scenes were filmed in Jeju Island.

“City Couple’s Way of Love: My Lovely Camera Thief” is now set to stream on Kakao TV starting December, 2020 in South Korea.

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Nov 5 2020

First teaser trailer for JTBC drama “Run On”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Run On” starring Im Si-Wan & Shin Se-Kyung. The first teaser trailer has narration that goes (0:08) Im Si-Wan “National team sprinter who should run looking forward, Ki Sun-Gyeom,” (0:14) Shin Se-Kyung “Movie translator who should look back, Oh Mi-Joo” (0:18) Shin Se-Kyung “With different language,” (0:20) Im Si-Wan “With different speed,” (0:23) Im Si-Wan “Complete romance toward each other.” Below are the first still images of Im Si-Wan and Shin Se-Kyung in the drama series.

“Run On” first airs December 16, 2020 in South Korea.

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Nov 5 2020

Teaser trailer #2 for MBC drama “Please Don’t Meet Him”

Teaser trailer #2 added for MBC drama series “Please Don’t Meet Him” (literal title) starring Song Ha-Yoon & Lee Jun-Young. Teaser trailer #2 begins with the voice from an AI refrigerator that asks “Do you want to know the truth about that man?” The drama series has Song Ha-Yoon playing computer programmer Seo Ji-Sung. She designs a refrigerator with AI.

“Please Don’t Meet Him” first airs November 10, 2020 in South Korea.

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Nov 4 2020

Kim Nam-Gil offered role in OCN drama “Island”

Kim Nam-Gil has been offered the lead male role in OCN drama series “Island.” Actress Seo Yea-Ji has already received an offer to play the lead female role. Currently, both performers are considering their offers. If Kim Nam-Gil accepts his offer, he will play Ban. His character is a mysterious ghost hunter with a sexy appearance. He is also violent and cruel.

“Island” will air sometime during the first half of 2021 in South Korea.

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Nov 4 2020

First teaser trailer for KBS drama “If I Cheat, I Die”

First teaser trailer added for KBS drama series “If I Cheat, I Die” (literal title) starring Cho Yeo-Jeong & Go Joon. The teaser trailer is a short 18 second clip, filmed in portrait mode, with the two main characters of Kang Yeo-Joo (Cho Yeo-Jeong) and Han Woo-Sung (Go Joon) taking a selfie together. Around the 3 second mark, a text message pops up from a third person that asks “Honey, what are you doing?” and at the 9 second mark, Go Joon nervously makes the excuse of “(That’s) Grandma… grandma.. my old nickname was honey.” Meanwhile, above and below are three teaser posters for the drama series.

“If I Cheat, I Die” first airs December 2, 2020 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 PM time slot after “Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol“).

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