Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Jan 28 2020

Lee Sin-Young & Kim So-Hye cast in KBS2 drama series “Friend Contract”

Lee Sin-Young & Kim So-Hye are cast in KBS2 drama series “Friend Contract” (literal title) co-starring Shin Seung-Ho. Lee Sin-Young is currently appearing in popular tvN drama series “Crash Landing on You” as a young North Korean soldier and Kim So-Hye (formerly of idol group I.O.I.) recently starred in movie “Moonlit Winter.” Drama series “Friend Contract” is based on the webcomic “Gyeyakwoojung” by Kwon Laad.

Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Park Chan-Hong (Lee Sin-Young) is an ordinary high school student. He has talent for writing and he gets pressured by his parents about his studies. Park Chan-Hong doesn’t have any specific dreams. He is friends with Eom Se-Yoon (Kim So-Hye), who attends the same high school. She is popular at school. Meanwhile, Heo Don-Hyeok (Shin Seung-Ho) is classmates with Park Chan-Hong. Heo Don-Hyeok is not interested in studying and he works to pay for his living expenses. One day, Heo Don-Hyeok saves Park Chan-Hong from a school bully. To pay for his rent, Heo Don-Hyeok asks to borrow 300,000 won ($270 USD) from Park Chan-Hong. Park Chan-Hong lends him the money, but that money was supposed to pay for his private institute tuition fee. After school, Park Chan-Hong now doesn’t have a place to go. He begins to spend time with Heo Don-Hyeok.

“Friend Contract” first airs sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

Jan 28 2020

Second teaser trailer & teaser posters for JTBC drama series “If the Weather Is Good, I’ll Find You”

Second teaser trailer and teaser posters for JTBC drama series “If the Weather Is Good, I’ll Find You” (literal title) starring Seo Kang-Joon and Park Min-Young. The teaser trailer features Park Min-Young as Mok Hye-Won. Around the 10 second mark, Park Min-Young’s voice appears and she states in Korean “Don’t cry. We’re human since we feel lonely.” Meanwhile, below are three teaser posters for the drama series.

“If the Weather Is Good, I’ll Find You” first airs February 24, 2020 in South Korea.

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Jan 27 2020

Teaser trailer #4 for JTBC drama series “Itaewon Class”

Teaser trailer #4 added for JTBC drama series “Itaewon Class” starring Park Seo-Joon and Kim Da-Mi. The teaser trailer begins with Park Seo-Joon stating in Korean “What you can do is to bend your knees and pay for what you did. I will make that happen.” Meanwhile, above is a group poster of main cast members Park Seo-Joon as Park Sae-Ro-Yi, Kim Da-Mi as Jo Yi-Seo, Yoo Jae-Myung as Jang Dae-Hee, and Kwon Na-Ra as Oh Soo-A.

“Itaewon Class” first airs Friday, January 31, 2020 in South Korea.

Jan 24 2020

Teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Nobody Knows”

Teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Nobody Knows” starring Kim Seo-Hyung, Ryu Deok-Hwan, and Park Hoon. The teaser trailer features Kim Sae-Ron playing main character Cha Young-Jin (Kim Seo-Hyung) during her teenage years. Korean captions in the teaser trailer (0:09) “9 murders,” (0:19) “2 times falling,” (0:55) “Nobody knows.”

“Nobody Knows” is now set to first air March 2, 2020 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Monday and Tuesday 10 PM time slot after “Dr. Romantic 2“).

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Jan 23 2020

Teaser trailer #2 and first still images of Kim Hye-Soo & Ju Ji-Hoon in SBS drama series “Hyena”

Teaser trailer #2 and first still images of Kim Hye-Soo & Ju Ji-Hoon in SBS drama series “Hyena.” Teaser trailer #2 begins with montage footage of a hyena in the animal kingdom and Kim Hye-Soo as Jung Geum-Ja. Narration in the teaser states “The hyena has strong survival skills. It smells money well and finds money. She, who is the leader of the Hyena group, never misses her prey. Because she knows how to fight.”

Meanwhile, above and below are the first still images of Kim Hye-Soo and Ju Ji-Hoon in the drama series. “Hyena” first airs February 21, 2020 in South Korea and will also be available on Netflix.

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Jan 23 2020

Teaser trailer #1 for OCN drama series “Rugal”

First teaser trailer added for OCN drama series “Rugal” starring Choi Jin-Hyuk & Park Sung-Woong. The drama series is based on webcomic “Rugal” by Rilmae. The teaser trailer starts with Choi Jin-Hyuk’s narration, stating in Korean “At the very moment that man took everything from me, I was reborn.”

“Rugal” is now set to first air March 16, 2020 in South Korea.

Jan 22 2020

Han Ye-Ri cast in tvN drama series “(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family”

Han Ye-Ri is cast in tvN drama series “(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family” (literal title). The drama series is scripted by Kim Eun-Jung (“Sweet Stranger and Me“) and directed by Kwon Young-Il (“Search: WWW“). The drama series will have Han Ye-Ri play Kim Eun-Hee.

Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: As people get older, they have less time to spend with their families and separately live their own lives. They become to meet someone who they share their time, feelings, and even their secrets. Under this circumstance, the family becomes like strangers and people in relationships become like family.

Kim Eun-Hee (Han Ye-Ri) is the second daughter in a family. She is tender and thoughtful. She easily trusts people. Kim Eun-Hee works at publishing company.

“(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family” will first air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

Jan 21 2020

Teaser trailer for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation”

Teaser trailer added for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation” (English title) starring Cha Tae-Hyun & Lee Sun-Bin. Teaser trailer shows Cha Tae-Hyun as Detective Jin Kang-Ho. He asks in the teaser trailer “Why are you here?” Captions in Korean then introduces the 5 main actors: stubborn detective Cha Tae-Hyun, enthusiastic PD Lee Sun-Bin, funeral director Jung Sang-Hoon, cocktail bar owner Yoon Kyung-Ho, and profiler private detective Ji Seung-Hyun. These five work together to catch criminals.

“Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation” will air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

Jan 21 2020

Main trailer & character posters for OCN drama series “Tell Me What You Saw”

Main trailer and character posters added for OCN drama series “Tell Me What You Saw” starring Jang Hyuk & Sooyoung. Captions in the main trailer teases (0:08) “A detective who remembers everything,” (0:21) “I became a profiler who chases serial murderers,” and (0:25) “You have already witnessed everything.” The character posters above and below are of Jang Hyuk, Sooyoung, Jin Seo-Yeon, Jang Hyun-Sung and Ryu Seung-Soo.

“Tell Me What You Saw” first airs February 1, 2020 in South Korea.

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