Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Jan 10 2020

Teaser trailer for KBS2 drama series “Forest”

First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Forest” starring Park Hae-Jin & Jo Bo-Ah. Captions in the teaser trailer state in Korean (0:04) “All the secrets” and (0:12) “Began in this forest.”

Meanwhile, below are still images of Park Hae-Jin in the drama series. He plays Kang San-Hyeok. He is a M&A specialist, with a cool, perfectionist personality. Due to an unexplained reason, he begins to work as a member of a 911 special rescue team.

“Forest” first airs January 29, 2020 in South Korea.

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Jan 10 2020

Park Bo-Gum & Park So-Dam cast in tvN drama series “Youth Record”

Park Bo-Gum & Park So-Dam are cast for lead roles in tvN drama series “Youth Record” (literal title). Actor Byeon Woo-Seok, most recently seen in JTBC drama series “Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency,” is also cast for a major supporting character role. The three actors held a meeting for the drama series on January 8, 2020 for the first time on January 8, 2020.

For “Youth Record,” Park Bo-Gum will play Sa Hye-Joon. He is a popular model, but aspires to become an actor. Park So-Dam will play An Jung-Ha. She works as a make-up artist. Byeon Woo-Seok will play Won Hae-Hyo. He is a model and actor. 

“Youth Record” will first air sometime around May, 2020 in South Korea.

Jan 9 2020

Teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Good Casting”

First teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “Good Casting” starring Choi Gang-Hee. The teaser trailer begins with Choi Gang-Hee as former NIS agent Baek Chan-Mi stating “Wait for a little bit. I will catch the guy who killed you and make him kneel down in front of you.”

“Good Casting” will first air April, 2020 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Monday and Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Nobody Knows.”).

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Jan 9 2020

KBS2 to air drama series “Forest” from January 29th

KBS2 is set to air drama series “Forest,” starring Park Hae-Jin & Jo Bo-Ah, from January 29, 2020. The drama series previously went under the working title of “Secret” and will now slot into KBS2’s Wednesday and Thursday 10PM time slot after “Woman of 9.9 Billion.” Filming for the drama series finished August, 2019 and the drama series will air as completed production.

Plot synopsis from AsianWiki: Kang San-Hyeok (Park Hae-Jin) is a member of the 119 special rescue team. He is handsome and smart, but he does not remember his childhood. Jung Young-Jae (Jo Bo-Ah) is an enthusiastic surgical resident.

Kang San-Hyeok and Jung Young-Jae meet at a mysterious forest. Even though they do not want to, they must live together in the mysterious forest. Living there, they discover small pleasures. Kang San-Hyeok and Jung Young-Jae soon uncover a secret about themselves and the forest.

Jan 9 2020

Yoo Seung-Ho & Lee Se-Young cast in tvN drama series “Memorist” & first script reading

Yoo Seung-Ho & Lee Se-Young are cast in tvN drama series “Memorist.” In addition, the first script reading for the drama series took place December 2, 2019. Attending the first script reading were Yoo Seung-Ho, Lee Se-Young, Cho Seong-Ha, Ko Chang-Seok, Jun Hyo-Seong, Yun Ji-On, Son Kwang-Eop, and Lim Se-Joo. The drama series features Yoo Seung-Ho playing Detective Dong Baek. He is able to read a person’s memory. Lee Se-Young will play Han Sun-Mi. She is a genius criminal profiler.

“Memorist” will first air March, 2020 (takes over tvN’s Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 PM time slot after “Money Game“).

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Jan 8 2020

First script reading for OCN drama series “Rugal”

First script reading for upcoming OCN drama series “Rugal” took place October, 2019 at Donga Digital Media Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Main cast members that attended included Choi Jin-Hyuk, Park Sung-Woong, Jo Dong-Hyuk, Jung Hye-In, Han Ji-Wan, Kim Min-Sang, Park Sun-Ho, Kim Da-Hyun, Park Jung-Hak, and Park Choong-Sun all attended. The drama series is based on webcomic “Rugal” by Rilmae. Choi Jin-Hyuk plays main character Kang Ki-Beom. He loses his wife and his eyes due to criminal organization Argos. He joins Rugal to get revenge.

“Rugal” will first air March, 2020.

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Jan 7 2020

First teaser trailer for tvN drama series “Wise Doctor Life”

Early teaser trailer for tvN drama series “Wise Doctor Life” ( literal title) starring Cho Jung-Seok, Kim Dae-Myung, Jung Kyoung-Ho, Yoo Yeon-Seok, and Jeon Mi-Do. The first teaser trailer doesn’t show any footage from the upcoming drama series, but rather footage from director Shin Won-Ho and screenwriter Lee Woo-Jung‘s previous collaborations on drama series “Reply 1997,” “Reply 1994,” and “Reply 1988.” The teaser trailer provides a backdrop on how “Wise Doctor Life” came into existence. Footage of hospital scenes from the Reply series plays in the teaser trailer. Captions in the teaser trailer starts around the 18 second mark and states in Korean “If you are inclined, why don’t you make a medical drama?” Around the 20 second mark, caption states “So we decided to make it.” Around the 22 second mark, Cho Jung-Seok’s voice appears and he states “..a bit of special everyday life of ordinary people like us.”

The teaser trailer also reveals that the drama series will first air February, 2020 in South Korea.

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