Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Feb 10 2025

Ep.1 trailer for Channel A drama series “The Witch”

Ep.1 trailer added for Channel A drama series “The Witch” starring Jin Young and Roh Jeong-Eui. “The Witch” is based on webcomic “Manyeo” by Kang Pool, who wrote the webcomics that were adapted into Disney+ drama series “Moving” and “Light Shop.” Narration in the ep.1 trailer states (0:16) Jin Young “The countless words floating around, without substance, branded the female student a witch,” (0:22) Jin Young “She was clearly crying,” (0:26) Roh Jeong-Eui “What do you know about me?,” (0:29)
Roh Jeong-Eui “Really,” (0:32) Roh Jeong-Eui “I’m fed up,” (0:34) Jin Young “There must be a reason why we met again after a long time,” (0:41) Roh Jeong-Eui “I don’t know if I hurt anyone again today,”
(0:47) Roh Jeong-Eui “Can’t I live without meeting people?,” and (0:51) Jin Young “If i know the laws of death, wouldn’t I be able to break it?”

“The Witch” first airs February 15, 2025 in South Korea (takes over Channel A’s Saturday and Sunday 9PM time slot after “Check in Hanyang“).

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Feb 10 2025

Major supporting actors announced for Netflix drama “Show Business”

Major supporting actors announced for Netflix drama series “Show Business” starring Song Hye-Kyo and Gong Yoo. Announced to play the major supporting roles are Seol Hyun, Cha Seung-Won, and Lee Ha-Nee. They will play characters who are connected with Song Hye-Kyo’s Min-Ja character and Gong Yoo’s Dong-Gu character. The screenplay is set from the 1960’s to the 1980’s and revolves around the entertainment industry. The drama series is scripted by No Hee-Kyung, who most recently wrote the screenplay for “Our Blues” and wrote the screenplays for “That Winter, The Wind Blows” and “Worlds Within……,” which starred Song Hye-Kyo. The drama series is also directed by Lee Yoon-Jung, who worked with Seol Hyun in drama series “Summer Strike” and Gong Yoo in “Coffee Prince.”

Filming for “Show Business” began January 12, 2025.

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Feb 10 2025

Teaser trailer and poster for TVING drama “Running Mate”

Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for TVING drama series “Running Mate” starring Yoon Hyun-Soo, Lee Jung-Sic, Choi Woo-Sung, & Hong Hwa-Yeon. The drama series is the first time directing effort from Han Jin-Won, who co-wrote the movie screenplay “Parasite” that won the top prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The teaser trailer for “Running Mate” begins with an anonymous voice asking “Do you want a chance to change the world?” This is followed by (0:15) anonymous voice “I saw potential in you,” and (0:23) anonymous voice “You must be the famous No Se-Hun?” Captions in the teaser trailer states “D-day,” (0:07) “Just because I am running for the election,” and (0:21) “Everything started to change.”

“Running Mate” will be available to stream from March 6, 2025.

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Feb 7 2025

Ahn Bo-Hyun, Lee Sung-Min, Soo-Hyun, and Ha Yoon-Kyung cast in JTBC drama “God’s Beads”

Ahn Bo-Hyun, Lee Sung-Min, Soo-Hyun, and Ha Yoon-Kyung are cast in JTBC drama series “God’s Beads” (literal title). The drama series is a period action-melodrama that is set in the year 1258, when Goryeo’s war with the Mongol Empire was at its peak. During this time, a special envoy is made to find a holy relic. Ahn Bo-Hyun as Baek-Gyeol is tasked to lead the envoy.

“God’s Beads” will first air sometime later this year.

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Feb 7 2025

Teaser trailer for Netflix drama “When Life Gives You Tangerines”

Teaser trailer added for Netflix drama series “When Life Gives You Tangerines” starring IU and Park Bo-Gum. Drama series depicts the adventures of two people on the island of Jeju, with IU playing Ae-Sun and Park Bo-Gum playing Gwan Sik. Format for the drama series is a little unusual for a Netflix produced drama series in that it will consist of 16 episodes and 4 episodes will be released on Fridays from March 7th to March 28th, 2025.

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Feb 6 2025

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama “Heavenly Ever After”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Heavenly Ever After” starring Kim Hye-Ja and Son Suk-Ku. The drama series reunites Kim Hye-Ja (“The Light in Your Eyes“), Son Suk-Ku (“My Liberation Notes“) and Han Ji-Min (“The Light in Your Eyes“/”Behind Your Touch“) with Director Kim Suk-Yoon and Screenwriter Lee Nam-Kyu who worked together on “The Light in Your Eyes,” “My Liberation Notes,” and “Behind Your Touch.” Meanwhile, the first teaser trailer begins with Kim Hye-Ja stating “Is there really such a thing as Heaven?” Caption at the 30 second mark of the teaser states “Our train has now arrived at Heaven Station.”

“Heavenly Ever After” will first air April, 2025 (takes over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “The Art of Negotiation“).

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Feb 6 2025

Main cast set to return for SBS drama “Taxi Driver 3”

Main cast set to return in SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 3.” The announced cast members are Lee Je-Hoon, Kim Eui-Sung, Pyo Ye-Jin, Jang Hyuk-Jin, and Bae Yoo-Ram. They make up members of a special revenge service offered by Rainbow Taxi and led by Kim Do-Ki (Lee Je-Hoon). All five actors appeared in the original 2021 SBS drama series “Taxi Driver” and the sequel 2023 SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 2.”

“Taxi Driver 3” will air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.

Feb 5 2025

Seo Hyun-Jin cast in drama “Love Me”

Actress Seo Hyun-Jin is cast in drama series “Love Me.” The drama series is based on Swedish television series “Love Me” that aired in 2019-2020 and was also adapted into Australian television series “Love Me” in 2021. The Korean adaptation will be directed by Jo Young-Min (“Do You Like Brahms?“) and scripted by Park Eun-Young (“The Trunk“) and Park Hee-Kwon (“I Have Not Done My Best Yet“). Actress Seo Hyun-Jin will play Seo Joon-Kyeong for “Love Me.” Her character appears to be a successful woman, living a perfect live, but she hides a secret and is also very lonely.

Air date and broadcast network has not yet been announced for “Love Me.”

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Feb 4 2025

Preview trailer for Netflix drama “Mercy for None”

English subtitled preview trailer for Netflix drama series “Mercy for None” starring So Ji-Sub. The drama series also features actor Lee Jun-Hyuk, currently starring in popular SBS drama series “Love Scout,” playing the younger brother of the main character. The younger brother is killed by a gang organization and So Ji-Sub as older brother Nam Gi-Jun sets out for revenge. The noir action drama series is based on webcomic “Gwangjang” written by Oh Se-Hyeong.

“Mercy for None” will be available to stream sometime this year on Netflix.

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Feb 4 2025

Sooyoung & Gong Myung cast in tvN drama “Please Take Care of Geum-Joo”

Sooyoung and Gong Myung are cast for lead roles in tvN drama series “Please Take Care of Geum-Joo” (literal title). Also cast for major supporting character roles are Kim Sung-Ryoung, Kim Sang-Ho, and Jo Yoon-Hee. For the drama series, Sooyoung will play title character Han Geum-Joo. Her given name of Geum-Joo also means abstaining from alcohol, which comes into play when she meets her first love Seo Ui-Joon played by Gong Myung. He works in the medical field and hates alcohol. Han Geum-Joo attempts to quit drinking after being labelled an alcoholic.

“Please Take Care of Geum-Joo” will first air sometime this year in South Korea.

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