Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Jan 15 2018

Go Ara and L cast for lead roles in JTBC drama series “Ms. Hammurabi”

Go Ara and L (‘INFINITE’) are cast for lead roles in JTBC drama series “Ms. Hammurabi.” The drama series is based on 2015 law based novel “Ms. Hammurabi” by Moon Yoo-Seok. For the drama series Go Ara will play Park Cha O Reum. She works earnestly as a rookie judge and has a bright personality. L (aka Kim Myung-Soo) will play Im Ba-Reun. He also works as a judge, but is guided strictly by principles. He disagrees with Park Cha O Reum on basically everything.

In addition, veteran actor Sung Dong-Il is cast for a major supporting character role. He will play Judge Han Se-Sang. He provides balance between Park Cha O Reum’s idealism and Im Ba-Reun’s strict principles.

“Ms. Hammurabi” will first air May, 2018 in South Korea and will air as a pre-production.

Jan 14 2018

Trailer for tvN drama special “Our Place’s Tasty Soybean Paste”

Trailer added for upcoming tvN drama special “Our Place’s Tasty Soybean Paste” (literal title) starring Myung Se-Bin, Lee Chun-Hee and Yoo Eun-Mi. The drama special is the 8th installment in tvN’s Drama Stage. Story for “Our Place’s Tasty Soybean Paste” follows a former popular songwriter (Myung Se-Bin), now recluse due to a scandal, and her young daughter (Yoo Eun-Mi). The mother takes a job at a restaurant run by Ki-Bok (Lee Chun-Hee).

“Our Place’s Tasty Soybean Paste” will air January 20, 2018 in South Korea.

Jan 12 2018

tvN to air “My Mister” from March 21, 2018

tvN has announced that drama series “My Mister,” starring Lee Sun-Kyun and IU, will first air March 21, 2018 in South Korea. The drama series will air Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9PM following the conclusion of drama series “Mother.” In the drama series “My Mister,” Lee Sun-Kyun will play Park Dong-Hoon. He is in his 40’s and works as an architect. IU will play Lee Ji-An. She begins work at the same architect firm as Park Dong-Hoon, but as a temp employee.

Jan 11 2018

Teaser trailer #3 for SBS drama series “Return”

Teaser trailer #3 added for upcoming SBS drama series “Return” starring Ko Hyun-Jung and Lee Jin-Wook.

Meanwhile, still images above is of actress Ko Hyun-Jung in the drama series. The still images are are from a scene filmed on December 27, 2017 near Pyeongtaek Port in Chuncheon, South Korea.The scene involves Choi Ja-Hye (Ko Hyun-Jung) and Geum Na-Ra (Jung Eun-Chae) working together on a murder case. While they filmed the long scene, they did endure a cold winter Korean night.

“Return” first airs January 18, 2018 in South Korea.

Jan 11 2018

Lee Sang-Yoon & Lee Sung-Kyung cast in tvN drama series “About Time”

Lee Sang-Yoon & Lee Sung-Kyung are cast for lead roles in tvN romance-fantasy drama series “About Time.”

Lee Sang-Yoon will play the character of Lee Do-Ha. He is the chairman of a cultural foundation. He unwittingly stops Choi Michaela’s (Lee Sung-Kyung) lifespan clock. Choi Michaela then bothers him with a combination of seduction and cute obsession.

Lee Sung-Kyung plays Choi Michaela. She is a musical actress with a special ability to see the lifespan clocks of people (i.e. how long a person will live). One day, she meets a man Lee Do-Ha (Lee Sang-Yoon) who stops her lifespan cock.

“About Time” will first air May, 2018 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday and Tuesday 9:30 PM time slot after “A Poem A Day“).

 

Jan 10 2018

Son Ye-Jin cast in JTBC drama series “Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food”

Son Ye-Jin is cast for the lead female role in JTBC drama series “Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food” (literal title). In the drama series, Son Ye-Jin will play Yoon Jin-A. She is a single woman in her 30’s and works for a coffee company. She develops feelings for the younger brother of her best friend. Meanwhile, Jung Hae-In has been offered the lead male role and he is currently “positively considering” the offer.

“Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food” will first air March, 2018 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Friday and Saturday 11PM time slot after “Misty“).

 

Jan 9 2018

Kwon Yuri cast in KBS2-Naver TV Cast-Netflix drama series “Sound of Your Heart Season 2”

Kwon Yuri (‘Girls’ Generation’) is cast for the lead female role in upcoming KBS2-Naver TV Cast-Netflix drama series “Sound of Your Heart Season 2” co-starring Sung Hoon. In addition, veteran character actor Joo Jin-Mo is also cast for a supporting role in the drama series. For “Sound of Your Heart Season 2,” Kwon Yuri will play Ae-Bong. She is the girlfriend of Jo Suk (Sung Hoon). In the first season of “Sound of Your Heart,” Jung So-Min played the character of Ae-Bong. Meanwhile, Joo Jin-Mo will play Jo-Suk’s father (Kim Byung-Ok played the same character in season 1).

“Sound of Your Heart Season 2” airs sometime this year in South Korea.

 

Jan 9 2018

First script reading for drama series “Four Men”

First script reading for upcoming drama series “Four Men” (literal title) took place December 15, 2017 at Sangam, Seoul, South Korea. Main cast members including Park Hae-Jin, Nana (‘After School’), Kwak Si-Yang, Lee Ki-Woo and Ren (‘NU’EST’) all attended. At the start of the script reading, Park Hae-Jin (as he will play four characters in the drama series) introduced himself by asking “Hello? Il-Hoon, Chen, Dong-Jin, Michael…. Director, right? Do I have any more characters to play? I am Park Hae-Jin and I will play these characters.” The first script reading took about 3 hours to finish.

Filming for the drama series will begin January 11, 2018. Network in which the drama series will be broadcast has yet to be finalized, but the drama series is now scheduled to air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea.