Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Apr 5 2024

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama “The Atypical Family”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “The Atypical Family” starring Jang Ki-Yong & Chun Woo-Hee. The fantasy-romance drama series revolves around a family that have supernatural powers, but currently are unable to use them for different reasons. Chun Woo-Hee plays a woman comes into the family’s lives. The teaser trailer states with Chun Woo-Hee as Do Da-Hae stating “There’s a secret in that family. Their secret is that they are family with supernatural powers, but they lost their powers due to modern problems. Don’t you want to go back to the time when you were happy?”

“The Atypical Family” first airs May 4, 2024 in South Korea.

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Apr 4 2024

Poster visual and trailer added for movie “Worlds Apart”

Main trailer and poster added for movie “Worlds Apart” starring Yui Aragaki and Ikoi Hayase. The film is based on manga series “Ikoku Nikki” by Tomoko Yamashita (“The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window“) and directed by Natsuki Seta (“Georama Boy Panorama Girl“). The trailer also features the track “Yoake no Anata e” by singer-songwriter Toaka. Meanwhile, the poster features Yui Aragaki as 35-year-old Makio Kodai and Ikoi Hayase as her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi. The two people, who do not have much in common, begin to live together after the death of Asa Takumi’s parents. Caption on the poster states “I learned that even if we don’t understand each other, we can still become close with each other.”   

“Worlds Apart” will be released June 7, 2024 in Japan.

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Apr 3 2024

Special teaser trailer for MBC drama “Chief Detective 1958”

Special teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Chief Detective 1958” starring Lee Je-Hoon & Lee Dong-Hwi. The special teaser trailer begins with Lee Je-Hoon stating “Those who were smashed by us know. Let’s take off the rank and fight fist-to-fist.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:11) “Troublesome detectives” and (0:26) “Their relentless investigation begins.”

“Chief Detective 1958” first airs April 19, 2024 in South Korea.

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Apr 3 2024

Group poster and air date for JTBC drama “Although I Am Not a Hero”

Group poster and air date for JTBC drama series “Although I Am Not a Hero” (literal title) starring Jang Ki-Yong & Chun Woo-Hee. The poster features Chun Woo-Hee as Do Da-Hee standing in the forefront-bottom and Jang Ki-Yong as Bok Gwi-Joo peering out of the first window on the top left. The other people peering out of the windows are Bok Gwi-Joo’s family members: mother Bok Man-Heum (Ko Du-Shim), older sister Bok Dong-Hee (Soo-Hyun), daughter Bok Yi-Na (Park So-Yi) and father Eom Soon-Goo (Oh Man-Seok). The Bok family members have supernatural powers except for Bok Yi-Na & Eom Soon-Goo, but they are unable to use their powers for different reasons.

“Although I Am Not a Hero” will first air May 4, 2024 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Hide“).

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Apr 3 2024

Sol Kyung-Gu & Park Eun-Bin, cast in drama “Hyper Knife”

Sol Kyung-Gu, Park Eun-Bin, Park Byung-Eun, and Yoon Chan-Young are cast in new drama series “Hyper Knife.” The drama series is setup as a medical-crime-thriller. Sol Kyung-Gu will play Deok-Hee, who is the best neurosurgeon in the world. Park Eun-Bin will play genius doctor Se-Ok. Due to a conflict with Deok-Hee, Se-Ok’s career plummeted to the point that she now works as a shadow doctor in illegal operation facility.

Air date and broadcast/OTT platform for the drama series has not yet been decided.

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Apr 2 2024

Kim Da-Mi and Son Suk-Ku cast in Disney+ drama “Nine Puzzles”

Kim Da-Mi and Son Suk-Ku are cast in Disney+ drama series “Nine Puzzles.” The drama series will revolve around a serial murder case with Kim Da-Mi playing criminal profiler Yi-Na and Son Suk-Ku playing violent crime team detective Han-Saem. About 10 years ago, Yi-Na’s uncle was a victim in a serial murder case and she was the only witness. At that time, Detective Han Saem was convinced that Yi-Na was culprit. Now, 10 years later they work together on a serial murder case that has started again.

“Nine Puzzles” will be available to stream 2025.

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Apr 2 2024

Trailer and poster for Disney+ drama “Uncle Sam-Sik”

Opening trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Uncle Sam-Sik” starring Song Kang-Ho. The drama series is Song Kang-Ho’s first appearance in a drama series and written and directed by Shin Youn-Shick (“Rough Play“). Narration in the trailer goes (0:01) student “Who is Uncle Sam-Sik?,” (0:09) various voices “Sam-Sik, Uncle Sam-Sik,” (0:10) Jin Ki-Joo “You are Uncle Sam-Sik, aren’t you?,” (0:11) Byun Yo-Han  “What does Sam-Sik mean?,” (0:14) anonymous voice “Even during the war, he fed his family three meals a day. His family never starved,” (0:21) Song Kang-Ho “Everyone calls me that out of love and respect. I like it so much. It’s my nickname.”

“Uncle Sam-Sik” will be available to stream from May 15, 2024.

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Apr 1 2024

Main trailer for movie “The Roundup: Punishment”

Main trailer for movie “The Roundup: Punishment” starring Ma Dong-Seok & Kim Moo-Yul. Movie is the fourth installment in “The Outlaws” franchise following 2017 movie “The Outlaws,” 2022 movie “The Roundup,” and 2023 movie “The Roundup: No Way Out.” Captions in the main trailer states (0:11) “Without borders,” (0:19) “Global crime,” and (0:46) “Sweep away without hesitation.” The film held its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival this past February.

“The Roundup: Punishment” will be released April 24, 2024 in South Korea.

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Mar 29 2024

Teaser poster & release date for Netflix drama “Goodbye Earth”

Teaser poster and release date set for Netflix drama series “Goodbye Earth” starring Ahn Eun-Jin and Yoo Ah-In. Caption on the teaser poster states “We are waiting for the end. Disaster breaking news. A collision is expected around the Korean peninsula. There is no way to avoid it.” The drama series is based on 2006 novel “Shumatsu no Fool” by Kotaro Isaka and revolves around an asteroid that is set to crash into the world in 200 days.

“Goodbye Earth” will be available to stream April 26, 2024. The release date was delayed from sometime in 2023 due to lead actor Yoo Ah-In’s scandal involving drug use. His trial is currently ongoing.

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Mar 28 2024

Shin Hyun-Bin & Moon Sang-Min cast in Coupang Play drama “Cinderella at 2 AM.”

Shin Hyun-Bin & Moon Sang-Min are cast for lead roles in Coupang Play drama series “Cinderella at 2 AM.” The drama series is setup as a romantic-comedy and is based on web novel “Saebyeok Doo Shiui Cinderella” by Aigome. Shin Hyun-Bin will play team leader Ha Yoon-Seo. She begins to date a younger man who works at the company named Seo Joo-Won (Moon Sang-Min). She later learns that he is the son of the chaebol family that runs the company and his mother wants to her to break up with her son.

“Cinderella at 2 AM” will be available to stream sometime in the second half of this year.

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