Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Dec 5 2023

Air date for JTBC drama “Dr. Slump”

Air date set for JTBC drama series “Dr. Slump” starring Park Hyung-Sik & Park Shin-Hye. The drama series is now set to first air  January 27, 2024, taking over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Welcome to Samdal-ri.” In addition, photos above and below are from the first script reading, which took place recently. Taking part in the script reading were Park Hyung-Sik, Park Shin-Hye, Yoon Park, Kong Seong-Ha, Jang Hye-Jin, Hyun Bong-Sik, Yoon Sang-Hyeon, Oh Dong-Min, Park Won-Ho, Kang Sang-Joon, and Jung Ji-Soon.

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Dec 5 2023

Lee Se-Young and Kentaro Sakaguchi cast in Coupang Play drama “What Comes After Love”

Lee Se-Young and Kentaro Sakaguchi are cast in Coupang Play drama series “What Comes After Love.” The drama series is based on novel “Sarang Hooae Oneun Geoddeul” by Kong Ji-Young and Hitonari Tsuji. Story for “What Comes After Love,” follows Lee Se-Young as Hong and Kentaro Sakaguchi as Jungo. When Hong studies in Japan as a student, she mwets Jungo and they fall in love. They break up though, but meet 5 years later in South Korea.

“What Comes After Love” will be available to stream sometime in 2024.

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Dec 4 2023

Teaser trailer for KBS2 drama “Fantasy Sonata”

First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Fantasy Sonata” (literal title) starring Park Ji-Hoon & Hong Ye-Ji. The period drama series is based on webcomic “Hwansangyeonga” by Ban Ji-Woon. The teaser trailer begins with Park Ji-Hoon stating “I put you in my heart for a moment” and 10 seconds later Hone Ye-Ji states “It was a relationship that we shouldn’t have met.”

“Fantasy Sonata” first airs January, 2024 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Monday and Tuesday 9:50 PM time slot after “The Matchmakers“).

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Dec 4 2023

Main cast announced for Netflix drama “Weak Hero Class 2”

Main cast announced for Netflix drama series “Weak Hero Class 2” starring Park Ji-Hoon. The drama series is a sequel to 2022 Wavve drama series “Weak Hero Class 1” and will move over to Netflix as its distribution platform. Joining Park Ji-Hoon in the sequel drama series and playing new characters are Ryeo Un, Choi Min-Young, Yoo Su-Bin, Bae Na-Ra, Lee Min-Jae, & Lee Jun-Young. Setup for part 2 will have Park Ji-Hoon transferring to a new school, where he makes friends and also enemies.

“Weak Hero Class 2” will be available to stream sometime in 2024.

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Dec 1 2023

Ep.1 trailer for tvN drama “Maestra: Strings of Truth”

Ep.1 trailer added for tvN drama series “Maestra: Strings of Truth” starring Lee Young-Ae, Lee Mu-Saeng, & Hwang Boreumbyeol. Narration in the trailer goes (0:01) female voice “There’s less than 5% of the female conductors and Cha Se-Eum is a top-notch conductor among men and women conductors,” (0:05) male voice “The new music director and permanent conductor of the Hangang Pil Orchestra,” (0:09) Lee Young-Ae  “This is Cha Se-Eum,” (0:10) male voice “Did you meet Cha Se-Eum?,” (0:12) Lee Mu-Saeng “Now I am going to meet her,” (0:14) male voice “Here, there is not the place for Maestra Cha,” (0:16) Lee Young-Ae “I’m going to keep pushing you. I’m going to make Hangang Pil Orchestra to the best. If not, I will resign. If you want to fight with me, then do it with music.”

“Maestra: Strings of Truth” first airs December 9, 2023  in South Korea.

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Nov 28 2023

Teaser poster for MBC drama “Night Blooming Flower”

First teaser poster for MBC drama series “Night Blooming Flower” (literal title) starring Lee Ha-Nee & Lee Jong-Won. The period action-comedy drama series follows Jo Yeo-Hwa, who lives a dual life as a widow by day and a warrior at night. As a warrior, she helps those who are vulnerable and weak. Caption on the poster states “If the strict laws of the country can’t save the powerless people, then I will save them.”

“Night Blooming Flower” first airs January 12, 2024 in South Korea (takes over MBC’s Friday and Saturday 9:50 time slot after “The Story Of Park’s Marriage Contract“).

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Nov 23 2023

Main trailer for TVING drama “Death’s Game”

Main trailer for TVING drama series “Death’s Game” starring Seo In-Guk & Park So-Dam. Drama series is based on webcomic “Yije Got Jookseummida” by Lee Won-Sik & Ggoolchan. Dialogue in the main trailer goes (0:01) Park So-Dam “You are going to die 12 times. No matter what body you wake up in, you will die,” (0:38) Park So-Dam “But, if you avoid death with that person’s body, you will live the rest of your life in that person’s body,” (0:47)
Seo In-Guk “This body is amazing. This might be my chance,” (0:56) Seo In-Guk “I can’t die like this,” (1:06) Seo In-Guk  “I’ll show you that I can win.”

“Death’s Game” will be available to stream from December 15, 2023.

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Nov 23 2023

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Gyeongseong Creature”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Gyeongseong Creature” starring Park Seo-Joon & Han So-Hee. The period action film is set in the year 1945 and follows two people who investigate a series of missing person cases. The teaser poster states “All suspicions led to Ongseong Hospital. There were humans and creatures there.”

“Gyeongseong Creature” Part 1 will be available to stream December 22, 2023 and its sequel will be available to stream January 5, 2024.

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Nov 20 2023

Trailer and poster for Coupang Play drama “Boyhood”

Trailer and poster added for Coupang Play drama series “Boyhood” (literal title) starring Im Si-Wan and Lee Sun-Bin. The trailer begins with Jang Byeong-Tae’s (Im Si-Wan) less than ideal daily life, but after he transfers to a new school, his life changes completely. He suddenly becomes the best fighter from Asan with the nickname White Tiger. As the trailer ends, Jung Kyeong-Tae (Lee Si-Woo), who is the real White Tiger, is shown walking to Jang Byeong-Tae’s classroom as a new student.

“Boyhood” will be available to stream from November 24, 2023.

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Nov 19 2023

Cho Jin-Woong cast in drama “No Way Out”

Actor Cho Jin-Woong is cast in drama series “No Way Out” co-starring Yoo Jae-Myung, Kim Moo-Yul, & Lee Kwang-Soo. Cho Jin-Woong replaces actor  Lee Sun-Kyun, who dropped out of the drama series in late October due to a widely publicized drug scandal. Filming for the drama series began prior to Lee Sun-Kyun’s departure, but he did not film any scenes and production halted while his replacement was sought. With Cho Jin-Woong now cast as main character Baek Joong-Sik, filming will restart November 23, 2023.

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