Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Nov 2 2023

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama “Welcome to Samdalri”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Welcome to Samdalri” (literal title) starring Ji Chang-Wook & Shin Hae-Sun. The teaser trailer starts with residents of Samdalri, Jeju Island, South Korea chattering about the sudden return of Jo Sam-Dal (Shin Hae-Sun). She moved to Seoul 8 years ago, but now returns to her hometown. Jo Yong-Pil (Ji Chang-Wook), who was her childhood friend, tries to find her, but Jo Sam-Dal hides from other people in Samdalri. Around the 30 second mark, Shin Hae-Sun states “Why are you looking at me? You think i look funny? I cam back because I was screwed.”

“Welcome to Samdalri” will first air December 2, 2023 in South Korea.

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Nov 1 2023

Cho Jung-Seok & Shin Se-Kyung cast in tvN drama “Spy, The Fascinated”

Cho Jung-Seok & Shin Se-Kyung are cast in tvN drama series “Spy, The Fascinated” (literal title). Also cast for major supporting characters are Lee Sin-Young and Park Ye-Young. The drama series will be set in historical times and Cho Jung-Seok will play Lee In, who eventually becomes the king. Shin Se-Kyung will play Kang Hee-Soo. She becomes a spy and makes a move on the king to get revenge.

“Spy, The Fascinated” will first air January, 2024 in South Korea.

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Nov 1 2023

Teaser trailer 2 for tvN drama “A Bloody Lucky Day”

Teaser trailer 2 for tvN drama series “A Bloody Lucky Day” starring Lee Sung-Min & Yoo Yeon-Seok. The drama series will be split between Part 1 (6 episodes) and Part 2 (6 episodes). Part 1 will air on tvN from November 20, 2023 and all 6 episodes be released via TVING’s streaming platform on November 24, 2023. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:17) “On the day I where pigs appeared in my dream,” (0:53) “I put a murderer in my taxi,” (1:23) “Unstoppable,” (1:27) “Desperate companion,” (1:29) “Begins.”

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Nov 1 2023

Launching teaser and poster for Netflix drama “Sweet Home Season 2”

Launching teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Sweet Home Season 2” starring Song Kang, Lee Jin-Uk, & Lee Si-Young. Season 2 follows 2020 Netflix drama series “Sweet Home” and will have survivors at Green Home Mansion Apartment leaving their apartment and moving to a baseball stadium as their new base. The launching teaser poster focuses on this as it shows an aerial view of the baseball stadium. Story for season 2 does branch off from the original webcomic, thus Director Lee Eung-Bok consulted with the original webcomic writer Kim Kan-Bi about expanding the setting and characters in season 2.

“Sweet Home Season 2” will be available to stream from December 1, 2023

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Oct 31 2023

Character posters & air date set for ENA drama “Tell Me That You Love Me”

Character posters and ep.1 air date set for ENA drama series “Tell Me That You Love Me” starring Jung Woo-Sung & Shin Hyun-Bin. Drama series is a remake of 1995 TBS drama series “Tell Me That You Love Me” starring Etsushi Toyokawa and Takako Tokiwa. The new character posters are of Jung Woo-Sung as Cha Jin-Woo and Shin Hyun-Bin as Jung Mo-Eun. Caption on Jung Woo-Sung’s poster states “A painter who speaks with his hands” and
Shin Hyun-Bin’s poster states “An actress who listens with her heart.”

“Tell Me That You Love Me ” will first air November 27, 2023 in South Korea.

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Oct 27 2023

So Ji-Sub cast in Netflix drama “Mercy for None”

So Ji-Sub is cast for the lead role in Netflix drama series “Mercy for None.” Heo Jun-Ho, Ahn Kil-Kang, Lee Beom-Soo, Gong Myung, Choo Yeong-Woo and Jo Han-Chul are cast for major supporting character roles, plus Cha Seung-Won and Lee Joon-Hyuk will make special appearances. The drama series is based on webcomic “Gwangjang” written by Oh Se-Hyeong. For So Ji-Sub, “Mercy for None,” marks his return to the noir action world that he last appeared in with 2012 movie “A Company Man.”

“Mercy for None” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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Oct 27 2023

Teaser trailer for SBS drama series “My Demon”

Teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “My Demon” starring Kim You-Jun and Song Kang. The teaser traielr starts with Kim You-Jung as Heiress Do Do-Hee stating “I have to abandon this man to live, but.. it’s all because of his name Gu-Won.” Captions in the teaser states (0:12) “The relationship I couldn’t let go,” (0:21) “To ill-fated relationship,” (0:36) “Demon who has lost his power,” (0:43) “Become a bodyguard of a demonic human.” Below are the first still images of Kim You-Jung and Song Kang in the drama series.

“My Demon” first airs November 24, 2023 in South Korea.

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Oct 26 2023

Cha Joo-Young and Lee Hyun-Wook cast in tvN drama “Wongyeong”

Cha Joo-Young and Lee Hyun-Wook are cast in tvN drama series “Wongyeong.” The drama series is based on the life of Queen Wongyeong (August 6, 1365 – August 27, 1420). Cha Joo-Young will play title character Wongyeong and Lee Hyun-Wook will play her husband King Taejong. The drama series is scripted by Lee Young-Mi and directed by Kim Sang-Ho. Screenwriter Lee Young-Mi and Director Kim Sang-Ho previously worked together for 2020 tvN drama series “Money Game.”

“Wongyeong” will air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Oct 25 2023

Kim Nam-Gil & Kim Young-Kwang cast in Netflix drama “Trigger”

Kim Nam-Gil & Kim Young-Kwang are cast in Netflix drama series “Trigger.” The drama series is scripted and directed by Kwon Oh-Seung (“Midnight“). Story for “Trigger” will be set under the premise of a sudden influx of illegal guns coming into South Korea. Kim Nam-Gil will play Detective Yi-Do. He investigates a serial gun shooting case and tries to find the source of the guns. Kim Young-Kwan will play Moon-Baek. He is a dealer of illegal guns. These two men eventually face off.

“Trigger” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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Oct 25 2023

Kim Ha-Neul cast in KBS2 drama “Let Me Grab You by the Collar”

Kim Ha-Neul is cast in KBS2 drama series “Let Me Grab You by the Collar” (working & literal title). The drama series is based on web novel “Oanyu: Myeoksal Hanbeon Jabhibshida” by Nyureoki. Actor Yeon Woo-Jin has received an offer to play the lead male role and he is currently considering the offer. The screenplay for “Let Me Grab You by the Collar” is setup as a thriller with Kim Ha-Neul playing Seo Jung-Won. She is a famous journalist and has revealed numerous scoops on her currents event TV program. Her life changes, when it is revealed her husband’s mistress has died and she becomes the suspect in the mistress’s death.

“Let Me Grab You by the Collar” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.

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