Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Sep 22 2023

First teaser trailer for tvN drama “Castaway Diva”

First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Castaway Diva” starring Park Eun-Bin & Chae Jong-Hyeop. The teaser trailer begins with Park Eun-Bin as Seo Mok-Ha introducing herself with “I am Seo Mok-Ha of a deserted island. Today i saw myself in the distant future. I don’t know what’s next. Due to this moment, I feel the meaning of my past 15 futile years of life.”

“Castaway Diva” will first air October, 2023 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday & Sunday 9:20 PM time slot after “Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun“).

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Sep 21 2023

Teaser trailer 3 for MBC drama “A Good Day to Be a Dog”

Teaser trailer 3 added for MBC drama series “A Good Day to Be a Dog” starring Park Gyu-Young, Cha Eun-Woo, & Lee Hyun-Woo. Teaser trailer has narration by Park Gyu-Young as Han Hae-Na stating (0:03) “When I kiss someone I turn into a dog because of a curse,” (0:22) “It’s very hard to be a dog every night” and (0:32) “I have to kiss this man again today, being a dog.”

“A Good Day to Be a Dog” will first air October 11, 2023 in South Korea.

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Sep 21 2023

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix drama series “Doona!”

Teaser trailer and posters added for Netflix drama series “Doona!” starring Bae Suzy & Yang Se-Jong. The posters include two character posters and a teaser poster. Captions on Bae Suzy’s character poster states “Don’t fall for me either,” captions on Yang Se-Jong’s character poster states “I don’t want to get excited by meaningless actions,” and the teaser poster showing both lead characters asks “What if I really a crush on you?”

“Doona!” is now set for release October 20, 2023 in South Korea.

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Sep 20 2023

Lee Jae-Wook & Jo Bo-Ah cast in Netflix drama series “Hong-Rang”

Lee Jae-Wook & Jo Bo-Ah are cast for lead roles in Netflix drama series “Hong-Rang” (working title). The drama series is based on 2021 novel “Tangeum: Geumeul Samkida” by Jang Da-Hye and directed by Kim Hong-Sun (“Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area“). Also cast for major supporting character roles are Jung Ga-Ram, Uhm Ji-Won, Park Byung-Eun, & Kim Jae-Wook. The screenplay for “Hong-Rang” is set during the Joseon period and set within the mystery genre. Lee Jae-Wook will play mysterious figure Hong-Rang. He disappeared at the age of 8 and returns 12 years later. Jo Bo-Ah will play Hong-Rang’s stepsister Jae-Yi.

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Sep 20 2023

Ko Yoon-Jung cast in tvN drama “Someday Wise Resident Life”

Ko Yoon-Jung is cast for a lead role in new tvN drama series “Someday Wise Resident Life” (literal title). The drama series is a spin-off from “Hospital Playlist” and “Hospital Playlist 2.” While those two drama series were set Yulje Medical Center, the spin-off drama series will be set at its branch hospital Jongno Yulje Medical Center. Ko Yoon-Jung will play a first year OB-GYN resident in the drama series. Director Shin Won-Ho and Screenwriter Lee Woo-Jung, who worked together in the first two seasons of “Hospital Playlist,” will participate in “Someday Wise Resident Life” as show creators.

“Someday Wise Resident Life” will air sometime during the first half of 2024 in South Korea.

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Sep 20 2023

Han Ji-Eun cast in TVING drama “Study Group”

Han Ji-Eun is cast for the lead female role in TVING drama series “Study Group” co-starring Minhyun. Also cast for major supporting characters are Cha Woo-Min, Lee Jong-Hyun, Shin Soo-Hyun, Yun Sang-Jeong, and Gong Do-Yu. The drama series is based on webcomic “Study Group” by Shin Hyeong-Wook & Yoo Seung-Yeon. Actress Han Ji-Eun will play Lee Han-Kyung in “Study Group.” She is a teacher and dreams of bringing about change at school. She has a secret and begins working at Yoosung Vocation High School. That is a bit of an oddity in of itself as she scored at the top during her teacher exams. Meanwhile, Cha Woo-Min will play Pi Han-Wool. His character is the villain in the story and the most powerful student at his school The other 4 announced actors will play members of Yoon Ga-Min’s study group.

“Study Group” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 19 2023

Main trailer and poster for ENA-Genie TV drama “Evilive”

Main trailer and poster added for ENA-Genie TV drama series “Evilive” starring Shin Ha-Kyun & Kim Young-Kwang. The main trailer shows Lawyer Han Dong-Soo (Shin Ha-Kyun) meeting Seo Do-Young (Kim Young-Kwang) for the first time in prison. Seo Do-Young is the #2 ranked guy in a crime organization and he makes an irresistible offer to Han Dong-Soo. Narration in the trailer goes (0:31) Shin Ha-Kyun “I shouldn’t have entered this world from the start,” (0:45) Shin Jae-Ha “We’re probably going to Hell, right?,” (0:54)Shin Ha-Kyun “Let me go when you’re done with this,” (0:57) Kim Young-Kwang “No, I don’t want to.”

“Evilive” will first air October 14, 2023 in South Korea.

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Sep 18 2023

Lee Joon-Hyuk cast in TVING drama”Good or Bad Dong-Jae”

Lee Joon-Hyuk is cast in TVING spin-off drama series “Good or Bad Dong-Jae” (literal title). Lee Joon-Hyuk will reprise his character of Prosecutor Seo Dong-Jae from 2017 tvN drama series “Stranger” and 2020 tvN sequel drama series “Stranger 2.” Lee Soo-Yeon, who wrote the screenplays for the two seasons of “Stranger,” will take part on the series “Good or Bad Dong-Jae” as a creator. The character of Seo Dong-Jae is an ambitious person, who also has empathy at times for troubled people.

“Good or Bad Dong-Jae” will be released via TVING sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 15 2023

Drama series “I, A Gangster, Became A High School Student” set for release on Waave

Drama series “I, A Gangster, Became A High School Student,” starring Yoon Chan-Young, Bong Jae-Hyun, & Lee Seo-Jin, is now set for release during the first half of 2024 in South Korea via online streaming platform Wavve. The drama series is based on web novel “Jokokin Naega Godeunghaksaengyi Dweeotseummida” by Horol. The drama series follows the #2 ranked gang member who switches bodies with a bullied teen. Filming for the drama series is currently underway.

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Sep 14 2023

Teaser trailer 3 for JTBC drama “Strong Girl Nam-Soon”

Teaser trailer 3 added for JTBC drama series “Strong Girl Nam-Soon” starring Lee Yoo-Mi, Kim Jung-Eun, Kim Hae-Sook, Kim Hae-Sook, & Ong Seong-Wu. The drama series is a spinoff of 2017 JTBC drama series “Strong Girl Bong-Soon” starring Park Bo-Young & Park Hyung-Sik. Narration in teaser trailer 3 goes (0:01) Byeon Woo-Seok “It’s just the beginning. I’m going to give people happiness of another world,” (0:08) Kim Jung-Eun “Korea is no longer a drug free country.  Let’s save the world,” and (0:21) Lee Yoo-Mi “I’ll smash you with all my heart from hair to toe.”

“Strong Girl Nam-Soon” first airs October 7, 2023 in South Korea.

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