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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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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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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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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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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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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Tomoya Nakamura and Tao Tsuchiya are cast in NHK drama series “Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai.” Drama series is based on manga series “Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai” by Jin Nanami & illustrated by Tsukiko. Story for “Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai” will be set at a small psychiatry clinic in a back alley within Shinjuku. Tomoya Nakamura will play Psychiatrist Konosuke Yowai and Tao Tsuchiya will play Nurse Yuri Amamiya.
“Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai” will consist of 3 episodes and first air August 31, 2024 in Japan.
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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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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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Ai Mikami is cast in WOWOW drama series “Game no Na wa Yukai” starring Kazuya Kamenashi. The drama series is based on 2002 novel “Game no Na wa Yukai” by popular mystery writer Keigo Higashino, which was previously adapted into 2003 movie “G@me” starring Naohito Fujiki and Yukie Nakama. For the upcoming drama series, Ai Mikami will play Juri Katsuragi, who is the daughter of car company vice president Katsutoshi Katsuragi and his mistress. She is abused by her family and her father ignores her situation. She teams up with Shunsuke Sakuma (Kazuya Kamenashi) to get revenge on her father Katsutoshi Katsuragi.
“Game no Na wa Yukai” is now set to first air June 9, 2024 in Japan.
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