Teaser poster and release date set for Coupang Play drama series “Boyhood” (literal title) starring Im Si-Wan & Lee Sun-Bin. The drama series is set in the year 1989 and at a high school in Busan, South Korea. Caption on the teaser poster states “No matter what, I go.”
“Boyhood” will be available to stream November 24, 2023 in South Korea.
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Main trailer and poster added for Netflix movie “Believer 2” starring Cho Jin-Woong, Cha Seung-Won, & Han Hyo-Joo. Movie is sequel to 2018 film “Believer,” with actor Oh Seung-Hoon taking over the role of Rak that was played by Ryoo Joon-Yeol in the 2018 film. Caption on the main poster states “A war that isn’t over yet.”
“Believer 2” will be availalbe to stream November 17, 2023.
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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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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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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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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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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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Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda are cast in NHK drama series “Fune wo Amu.” The drama series is based on 2011 novel “Fune wo Amu” by Shion Miura (“Tada’s Do-It-All House“), which was previously adapted into 2013 movie “The Great Passage” starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Aoi Miyazaki. While the movie version told the story from the viewpoint of dictionary editor Mitsuya Majime, the drama series will tell the story from the viewpoint of new employee Midori Kishibe (Elaiza Ikeda).
“Fune wo Amu” first airs February 18, 2024 in Japan.
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Hidetoshi Nishijima & Mana Ashida are cast in TBS drama series “Sayonara Maestro.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Satomi Oshima (“Nagi’s Long Vacation“) and will have Hidetoshi Nishijima & Mana Ashida play father and daughter. Their relationship is estranged after something happened 5 years earlier. The father, Shunpei Natsume, is a genius orchestra maestro, but oblivious to anything outside of the music world. They begin to live together again.
“Sayonara Maestro” will first air January, 2024 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Sunday 9PM time slot after “Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle“).
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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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