Special teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 2” starring Lee Je-Hoon, Kim Eui-Sung, & Pyo Ye-Jin. The teaser trailer begins with a voice stating “5283 driving begins” and ends with Kim Eui-Sung asking “Is everyone here?” and Lee Je-Hoon stating “Then shall we start again?”
“Taxi Driver 2” first airs February 17, 2023 in South Korea.
See list of nominees and winners at the recently held 2022 MBC Drama Awards. This year’s big winners went to shows “Big Mouth” with 4 awards and “The Golden Spoon” with 4 awards. The Grand Prize went to Lee Jong-Suk for his role in “Big Mouth” and the Best Drama Award also went to Big Mouth. The 2022 MBC Drama Awards was held earlier this evening in Seoul, South Korea.
Ep.1 trailer added for JTBC drama series “Agency” starring Lee Bo-Young, Son Na-Eun, & Cho Seong-Ha. Ep.1 trailer begins with Lee Bo-Young as Ad Agency employee Go A-In stating “I’ll submit my resignation if I can’t increase sales by 50% within 6 months. I’ll take responsibility for that and leave the company.” Images below are of Lee Bo-Young in the drama series.
“Agency” first airs January 7, 2023 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday and Sunday 10:30 PM recently vacated by “Reborn Rich“).
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Teaser trailer #2 added for ENA drama series “Can We Be Strangers” (literal title) starring Kang So-Ra & Jang Seung-Jo. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:02) “I’m a divorce lawyer,” (0:05) “I’m divorced, too,” (0:07) “Fate,” (0:08) “Love,” (0:10) “marriage,” (0:11) “Hatred,” (0:12) “Parting,” (0:15) “Happiness,” (0:16) “Happiness?,” (0:18) “Let me know,” (0:20) “What true love is,” (0:22) “What true parting is,” (0:23) “What true happiness is,” and (0:26) “I’m a divorce lawyer who is divorced.” Below is the main poster for the drama series.
“Can We Be Strangers” will first air January 18, 2023 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Wednesday & Thursday 9PM time slot after “Love is for Suckers“).
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First teaser poster for tvN drama series “Our Blooming Youth” (English title) starring Park Hyung-Sik & Jeon So-Nee. The drama series, set in the Joseon era, revolves around the Crown Prince (Park Hyung-Sik) and a woman (Jeon So-Nee) falsely accused of murdering her family. The teaser poster shows Park Hyung-Sik as Crown Prince Lee Hwan standing in a dark room, but walking towards the light. Caption on the teaser poster states “Who should I trust and who should I suspect?”
“Our Blooming Youth” will first air February 6, 2023 in South Korea.
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Ep.1 trailer added for TVING drama series “Island” starring Kim Nam-Gil & Lee Da-Hee. The trailer begins with an anonymous voice stating “To stop the demons trying to climb out of this hole from Hell, it was blocked by 46 dolhareubangs that were made out of its own children.” “Dolhareubangs” are large statues found around Jeju Island that are made from volcanic rocks.
“Island” will be available to stream from December 30, 2022 in South Korea.
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Park Hyung-Sik & Jeon So-Nee are cast in tvN drama series “Youth, Climb the Barrier” (literal title). The drama series is set in the Joseon era. Park Hyung-Sik will play Lee Hwan. He is the crown prince, but also a lonely man. Jeon So-Nee will play Min Jae-Yi. She is a genius, but gets framed for murdering her family. They somehow meet and fall in love.
“Youth, Climb the Barrier” will first air February 6, 2023 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Missing: The Other Side 2”).
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Park Hae-Jin, Park Sung-Woong, & Lim Ji-Yeon are cast in SBS drama series “National Death Penalty Vote” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Kookminsahyungtopyo” by Eom Se-Yoon & Jung Yi-Poom and directed by Park Shin-Woo (“Encounter“). Setup for the drama series has a mysterious person named Dog Mask polling citizens via text messages after a criminal avoids punishment by the law. If that person receives more than 50% votes in favor of the death penalty, Dog Mask kills that person. Park Hae-Jin, Park Sung-Woong, and Lim Ji-Yeon will play characters that become involved in the case to find Dog Mask.
“National Death Penalty Vote” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Downfall” starring Takumi Saito, Shuri, and Megumi. Movie is based on manga series “Reiraku” by Inio Asano and directed by veteran actor Naoto Takenaka. More cast members has also been announced for the film and they are Hisashi Yoshizawa, Eiji Sugawara, Daisuke Kuroda, Shiho Sasaki and Ryohei Shima. Lastly, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Doremi” by Ryohei Shima. and he also appears in the film as a freelance writer. The theme song can be heard in the main trailer as well.
“Downfall” will be released March 17, 2023 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Kokdu: Season of Deity” starring Kim Jung-Hyun and Lim Soo-Hyang. The teaser trailer has Kim Jung-Hyun asking around the 28 second mark “Who are you?” The fantasy-romance drama series revolves around a grim reaper named Kok-Du (Kim Jung-Hyun) and Dr. Han Gye-Jeol (Lim Soo-Hyang) who has a special power. Below are the first still images of Kim Jung-Hyun in the drama series.
“Kokdu: Season of Deity” first airs January 27, 2023 in South Korea.
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