Nov 30 2022

Poster and new release date set for Netflix drama “The Fabulous”

New special poster and December 23, 2022 release date set for Netflix drama series “The Fabulous” starring Minho & Chae Soo-Bin. The drama series, set within the fashion industry, was originally scheduled to have its release on November 4, 2022, but its release was delayed in consideration of the one week national mourning period after the Itaewon tragedy on October 29, 2022. Caption on the special poster states “Blazingly sparkling millennial life.”

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Nov 28 2022

Suzu Hirose and Ren Nagase cast in TBS drama “Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu”

Suzu Hirose and Ren Nagase (King & Prince) are cast in TBS drama series “Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu.” The romance themed drama series is scripted by Eriko Kitagawa (“Hundred Million Stars From the Sky“) and Ko Kanai (“The Confidence Man JP“). The two lead performers will play a pair of 23-year-old adults who fall in love while living in the same boarding house.

“Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu” first airs January, 2023 in Japan.

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Nov 28 2022

Minhyun cast in drama “Useless Lies”

Minhyun is cast in drama series “Useless Lies” (literal title) co-starring Kim So-Hyun. In “Useless Lies” Minhyun will play Kim Do-Ha. He is the most popular song composer and producer in the country, but he keeps his identity a secret. This is because he was once framed for murder. He falls in love with his neighbor Mok Sol-Hee (Kim So-Hyun).

“Useless Lies” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Nov 25 2022

Teaser trailer 2 & release date set for TVING drama “Island”

Second teaser trailer added for TVING drama series “Island” starring Kim Nam-Gil, Lee Da-Hee, & Cha Eun-Woo. The teaser trailer begins with Kim Nam-Gil stating “The evil, that has been parasitic on this island since the beginning of time, is everywhere and we dont know where it will appear.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Island” by Yoon In-Wan.

“Island” is now scheduled for release December 30, 2022 in South Korea via TVING.

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Nov 25 2022

Teaser trailer 2 for MBC drama “The Forbidden Marriage”

Teaser trailer #2 added for MBC drama series “The Forbidden Marriage” starring Park Ju-Hyun, Kim Young-Dae, & Kim Woo-Seok. The period romantic-comedy has Park Ju-Hyun play swindler Ye So-Rang. To save herself, she pretends to be possessed by the King’s late wife. The teaser trailer begins with the voice of Park Ju-Hyun stating “The king is a crazy man. He’s completely insane.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:13) “Crazy king who has issued a public ban on marriage for 7 years,” (0:25) “The lie I started to save my life,” (0:34) “Makes the whole country go up and and down.”

“The Forbidden Marriage” will first air December 9, 2022 (takes over MBC’s Friday and Saturday 10PM time slot after “Fanletter, Please“).

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Nov 24 2022

Kazuya Kamenashi & Nao cast in NHK drama “Justice in a Balance Season 2.”

Kazuya Kamenashi, Nao, Hiromitsu Kitayama, and Aya Omasa are cast in NHK drama series “Justice in a Balance Season 2.” They will all reprise their roles as lawyers from 2021 NHK drama series “Justice in a Balance,” which is based on 2020 on novel “Seigi no Tenbin” by Takeaki Daimon. Also set to return for season 2 of “Justice in a Balance” are Kenta Satoi, Yuko Oshima, Naoto Takenaka, Masatoshi Nakamura, and Tomoko Yamaguchi.

“Justice in a Balance Season 2” will first air sometime during spring, 2023 in Japan.

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Nov 24 2022

Teaser poster and release date for movie “Gentleman”

Teaser poster and release date set for movie “Gentleman” starring Ju Ji-Hoon, Park Sung-Woong, & Choi Sung-Eun. The film will be released December 28, 2022 via online video platform Wavve. The movie follows Ju jI-Hoon who plays Private Detective Ji Hyun-Soo. Through a series of circumstances, he finds himself the suspect of a kidnapping and then he impersonates a prosecutor to uncover the truth. Caption on the teaser poster asks “Do I need manners to catch a bad man?”

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Nov 24 2022

Go Bo-Gyeol cast in tvN drama “Holy Idol”

Go Bo-Gyeol is cast for the lead female character role in tvN drama series “Holy Idol” (literal title) co-starring Kim Min-Kyu. Also announced today to play major supporting character roles in the drama series are Lee Jang-Woo, Tak Jae-Hoon, and Ye Ji-Won. “Holy Idol” is based on web novel “Sungseureowoon Idol” by Shin Hwa-Jin.

For Go Bo-Gyeol, she will play Kim Dal. Her character is a fan of idol group “Wild Animal” and she even becomes their manager to save band member Woo Yeon-Woo. His body is occupied by a strange man named Pontifex Lembrary (Kim Min-Kyu). For the supporting actors, Lee Jang-Woo will play Vice Chairman Shin Zo-Woon, Tak Jae-Hoon will play singer Sun Woo-Sil, and Ye Ji-Won will play entertainment company CEO Im Sun-Ja.

“Holy Idol” will first air sometime during the first of 2023 in South Korea.

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