Jesse Lewis and Ennosuke Ichikawa are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Saisho wa Paa.” The drama series will have Jesse Lewis play main character Gota Tonegawa. He is the son of a politician, but decides to enroll in a comedy training center. Ennosuke Ichikawa will play Ginpei Sawamura. He forms a comedy duo with Gota Tonegawa.
“Saisho wa Paa” will first air October, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15 PM time slot after “Nice Flight“).
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “The Empire” starring Kim Sun-A, Ahn Jae-Wook, Lee Mi-Sook, & Song Young-Chang. The drama series follows a wealthy and powerful family who achieved everything from the legal field. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:05) “People who have everything” and (0:09) “Story hidden by them.”
“The Empire” first airs September 24, 2022 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “The Good Detective 2“).
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Teaser trailer #3 and teaser posters added for KBS2 drama series “The Law Cafe” starring Lee Seung-Gi & Lee Se-Young. Caption on the teaser poster with Lee Seung-Gi in a tracksuit states “Love just like the Law!” and captions on the closeup teaser poster states “I’ll listen to your concerns for the price of a cup of coffee.”
“The Law Cafe” opens September 5, 2022 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Monday & Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Cafe Minamdang“).
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Jeon So-Nee, Koo Gyo-Hwan, & Lee Jung-Hyun are cast in Netflix drama series “Parasyte: The Grey” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Kiseiju” by Hitoshi Iwaaki, which was previously adapte into 2014 movie “Parasyte Part 1” and 2015 sequel film “Parasyte Part 2.” The Netflix drama series adaptation will be directed and scripted by Yeon Sang-Ho (“Train To Busan“). Premise for the drama series centers around mysterious parasites that fall from the sky and enter humans through their ears and noses. They then take over the humans.
“Parasyte: The Grey” will be available to stream sometime next year from Netflix.
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Seo Ji-Hye, Lee Sung-Jae, Hong Soo-Hyun, and Lee Sang-Woo are cast in TV Chosun drama series “Red Balloon” (literal title). The drama series will be directed by Jin Hyung-Wook and scripted by Moon Young-Nam. This is the fourth time Ji Hyung-Wook and Moon Young-Nam will work together following 2009 KBS2 drama series “Three Brothers,” 2013 KBS2 drama series “Wang’s Family,” and 2019 KBS2 drama series “Liver or Die.”
“Red Balloon” will first air December, 2022 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Love in Contract” starring Park Min-Young, Ko Gyung-Pyo, & Kim Jae-Young. The teaser trailer has Park Min-Young as Choi Sang-Eun stating “The moment when people need marriage like for inheritance or family pushing someone to marry. I will marry you without love.”
“Love in Contract” first airs September 21, 2022 in South Korea.
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Woo Do-Hwan, Bona, and Cha Hak-Yeon are cast in MBC drama series “Joseon Lawyer” (literal title). The screenplay is a fusion historical drama script, set during the Joseon period. Woo Do-Hwan will play main character Kang Han-Soo. He becomes a lawyer to take revenge for his parents’ deaths, but he eventually turns into a skilled lawyer. Bona will Princess Lee Yeon-Joo and Cha Ha-Yeon will play Judge Yoo Ji-Sun.
Filming for the drama series will begin soon, but air dates for the drama series has not yet been decided.
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First teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “One Dollar Lawyer” starring Namkoong Min & Kim Ji-Eun. The first teaser trailer has Namkoong Min stating “I’m here because you said that dying is really hard. Yes right.” He then offers to take the suicidal man’s case for $1.
“One Dollar Lawyer” first airs September 23, 2022 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Friday & Saturday 10PM time slot after “Today’s Webtoon“).
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Haruna Kawaguchi and Ren Meguro are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Silent.” The drama series features an original screenplay by newcomer Miku Ubukata, who won the 33rd Fuji TV Young Scenario Award. The drama series “Silent” is a romance story between two young adults who fell in love as high school students and shared a love for music. As young adults, the man has now almost lost his hearing.
“Silent” will first air October, 2022 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “Love Dissonance“).
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Main trailer added for tvN drama series “Blind” starring TaecYeon, Ha Seok-Jin, & Jung Eun-Ji. The drama series revolves around a serial murderer case, with jury members as victims. The main trailer begins with TaecYeon stating “Mad dog… a mad dog is coming.” The main trailer also has captions that state (0:08) “Sunken memory,” (0:12) “Truth which is emerging,” (0:18) “After the trial,” (0:25) “Real murder has begun.”
“Blind” first airs September 16, 2022 in South Korea.
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