Teaser trailer #3 added for MBC drama series “Tomorrow” starring Kim Hee-Seon & Ro Woon. The third teaser begins with Ro Woon stating “From today, there’s no Choi Joon-Woong in this world.” This is followed by Kim Hee-Seon’s voice stating “Let’s work.” The drama series follows a group of angels of deaths as they work to save people. Below are main posters for the drama series.
“Tomorrow” first airs April 1, 2022 in South Korea.
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Kim Se-Jeong is cast for the lead female role in SBS drama series “Today’s Webtoon” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Juhan Shuttai!” by Naoko Matsuda, which was previously adapted into 2016 TBS drama series “Sleepeeer Hit!” starring Haru Kuroki & Joe Odagiri. For “Today’s Webtoon,” Kim Se-Jeong, who is currently starring in SBS drama series “Business Proposal,” will play On Ma-Eum. An injury ended On Ma-Eum’s career as a judo athlete and she begins work as a webtoon editor.
“Today’s Webtoon” will first air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Shooting Stars” starring Lee Sung-Kyung & Kim Young-Dae. The teaser trailer shows footage of employees of Star Force Entertainment. Those employees include Oh Han-Byeol (Lee Sung-Kyung), Kang Yoo-Sung (Yoon Jong-Hoon) ,Park Ho-Young (Kim Yoon-Hye), top actor Gong Tae-Sung (Kim Young-Dae), Legal Advisor Do Soo-Hyeok (Lee Jung-Shin) and Reporter Jo Ki-Bbeum (Sojin).
“Shooting Stars” first airs April 22, 2022 in South Korea.
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Park Hye-Eun is cast in KakaoTV drama series “Borrowed Body” (literal title) co-starring Nam Yoon-Soo & Ryeo Un. The drama series is based on webcomic “Billin Mom” by Park Se-Kye. For the drama series, Park Hye-Eun will play high school student Ki Da-Rim. She soon finds herself and her friend Lee Sang-Yoo (played by Nam Yoon-Soo) have switched bodies.
“Borrowed Body” will consist of 15 episodes and stream sometime later this year in Korea.
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Atsuko Maeda is cast in WOWOW live-action drama series “Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist.” The drama series will have Atsuko Maedae play twin sisters Aki and Sakura. Aki dies mysteriously at the beginning of the story and a mysterious connection between them and famous writer Mizorogi exists. The screenplay is based on manga series “Utsubora” by Asumiko Nakamura.
“Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist” will first air sometime later this year in Japan.
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Ryusei Yokohama is cast in movie “Sen wa, Boku o Egaku.” Movie is based on 2019 novel “Sen wa, Boku o Egaku” by Hiromasa Togami and directed by Norihiro Koizumi (“Chihayafuru“). For the movie, Ryusei Yokohama will play main character Sousuke Aoyama. He becomes fascinated with ink wash paintings and becomes a painter himself. Ryusei Yokohama actually learned ink wash painting from artist Tohun Kobayashi for a year to play his role.
“Sen wa, Boku o Egaku” will be released October 21, 2022 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer added for KBS1 drama series “Bravo, My Life” starring Nam Sang-Ji & Yang Byeong-Yeol. The weekday evening drama series follows Nam Sang-Ji as Seo Dong-Hee and Yang Byeong-Yeol as Kang Cha-Yeol. Seo Dong-Hee raises her nephew by herself and Kang Cha-Yeol doesn’t want to work for his rich father, but his father asks him to work for him for 1 year.
“Bravo, My Life” will first air April 11, 2022 in South Korea.
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Go Ayano is cast in TBS drama series “Old Rookie.” The drama series is scripted by Yasushi Fukuda (“DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon“) and directed by Yasuharu Ishii (“Oh My Boss! Love Not Included“). The drama series will have Go Ayano playing 37 year old soccer player Ryotaro Shinmachi. He faces retirement and must find work as a regular employee.
“Old Rookie” first airs July, 2022 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Sunday 9PM time slot after the conclusion of “My Family“).
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First teaser trailer added for drama series “There is No Goo Pil-Soo” (literal tiile) starring Kwak Do-Won, Yoon Doo-Joon, & Han Go-Eun. The drama series airs on various entertainment channels Olleh TV, Seezn, and Sky TV from May, 2022.
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Han Suk-Kyu and Kim Seo-Hyung are cast Watcha drama series “It May Be A Little Spicy Today” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2018 non-fiction novel “Oneuleun Jom Maewoolji Molla” by Kang Chang-Rae. The drama series will have Han Suk-Kyu playing married husband Chang-Rae. He begins to cook for his wife played by Kim Seo-Hyung, who has serious health problems.
“It May Be A Little Spicy Today” will be available to stream sometime this year in South Korea.
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