See list of winners and nominees at the “2021 MBC Drama Awards.” The award show took place today, December 30, 2021. Two big winners from the award show are “The Veil” and “The Red Sleeve.” “The Veil” received 4 awards, with the Grand Prize awarded to Namkoong Min. “The Red Sleeve” received 7 awards, including “Best Drama,” “Best Actor” (Lee Joon-Ho) and “Best Actress” (Lee Se-Young). Congratulations to everyone nominated.
Here’s still images for SBS drama series “Through the Darkness” starring Kim Nam-Gil, Jin Sun-Kyu and Ryeo Un. The still images are of Kim Nam-Gil as Song Ha-Young, Jin Sun-Kyu as Kook Young-Soo and Ryeo Un as Jung Woo-Joo. They are all members of a crime behavior analysis team and they work collectively to dig into difficult cases. Meanwhile, the second teaser trailer for the drama series can be viewed on AsianWiki.
“Through the Darkness” first airs January 14, 2022 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10 PM time slot after “Now, We Are Breaking Up“).
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Group poster added for TVING drama series “Dr. Park’s Clinic” starring Lee Seo-Jin & Ra Mi-Ran. Caption on the poster states “Kind treatment! Clinic specializing in laughter! Solving Lethargy!” Meanwhile, the second teaser trailer for the drama series can be viewed at AsianWiki.
“Dr. Park’s Clinic” streams from January 14, 2022 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Yagate Umi e to Todoku” starring Yukino Kishii & Minami Hamabe. Movie is based on 2016 novel “Yagate Umi e to Todoku” by Maru Ayase and directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa (“Mio on the Shore“). Captions in the teaser trailer state (0:05) “Friend who, one day, suddenly disappeared,” and (0:16) “Trip to find missing friend.”
“Yagate Umi e to Todoku” is now scheduled for release April 1, 2022 in Japan.
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Lee Je-Hoon and Koo Gyo-Hwan are cast in movie “Run Away” (literal title). Movie will be directed by Lee Jong-Pil (“Samjin Company English Class“). The film will have Lee Je-Hoon play North Korean soldier Im Kyu-Nam. He attempts to defect to South Korea by crossing the DMZ, but he is tracked by North Korean officer Ri Hyun-Sang (Koo Gyo-Hwan).
Filming for “Run Away” will begin in the first half of next year in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Ghost Doctor” starring Rain & Kim Beom. The teaser begins with Rain stating “Everything started on that day.” Captions follow that states “Spirit at the border between life and death.” Also, Lee Tae-Sung had been announced today to play villain Jang Min-Ho in the drama series. To take over Chungmyung Group from his father, Jang Min-Ho plans to kill his comatose father.
“Ghost Doctor” first airs January 3, 2022 in South Korea.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “The Blue Skies at Your Feet” (English title) starring Riko Fukumoto & Genta Matsuda. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Kimi ga Otoshita Aozora” by Eeyo Sakura & directed by Yuki Saito. The movie’s theme song has also been revealed, which is “Shiori” by Mafumafu. That track also appears in the main trailer. Caption on the poster states “The same day repeats, I become to like you more.”
“The Blue Skies at Your Feet” will be released February 18, 2022 in Japan.
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First still images and February 12, 2022 air date set for tvN drama series “Twenty-Five, Twenty-One” (literal title) starring Kim Tae-Ri & Nam Joo-Hyuk. The drama series is now set to air in tvN’s Saturday & Sunday 9PM time slot after “Bulgasal: Immortal Souls.” Above are the first still images of Kim Tae-Ri and Nam Joo-Hyuk in the drama series. During the the South Korean financial crisis, life changes for 18-year-old Na Hee-Do (Kim Tae-Ri) and 22-year-old Baek Yi-Jin (Nam Joo-Hyuk). They become friends at this time and 3 years later, they develop a romantic relationship.
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Hwang Jung-Min, Jung Woo-Sung and Park Hae-Joon are cast in movie “Spring of Seoul” (literal title). Movie is directed by Kim Sung-Su (“Asura: The City of Madness“). The film “Spring of Seoul” will be set in the late 1970’s, when pro-democracy demonstrations took place.
Filming for “Spring of Seoul” will begin February, 2022.
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Trailer added for movie “Just Remembering” starring Sosuke Ikematsu & Sairi Itoh. The film is written and directed by Daigo Matsui (“Sweet Poolside“) and inspired by song “Night on the Planet” by rock band CreepHyp. That song also appears in the main trailer and is the theme song for the film.
“Just Remembering” will be released February 11, 2022 in Japan.
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