Oct 9 2020

Ryoma Takeuchi cast in NTV drama “With You on the Day the World Ends”

Ryoma Takeuchi is cast in NTV drama series “With You on the Day the World Ends” (literal title) and Hulu sequel drama series “With You on the Day the World Ends Season 2.” The drama series is co-produced by NTV and Hulu, with NTV’s season 1 having 10 episodes and Hulu’s season 2 having 6 episodes. The screenplay is an original script written by Natsuko Ikeda (“Tower of Sand“) and directed by Shintaro Sugawara.

“With You on the Day the World Ends” will first air January, 2021 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “The Way of the Househusband.”).

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Oct 9 2020

Kim Ok-Vin & Lee Joon-Hyuk cast in OCN drama “Dark Hole”

Kim Ok-Vin and Lee Joon-Hyuk are cast for lead roles in OCN drama series “Dark Hole.” The drama series features Kim Ok-Vin playing Seoul Detective Lee Hwa-Sun. She chases after her husband’s killer. The script will have her traveling to a city where Yoo Tae-Han (Lee Joon-Hyuk) lives. A mysterious dark smoke there causes people to turn into monsters. The drama series is directed by Kim Bong-Joo (“The Phone“) and scripted by  Jung Yi-Do (“Save Me“/”Strangers From Hell“).

“Dark Hole” first airs during the first half of 2021 in South Korea.

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Oct 8 2020

Teaser trailer & character posters for movie “The Day I Died: Unclosed Case”

Teaser trailer added for movie “The Day I Died: Unclosed Case” starring Kim Hye-Soo, Lee Jung-Eun, and Roh Jeong-Eui. Meanwhile, above and below are character posters for movie. One is of Kim Hye-Soo as Detective Kim Hyun-Soo and the other is of Roh Jeong-Eui as No Jung-Ui. The film revolves around the disappearance of No Jung-Ui from her home in an island village.

“The Day I Died: Unclosed Case” will be released November, 2020 in South Korea.

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Oct 7 2020

Teaser trailer #3 for MBC drama “The Spies Who Loved Me”

Teaser trailer #3 added for MBC drama series “The Spies Who Loved Me” starring Yoo In-Na, Eric, & Lim Ju-Hwan. Yoo In-Na’s narration at the start of the trailer states in Korean (0:01-0:25) “I have two husbands. On one side is my ex-husband, like an enemy. He is a travel writer and travels the world with a friendly smile. On the other side is my present & loved husband. He has the best qualification for a husband, which is being sweet and well mannered. Someone is lying.” She then states (0:33-0:40) “You got caught. Now tell me the truth.” Meanwhile, above and below are two special posters for the drama series.

“The Spies Who Loved Me” first airs October 21, 2020  in South Korea.

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Oct 7 2020

Choi Gang-Hee cast in KBS2 drama “Hi? It’s Me!”

Choi Gang-Hee is cast in KBS2 drama series “Hi? It’s Me!” (literal title). Choi Gang-Hee will play lead female character Ban Ha-Ni. Actor Kim Young-Kwang was offered the lead male role and has not yet officially confirmed that he has accepted. The drama series is based on 2011 novel “Fantastic Girl” by Kim Hye-Jung. Choi Gang-Hee’s character Ban Ha-Ni will meet her younger 17-year-old self in the drama series.

“Hello? It’s Me!” will first air January, 2021 in South Korea.

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Oct 6 2020

Jung So-Min & Kim Ji-Suk cast in JTBC drama “Monthly House”

Jung So-Min and Kim Ji-Suk are cast for lead roles in JTBC drama series “Monthly House” (literal title). The new drama series will be directed by Lee Chang-Min (“Welcome to Waikiki“) and scripted by Myung Soo-Hyun (“A Poem A Day“). For the drama series, Jung So-Min will play Monthly House magazine editor Na Young-Won and Kim Ji-Suk will play Monthly House magazine CEO Yoo Ja-Sung.

“Monthly House” will first air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

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Oct 6 2020

Kang Ha-Neul cast for special appearance in drama “The Moon Rising River”

Kang Ha-Neul is cast for a special appearance role in drama series “The Moon Rising River” (literal title) starring Kim So-Hyun. For his special appearance, Kang Ha-Neul will play On Hyeob. His character is the father of lead male character On Dal. The drama series is based on the folk tale of On Dal, which is contained in historical compilation “Samguk Sagi” (The History of the Three Kingdoms of Korea).

MBC has held discussions to air the drama series, but an agreement has not been met. The drama series will air sometime next year in South Korea.

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