Kim Myung-Soo, Kwon Na-Ra, Lee Yi-Kyung and Lee Tae-Hwan are cast in KBS2 drama series “Secret Royal Inspector” (literal title). The drama series is set at the end of the Joseon era and will have Kim Myung-Soo playing lead character Sung Yi-Gyeom. He is a civil servant, but becomes a secret royal inspector as punishment for gambling. Kwon Na-Ra will play inspector Hong Da-In. She works on cases with Sung Yi-Gyeom.
Air date for “Secret Royal Inspector” has not yet been revealed.
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Here’s four character posters for JTBC drama series “Private Lives” starring Ko Gyung-Pyo, Seohyun, Kim Hyo-Jin, & Kim Young-Min. Captions on the character posters states (Ko Gyung-Pyo) “Appears to be the team leader of a large corporation. Actually, a spy that has disappeared,” (Seohyun) “Appears to be the only daughter who grew up in a sheltered life. Actually, a born swindler,” (Kim Hyu-Jin) “Appears to be a businesswoman in the top 1%. Actually, a swindler in the top 1%,” (Kim Young-Min) “Appears to be a troublemaker infatuated with a swindler. Actually, a kingmaker infatuated with power.”
Ep.1 is now scheduled to first air October 7, 2020 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 PM time slot vacated by “Was It Love.”).
Read more »Kei Tanaka is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Equation To Erase The Teacher” (literal title of “Sensei wo Kesu Houteishiki”). The drama series is scripted by Osamu Suzuki (“M: Beloved One“) and directed by Takashi Komatsu (“Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono Season 4“). For drama series “Equation To Erase The Teacher,” Kei Tanaka will play high school teacher Tsuneo Yoshizawa. His students concoct a plan to kill him.
“Equation To Erase The Teacher” first airs October 31, 2020 in Japan.
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Bae Doo-Na, Gong Yoo, & Lee Joon are cast in Netflix sci-fi drama series “The Sea of Tranquility.” The drama series is produced by actor Jung Woo-Sung and is based on 2014 short film “The Sea of Tranquility.” For actor Lee Joon, “The Sea of Tranquility” is his first acting role since he was discharged from the South Korean military on December 19, 2019.
In “The Sea of Tranquility,” Bae Doo-Na will play Song Ji-An. She is an astrobiologist and joins a team to find out what happened at a research station on the moon. Gong Yoo will play Han Yoon-Jae. He leads the team that travels to the moon research station. His primary goal is to retrieve a mysterious sample. Lee Joon will play Ryu Tae-Seok. He is an army captain and volunteers to join Han Yoon-Jae’s team.
“The Sea of Tranquility” will be available to stream on Netflix, but a specific date has not been revealed.
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Lee Min-Ki and Nana are cast in MBC drama series “Oh! Master” (literal title). The drama series is a romantic-comedy with Lee Min-Ki playing drama series screenwriter Han Bi-Soo. Nana will play romantic-comedy actress Oh Joo-In. These two people live together.
“Oh! Master” first airs March, 2021 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Tale of the Nine Tailed” starring Lee Dong-Wook & Jo Bo-Ah. Dialogue in teaser trailer #2 has (0:01) Jo Bo-Ah “What are you doing here?” (0:04) Lee Dong-Wook “Are you looking for someone?” (0:06) Jo Bo-Ah “What I am looking for is not human,” (0:12) Jo Bo-Ah “And … I just found it.” Meanwhile, below are still images of Lee Dong-Wook as Lee Yeon, Jo Bo-Ah as Nam Ji-A, and Kim Beom as Lee Rang.
“Tale of the Nine Tailed” first airs October, 2020 in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer for MBC drama series “Kairos” starring Shin Sung-Rok, Lee Se-Young, Ahn Bo-Hyun, & Nam Gyu-Ri. Narration on the teaser trailer has (0:12) Shin Sung-Rok “Hello,” (0:14) Lee Se-Young “I saw,” (0:15) Shin Sung-Rok “I can turn back,” (0:16) Lee Se-Young “There was another strange man,” (0:18) Lee Se-Young “Its now August, but it shows September,” (0:23) Shin Sung-Rok “Han Ae-Ri, you will save my life and I will save you.”
“Kairos” is now set to first air October 26, 2020 in South Korea (takes over MBC’s Monday & Tuesday 9:30 PM time slot vacated by “Dinner Mate“).
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Adult’s Situation” (literal title of “Otona no Jijou”) starring Noriyuki Higashiyama, Honami Suzuki, and Takako Tokiwa. The film is a remake of 2016 Italian film “Perfect Strangers.” The same Italian film was also remade into 2018 South Korean film “Intimate Strangers” starring Yu Hae-Jin, Yum Jung-Ah, & Cho Jin-Woong.
“Adult’s Situation” is now scheduled for release January 8, 2021 in Japan.
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Gianna Jun & Ju Ji-Hoon are cast in drama series “Jiri Mountain” (literal title of “Jirisan”). The drama series is scripted by Kim Eun-Hee (previously worked with actor Ju Ji-Hoon in Netflix drama series “Kingdom” & “Kingdom Season 2“) and directed by Lee Eung-Bok (“Mr. Sunshine“). For the drama series, Gianna Jun and Ju Ji-Hoon will play rangers who work together at Jiri Mountain National Park.
Filming will begin September, 2020 in South Korea. The network which will screen the drama series has yet to be decided.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for KBS2 drama series “Homemade Love Story” (English title) starring Lee Jang-Woo & Jin Ki-Joo. The drama series had the early English working title of “Love Blooming House” and also has the Korean title of “Oh! Samgwang Villa.” Meanwhile, above is a teaser poster for the drama series. Caption on the teaser poster states “Different shapes, but we are one.”
“Homemade Love Story” is now set to first air September 19, 2020 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Saturday & Sunday 7:55 PM time slot after “Once Again“).
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