Main poster added for Netflix drama series “Kingdom Season 2” starring Ju Ji-Hoon, Bae Doo-Na and Ryoo Seung-Ryong. Caption on the poster states “Who will survive?!” The poster features the three leads in the foreground and in the background has Kim Hye-Jun as the Queen, Kim Sang-Ho as Moo-Young, Kim Sung-Kyu as Young-Shin, Jun Suk-Ho as Jo Beom-Pal, and Park Byung-Eun as Min Chi-Rok.
Drama series is now set to premiere March 13, 2020 on Netflix worldwide.
Main poster added for JTBC drama series “If the Weather Is Good, I’ll Find You” (literal title) starring Seo Kang-Joon & Park Min-Young. Caption on the poster states in Korean “During winter, that was spring like, I met you.”
“If the Weather Is Good, I’ll Find You” first airs February 24, 2020 in South Korea.
Second teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Hospital Playlist” (English title) starring Cho Jung-Seok, Kim Dae-Myung, Jung Kyoung-Ho, Yoo Yeon-Seok and Jeon Mi-Do. The drama series previously went under its literal title of “Hospital Playlist.” Teaser trailer #2 shows the five main characters in scrubs for the first time. They play characters who have been friends for 20 years, since they entered medical school in 1999, and now work at the same hospital. “Hospital Playlist” is directed by Shin Won-Ho and scripted by Lee Woo-Jung. They previously worked together on the three tvN “Reply” drama series.
“Hospital Playlist” first airs March 12, 2020 in South Korea (airs Thursdays at 9PM).
Two new teaser trailers added for OCN drama series “Rugal” starring Choi Jin-Hyuk and Park Sung-Woong. Teaser trailer #2 features Choi Jin-Hyuk as Kang Ki-Beom. Choi Jin-Hyuk’s voice appears and he states “Bad Guy? Whenever I see them, I catch them.” Teaser trailer #3 features Park Sung-Woong as Hwang Deuk-Koo. He narrates with “You can not do anything with just anger.”
“Rugal” first airs March 16, 2020 in South Korea.
Satomi Ishihara is cast for the lead role in Fuji TV live-action drama series “Unsung Cinderella.” The drama series is based on manga series “Unsung Cinderella” by Mamare Arai and directed by Ryo Tanaka (“The Confidence Man JP“). For the drama series, Satomi Ishihara will play earnest pharmacist Midori Aoi.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Midori Aoi (Satomi Ishihara) has worked as a pharmacist at a hospital for the past 8 years. She holds the belief as a pharmacist that medicine is related to a patients’ daily life and, because of this, pharmacists needs to know about their patients. Consequently, Midori Aoi spends more time with her patients than other pharmacists. She receives criticism that she should work more efficiently, but she never wavers from her belief.
“Unsung Cinderella” will first air April, 2020 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10 PM time slot after “Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist“).
Teaser trailer added for movie “Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie” starring Haruka Ayase & Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film is a sequel to 2017 NTV drama series “Caution, Hazardous Wife” with Haruka Ayase & Hidetoshi Nishijima. Story for the film revolves around a wife and husband who both hide secrets from each other about their past as secret agents. The teaser around the 22 second mark has the two main characters pointing guns at each other and Haruka Ayase says “Liar” and Hidetoshi Nishijima replies “You’re just the same.”
“Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie” opens June 5, 2020 in Japan.
Ep.1 air date has been set for upcoming tvN drama series “A Piece of Your Mind” (English title) starring Jung Hae-In & Chae Soo-Bin. The drama series, previously went under the literal title of “Half of a Half,” will first air March 23, 2020 in South Korea. “A Piece of Your Mind” will air after the conclusion of “The Cursed” on Mondays and Tuesdays, but into a new 9PM time slot (rather than 9:30 PM time slot for the “The Cursed”). Story for “A Piece of Your Mind” will depict the romance between AI programmer Ha Won (Jung Hae-In) and music recording engineer Han Seo-Woo (Chae Soo-Bin).
Second trailer added for upcoming movie “Fictitious Girl’s Diary The Movie” starring Bakarhythm & Kaho. The film is based on novel “Kaku OL Nikki” by Bakarhythm and was also adapted into 2017 NTV-YTV drama series “Fictitious Girl’s Diary.” The quirky slice-of-life film has Bakarhythm playing a woman.
“Fictitious Girl’s Diary The Movie” will be released February 28, 2020 in Japan.
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Kim Yo-Han (former member of ‘X1’) is cast for the lead male role in KBS2 drama series “School 2020.” This is his first acting role. Before Kim Yo-Han took part in TV reality show “Produce X 101” and become an idol member with X1, he was a backup athlete on the national taekwondo team. He is also a 2 times winner of the National Youth Sports Festival in taekwondo. His taekwondo background is pertinent to the drama series, because he plays a character who is a former taekwondo athlete and then enrolls in a vocational school. Filming for “School 2020” will begin March, 2020.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: “School 2020” follows the life and growth of students at a vocational high school, including Kim Tae-Jin (Kim Yo-Han) and Na Geum-Young.
Kim Tae-Jin was once a taekwondo player and he won the bronze medal at the National Athletics Competition, but he had a serious ankle injury. Around this time, his father’s business went bankrupt. Kim Tae-Jin quit taekwondo and he entered the vocational high school. He has a mature personality for his age, but he doesn’t know what do in front girls he likes.
Na Geum-Young is a 2nd grade student at the vocational high school. She wants to become a Youtuber and she is studying cooking at the vocational school. Her father runs a karaoke room on the outskirts of the town.
“School 2020” will first air August, 2020 in South Korea.
Trailer #1 added for movie “Call” starring Park Shin-Hye & Jun Jong-Seo. Captions in the trailer states in Korean (0:19) “1 phone call,” (0:24) “Same space,” (0:27) “2019,” (0:28) “1999,” (0:30) “Different time,” (0:44) “If the past can be undone,” (0:50) “If the future can be known,” (0:55) “What will change?” (1:00) “Everything changes.”
“Call” will be released March 2020 in South Korea.