May 14 2025

Main cast announced for ENA drama “Salon de Holmes”

Lee Si-Young, Jung Young-Joo, Kim Da-Som, & Nam Gi-Ae are cast in ENA drama series “Salon de Holmes.” The women’s action drama series is based on 2019 novel “Salon de Holmes” by Jeon Gun-Woo and directed by Min Jin-Ki (“New Recruit“). All four women will play residents at Gwangsun Jugong Apartment in the drama series. They work together to solve problems and punish villains there. Lee Si-Young will play Kong Mi-Ri, who doesn’t miss details like a good detective. Jung Young-Joo will play Chu Kyeong-Ja. She is a former detective and known as the “Female Ma Dong-Seok” of the apartment complex. Kim Da-Som will play Park So-Hee. She is known as the “Queen of Part-time Jobs.” Nam Gi-Ae will play Jeon Ji-Hyun. She is a former insurance queen and now runs a grocery store there.

“Salon de Holmes” will first air June 16, 2025 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Monday & Tuesday 10 PM time slot after “Tastefully Yours“).

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May 13 2025

Han Suk-Kyu cast in tvN drama “Mr. Shin’s Project”

Han Suk-Kyu is cast in tvN drama series “Mr. Shin’s Project” (literal title). Drama series is scripted by Ban Ki-Ri (“Missing: The Other Side“) and directed by Shin Kyung-Soo (“The First Responders“). For “Mr. Shin’s Project,” Han Suk-Kyu will play title character Mr. Shin. He runs a neighborhood chicken restaurant, but also acts as the neighborhood negotiator whenever problems arise between neighbors.

“Mr. Shin’s Project” will first air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea.

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May 13 2025

Nao cast in WOWOW drama “Beauty Salon in Prison”

Actress Nao is cast in WOWOW drama series “Beauty Salon in Prison.” The drama series is based on 2018 novel “Hei no Naka no Biyoshitsu” by Mina Sakurai, which was also adapted into a manga series in 2020. The premise of a beauty salon in a women’s prison that the novel depicts is based on real beauty salons that exists in several women’s prison in Japan. Nao will play Haru Komatsubara. She cuts the hair of ordinary citizens at a beauty salon within a women’s prison.

“Beauty Salon in Prison” consists of 7 episodes and will first air August 22, 2025 in Japan.

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May 12 2025

Kim Go-Eun cast in TVING drama “Yumi’s Cells S3”

Kim Go-Eun is cast in TVING drama series “Yumi’s Cells S3.” Drama series is based on webcomic “Yumi’s Cells” by Lee Dong-Gun and is a sequel to 2021 tvn-TVING drama series “Yumi’s Cells” and 2022 TVING drama series “Yumi’s Cells S2.” The series combines live-action and animation scenes involving cells within Kim Yu-Mi’s (Kim Go-Eun) body. Screenwriter Song Jae-Jung and Director Lee Sang-Yeob will also return for S3 after working together on the first two seasons.

“Yumi’s Cells S3” will be available to stream during the first half of 2026.

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May 12 2025

Teaser posters for SBS drama “Our Movie”

Here’s the first teaser posters for upcoming SBS drama series “Our Movie” starring Namkoong Min & Jeon Yeo-Bin. The drama series depicts a love story between Director Lee Je-Ha (Namkoong Min) and Actress Lee Da-Eum (Jeon Yeo-Bin). Their love may be their first and last story. Caption in the character poster states “Love story without a next.”

“Our Movie” will first air June 13, 2025 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10PM time slot after “The Haunted Palace“).

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May 12 2025

Teaser trailer & character posters for movie “Omniscient Reader”

Teaser trailer and character posters for movie “Omniscient Reader” starring Ahn Hyo-Seop and Lee Min-Ho. Movie is based on webnovel “Jeonjijeok Dokja Shijeom” by Sing Shong and directed by Kim Byung-Woo (“The Terror Live“). Character posters above and below with their captions stated are of Ahn Hyo-Seop “I am the only reader who knows the end of this world,” Lee Min-Ho “Why has the world become like this?,” Kim Ji-Soo “This world is where the only strong survive,” Nana “There’s still one left, the one who gave up being a human,” Chae Soo-Bin “Do they have to fight every day like this here?,” and Shin Seung-Ho “How does the reader know all this?” The teaser trailer begins with Ahn Hyo-Seop stating “How to survive in a ruined world. Since the number of views increased to 1, I am the only one who read it.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:12) “The world in the novel became real,” (0:29) “Only I,” (0:33) “Know the end of this novel.”

“Omniscient Reader” will be released July, 2025 in South Korea.

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May 9 2025

Teaser trailer for Wavve drama “ONE: High School Heroes”

Teaser trailer added for Wavve drama series “ONE: High School Heroes” starring Lee Jung-Ha and Kim Do-Wan. Drama series is based on webcomic “ONE” by Lee Eun-Jae and directed by Lee Seong-Tae (“By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture“). Dialogue in the teaser trailer goes (0:01) anonymous voice “Kim Ui-Gyeom” (0:04) Lee Jung-Ha “The problem is,” (0:07) anonymous voice “Yes, fighting is a talent,” (0:10) Lee Jung-Ha “What are you doing to me?” (0:11) Kim Do-Wan “Personal curiosity?,” (0:13) Lee Jung-Ha “Bad guys in the world,” (0:20) Lee Jung-Ha “There are too many,” (0:26) Kim Do-Wan “There are two left,” (0:31) anonymous voice “What are you?,” (0:33) anonymous voice “We are high school super heroes.”

“ONE: High School Heroes” will be available to stream May, 2025 in South Korea.

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May 9 2025

Teaser trailer for MBC drama “The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun”

Teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun” (literal title) starring Jang Shin-Young, Seo Ha-Jun, & Yoon Ah-Jung. The teaser trailer has Jang Shin-Young as Baek Seol-Hee stating during the teaser “My life also stopped after that day, but, terribly, the world has not changed. So I decided to throw away every part of me. Now it’s your turn.”

“The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun” first airs June, 2025 (takes over MBC’s Monday through Friday 7PM time slot after “Desperate Mrs. Seonju“).

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May 9 2025

Teaser trailer & poster for Netflix drama “Mercy for None”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Mercy for None” starring So Ji-Sub. The drama series is classic action-noir with So Ji-Sub playing Nam Gi-Jun. He was once a gang member, but cut his own Achilles tendon to leave that life for his brother. When his brother is found dead, Nam Gi-Jun takes his baseball bat and returns to the gang world. Caption in the teaser poster states “Rules are broken. He is back.”

“Mercy for None” will be available to stream June 6, 2025.

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May 8 2025

Main cast announced for movie “Husbands in Action”

Main cast announced for Netflix distributed movie “Husbands in Action.” Cast for lead roles are Jin Sun-Kyu, Gong Myung, Kang Han-Na, Kim Ji-Suk, Yoon Kyung-Ho, & Lee Da-Hee. Movie is setup as an action-comedy film and will be directed by Park Gyu-Tae (“645“). The two male leads will be played by Jin Sun-Kyu and Gong Myung. Jin Sun-Kyu will play narcotics detective Chung-Sik and the ex-husband of Shi-Nae (Kang Han-Na). Gong Myung will play Min-Seok. He is a veterinarian and the current husband of Shi-Nae. The two men team up when they learn Shi-Nae has been kidnapped, possibly by a drug gang.

Release date for “Husbands in Action” has not yet been announced.

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