Mar 24 2025

Uhm Jung-Hwa & Song Seung-Heon cast in ENA drama “My Golden Star”

Uhm Jung-Hwa and Song Seung-Heon are cast for lead roles in ENA drama series “My Golden Star” (literal title). Lee El and Oh Dae-Hwan are also cast for major supporting character roles. The drama series will have Uhm Jung-Hwa play a middle aged woman named Bong Cheong-Ja and claims to be popular star Im Se-Ra who disappeared 25 years ago. She seems to have lost all of her memories from the past 25 years. Song Seung-Heon will play Doggo Cheol. He is a traffic cop and was demoted to his current position from a detective in the violent crimes department. Meanwhile, Lee El will play popular star Go Hee-Young and Oh Dae-Hwan will play entertainment company CEO Kang Du-Won.

“My Golden Star” will air sometime in the second half of this year.

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Mar 24 2025

Trailer for tvN drama “Resident Playbook”

General trailer released for tvN drama series “Resident Playbook” starring Go Youn-Jung, Shin Shi-A, Han Ye-Ji, & Kang You-Seok. Drama series is a spin-off of tvN drama series “Hospital Playlist” and set at a different branch of Yulje Medical Center. The general trailer begins with Kang You-Seok as ob-gyn resident Um Jae-Il running with two bags of food and shouting “It’s here! It’s here!” Captions in the trailer states (0:35) “Dreaming of a wise doctor’s life” and (0:41) “Our unpredictable day.”

“Resident Playbook” will first air April 12, 2025 in South Korea.

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Mar 21 2025

Teaser trailer for drama “The Haunted Palace”

First teaser trailer added for drama series “The Haunted Palace” starring Yook Sung-Jae, Bona, and Kim Ji-Hoon. The first teaser trailer begins with a mythical Imoogi creature slithering in the night sky and an anonymous voice stating “Gang-Cheol was a dragon who had completed a thousand years of training and was about to ascend to heaven, but he was a very unlucky dragon.” The creature somehow takes over the body of Yoon Gab played by Yook Sung-Jae. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:10) “Imoogi Gang-Cheol who could not become a dragon becomes an evil spirit,” (0:23) “The extremely evil Gang-Cheol possesses the body of her first love!,” (0:45) “The unexpected romance that feels from him.”

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

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Mar 20 2025

Lee Sung-Min, Jin Ki-Joo, and Pyo Ji-Hoon cast in Netflix drama “True Lessons”

Lee Sung-Min, Jin Ki-Joo, and Pyo Ji-Hoon are cast in drama series “True Lessons” starring already announced Kim Moo-Yul. The drama series will also premiere through Netflix worldwide. “True Lessons” is based on webcomic “Chamkyoyook” by Chae Yong-Taek and screenplay adaptation written by Lee Nam-Kyu (“The Light in Your Eyes“). The series is also directed by Hong Jong-Chan, who previously worked with Kim Moo-Yul and Lee Sung-Min in 2022 Netflix drama series “Juvenile Justice.”

For the newly announced cast members, Lee Sung-Min will play Minister of Education  Choi Gang-Seok. He started the Educational Rights Protection Bureau. Jin Ki-Joo will play Im Han-Rim. She is a supervisor at the Educational Rights Protection Bureau and she used to be in the special forces. Pyo Ji-Hoon will play Bong Geun-Dae. He is a genius and an assistant director at the Educational Rights Protection Bureau. 

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Mar 19 2025

Main trailer and poster for TVING drama “Way Back Love”

Main trailer and poster added for TVING drama series “Way Back Love” starring Gong Myung and Kim Min-Ha. The fantasy-romance drama series is based on 2018 novel “Naega Jookki Iljooil Jeon” by Seo Eun-Chae and directed by Choi Ha-Na (“More Than Family“). The trailer starts with Kim Min-Ha as Jung Hee-Wan stating “If I hadn’t liked Kim Ram-Woo. If we hadn’t become friends. If I hadn’t changed that stupid name.” Captions in the trailer states (0:41) “My first love who died 4 years ago,” (0:47) “He came to me as a grim reaper,” (0:58) “The moment that frozen past starts moving again,” (1:10) “Regret becomes longing,” (1:22) “The last one week we spend together.”

“Way Back Love” will be available to stream from April 3, 2025 in South Korea.

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Mar 19 2025

Main trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Karma”

Main trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Karma” starring Park Hae-Soo, Shin Min-A, Lee Hee-Jun, Kim Sung-Kyun, Lee Kwang-Soo, and Gong Seung-Yeon. The drama series follows six people, who come from different backgrounds, and how their fates are intertwined. Caption on the poster states “Evil relationships that got entangled nastily.” “Karma” is based on webcomic “Akyeon” by Choi Hee-Sun;

“Karma” will be available to stream from April 4, 2025.

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Mar 19 2025

Kyoko Yoshine and Kyoya Honda cast in Fuji TV drama “Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori”

Kyoko Yoshine and Kyoya Honda are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori.” Drama series is based on webcomic by “Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori” by Hachi Nishiga. The story for “Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori” is set in 1936 and is a romantic-comedy centered around an arranged marriage. Kyoko Yoshine will play Natsumi. She never even met her husband prior to her marriage. Kyoya Honda will play Takimasa Ebata. He is a naval officer and doesn’t express his feelings very well.

“Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori” will first air April 24, 2025 (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “Japan’s Saitei Man“).

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Mar 17 2025

Trailer for tvN drama “The Divorce Insurance”

General trailer released for upcoming tvN drama series “The Divorce Insurance” starring Lee Dong-Wook, Lee Joo-Bin, Lee Kwang-Soo, & Lee Da-Hee. The drama series revolves around an insurance team, led by No Ki-Jun played by Lee Dong-Wook, that sells divorce insurance. With that said, the general trailer begins with Lee Dong-Wook stating “Is there such an insurance for a happy remaining life? Let’s make a divorce insurance so that you can accept your fate and love, even if an unexpected divorce suddenly appears in your life!” Captions in the trailer states (0:03) “An insurance that never existed in the world!,” (0:12) “Those who sell special insurance are here.”

“The Divorce Insurance” first airs March 31, 2025 in South Korea.

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Mar 13 2025

Teaser trailer 2 for MBC drama series “Crushology 101”

Teaser trailer 2 added for MBC drama series “Crushology 101” starring Roh Jeong-Eui, Lee Chae-Min, & Jo Joon-Young. The teaser trailer is actually the fourth teaser released for the upcoming drama series, with the first two being labelled pre-teasers. The teaser trailer begins with Roh Jeong-Eui as Ban Hee-Jin stating “When I was a child, the criteria for choosing a fairy tale book was the cover with a handsome man.”

“Crushology 101” will first air April 4, 2025 in South Korea.

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Mar 12 2025

Main trailer and poster for movie “Kakukaku Shikajika”

Main trailer and poster added for movie “Kakukaku Shikajika” starring Mei Nagano and Yo Oizumi. Movie is based on autobiographical manga series “Kakukaku Shikajika” by Akiko Higashimura (“Princess Jellyfish“). The trailer begins with Mei Nagano as Akiko Hayashi stating “I’m the worst student.” The theme song for the movie has also been announced, which is “Message” by girl group MISAMO.

“Kakukaku Shikajika” will be released May 16, 2025 in Japan.

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