Main cast set to return in SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 3.” The announced cast members are Lee Je-Hoon, Kim Eui-Sung, Pyo Ye-Jin, Jang Hyuk-Jin, and Bae Yoo-Ram. They make up members of a special revenge service offered by Rainbow Taxi and led by Kim Do-Ki (Lee Je-Hoon). All five actors appeared in the original 2021 SBS drama series “Taxi Driver” and the sequel 2023 SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 2.”
“Taxi Driver 3” will air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.
Main trailer and poster added for movie “As for Me” starring Ai Hashimoto and Taishi Nakagawa. Movie is based on 2012 novel “Wasejo, Onna, Otoko” by Asako Yuzuki (“The Many Faces of Ito“) and directed by Hitoshi Yazaki (“Strawberry Shortcakes“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Our Last Step” by Ikkyu Nakajima from rock band “tricot.” The theme song is also featured in the main trailer. Caption on the main poster states “This man is a fool, but I am even more of a fool who has loved him all the way.”
“As for Me” will be released March 14, 2025 in Japan.
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Actress Seo Hyun-Jin is cast in drama series “Love Me.” The drama series is based on Swedish television series “Love Me” that aired in 2019-2020 and was also adapted into Australian television series “Love Me” in 2021. The Korean adaptation will be directed by Jo Young-Min (“Do You Like Brahms?“) and scripted by Park Eun-Young (“The Trunk“) and Park Hee-Kwon (“I Have Not Done My Best Yet“). Actress Seo Hyun-Jin will play Seo Joon-Kyeong for “Love Me.” Her character appears to be a successful woman, living a perfect live, but she hides a secret and is also very lonely.
Air date and broadcast network has not yet been announced for “Love Me.”
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English subtitled preview trailer for Netflix drama series “Mercy for None” starring So Ji-Sub. The drama series also features actor Lee Jun-Hyuk, currently starring in popular SBS drama series “Love Scout,” playing the younger brother of the main character. The younger brother is killed by a gang organization and So Ji-Sub as older brother Nam Gi-Jun sets out for revenge. The noir action drama series is based on webcomic “Gwangjang” written by Oh Se-Hyeong.
“Mercy for None” will be available to stream sometime this year on Netflix.
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Sooyoung and Gong Myung are cast for lead roles in tvN drama series “Please Take Care of Geum-Joo” (literal title). Also cast for major supporting character roles are Kim Sung-Ryoung, Kim Sang-Ho, and Jo Yoon-Hee. For the drama series, Sooyoung will play title character Han Geum-Joo. Her given name of Geum-Joo also means abstaining from alcohol, which comes into play when she meets her first love Seo Ui-Joon played by Gong Myung. He works in the medical field and hates alcohol. Han Geum-Joo attempts to quit drinking after being labelled an alcoholic.
“Please Take Care of Geum-Joo” will first air sometime this year in South Korea.
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Choi Woo-Sik and Jung So-Min are cast in SBS drama series “Would You Marry Me.” The romantic-comedy drama series is scripted by Lee Ha-Na (“The Time We Were Not In Love“). Choi Woo-Sik will play lead male character Kim Woo-Joo and Jung So-Min will play lead female character Yoo Me-Ri. They pretend to be a newlywed couple, so Yoo Me-Ri can keep a newlywed home she won after she broke off her engagement.
“Would You Marry Me” will first air sometime this year.
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Teaser trailer First Love added for tvN drama series “My Dearest Nemesis” starring Mun Ka-Young and Choi Hyun-Wook. The new teaser trailer titled “First Love” begins with Mun Ka-Young stating “Like first love…something like that?” Captions on the teaser trailer states (0:08) “The scent of Black Salt Dragon comes from the strange director,” (0:17) “You and I, our dark history,” (0:21) “Romance that unseals the dark history.”
“My Dearest Nemesis” will first air February 17, 202 in South Korea.
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Sayuri Matsumura and Kiita Komagine are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Yabusaka dewa Gozaimasen.” Drama series is based on manga series “Yabusaka dewa Gozaimasen” by Marita. The romantic-comedy story for “Yabusaka dewa Gozaimasen” revolves around two co-workers who work at a silent cafe. A type of cafe that doesn’t play background music and encourages customers to be silent. Sayuri Matsumura will play Mai Fushigi. She works at the cafe and has trauma from her first love. She takes an interest in her co-worker Ryo Kamishimo played by Kiita Komagine.
“Yabusaka dewa Gozaimasen” will first air April 2, 2025 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Melo Movie” starring Choi Woo-Sik, Park Bo-Young, Lee Jun-Young, & Jeon So-Nee. The romance drama series revolves around the rekindled romance between film critic Go Gyeom (Choi Woo-Sik) and newcomer director Kim Mu-Bee (Park Bo-Young). Caption on the main poster states “Reunion romance of thirty-somethings who dream of a melo life.” Drama series is directed by Oh Choong-Hwan (“Hotel Del Luna“) and scripted by Lee Na-Eun (“Our Beloved Summer“).
“Melo Movie” will be available to stream February 14, 2025.
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Teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “The Art of Negotiation” (literal title) starring Lee Je-Hoon. Drama series is directed by An Pan-Seok (“The Midnight Romance in Hagwon“) and revolves around legendary M&A expert Yoon Joo-No (Lee Jo-Hoon). The teaser trailer starts off an anonymous voice that asks “What do you do?,” and from 3 second mark Lee Je-Hoon as Yoon Joo-No responds “I buy and sell. M&A is literally war. If war is fought with weapons, M&A is fought with contracts.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:09) “White snake returns,” (0:16) “Invisible war,” (0:24) “Sophisticated betrayal,” (0:37) “Who will take control of the negotiation?”
“The Art of Negotiation” will first air March 8, 2025 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday and Sunday 10:30 PM time slot vacated by “The Tale of Lady Ok“).
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