Feb 3 2025

Sayuri Matsumura and Kiita Komagine cast in TV Tokyo drama “Yabusaka dewa Gozaimasen”

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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Jan 31 2025

Main trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Melo Movie”

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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Jan 27 2025

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama “The Art of Negotiation”

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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Jan 24 2025

Lead cast announced for tvN drama “The Tyrant’s Chef”

Lim Yoon-A, Lee Chae-Min, Kang Han-Na, and Choi Gwi-Hwa are cast in tvN drama series “The Tyrant’s Chef” (literal title). The fantasy-romance drama series first cast actor Park Sung-Hoon in the lead male role of King Lee Heon, but he stepped down from his role after being involved in controversy. He uploaded an explicit image of a parody AV video of the Netflix drama series “Squid Game” onto his Instagram account on December 30, 2024. He deleted the image shortly afterwards and apologized, while stating the post was done by mistake. Actor Lee Chae-Min is now cast to play the lead male role of King Lee Heon. Lim Yoon-A will play lead female character Yeon Ji-Young. She is an accomplished chef, but she somehow finds herself transported to the Joseon era and ends up cooking for King Lee Heon.

“The Tyrant’s Chef” will air sometime this year in South Korea.

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Jan 24 2025

Trailer 2 and main poster for Coupang Play drama “Newtopia”

Trailer 2 and main poster added for Coupang Play drama series “Newtopia” starring Park Jeong-Min and Kim Ji-Soo (Blackpink). The zombie apocalypse themed drama series is directed by Yoon Sung-Hyun (“Bleak Night“) and scripted by Han Jin-Won (“Parasite“) and Ji Ho-Jin (“A Shop for Killers“). The trailer has narration that starts with an anonymous voice that asks “Private First Class  Lee Jae-Yoon, are you  okay?,” (0:05) Park Jeong-Min “No, Young-Joo,”  (0:07) Park Jeong-Min “She said how about we take some time apart?,” (0:10) Park Jeong-Min “This means that she wants to break up, right?” Captions in the trailer states (0:29) “I’ll definitely survive,” (0:31) “I’ll run to you right now,” (0:47)
“Can our love be safe?”

“Newtopia” will be available to stream from February 7, 2025 in South Korea.

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Jan 23 2025

Teaser trailer and two teaser posters for tvN drama “The Potato Lab”

First teaser trailer and two teaser posters added for tvN drama series “The Potato Lab” (English title) starring Lee Sun-Bin and Kang Tae-Oh. For actor Kang Tae-Oh, “The Potato Lab” is his first acting role since he finished his mandatory military service on March 19, 2024. Caption on the teaser posters states “This man rolled into my research subject, which was nothing but potatoes.”

“The Potato Lab” will first air March 1, 2025 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9:20 PM time slot after “When the Stars Gossip“).

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Jan 23 2025

Jang Ki-Yong & Ahn Eun-Jin cast in SBS drama “She Shouldn’t Have Kissed”

Jang Ki-Yong & Ahn Eun-Jin are cast in SBS drama series “She Shouldn’t Have Kissed” (literal title). Story for “She Shouldn’t Have Kissed” revolves around a kiss that took place between employees at a baby products company. Jang Ki-Yong will play Kong Ji-Hyeok. He is the the team leader for a division at the baby products company. Working on his team is Ko Da-Rim played by Ahn Eun-Jin. She is a contract employee and got hired by lying that she is married and having a child. She then kisses Kong Ji-Hyeok.

“She Shouldn’t Have Kissed” will air sometime this year in South Korea.

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Jan 23 2025

Teaser trailer for MBC drama “Undercover High School”

First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Undercover High School” starring Seo Kang-Joon and Jin Ki-Joo. Drama series “Undercover High School” follows demoted NIS agent Jung Hae-Seong (Seo Kang-Joon) as he begins an undercover operation at a high school. The teaser trailer begins with an anonymous voice asking “Can you take responsibility for what you said about doing everything?” and around the 5 second mark Seo Kang Joon responds with “What should I do first?” and the anonymous voice responds at the 7 second mark with “From now on, you will be a high school student.”

“Undercover High School” will first air February 21, 2025 in South Korea.

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Jan 23 2025

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix drama “When Life Gives You Tangerines”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “When Life Gives You Tangerines” starring IU and Park Bo-Gum. The drama series features a screenplay by Im Sang-Choon (“When the Camellia Blooms“) and directed by Kim Won-Suk (“My Mister“). Caption on the teaser poster states “To you who is still like a flower petal and dreams.”

“When Life Gives You Tangerine” will be available to stream March 7, 2025 in South Korea.

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Jan 22 2025

Trailer and support cast announced for movie “Dollhouse”

Trailer and support cast announced for movie “Dollhouse” starring Masami Nagasawa. The film is written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi (“Swing Girls“). Cast in supporting roles for the film are Koji Seto, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ken Yasuda, and Jun Fubuki. The movie revolves around a mysterious doll that main character Yoshie (Masami Nagasawa) buys after her young daughter dies. Koji Seto will play Tadahiko. He is married to Yoshie and and works as a nurse at a hospital.

“Dollhouse” will be released June 13, 2025 in Japan.

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