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Namgoong Min Transforms into the One Thousand Won Lawyer in First Look from the SBS Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2022 by ockoalaApril 25, 2022
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Filming is underway for the upcoming SBS legal drama One Thousand Won Lawyer (1000 Won Lawyer) which has a script that won the network’s contest in 2015 but has been in pre-production until securing the cast late last year. Headlining is award winning actor Namgoong Min who once again proves he’s not just a thespian but has the method actor … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Namgoong Min, One Thousand Won Lawyer

Ha Ji Won, Kang Ha Neul, and Jung Hae In Confirmed for Big Budget K-drama Curtain Call Formerly Titled Tree Dies on Their Feet

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 25, 2022 by ockoalaApril 26, 2022
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Well this new drama title certainly captures the “hire an actor to play a fake grandson” central plot a whole lot more. The K-drama formerly titled Tree Dies on Their Feet is now called Curtain Call and has secured the actors and actress who will be taking their curtain call once the drama is all over. Ha Ji Won has … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Curtain Call, Ha Ji Won, Jung Hae In, Kang Ha Neul

First Poster for jTBC Legal Thriller Drama Insider with Kang Ha Neul and Lee Yoo Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2022 by ockoalaApril 24, 2022
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All this talk around the casting of K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet made me forget that male lead Kang Ha Neul will be back on the small screen before then first with jTBC drama Insider. The drama released the first poster today and it shows the male lead juxtaposed as a judicial intern and a prisoner but both looking … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Insider, Kang Ha Neul, Lee Yoo Young

jTBC Sat-Sun Drama My Liberation Diary Ratings are in the Mid 2% Range But Gains Traction as a Quality Offering with a Cult Following

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
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Ratings are important for recouping production investment and ensuring more K-dramas are made, but sometimes there are gems that don’t get the broader reception but linger as an asset to the genre. Such is the trajectory of jTBC Sat-Sun drama My Liberation Diary, it took over the time slot from Forecasting Love and Weather but is bringing in less than … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Lee El, Lee Min Ki, My Liberation Diary, Son Seok Gu

tvN Drama Shooting Star Stays Steady at 1.792% for Episode 2 as MBC Newcomer From Now On, Showtime! Premieres to Also Low 2.8% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
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Well, it looks like the weekend ratings bonanza is over for the time being now that the first batch out of the 2022 gate is over and the current crop unable to match the same audience interest. This weekend had two new premieres, the first was tvN drama Shooting Star which is a Fri-Sat drama and yesterday’s episode 1 was … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged From Now On Showtime, Shooting Star

A Merman and a Mannequin Gets Me Back into C-dramas Thanks to The Blue Whisper and Allen Ren’s Perpetual Gaze

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
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It’s been FOREVER since I wrote about C-dramas which equates to how long it’s been since I watched one. When I do write about C-dramas its because one has made the broader news for good or bad reasons but I really haven’t seen anything that has drawn me to click on more than one episode. So I am shocked that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Allen Ren, Dilraba Dilmurat, The Blue Whisper

tvN Drama Shooting Star Sputters Out of the Gate with Low Ratings of 1.632% in First Episode

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2022 by ockoalaApril 23, 2022
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Whomever decided to give tvN Fri-Sat drama Shooting Star the official English title of Sh**ting Stars deserves to be flogged. The moment I laid eyes on it I read it a shitting star because hello why else blank blank two letters if not because it’s a bad word. This is a case of trying to be cute not working like … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Yiung Dae, Lee Sung Kyung, Shooting Star

Ha Ji Won in Talks for the Female Lead of K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet with Male Leads Kang Ha Neul and Jung Hae In

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2022 by ockoalaApril 22, 2022
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Well this is a curveball but one that I’m ready to hit out of the park as well. K-ent is reporting that Ha Ji Won has been offered the female lead in the upcoming big budget K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet. The male leads are going to be Kang Ha Neul and Jung Hae In, with veteran Youn Yuh … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Ji Won, Jung Hae In, Kang Ha Neul, Tree Dies On Their Feet

All of Us are Dead in 2nd Spot and A Business Proposal in 10th Place are the Only Two K-dramas Making the Netflix Global Top 10 List in 2022 Through April

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 22, 2022 by ockoalaApril 21, 2022
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We are 1/3 through the year 2022 and on the heels of a catastrophic Q1 for streaming giant Netflix, as announcing on its earning call earlier this week, the future of what was a expansive K-drama surge in global access may be less smooth sailing. Last year 2021 was a banner year for K-dramas specifically on Netflix led by Squid … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged A Business Proposal, All of Us Are Dead

Kim Young Kwang Signs on for Romance Drama Tell Me It’s Love with Offer Out to Lee Sung Kyung as the Female Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2022 by ockoalaApril 21, 2022
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The revenge romance is in the works and sounds like a reverse gender Secret Love scenario. Upcoming Tell Me It’s Love has secured Kim Young Kwang as the male lead and an offer is out to Lee Sung Kyung for the female lead, and there is certainly lots of height and visuals with this pairing. The drama is about a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Young Kwang, Lee Sung Kyung

Im Joo Hwan and Lee Ha Na to Headline Next KBS Weekend Drama Three Brave Siblings

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2022 by ockoalaApril 20, 2022
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I liken doing a weekend drama to having a safe paycheck and a steady gig for six months, with the bonus if the drama is a total success then it’s another popularity boost much like recent hit Young Lady and Gentleman gave Ji Hyun Woo back his mojos and cemented rookie Lee Se Hee as a leading lady. KBS is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Joo Hwan, Lee Ha Na, Three Brave Siblings

Kim Yoo Jung Enthusiastically Recommends Drinking More Water in Refreshing New CF Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2022 by ockoalaApril 19, 2022
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Of all the drinks out there, water is the most refreshing and necessary but also kinda forgotten since it’s not as flashy. I guzzle water and in the same way I always embrace more Kim Yoo Jung, who has been repping a water brand for a few years now and always makes grabbing a bottle of aqua so enticing. If … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Nam Joo Hyuk in Talks as Male Lead for Streaming Action K-drama Vigilante

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 20, 2022 by ockoalaApril 21, 2022
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We’ve had a Fugitive, a Vagabond, and now we’re getting a Vigilante! K-drama is prepping the live action remake of the webtoon Vigilante and an offer is out to Nam Joo Hyuk as the male lead. If he accepts it will be a HUGE change of his recent roles from either nice guy to good guy to sweet guy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Nam Joo Hyuk, Vigilante

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