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Lee Jun Ki is Beautifully Tortured in tvN Drama Flower of Evil Delivering Yet Another Gripping Character

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
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Lee Jun Ki fans all have their “moment” story, and there is quite a diverse array of his K-dramas which have hooked a casual viewer into a convert. Mine is of course the still perfect and very re-watchable Time Between Dog and Wolf, one of his first K-dramas though I watched it a few years after it came out. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, My Loves | Tagged Flower of Evil, Lee Jun Ki

Inadvertently Awkward Hand Position Makes for Hilarious 18 Again Poster as Drama Drops More Previews and Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
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The official poster for jTBC drama 18 Again elicits so many thoughts from me, the main one being WHERE THE HECK is Yoon Sang Hyun’s hand trying to grab?!? Did the photoshopper not realize that he’s literally going from Kim Ha Neul‘s crotch area ahahaha. Then I fell into envy that Kim Ha Neul is so gorgeous and lithe that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged 18 Again, Kim Ha Neul, Lee Do Hyun, Yoon Sang Hyun

Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won Travel Through Time in Sci-fi Fri-Sat SBS K-drama Alice

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2020
"Promotional image for the drama 'Alice'"

This is the year of time-travel and/or parallel universes, it has been done before in K-dramas but seems lumped together this year with Train, 365: Repeat the Year, The King: Eternal Monarch, and now Alice. This past weekend felt a little empty because the normally bustling with viewer commentary SBS Fri-Sat time slot was empty after Backstreet Rookie ended the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang, Lee Da In

Ro Woon and Won Jin Ah Start Filming jTBC Drama Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2020
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I haven’t read the source material but I am wondering whether the title is literal and what the male lead has against the titular liptsick. Script reading has taken place and filming commenced for upcoming jTBC drama adaptation of manhwa Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick. Initially Jang Dong Yoon was offered the male lead but he picked horror … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ro Woon, Sunbae Please Don't Put on That Lipstick, Won Jin Ah

Train Thrills with Two Times the Yoon Shi Yoon Intensity and Ends with a Neato Twist in the Parallel Worlds Concept

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2020
Four intense male characters in different scenes.

It’s finale weekend and I’m going to be sad there is no more Train to board next weekend. The OCN drama ended with a sweet and to the point 12-episodes of tightly written narrative, the sci-fi parallel worlds bit never really made sense beyond being a conceit since the story was so small in scale. Like all parallel worlds it … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Train, Yoon Shi Yoon

Cha Eun Woo, Moon Ga Young, and Hwang In Yeop Confirmed for K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon True Beauty

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
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If there was a pitch perfect casting of manga/manhwa/webtoon character to real live actor/actress then True Beauty (Goddess as Descended) wins the prize off the bat. The drama adaptation of the same name webtoon is heading into production and the leads are confirmed as Cha Eun Woo, Moon Ga Young, and rising newcomer Hwang In Yeob. To say each looks … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Eun Woo, Hwang In Yeop, Moon Ga Young, True Beauty

Secret Forest 2 Gets Third Highest tvN K-drama Premiere as Episode 1 Received Ratings of 7.627% AGB Nationwide

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 15, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
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Wow, imaging winning and also leaving the first season in the dust right off the bat. This Saturday tvN premiered Secret Forest 2 (Stranger 2), the sequel to the critically acclaimed police legal procedural drama of 2018 with the same cast back led by Jo Seung Woo and Bae Doo Na. The first episode got ratings of 7.627% AGB nationwide, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bae Doo Na, Jo Seung Woo, Secret Forest

Netflix Releases First Posters for K-drama The School Nurse Files with Jung Yumi and Nam Joo Hyuk

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 15, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2020
Two characters with colorful creatures on faces.

Streaming giant Netflix got into K-dramas 4 years ago and with it the company has produced exclusive content that can only be watched on the platform along with co-produced works that air on television channels and then Netflix. K-drama The School Nurse Files falls into the former category, it’s produced solely by Netflix and premieres on the platform for streaming … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Yumi, Nam Soo Hyuk, The School Nurse Files

Thrilling OCN Weekend Drama Train with Yoon Shi Yoon and Kyung Soo Jin Barrels Towards Tense Final Two Episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 15, 2020
Two men standing on train tracks.

My dates with OCN dramas tends to happen only when said drama stars one of my baes. For example, the scary The Guest was a can’t miss for me thanks to Kim Jae Wook, and now I’m onboard the runaway Train for my Yoon Shi Yoon love. It’s so worth it and the drama is so well written (in terms … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Train, Yoon Shi Yoon

Ong Seung Woo and Shin Ye Eun Want to be More Than Friends in Poster and Preview for jTBC Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2020
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When I look at Shin Ye Eun I’m just glad this time around she has a real man to fall in love with and not a cat turned man like her last drama lol. jTBC has released the first poster and preview for upcoming romance drama More Then Friends (Number of Cases) which centers around two very good looking close … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged More Than Friends, Number of Cases, Ong Seung Woo, Shin Ye Eun

Things are Pretty Awkward in New Stills and Teaser for When I Was Most Beautiful as Im Soo Hyang Wins the Hearts Brotherly Affections of Ji Soo and Ha Suk Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2020
Three friends enjoying a meal outdoors.

A love triangle involving two family members can’t end well, even if one conveniently dies of a terminal illness at the end and frees up the other two to be together. With Ha Suk Jin being a race car driver, I could see him perishing in a fiery crash and then younger brother Ji Soo and female lead Im Soo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Suk Jin, Hwang Seung Eon, Im Soo Hyang, Ji Soo, When I Was the Most Beautiful

Flower of Evil Continues to Deliver Melodrama Perfection as Wifey Learns the Truth in Episode 6 with Ratings of 3.615%

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2020
Doctor and patient in serious conversation.

There is so much going on in Flower of Evil and also so much to look forward to. This is textbook K-drama melodrama expertise in scriptwriting, tight and pulls no punches. Episode 6 peeled back the why is Hyun Soo pretending to be Hee Sung layer, not the full backstory but an intriguing glimpse. Just knowing if Hee Sung woke … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Flower of Evil, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Chae Won

Choi Kang Hee and Lee Re to Play Older and Young Versions of Female Lead Who Meet Each Other in Fantasy K-drama How Are You? It’s Me!

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 12, 2020
Woman with long hair in soft lighting.

The do-over genre in K-dramas is so so popular last few years, so many have tackled it and coming up is yet another take on the topic of what we will do if we knew what we would become. KBS is in production for K-drama How Are You? It’s Me! centered around the female lead who meets up with her … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Kang Hee, Lee Re

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