When Death comes calling one can never hide, but for the upcoming K-drama Death’s Game the male lead goes looking for his own death and the are no takes-back-sies. The upcoming dark and morally ambiguous K-drama starring Park So Dam and Seo In Guk also boasts an insane number of famous guest stars playing the various lives that Seo In Guk has to inhabit to learn the lesson of not taking life for granted as he encounters death again and again. I find the two leads really leaning into their roles especially Park So Dam playing against type and giving off strong and kinda mentally scary vibes.
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Talk about making an entrance, the first poster for streaming drama Death’s Game (Yi Jae Must Die) is impactful and memorable heck. This drama is like the death version of The Beauty Inside, with Park So Dam as Death putting … Continue reading
Lost in the news last week with promotions for the big name cast thriller K-movie Phantom was that it was K-actress Park So Dam‘s return from one year away from K-ent. She had to step away for medical treatment after … Continue reading
A new K-drama being kicked off, the live action adaptation of webtoon Death’s Game. The lead offers are out to Seo In Guk and Park So Dam so a legit great cast pairing and hopefully they accept as filming is … Continue reading
There seems to be a stream to come of South Korean movies dealing with the Japanese occupation era in different topics. One is the January 2023 movie Phantom (Ghost), a remake of the 2007 Chinese movie The Message (which is … Continue reading
This Friday evening in Seoul was the Grand Bell Awards (Daejong Awards) which only covers the movie industry. It’s highly prestigious but most readers here are K-drama centered so may not have watched or followed the K-movie circuit this year, … Continue reading
The awards sweeping juggernaut that is K-movie Decision to Leave continues to domination, taking home Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Park Hae Il and Best Actress for Tang Wei at this Friday’s 2022 Blue Dragon Awards in … Continue reading
The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won … Continue reading
It’s a bad then good news in one bundle about K-actress Park So Dam this week. Her agency revealed that the star is taking a work hiatus after recovering from thyroid cancer surgery. She was diagnosed recently after undergoing a … Continue reading
Running this blog for so long there are times I still think the era is X when it’s really moved on to Y. It happens fast in K-pop more than K-dramas and definitely K-movies rarely move the top line. But … Continue reading
Seeing the actors and actresses featured in the KOFIC K-Actor 200 List continues to impress me with the confirmation that South Korean entertainment is packed with talent. Very few idol-turned-actor/actress made this list so on just the actors and actresses … Continue reading
I thought stage shows would still be not happening in South Korea but it’s actually nice to hear this wonderful play will be arriving there with a lovely cast. Veterans and national treasure grandpas Lee Soon Jae and Shin Goo … Continue reading
There were nice snippets in Record of Youth but everything else was so anemic and rudimentary I felt like throwing a temper tantrum just to elicit some emotion around me as I watched. The drama finished this Tuesday with series … Continue reading