This week KBS 1980’s period romance Youth of May wrapped up and perhaps the cheerful posters and seemingly innocent romance setting mislead viewers or the production chose to downplay all the Gwangju Uprising backdrop, the ending was of course T-raumatic with a capital T. That happens, it’s happened to me a lot watching twenty years worth of K-dramas. The early … Continue reading →
The new prime time drama arrivals have officially ended for now until the next big transition period arrives, for now the last two weeks have seen four new K-dramas premiere and the ratings shake out. For the Wed-Thurs time slot, Ruler: Master of the Mask and Suspicious Partner have been airing for a month now so newly arrived sageuk Seven … Continue reading →
It’s going to be a sageuk showdown on Wed-Thurs as new arrival Seven Days Queen (Queen for Seven Days) takes over the KBS time slot from recently concluded Queen of Mystery. Current time slot leading drama is the MBC sageuk Ruler: Master of the Mask while SBS is coming in third with quirky Suspicious Partner. Ruler has a three week … Continue reading →
Oh boy does this look majorly cute to start and way to depressing a likely ending. New drama stills and teaser have arrived for sageuk love triangle drama Seven Days Queen based on the real life story of Queen Dangyeon. I’m certain that queen’s life as a queen for 7 days isn’t nearly as swoony K-drama romantic in angst as … Continue reading →
I’m getting depressing vibes from the first teaser for upcoming KBS sageuk Seven Days Queen (or Queen for Seven Days), but then again just the premise of a woman being queen for 7 days before removal from her position seems dire without a possible happy ending in sight. The titular queen refers to Joseon era Queen Dangyeon, married to King … Continue reading →
KBS just premiered its new Wed-Thurs drama Mystery Queen to passable ratings but with the follow up drama being a sageuk it’s getting close to the wire to finalize the cast and start filming. This week came the main cast confirmations for Seven Days Queen with the love triangle leads being Park Min Young toggling two royal brothers in Yeon … Continue reading →
