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Tag Archives: Son Seok Gu

Streaming Platform Disney+ Releases Posters of Five High Profile Upcoming K-dramas Including Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 12, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 12, 2024

Thank you Disney+, you’re definitely doing the drama gods work and giving us fans a surprise treat. Today the platform released the first teaser posters of five K-dramas that will be airing either at the end of 2024 or sometime in 2025. Top of the heap for me is Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun, I can’t wait for that … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Sol Kyung Gu, Son Seok Gu

Netflix Premieres D.P. 2 with Returning Leads Jung Hae In and Koo Kyo Hwan This Weekend to Strong Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 29, 2023 by ockoalaJuly 30, 2023
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So Squid Game got ALL the K-drama thunder on Netflix in 2021 but thankfully all that may have directed attention to other Netflix available K-dramas including D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) which premiered right before Squid Game. D.P. got rave reviews and was soon greenlit for a second season who arrived this weekend on Netflix almost exactly two years from the original’s … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged D.P., Jung Hae In, Koo Kyo Hwan, Son Seok Gu

Park Eun Bin Takes Home the 2023 Baeksang Awards Drama Category Daesang While Song Hye Kyo Wins Best Actress and Lee Sung Min Crowned Best Actor

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2023 by ockoalaApril 28, 2023
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This Friday’s Baeksang Awards in Seoul was probably a night of little to no surprises (just one big one) and a lot of satisfied winner picks. The Park Eun Bin and Song Hye Kyo race for Best Actress ended with the former taking home the Drama Daesang for Extraordinary Attorney Woo becoming the youngest individual winner for the top prize … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Byun Yo Han, Go Yoon Jung, Im Shi Wan, IU, Jeon Do Yeon, Jinyoung, Jung Woo Sung, Kim Hye Yoon, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Sung Min, Lim Ji Yeon, Park Bo Gum, Park Eun Bin, Park Sung Hoon, Roh Yoon Seo, Ryu jun Yeol, Son Seok Gu, Song Hye Kyo, Suzy, Tang Wei

Son Seok Gu in Talks for Next Hong Sisters Romance Drama Can This Love be Translated

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2023 by ockoalaApril 12, 2023
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Well this is certainly a get for the Hong Sisters if this actor does indeed confirm for their next K-drama. Son Seok Gu is in talks for romance drama Can This Love be Translated, which is the next Hong Sisters drama and takes them back to pure romance land away from their previous three dramas which all had fantasy elements … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong sisters, Son Seok Gu

jTBC Weekend Drama My Liberation Notes Ends with Rapturous Audience Reception and 6.728% Ratings More than Doubling its Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 29, 2022 by ockoalaMay 29, 2022
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Ratings is definitely important and more often than not correlated with how popular a drama is. But the rare instances a drama can get lower ratings but higher online buzz and that’s the cast with My Liberation Notes. For a jTBC cable drama it started with 2.941% which is not super low but the network has seem many dramas premiere … Continue reading →

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

Son Seok Gu and Choi Woo Shik Sign on for Netflix K-drama Murder DIEary

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2022 by ockoalaMay 25, 2022
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Oh this sounds like a cool pairing and an interesting story. K-ent is reporting that Son Seok Gu and Choi Woo Shik will be teaming up to headline the Netflix K-drama Murder DIEary. It’s adapted from the same name webtoon about an average joe who accidentally kills a serial killer and then cop who is investigating this killing. Choi Woo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Woo Shik, Murder DIEary, Son Seok Gu

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

jTBC Finalizes Casting for My Ahjusshi Screenwriter’s Next Drama My Liberation Diary with Lee Min Ki, Kim Ji Won, Lee El, and Son Seok Gu

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 4, 2021
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I love seeing an award winning screenwriter take the time before churning out another work. Deep and meaningful writing is hard to produce commercially and I like that My Ahjusshi and Another Oh Hae Young screenwriter Park Hae Young has taken a nearly three year gap before coming back with a new work. The drama is titled My Liberation Diary … Continue reading →

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

Son Seok Gu to Make Drama Return After 2 Years with jTBC Series My Release Diary with Lee Min Ki and Kim Ji Won by the Screenwriter of My Ahjusshi

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 23, 2021 by ockoalaApril 21, 2021
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A prestige drama is in the works over at jTBC and the stars are close to lining up. Acclaimed actor Son Seok Gu is confirmed to headline the upcoming My Release Diary which also makes the comeback project for screenwriter Park Hae Young after the award winning My Ahjussi (My Mister) in 2018. The drama has him playing a mysterious … Continue reading →

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

Jung Hae In Confirmed to Lead Netflix Army Themed K-drama D.P. Adapted From Manhwa

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2020 by ockoalaSeptember 5, 2020
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Streaming giant Netflix continues onward with drama investment and production especially on the heels of COVID-19 when onscreen entertainment is mostly streaming with movie theaters closed or limited. The platform is adapting the manhwa D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) into a K-drama scheduled to premiere in 2021. The male leads will be Jung Hae In along with Kim Sung Kyun, Son Seok … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged D.P., Jung Hae In, Kim Sung Kyun, Koo Kyu Hwan, Son Seok Gu

K-actor Son Seok Gu Declines Drama Offer for Kim Eun Sook’s The King: Eternal Sovereign

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2019 by ockoalaJune 14, 2019
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Hhhhmmm, this is rather odd non-casting news. Earlier this week it was announced that K-actor Son Seok Gu was in talks to join the cast of upcoming Kim Eun Seok penned drama The King: Eternal Sovereign. He was up for what I call the protector type supporting male lead role, as a cop in one of the two parallel universes. I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Son Seok Gu, The King: Eternal Sovereign

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