Man Who Sets the Table-Korean New TV Drama

Man Who Sets the Table-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 밥상을 차리는 남자 / Man Who Sets the Table
Chinese Title: 做飯的男人
Also Known as: Man Who Lays the Table
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-02 to 2018-Feb-18
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:45

Synopsis

This drama is about a middle-aged man who attempts to recover his happy family.

Lee Roo Ri (Choi Soo Young) tries to get a job at big company, but she gives up. She doesn’t have a good relationship with her strict father. Shen then decides to travel to a foreign country to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae Yang (Ohn Joo Wan) who goes by the YOLO motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound. After she meets Jung Tae Yang, Lee Roo Ri has a turning point of her life.

Cast

Main Cast

Choi Soo Young as Lee Roo Ri
– Choi Yoo Ri as Lee Roo Ri (child)
Ohn Joo Wan as Jung Tae Yang
Seo Hyo Rim as Ha Yeon Joo
Park Jin Woo as Lee So Won

Lee Roo Ri’s Family

Kim Kap Soo as Lee Shin Moo (Roo Ri’s father)
Kim Mi Sook as Hong Young Hee (Roo Ri’s mother)

Jung Tae Yang’s Family

Lee Il Hwa as Jung Hwa Young
Shim Hyung Tak as Go Jung Do
Song Kang as Kim Woo Joo
Kim Ji Young as Go Eun Byul

Others

Han Ga Rim as Joo Ae Ri
Lee Jung Hyuk
Lee Se Young as Tae Yang’s friend
Lee Si Un as Tae Yang’s ex-boyfriend

Production Credits

Director: Joo Sung Woo
Screenwriter: Park Hyun Joo

Argon-Korean New TV Drama

Argon-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 아르곤 / Argon
Genre: Politic, Office
Broadcast network: tvN
Episodes: 8
Broadcast Period: 2017-Sep-04 to 2017-Sep-26
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 22:50

Synopsis

The story of truthful reporters who strive to deliver the facts in a world full of fake news.

Kim Baek Jin (Kim Joo Hyuk) is an anchor, reporter and leader of investigative reporting program “Argon” He does not tolerate mistakes and relies only on facts. Meanwhile, Lee Yeon Hwa (Chun Woo Hee) is a contract reporter. 3 months before her contract is to end, she is assigned to work at “Argon” She struggles to get a permanent job there as a reporter. She receives strict training and grows as a reporter while Working with Kim Baek Jin.

Cast

Main Cast

Kim Joo Hyuk as Kim Baek Jin
Chun Woo Hee as Lee Yeon Hwa

Investigative journalism team “Argon”

Park Won Sang as Shin Chul
Shin Hyun Bin as Chae Soo Min
Park Hee Bon as Yook Hye Ri
Shim Ji Ho as Uhm Min Ho
Jo Hyun Chul (조현철) as Heo Jong Tae
Ji Yoon Ho as Oh Seung Yong
Ji Il Joo as Park Nam Kyu
Park Min Ha as Kim Jin Hee

People at HBC

Lee Seung Joon as Yoo Myung Ho
Lee Kyung Young as Choi Geun Hwa
Kim Jong Soo as So Tae Seob

Others

Ryu Han Bee as Kim Seo Woo
Park Chul Hyun as Wang Joong Goo

Production Credits

Production Company: Daydream Entertainment
Producer: Song Jung Woo
Director: Lee Yoon Jung
Screenwriters: Jun Young Shin, Joo Won Kyu, Shin Ha Eun

Magic School-Korean New TV Drama

Magic School-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 마술학교 / Magic School
Chinese Title: 魔術學校
Genre: School, Youth
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: jTBC, NAVER tvcast
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-11 to 2017-Oct-06
Air time: Monday to Friday 07:00 (15 minutes/episode)

Synopsis

Young people’s dreams, hopes, and youthful trials are explored in the setting of a magic high school.

Na Ra (Jin Young) is a university student and he has never had a girlfriend in his life. He wants to become a public servant. Jay (Yoon Park) is a popular magician mired in deep sadness. Joon (Nichkhun) is an intern at a hospital. He is poor, but he a has warm heart. Three of them gather at a magic school led by Master Han (Ryu Seung Soo). Master Han has a daughter, Yi Seul (Shin Eun Soo), who wants to become a dancer but not a magician.

Cast

Jin Young as Na Ra
Yoon Park as Jay
Nichkhun as Joon
Ryu Seung Soo as Master Han
Shin Eun Soo as Yi Seul
Kang Yoon Je as Lee Seong
Park Kyu Young as Yoo Ri
Nam Sung Joon as Kim Jong Man
Park Joo Hyung as K

Production Credits

Production Company: JYP Pictures
Director: Kim Do Won
ScriptWriter: Kim Do Hyun

Girls’ Generation 1979-Korean New TV Drama

Girls’ Generation 1979-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 란제리 소녀시대 / Girls’ Generation 1979
Also Known as: Lingerie Girls’ Generation
Chinese Title: 內衣少女時代
Genre: Youth, Romance, Mystery
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-11 to 2017-Oct-03
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00

Synopsis

The drama is based on the 2009 youth coming-of-age novel Lingerie Girls’ Generation (란제리 소녀시대) by Kim Yong Hee which was published from 2009-Feb-12 via Saenggokui Namoo.

The story of love and friendship of high school girls in Daegu in the late 1970s.

Cast

Main Cast

Bona as Lee Jung Hee
Chae Seo Jin as Park Hye Joo
Seo Young Joo as Bae Dong Moon
Lee Jong Hyun as Joo Young Choon
Yeo Hoe Hyun as Son Jin
Min Do Hee as Shim Ae Sook

Lee Jung Hee’s Family

Kwon Hae Hyo as Jung Hee’s father
Kim Sun Young as Jung Hee’s mother
Park Ha Na as Jung Hee’s aunt
Jo Byung Kyu as Lee Bong Soo

Supporting Cast

In Gyo Jin as Oh Man Sang
Kim Jae Hwa as Teacher
Baek Eun Kyung as Hyun Hee
Bang Soo Jin as Eon Joo
Park Ye Seul as Eun Ja
Kim Soo Hyun as Kil Yeo
Lee Bom as Park Gwi Ja

Others

Jo Duk Hyun as Hye Joo’s father
Han Geu Rim as Unni #3
Jo Ah In as Joo Aeng Cho

Production Credits

Director: Hong Suk Goo
Screenwriter: Yoon Kyung Ah

Devil Inspector-Korean New TV Drama

Devil Inspector-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 악동탐정스 / Devil Inspector
Also Known as: Bad Boy Detective
Chinese Title: 淘氣鬼偵探
Genre: Comedy, detective, mystery, school, youth
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: NAVER tvcast
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-12 to 2017-Sep-28
Air time: Tuesday to Thursday 10:00

Synopsis

Two genius high school detectives team up with justice-driven detectives to investigate the disappearance of their parents following a dark incident.

Cast

Kim Nam Joo as Ok Jin Kyung
Ahn Hyung Sub as Seol Oh Seong
Yoo Seon Ho as Pyo Han Eum
Lee Soo Min as Jeong Seul-gi
Heo Eun Jung as Jang Yoon Ji

Production Credits

Production Company: ConvergenceTV
Producer: Choi Jung Yul
Director: Park Sun Jae
Screenwriter: Park Sun Jae

Borg Mom-Korean New TV Drama

Borg Mom-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 보그맘 / Borg Mom
Chinese Title: 時尚媽咪
Genre: Science-Fiction, Comedy
Episodes: 8 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-15 to 2017-Nov-03
Air Time: Fridays 21:50

Synopsis

The story is about a genius scientist who makes a robot wife in place of his real wife who passed away 7 years ago.

Choi Go Bong (Yang Dong Geun) works in the field of artificial intelligence. His wife died 7 years ago after giving birth to their son Choi Yool (Jo Yeon Ho). Choi Go Bong then developed a borg mom (Park Han Byul) using AI and robotics. Choi Yool enters a prestigious kindergarten and the borg mom meets the other mothers there. The mothers group is full of vanity and pretentiousness.

Cast

Main Cast

Yang Dong Geun as Choi Go Bong
Park Han Byul as Borg Mom

Elegance Mom

Ivy as Do Do Hye
Choi Yeo Jin as Boo Ti Na
Hwang Bo Ra as Koo Seol Soo Ji
Jung Yi Rang as Yoo Kwi Nam

People around Choi Go Bong

Jo Yeon Ho as Choi Yool
Choi Jung Won as Han Young Chul

Buckingham Kindergarten

Kwon Hyun Bin as Kwon Hyun Bin
Jung Ji Hoon as George
Kim Do Hye as Grace
Kang Joo Ha as Coco
Jang Ro Yi (장로이) as Audrey
Song Ji Woo (송지우) as William

Production Credits

Director: Sun Hye Yoon
Screenwriter: Choi Woo Joo, Park Eun Jung

My Man’s Secret-Korean New TV Drama

My Man’s Secret-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 내 남자의 비밀 / My Man’s Secret
Also Known as: The Secret of My Love
Chinese Title: 我男人的秘密
Genre: Romance, Family, Melodrama
Episodes: 100 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-18 to 2018
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:50

Synopsis

This drama is about a man who wears a mask he wishes he could shed, and about a woman who has left his beloved brother in order to find happiness.

Cast

Main Cast

Song Chang Eui as Kang Jae Wook / Han Ji Sub
Kang Se Jung as Ki Seo Ra / Jin Yeo Rim
Park Jung Ah as Jin Hae Rim
Kim Da Hyun as Kang In Wook

Supporting Cast

Lee Hwi Hyang as Wi Seon Ae
Yoon Joo Sang as Kang Joon chae
Jung Han Yong as Ki Ra Seong
Park Chul Ho as Jin Gook Hyun
Lee Duk Hee as Park Ji Sook
Hwang Young Hee as Mo Jin Ja
Lee Sang Sook as Goo Mi Hong
Yun Mi Joo as Ki Dae Ra
Ryu Joo Han (류주한) as Ban Sung Hae
Kim Chae Eun as Ki Cha Ra
Im Doo Hwan as Do Ra Hee
Bae Jung Hwa as Yang Mi Ryung
Kwon Ye Eun (권예은) as Han Hae Sol
Song Young Jae
Jung Seung Woo

Production Credits

Director: Jin Hyung Wook
ScriptWriter: Kim Yeon Shin, Heo In Moo

Temperature of Love-Korean New TV Drama

Temperature of Love-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 사랑의 온도 / Temperature of Love
Chinese Title: 愛情的溫度
Also known as: Love’s Temperature
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 40 (35 minutes/episode)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-18 to 2017-Nov-21
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis

Based on the novel “Good Soup Never Picks up the Phone” by Ha Myung Hee which was published from 2013-Dec-13 via Book Road. The story of love and relationships shared by those from the internet generation.

Lee Hyun Soo (Seo Hyun Jin) is an aspiring drama series writer. She uses “Jane” as her username and begins chatting online with username “Good Soup” who is actually Ohn Jung Sun (Yang Se Jong). Jung Sun dreams of becoming a French food chef. They then meet in real life and their relationship grows.

Cast

Main Cast

Seo Hyun Jin as Lee Hyun Soo / Janes
Yang Se Jong as Ohn Jung Sun / Good Soup
Kim Jae Wook as Park Jung Woo
Jo Bo Ah as Ji Hong Ah

Good Soup staff

Shim Hee Sub as Choi Won joon (sous chef)
Cha In Ha as Kim Ha Sung (chef)
P.O as Kang Min Ho (chef)
Lee Kang Min as Oh Kyung Soo (chef)
Chae So Young as Im Soo Jung (sommelier)

People around Lee Hyun Soo

Jung Ae Ri as Park Mi Na (Hyun Soo’s mother)
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Lee Min Jae (Hyun Soo’s father)
Gil Eun Hye as Lee Hyun Yi (Hyun Soo’s sister)

People around Ohn Jung Sun

Lee Mi Sook as Yoo Young Mi (Jung Sun’s mother)
Ahn Nae Sang as Ohn Hae Kyung (Jung Sun’s father)

Broadcaster’s People

Ji Il Joo as Kim Joon Ha
Song Young Kyu as Min Yi Bok
Hwang Suk Jung as Park Eun Sung

Others

Choi Sung Jae as Lee Sung Jae
Lee Seung Hyung
Lee Cho Hee

Cameo

Ryu Jin as Yoo Hong Jin

Production Credits

Director: Nam Gun
Screenwriter: Ha Myung Hee

Andante-Korean New TV Drama

Andante-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 안단테 / Andantae
Genre: Youth, Romance, School
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast Network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-24 to 2018-Jan-07
Air time: Sunday 10:00

Synopsis

This is a pre-produced drama. Filming was completed on 2017-March-12.

When a slacker city kid Lee Shi Kyung (Kai) and his sister, Lee Shi Young (Lee Ye Hyun) are suddenly transferred to a high school in the countryside, they have trouble adjusting to their strange new surroundings. But not without the help of a new friends, Park Ga Ram (Baek Chul Min), the town’s golden boy, and a mysterious girl, Kim Bom (Kim Jin Kyung).

Cast

Main Cast

Kai as Lee Shi Kyung
Lee Ye Hyun as Lee Shi Young
Baek Chul Min as Park Ga Ram
Kim Jin Kyung as Kim Bom

Lee Shi Kyung’s Family

Jun Mi Sun as Oh Jung Won (Shi Kyung’s mother)
Sung Byung Sook as Kim Duk Boon (Shi Kyung’s grandmother)
Park Ji Yeon as Oh Jung Soo (Shi Kyung’s aunt)

People in Hospital

Kim Kwang Sik as Park Young Geun
Kim Joo Ryung (김주령) as Young Sook
Lee Chang Joo as Yum Chang Hoon
Jun Jin Gi as patient

School Staff

Kwon Nam Hee as Do Kyung Ja
Ahn Hong Jin as Choi Jong Min
Jay Kim as Kang Hyun Woo

Student

Song Ji Hyun as Suk Joo Yun
Kim Ki Soo as Uhm Yong Ki
Ahn Seung Kyun as Min Ki Hoon
Baek Eun Kyung as Kim Ji Hye
Kim Jung Ho (김정호) as Kim Min Suk

Others

Baek Seung Do
Jang Ka Hyun (장가현)
Yoo Hyun Byul
Jung Da Bin
Lee Sang Yi as Sung Joon

Production Credits

Director: Park Ki Ho
Screenwriters: Kwon Ki Kyung, Park Sun Ja

Note

Jung Da Bin was first cast to play lead female character Lee Shi Young, but decided to drop out and replaced by Lee Ye Hyun.

While You Were Sleeping-Korean New TV Drama

While You Were Sleeping-Korean New TV Drama

Title: 당신이 잠든 사이에 / While You Were Sleeping
Chinese Title: 當你沉睡時
Genre: Fantasy, Legal, Romance
Episodes: 32 (35 minutes/episode)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-27 to 2017-Nov-16
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis

This is a pre-produced drama. Filming began on 2017-Feb and finished 2017-July.

The drama is about a woman, Name Hong Joo (Bae Suzy), who can see unfortunate events in her dreams, and a prosecutor, Jung Jae chan (Lee Jong Suk) who does everything he can to prevent the woman’s dreams from coming true.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Jong Suk as Jung Jae Chan
Bae Suzy as Nam Hong Joo
Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Yoo Bum
Jung Hae In as Han Woo Tak

Others

Park Jin Joo as Public Official
Kim Min Jae
Shin Jae Ha as Jae Chan’s younger brother
– Go Woo Rim as Shin Jae Ha (young)
Go Sung Hee as Shin Hee Min
Min Sung Wook as Lee Ji Kwang
Kim Won Hae as Choi Dam Dong
Lee Ki Young as Park Dae Young
Bae Hye Sun as Son Woo Joo
Hwang Young Hee as Yoon Moon Sun
Son San as Min Jang Ha
Jang Hyun Sung
Uhm Hyo Sup
Pyo Ye Jin
Oh Ui Shik
Lee Do Kyum

Cameo

Kim So Hyun
Choi Won Young
Yoon Kyun Sang
Lee Sung Kyung
Nam Da Reum

Production Credits

Director: Oh Choong Hwan
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun