News bites: August 15, 2023

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by tccolb

Lee Young-ae (Inspector Koo) is reviewing an offer for a new thriller called Eun-soo’s Good Day (roughly translated). Production is still in the early stages with PD Park Hyun-seok attached to direct (Forest of Secrets 2, Dance Sports Girls). In the meantime, Lee is currently busy with filming for tvN’s upcoming Maestra, which is slated to broadcast later this year. [Osen]

A new poster has dropped for ENA’s black comedy-thriller Day of Kidnapping, showcasing our main duo Yoon Kye-sang (Kiss Sixth Sense) and Yoo-na (Green Mothers’ Club). Also starring Park Sung-hoon (Not Others) and Kim Shin-rok (Moving), the series premieres on September 13, following Longing for You in the Wednesday-Thursday slot.[Sports Donga]

Park Joo-hyun (The Forbidden Marriage) confirmed casting for the webtoon adaptation Perfect Family, joining Kim Byung-chul (Doctor Cha) and Yoon Se-ah (Snowdrop) as their perfectionist adopted daughter. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Yukisada Isao (River’s Edge), the thriller is planning to release on an international streaming platform. [Sports Kyunghyang]
Jung Eun-chae (Anna) is in talks to join Sohn Hyun-joo (The Good Detective 2) and Kim Myung-min (Law School) in ENA’s Your Honor. Aiming to broadcast sometime next year, production for the legal drama is being led by PD Pyo Min-soo (The Third Charm, The Producers). [JTBC, Newsen]

Speaking of ENA, the second season of New Recruit is now just over a week away and the latest stills showcase newcomer Kim Ji-suk (Kiss Sixth Sense), who is about to begin his reign of terror at the military base. Starring Kim Min-ho (Moonshine) and Nam Tae-woo (Youth of May), the black comedy returns on August 28. [Xports News (1), (2)]
New stills have also come out for JTBC’s Destined With You, this time featuring more of the fantasy’s supporting cast. Helllooo Lee Tae-ri (Red Heart). With Jo Boa (Military Prosecutor Doberman) and Kim Ro-woon (Tomorrow) headlining the series, the rom-com premieres next week on August 23 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [JTBC (1), (2)]

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1 miso

August 15, 2023 at 5:27 PM

Helllooo Lee Tae-ri

I sense a kindred spirit! He's been a scene-stealing character in so many shows. Hope he gets to go to bigger and better things.

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Soyesterday

August 15, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Agreed, both him and Kim Min-seok should have much bigger careers

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But he did get a bigger (or should I say longer) career, only less famous as there are so many taller actor compared to him 😬.
I remember him since Sungkyungkwan and Rooftop prince.
I do not know how to pinpoint his lackness but somehow he always play a lesser role rather than ML.

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Minka

August 16, 2023 at 7:45 AM

Yes! I loved him in The Beauty Inside.

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2 Unaspirated

August 15, 2023 at 5:49 PM

A reunion of the Imugis in Destined with You? Don’t mind if I do.

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3 Midnight

August 15, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Lee Tae Ri. Lee Tae Ri. How many more years will it take for me to remember that Lee Tae Ri is the new name of my beloved Lee Min Ho 1993??
Sigh. The boy had a very very valid reason to change his stage name, but my brain simply refuses to register Lee Tae Ri.

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4 Kurama

August 15, 2023 at 11:53 PM

Lee Tae-Ri acted with Jo Boa in Tale of the Nine Tailed and Rowoon in Extraordinary You. The Kdrama world is small. 😊

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darwi

August 16, 2023 at 12:13 AM

You know the six-degree separation theory ?
I postulate that there is a two-degree separation between actors/actresses of Dramaworld.

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jessi

August 16, 2023 at 5:14 AM

This is actually a game I play occasionally (often using Wikipedia). I’m not good enough at it to get to the target in only 2 moves though.

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darwi

August 16, 2023 at 9:54 AM

Ok, I did not plan to reveal it but I play with a friend. We send each other a picture (tbh of leads, randomly choose or birthday of the day) and then we try to find how to get from one to the other.
We use MDL for help.

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jessi

August 16, 2023 at 12:25 PM

MDL and Asian Wiki are also good for this. I explained how I play 6 Degrees to my cousin a couple weeks ago, and she said she plays it too but on IMDB. lol

I've never played with a friend, but that sounds like such fun. Maybe the DB staff will see these comments and create a new series. 👀

darwi

August 16, 2023 at 12:54 PM

We do not watch reality show, so we do not use Running man, but I'd say it's valid.
You found 1 link in 2. Good job.
There're 9 more (at least). And 2 1-link (at least). These two are well linked together.

In a small group it may be possible to play, but the asynchronicity of the comments makes it difficult.

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jessi

August 16, 2023 at 7:58 PM

That's so cool that you know that.

Anne18

August 16, 2023 at 8:19 AM

Now that y'all are talking about it, I want to play the game too 😅😉. Here https://youtube.com/shorts/B8R6OOJcIgU?feature=share

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darwi

August 16, 2023 at 9:55 AM

Can you connect Choi Jin Hyuk to Lee Soo Huyk ?

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Anne18

August 16, 2023 at 10:05 AM

I'm afraid I haven't watched a lot of dramas, and almost none featuring these two. As you may have guessed from the video above, I am a cheat 😂 ... I just snagged it from Netflix K Content (formerly The Swoon), a youtube channel that I frequent. I found it amusing and you were talking about the same. From my limited drama experience, I can still agree that there are a handful of people out there that the industry keeps circulating here and there.

jessi

August 16, 2023 at 12:38 PM

I want to do it! Off the top of my head, using no search engines/databases:

Choi Jin-hyuk appears in My Little Old Boy with Kim Jong-kook
Kim Jong-kook appeared in Running Man with Park Bo-young
Park Bo-young appeared in Doom At Your Service with Lee Soo-hyuk

Before I remembered that Park Bo-young was on Running Man, I was gonna go from KJK to Cha Tae-hyun to Park Bo-young. Not sure how I would do this using only dramas (harder to do without help) but I'd figure it out!