New K-Dramas To Anticipate In September 2020

Several highly-anticipated dramas are scheduled to premiere this month! Due to COVID-19 affecting filming schedules, some of these dramas were originally scheduled to air in August but were postponed to September. The premiere dates of many of these dramas below are still subject to change. Here’s what to look forward to in September:

“Love Revolution”

Cast: Park Ji Hoon, Lee Ruby, Younghoon (The Boyz), Jung Da Eun, Dayoung (WJSN), Ahn Do Gyu, Ko Chan Bin, etc.

Premiere Date: September 1

Broadcast Details: Thursdays at 5 p.m. KST starting on September 3 (premiere episode on Tuesday, September 1) on Kakao TV

Based on a popular webtoon of the same name, “Love Revolution” tells the story of love and friendship between students. Gong Ju Young (Park Ji Hoon) falls for Wang Ja Rim (Lee Ruby) at first sight and tries to win her over, but she is unimpressed at first with his displays of affection. With his persistence, however, she slowly starts to open up.

“AMANZA”

Cast: Ji Soo, Lee Seol, Oh Hyun Kyung, Yoo Seung Mok, Lee Jong Won, etc.

Premiere Date: September 1

Broadcast Details: Tuesdays at 5 p.m. KST on Kakao TV

Based on a webtoon by Kim Bo Tong, Ji Soo portrays a young man who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He goes back and forth between the reality of his painful battle with cancer and a dreamworld where he experiences exciting adventures. Despite the heartbreaking diagnosis, Ji Soo strives to live his best. 

“Lie After Lie”

 

Cast: Lee Yoo Ri, Yeon Jung Hoon, Lee Il Hwa, Im Joo Eun, Kwon Hwa Woon, Lee Won Jong, Im Ye Jin, Kim Seung Hwan, Jung Si Ah, Kwon Hyuk Hyun, etc.

Premiere Date: September 4

Broadcast Details: Fridays and Saturdays at 10:50 p.m. KST on Channel A

The suspense-romance drama starrs Lee Yoo Ri as Ji Eun Soo, a woman who puts her life on the line with a dangerous lie in order to be reunited with her biological daughter. After marrying into a chaebol family, she finds herself branded a husband-killer in the blink of an eye and during her imprisonment for his murder, she loses custody of her daughter.

“SF8”
(“Blink,” “Baby It’s Over Outside,” “White Crow,” and “Love Virtually”)

 

“Blink” Cast: Lee Si Young, Ha Jun, Lee Joon Hyuk, etc.
“Baby It’s Over Outside” Cast: David Lee, Shin Eun Soo, Hwang Jung Min, Bae Hae Sun, etc.
“White Crow” Cast: Hani, Lee Se Hee, Shin So Yul, etc.
“Love Virtually” Cast: Choi Siwon, Uee, Ahn Se Ha, Kim Han Na, etc.

Premiere Date: September 4

Broadcast Details: Fridays at 10:10 p.m. KST on MBC

Set in the near future, “SF8” is a sci-fi anthology series about people who dream of a perfect society through technological advancements, and episodes 4 through 7 will air in September. “Blink” tells the story of a detective who works to solve a murder case with an AI detective. “Baby It’s Over Outside” is a romance about a young man and woman with one week left until the end of the world. “White Crow” is about a broadcasting jockey (BJ) who appears on a live VR game show and finds herself trapped inside a terrifying VR horror game. “Love Virtually” revolves around an app that allows two people to meet virtually with whatever appearance they want.

“A Man in a Veil”

Cast: Kang Eun Tak, Uhm Hyun Kyung, Lee Chae Young, Yang Mi Kyung, Choi Jae Sung, Lee Il Hwa, Kim Hee Jung, Lee Jin Woo, Eru, etc.

Premiere Date: September 7

Broadcast Details: Weekdays at 7:50 p.m. KST on KBS2

“A Man in a Veil” follows the story of Lee Tae Poong (Kang Eun Tak) who miraculously survives an accident and possesses the intelligence of a 7-year-old. The drama will explore his process of taking revenge and his relationships with twin sisters Han Yoo Jung (Uhm Hyun Kyung) and Han Yoo Ra (Lee Chae Young).

“Record of Youth”

Cast: Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, Byun Woo Seok, Ha Hee Ra, Shin Ae Ra, Shin Dong Mi, Lee Chang Hoon, Kwon Soo Hyun, Jo Yoo Jung, Park Soo Young, etc.

Premiere Date: September 7

Broadcast Details: Mondays and Tuesdays at 9 p.m. KST on tvN

“Record of Youth” stars follows the story of young people in the modeling industry who are trying to achieve their dreams. Park Bo Gum plays Sa Hye Joon, an aspiring actor and model, Park So Dam plays Ahn Jung Ha, an aspiring makeup artist, and Byun Woo Seok plays Won Hae Hyo, a model who wants to achieve success on his own terms.

“Zombie Detective”

 

Cast: Choi Jin Hyuk, Park Ju Hyun, Im Se Joo, Lee Jong Ok, Hwang Bo Ra, Ahn Se Ha, Park Dong Bin, Kwon Hwa Woon, Tae Hang Ho, Bae Yoo Ram, etc.

Premiere Date: September 14

Broadcast Details: Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. KST on KBS2

“Zombie Detective” is a comedy about zombie Kim Moo Young (Choi Jin Hyuk) in his second year of resurrection who becomes a detective and desperately searches for the truth about his past. Park Ju Hyun will be taking on the role of Gong Seon Ji, a writer for an investigative journalism program with unrivaled optimism, tenacity, and sense of justice.

“Oh! Samkwang Villa”

Cast: Lee Jang Woo, Jin Ki Joo, Jun In Hwa, Jung Bo Suk, Hwang Shin Hye, Jin Kyung, Kim Sun Young, In Gyo Jin, Han Bo Reum, Jeon Sung Woo, Bona (WJSN), Ryeo Woon, Kim Si Eun, etc.

Premiere Date: September 19

Broadcast Details: Saturdays and Sundays at 9:55 p.m. KST on KBS2

“Oh! Samkwang Villa” is about various people who gather at a house called Samkwang Villa run by a woman named Lee Soon Jung (Jun In Hwa). The drama shows how people who start off as strangers begin to open up their hearts and love one another. It conveys the message that no matter how tough the world gets, the priceless warmth of love still exists in human relationships.

“More Than Friends”

Cast: Ong Seong Wu, Shin Ye Eun, Kim Dong Jun, P.O (Block B), Ahn Eun Jin, Baek Soo Min, Choi Chan Ho, Oh Hee Joon, Kim Hee Jung, Jo Ryun, etc.

Premiere Date: September 25

Broadcast Details: Fridays and Saturdays at 11 p.m. KST on JTBC

“More Than Friends” will tell the story of two close friends who both fall in unrequited love with one another over the course of 10 years. Shin Ye Eun will star as Kyung Woo Yeon, a girl who decides to give up on her one-sided love for her guy friend after a decade of pining. Meanwhile, Ong Seong Wu will play the friend Lee Soo who suddenly starts seeing her in a different light after years of friendship.

“The School Nurse Files”

Cast: Jung Yu Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk, Moon So Ri, etc.

Premiere Date: September 25

Broadcast Details: Netflix

The project is a fantasy drama — based on an award-winning novel of the same name about Ahn Eun Young (played by Jung Yu Mi), a nurse who pursues and exorcises ghosts in creative and funny ways. She teams up with Hong In Pyo (Nam Joo Hyuk), a teacher who has an incredible aura of energy that protects him, to exorcise evil spirits and solve mysteries.

 

“18 Again”

Cast: Kim Ha Neul, Yoon Sang Hyun, Lee Do Hyun, Kim Yoo Ri, Wi Ha Joon, Lee Ki Woo, Kim Kang Hyun, Lee Mi Do, Noh Jung Ui, Ryeo Woon, Bomin (Golden Child), Hwang In Yeob, etc.

Premiere Date: September

Broadcast Details: Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. KST on JTBC

“18 Again” is based on the American film “17 Again” and will tell the story of a husband on the verge of divorce who finds himself back in his body when he was at the prime of his life 18 years ago. Hong Dae Young is played by Yoon Sang Hyun, who changes his name to Go Woo Young (Lee Do Hyun) when he becomes 18 years old again, while Kim Ha Neul plays his wife Jung Da Jung. 

“Private Lives”

Cast: Seohyun, Go Kyung Pyo, Kim Hyo Jin, Kim Young Min, Lee Hak Joo, Tae Won Suk, Park Sung Keun, Song Sun Mi, Yoo Hee Je, Jang Jin Hee, etc.

Premiere Date: September

Broadcast Details: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. KST on JTBC

Taking place during the current age in which people share, steal, and fabricate their private lives, this drama is about con artists mobilizing all their techniques to disclose the nation’s major “private life.” Cha Joo Eun (Seohyun), Jung Bok Gi (Kim Hyo Jin), and Kim Jae Wook (Kim Young Min) are con artists, while Lee Jung Hwan (Go Kyung Pyo) is a mysterious team manager at a major company.

Jack

Jack the Drought is an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, one of Kaido's three closest confidants, known as the Disasters, and the captain of the Mammoth. He is also currently considered as the ruler of the region of Kuri in Wano Country. He is also a giant grouper fish-man. He was first briefly mentioned when being notified of Caesar Clown's capture by viewers of Caesar's broadcast of the Punk Hazard incident. Due to his actions and role, he is the primary antagonist of the Zou Arc, and a major antagonist in the Wano Country Arc. Jack is a giant grouper fish-man of massive stature, dwarfing his crewmates and standing taller than even his governor-general Kaido.However, while still being immensely muscular, Jack's limbs are disproportionately small when compared to his enormous torso (though their size is greatly increased in the anime, especially his arms). He wears a metallic jaw mask that seemingly disappears when he transforms into his mammoth form, and has a pair of horns on each side of his head. His blond hair is worn in a ponytail and a pair of long braids. He wears a dark, sleeveless, feathery coat similar to Kaido with spiked pauldrons on his shoulders, circled by a belt bearing his crew's Jolly Roger.

When using Koro on the Minks, he wears a hazmat suit and wears a glass helmet around his head. He has bloodshot orange eyes and a veined forehead. He has two piercings in his right ear, and wears spiked pauldrons on his shoulders. He carries a pair of tusks around his neck which are actually sheathes containing his scythe-like blades. His mouth contains pointed teeth but while in his mammoth form he has square teeth. Jack is violent and short-tempered, as one of his subordinates worried how Jack would react once he learned about Caesar's downfall. He threatened to destroy an entire city should he not get what he wanted, and made good on his word, saying that it was the citizens' own fault because they did not comply. His ruthlessness extends to even attacking children and the elderly. He has even admitted that he has a love for causing destruction, even when there is no real benefit to it. Those who have witnessed Jack's personality in person describe these traits as madness. He is also extremely sadistic, willing to torture enemies in order to get what he wants. He is barbaric and brutal to the point of hacking off limbs and creating terrible bloodshed, only ceasing his carnage when he has more urgent matters to attend to. When Jack attacked the giant elephant Zunesha, he was determined to get to its head and came up with several horrendously cruel things he and his underlings could do to kill it. He is extremely stubborn and unreasonable. When the minks tried to tell him that Raizo was not on Zou, Jack refused to listen to or believe them, and continued to refuse when Inuarashi offered to let him search the island without any resistance to see for himself. This, along with him disregarding his crew's comment that attacking Doflamingo's convoy was dangerous, proves that he refuses to listen to logic, to the point where he actually becomes enraged when someone tries to reason with him, having no patience for civil conversations. Jack's lack of reason makes him very headstrong and reckless, as he decided to attack a convoy of four Marine ships, which were carrying powerful Marines, to rescue Doflamingo. He is not above fighting dirty in order to achieve his goals, as he brought in Caesar's gas weapon, Koro, to annihilate Zou after the minks put up a formidable fight against his forces, simply because he was losing his patience and not because he was in any actual danger of losing. He is also strategic, and desires to use the most effective methods possible to win. Upon his return to Zou, he decided to outright kill Zunesha, the elephant carrying Zou, to destroy the country in the quickest way he could and avoid having to fight the minks again while ensuring they were finished off for good. Jack is very thorough in battle, wanting to make sure his opponents are completely annihilated and presuming that they will return to full strength otherwise. Additionally, he does not tolerate it when his subordinates fail their missions, having brutally punished Sheepshead for not finding Raizo. Despite his brutal and sadistic tendencies, Jack has no love for mindless violence, as he became greatly concerned when Kaido went on a drunk rampage through Kuri and threatened the citizens that Jack valued as factory workers. He also acts respectfully to those who are not his enemies and have done nothing to annoy him. He can be subservient to those he acknowledges as stronger than him, such as his fellow All-Stars King and Queen, accepting insults from them and only replying with a quiet apology, or outright fearing his general Kaido. Jack does not appear to care about titles or fame, as he got annoyed with his subordinates for boasting about his position and bounty. However, he is still prideful, as he got angry when he read the news report about his apparent death. Although Jack is normally calm and immovable, he is still capable of feeling real fear if he is vastly overpowered and left in a helpless situation. When Zunesha swung its trunk at him and his fleet in order to repel them, Jack began sweating in fear and watched the massive limb darken the sky above his fleet with his eyes bulging in panic. Jack even trembled in the face of his general Kaido. Likewise, he was rather apprehensive when Queen brought Big Mom to Onigashima. Being an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, Jack has great authority over his crew just below his Govern-General. Jack also has authority over the region of Kuri in Wano Country, and its residents greatly fear him. In spite of his great strength, Jack is implied to be weaker than fellow All-Stars King and Queen, who both looked down upon him. His epithet is named for the fact that when he rampages on an island, it is left in a decaying state like it is suffering a drought. His bounty of Beli1,000,000,000 indicates that the World Government considers him extremely dangerous and threatening to their operations. He managed to sink two of the four Marine battleships that were part of Doflamingo's escort, and despite ultimately being defeated by the entire fleet carrying Vice Admirals Tsuru, Bastille, and Maynard, Admiral Fujitora, and former Fleet Admiral Sengoku; Jack survived the battle while only sustaining minor injuries. He possesses tremendous strength and endurance, which is enhanced by his fish-man heritage. He has fought equally with the Mink Tribe, primarily its two rulers Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, for five days and five nights without taking a break; meanwhile, the Minks, specifically Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, took turns every twelve hours. Although the Minks eventually gained the upper hand, they were never able to suppress Jack himself. Jack was shown to possess tremendous durability, having survived being hit by Zunesha's trunk with it only temporarily knocking him out despite it sinking his whole fleet. Since he is a Devil Fruit user, he has lost the ability to swim. Though he can still breathe underwater, he will be immobilized. Jack is highly proficient in dual wielding his Shotel blades, able to fight equally with Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, the two strongest minks in the Mokomo Dukedom, in one-on-one combat. He was also capable of fighting evenly against the renowned thief Shutenmaru, whom even Kaido had taken an interest in, and managed to injure Shutenmaru before their fight was cut short. Notably, even though Shutenmaru had managed to cut off most of the blade on one of his shotels, Jack was still able to fight competently with the short remainder of its blade. Jack wields two blades which he uses when in his human form. He keeps them hidden and sheathed as the tusks around his neck. Though they resemble Shotels when seen from the side, they appear even more twisted, akin to his mammoth tusks, when viewed from the front. Jack had access to Koro, Caesar Clown's poison gas weapon, during his invasion of Zou. He used its power to overwhelm the minks and destroy Kurau City after losing his patience from five days of battling. He (and the platoon he brought along with) also had a hazmat suit to protect himself from the gas.