September Premieres
I don’t how we are already in September, but here we are. Not everything on this list is guaranteed for International access There are also some dramas that are scheduled to premiere this month that I left off the list as they had very little information attached to them, and without fail more will be added later on. Hopefully, some of the ones that haven’t been picked up on major streaming platforms will end up showing up somewhere closer to the date they premiere. There’s only a handful of dramas that I’m personally really interested in - Hometown and Squid Game - but there are several that I might also add to my watch list for the month.
-Danger Zone S1 will air every Friday starting September 3rd. The Taiwanese drama is about a serial murder case where the police and criminals were forced to work together to solve the case. English subs can be found on iQiyi.
-The Korean suspense-mystery drama, High Class, will premiere on September 6th. The drama follows the lives of the women who live in the top 0.1% of society. While the story does not seem like a drama that I would be into I love the posters they’ve been putting out.
-Show Me the Ghost the "self-exorcism comedy" movie will have its theatrical premiere on September 9th. Written and directed by Kim Eun Kyung (Death Bell) the comedy-horror follows best friends Hodu and Yeji who rent a haunted house.
-Also on the 9th is the cdrama Double Tap. Based on a real life incident around two people who work together to investigate a murder case from thirty years prior. It is produced by Tencent, so there is a possibility this will show up subbed on their platform/YouTube channel.
-While Kate isn’t an Asian release, the thriller does star notable Japanese musicians MIYAVI and BAND MAID. It’ll be released on Netflix on September 10th.
-On the Line (Korea) is the story about a man who loses everything to a voice phishing scheme, and his pursuit to take it down. It’ll premiere on the 15th in local theaters.
-Thriller series, Squid Game, will drop all of its episodes on September 17th on Netflix. Players of a mysterious survival game compete for the grand prize. Think Battle Royale or Alice In Borderland style.
-Also premiering on the 17th is the kdrama The Veil. Han Ji Hyuk (Namgoong Min) is a top agent in the NIS who uncovers a bigger threat as he tries to uncover the internal traitor that brought his downfall. No official word on who’s picked this up for North American English sub, but as it is a MBC drama I suspect it’ll show up on Kocowa and Viki.
-Another premiering on the 17th, the Japanese drama Shinigami San will air weekly. Gido Kennin (Tanaka Kei) is a detective in a mysterious division at the Tokyo Metro Police department who re-investigates cases that received not guilty verdicts.
-And finally on the 17th is the jdrama Bokura ga Koroshita, Saiai no Kimi. The thriller is about former classmates who reunite but find themselves locked in a building, leading to uncovered secrets and deaths.
-One of my top picks this month, the kdrama Hometown premieres on tvN on September 22nd. Set in a small town in 1999, it’s about an unsolved murder case where the one of the only clues is a tape containing a recording of the murderer and a bizarre sound.
-Thai drama, Bangkok Breaking, premiers on Netflix on the 23rd. It centers around Bangkok's road rescue services when a new employee uncovers a city-wide conspiracy. This looks to be airing on the Netflix, but the series is only six episodes long.
-The Japanese comedy-horror movie Yellow Dragon's Village will be making its International premiere at the Fantastic Festival 2021.
-Beyond the Inifinite 2 will also be making a US premiere at the festival as well.
Undated
-The Labyrinth is a Korean fantasy-horror about high school students trying to save their friends from evil spirits and is set to premiere sometime this month. Starring Chani (from the kpop group SF9), the fantasy horror is about high school students trying to save their friends from evil spirits at their school.
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