August 1
“Boar Hunt”
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Park Ho San, Ye Su Jeong, Kim Soo Jin
Young Soo is an ordinary man living in the countryside who went through a tough childhood. He grew up with his hometown friends and now has a wife and son. One day, a miraculous incident occurs to this normal person. He wins first place in the lottery. With excitement and joy, he heads out for a boar hunt. But on that day, his son, In Sung, does not return home, and Young Soo becomes terrified that he might have shot his own son. While the village is nervous about In Sung’s disappearance, a town elder named Ok Soon starts saying strange things. After she lost her son to a fire 20 years ago, she says that the culprit who killed her son and her daughter-in-law is one of the villagers. The chaotic disturbance of the boar hunt is about to bring change to this ordinary village.
August 5
“Summer Scent”
*KOCOWA Exclusive
Genre: Romance
Cast: Song Seung Hyun, Son Ye Jin
Min Woo’s first love was sadly unrealized. On one rainy summer day, he had fallen in love with Eun Hye, but unfortunately, she died in a car accident. He runs into Hye Won at the mountain he used to frequent with his former flame and sees that Hye Won and Eun Hye share many similar qualities. Hye Won had suffered a heart condition as a child and later underwent a heart attack. transplant. She had received the heart from Min Woo’s first love. When Hye Won first sets her eyes on Min Woo, her heart responds wildly. Jung Jae is Hye Won’s childhood love who is gentle and handsome. But because Hye Won’s heart continues to respond to Min Woo, she must choose which man to love.
“Me(a)rry Queer”
*KOCOWA Exclusive
Genre: Variety
“Me(a)rry Queer” is Korea’s first reality show about the romance of people who came out. This variety program shows the love stories of a gay couple, a transgender couple, and a lesbian couple. You can watch how openly they go out and what they think about marriage. The gay couple is Bo Sung and Min Jun. The lesbian couple is Seung Eun and Ka Ram. And the transgender couple is Min Ju and Ji Hae. With this show, they share their stories about the worries and thoughts they had before coming out, and they also deliver their stories to loved ones who are not open to their lifestyle. Look forward to the love stories of gender-diverse people.
August 12
“Father, I’ll Take Care of You”
*KOCOWA Exclusive
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kim Jae Won, Park Eun Bin, Lee Soo Kyung, Lee Tae Hwan
One day, four siblings, who their parents worked hard to raise, move back to their parent’s house each with a story of their own. Jung Eun comes back from traveling around the globe for three years and tries to make a living after renting a shop place from “Gatsby, who gets rents.” However, Jung Eun finds Hyun Woo secretly watching her grandma’s place. Hyun Woo is the president of an internationally renowned investment firm, but right now, he’s hiding his identity. As Jung Eun starts to figure him out, his plan starts to go wrong. Sung Jun is Jung Eun’s brother, who goes to Taiwan for business and helps Dong Hui who encounters all kinds of issues. In the end, Sung Jun falls in love with Dong Hui, but it turns out Dong Hui is his in-law who’s living on the rooftop of his grandma’s place. How will the closely intertwined relations of the four siblings be disentangled?
August 13
“Korea on Stage – The Path of 600 Years Opens”
Genre: Documentary
Cheong Wa Dae (The Blue House) returns to the public for the first time in 74 Years for a very special concert containing 600 years’ worth of history and valuable cultural heritage with top artists and fans from many generations and genres.
August 19
“JOB DONGSAN”
Genre: Variety
Kang Ho Dong becomes the owner of an odds and ends store and introduces various jobss that are not easily heard or seen anywhere, from snack developers to toy creams, perfumers, announcers, lawyers, and fierce investigators. Eun Hyuk from Super Junior, and Seung Kwan from SEVENTEEN will work with Kang Ho Dong as the people who will introduce each job. We invite all of you to this place that will provide various fun information to children whose dreams are not yet determined!
August 26
“Radiant Office”
*KOCOWA Exclusive
Genre: Drama, Office
Cast: Ko Ah Sung, Ha Seok Jin, Lee Dong Hwi, Kim Dong Wook
Struggling every day to get a job, Ho Won has been living an unemployed life for five years. One day, she meets Woo Jin as her job interviewer, only to get scolded. After her hundredth employment failure, she becomes a victim of an unfortunate accident. She hears that she is terminally ill and will have to face death soon. But just when she feels devastated, she gets a notice that she is accepted to a furniture company as a contract worker with Woo Jin as her boss. Since she knows she will die soon anyway, Ho Won acts each moment without regret. Her fearless actions and firm confidence eventually lead her to find a new side of herself.
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