The Idle Mermaid (Drama - 2014)

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  Jo Bo-ah
  조보아
  As
  Kim Ha-ni
  (김하니)
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  On Joo-wan
  온주완
  As
  Lee Hyeon-myeong
  (이현명)
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  Song Jae-rim
  송재림
  As
  Kwon Si-kyeong
  (권시경)
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  Park Ji-soo
  박지수
  As
  Yoon Jin-ah
  (윤진아)
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  Ahn Kil-kang
  안길강
  As
  Ahn Ma-nyeo
  (안마녀)
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  Kim Seul-gi
  김슬기
  As
  Ahn Hye-yeong
  (안혜영)

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  From TV Shows and Films to Dramas, Jumping Into the Small Screen
  2019/09/10, Source
  Dramas with difference in expertise have been popping up left and right. Writers and producers that have been working on TV shows and movies have gone back to the basics and are making attempts in the drama market. We looked at the current trend of the drama market, which increases diversity and creativity and improves viewers' sense of immersion and realism,...More

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  MOMOLAND's Yeonwoo to Star in "Pegasus Market"
  2019/08/01, Source
  MOMOLAND's Yeonwoo is starring in the tvN drama "Pegasus Market", MLD Entertainment confirmed. "Pegasus Market" is the comical story of an elite manager who tries to revive the low-quality, no-statement mart. The store is lagging behind traditional commercial districts, while a 'human bulldozer' owner tries to run it down,...More

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  Lee Dong-hwi and Kim Byung-chul in tvN's "Pegasus Market"
  2019/07/23, Source
  The cast for tvN's "Pegasus Market" has been revealed. "Pegasus Market" stars Lee Dong-hwi, Kim Byung-chul, Park Ho-san, Lee Soon-jae and Jung Hye-sung. "Pegasus Market" is the comical story of an elite manager who tries to revive the low-quality, no-statement mart. The store is lagging behind traditional commercial districts, while a 'human bulldozer' owner tries to run it down,...More

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  It's official! Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk are in a relationship
  2017/04/24, Source
  Actors Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk are in a relationship. According to YG Entertainment, the two have known each other since they were models, and eventually, their friendship developed into something more,...More

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  [Hot Takes from the Noonas] Happy Birthday to Nam Joo-hyuk
  2017/02/21
  Nam Joo-hyuk turns 23 years old on February 22, and thanks to his meteoric rise, he has much to celebrate.,...More

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  Nam Joo-hyuk, Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Woo-bin, model actors
  2016/08/10, Source
  Models with long legs are walking around the tube. Their height and unique appearances are their signatures. We took a look at three former model turned actors who stand out above all others,...More

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  Korean drama of the week "The Idle Mermaid"
  2016/03/17, Source
  Korean drama of the week "The Idle Mermaid" (2014) Directed by Baek Seung-ryong Written by Kim Ji-soo-III, Park Ran-I Network  : tvN With Jo Bo-ah, On Joo-wan, Song Jae-rim, Park Ji-soo, Ahn Kil-kang, Kim Seul-gi,... 10 episodes - Thu 23:00 Also known as "Surplus Princess" Synopsis A mermaid attempts to become a human in 100 days to meet the human man she loves,...More

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  [Introducing Spottoon] Webtoons as the go-to source material for Korean dramas and films
  2016/01/09, Source
  You may not all be familiar with webtoons or webcomics but you have definitely encountered webtoon adaptations over the past couple of years if you're a fan of Korean dramas or films. While they haven't taken the world by storm (yet), they are massively popular in their home country of South Korea, where 1 in 3 people read webtoons on a weekly basis. It's a common sight to see people reading episodes of their favorite series on their daily commute and there are many reasons why. Webtoons are portable since they are easily accessible through your phone and the format is visually engaging,...More

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  [HanCinema's Actor Spotlight] Jo Bo-ah
  2015/06/06
  Entertainment is not an easy field to work in. As a woman, it is usually even harder. Young talents do not only need a breakthrough, but also to be supported during their first steps and nurtured into something great. This benefits everyone in the future. The same is true for the entertainment of South Korea. One such young talent who has shown potential and needs the opportunities to develop it is Jo Bo-ah,...More

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  On Joo-wan and Jo Bo-ah 'a thing'
  2015/03/25, Source
  Actor On Joo-wan and actress Jo Bo-ah are in a relationship. According to Sports Donga, "On Joo-wan and Jo Bo-ah have been dating since February",...More

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  CJ E&M Announces MIPTV 2015 Lineup with All-new Formats
  2015/03/16
  Asia's leading media conglomerate brings extraordinary content from ordinary subjects Asia's leading content and media company CJ E&M has unveiled its slate for MIPTV 2015, which features nine new key formats. Korea's latest mega hit reality entertainment Three Meals a Day leads the lineup, as well as unprecedented music entertainment show I Can See Your Voice, and regional cooking competition Dish of the Nation. Scripted formats include "Let's Eat", "Sing Again, Hera Gu", "The Idle Mermaid", and "Incomplete Life",...More

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  tvN drama, various attempts until "Incomplete Life"
  2014/12/09, Source
  Cable channel tvN went through various dramas this year. "Rude Miss Young-Ae Season 13" has gone by and it's been with tvN for 8 years in a row now. There has been a wide genre of dramas on tvN so far,...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "Birth of a Beauty" Episode 7
  2014/11/22
  It took me a moment to realize what the purpose of the writing on the wall was given that Tae-hee and Geum-ran aren't actually aware of the main significant cause of the rift between Kang-joon and Chae-yeon. "Birth of a Beauty" manages to close most of the important information gaps by the end of the episode, so this isn't that big a deal, and for the most part, the plan remains intact. But fractures do appear, which means that the general humiliation of the villains probably isn't going to go on indefinitely,...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/10/18
  Romantic comedy with fantasy elements is common in Korean drama. The fantasy elements give a twist to a type with very little deviation from its formula and they offer some dramatic conflict. "The Idle Mermaid" (a.k.a 'Surplus Princess') aimed to be the odd one out from the start. With more of an ensemble approach and unapologetic quirkiness, it tried to be something new and fun. Despite being cut short due to bad ratings, it managed to do just that,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added final episode 10 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/10/11, Source
  Added final episode 10 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 10 Final
  2014/10/09
  The good news is that the drama ends about as well as expected given the circumstances. The bad news is...well, that's a pretty darning caveat on its own isn't it? There's nothing particularly awful about this episode, it's just that everything is very explicitly rushed. An entire romantic plotline is formed, developed, and resolved over the course of a single montage. Kind of the entire point of having a television romantic comedy is that we actually get to see this stuff unfold. The drama also never revolves an essential mystery revolving Ha-ni's character- why she isn't more careful about water. I'm just saying, if my legs were going to turn into a tailfin if touched by water under any circumstances, I'd make a point of scoping out every possible situation that could somehow involve water and make sure to avoid them,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Seul-gi parody "The Heirs"
  2014/10/09, Source
  Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Seul-gi parodied "The Heirs". In the final episode of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid", Ahn Hye-yeong (Kim Seul-gi) and Vick (Nam Joo-hyuk) exchanged their feelings for each other,...More

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  "The Idle Mermaid" Jo Bo-ah, "I matured as an actress"
  2014/10/08, Source
  Jo Bo-ah made a speech. Jo Bo-ah said goodbye to the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 9 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/10/04, Source
  Added episode 9 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 9
  2014/10/02
  The real shocker this episode has nothing to do with the story, but rather the production run. Apparently "The Idle Mermaid" is ending next week at a total of ten episodes. And no, this most certainly was not pre-planned. Up until last episode we'd been getting a countdown timer to how many days remain before Ha-ni faces her ultimate fate. That timer is absent this time. I suspect this downsizing of dramas is a corporate decision by tvN, as "Golden Tower" was also abruptly cancelled, with yesterday's episode simply being a clip show review. All right, that's enough as far as gossip goes. How does this episode do in terms of merit? Well...somewhat ambiguously, to be honest. The retreat continues as the main characters attempt to come up with a new pitch,...More

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  Han So-young doesn't lose her smile
  2014/09/29, Source
  Actress Han So-young didn't lose her smile until the end. Han So-young is having a good time with the staff on the set of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  "Model-idols": Impeccable acting and good looks
  2014/09/29, Source
  They are good looking and great at acting. Actor-turned models are standing out. They are called 'model-idols' because they are as popular as idols. They are Lee Jong-suk, Kim Woo-bin, Sung Joon, Ahn Jae-hyun, Kim Young-kwang, Hong Jong-hyun and Lee Sung-kyung. It's telling us a lot when more management agencies, who are putting weight on finding new talent, are also merging with model agencies. - The top of the casting list, they are good looking and great actors,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 8 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/09/27, Source
  Added episode 8 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 8
  2014/09/25
  This episode ends with a major misunderstanding being cleared up. Well, technically two, but the first one is more important and it's essential you know right away that "The Idle Mermaid" isn't going to make its characters wallow in artificial confusion indefinitely. I actually disliked most of the episode because I thought the drama was just running around in circles stirring up conflict arbitrarily through the use of random happenstance,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" On Joo-wan finds out what Jo Bo-ah really is
  2014/09/25, Source
  Lee Hyeon-myeong (On Joo-wan) was shocked to find out that his crush Kim Honey (Jo Bo-ah) was in fact, a mermaid on the eighth episode of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid". He realized that he loved her although he was very confused. On the other hand, Honey resolved things with her crush Kwon Si-kyeong (Song Jae-rim), then began dreaming of a happy future,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 7 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/09/20, Source
  Added episode 7 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 7
  2014/09/18
  I hope you weren't expecting this episode to have much in the way of plot progress, because there really isn't any. We open up with Ha-ni and Si-kyeong misunderstanding each other because of Jin-ah's scheme, and for the entire runtime this is never cleared up. Technically the storyline reason for this is that Ha-ni has to go visit a special guest star. It's not clear to me whether there was supposed to any storyline significance to this meeting or if it was just killing time for the sake of jokes. All I know is that I didn't laugh. The writing has gotten sloppy. It's obvious that we're supposed to be transitioning now to making the possibility of a romance between Ha-ni and Hyeon-myeong a serious one, but it's also just as obvious that Hyeon-myeong isn't much of a character in the first place, at least for this kind of storyline,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 6 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/09/13, Source
  Added episode 6 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 6
  2014/09/11
  The drama runs into some tonal problems here, as the comedy doesn't really work that well with the story as presented. For the most part "The Idle Mermaid" has been sympathetic to the plight of the unemployed, then we get an opening joke that seems to be poking fun at how lazy jobless bachelors are. This goes down especially bad because even in the same episode those very same issues of self-worth come up again as more progress is made on the permanent employment front. The writing here is really all over the place and doesn't actually seem to be leading anywhere specific, which makes the humor difficult to properly gauge. In a drama like "Golden Tower",...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Kim Seul-gi and Nam Joo-hyuk's hugging
  2014/09/11, Source
  Kim Seul-gi-I and Nam Joo-hyuk embraced each other. The picture of them show Nam Joo-hyuk holding Kim Seul-gi with a more serious atmosphere unlike his usual self. The picture brings about the question of chemistry between them,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 5 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/09/06, Source
  Added episode 5 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 5
  2014/09/04
  Si-kyeong's complete lack of clear characterization has at this point become a running gag. Pay attention to how he responds to questions or statements this episode. Pretty much every time he regards new information quizzically, like someone has just asked him to solve a mystery. It's genuinely really difficult to tell how much of the ongoing situation the guy understands, even though he's obviously smart enough to be a famous chef,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Jo Bo-ah gets drunk and kisses Song Jae-rim
  2014/09/04, Source
  On the latest "The Idle Mermaid", Jo Bo-ah drunkenly kissed Song Jae-rim as soon as she laid eyes on him. Aileen is the eighteenth born princess from an underwater empire and she had fallen for Si-kyeong (Song Jae-rim) when she decided to become a human. Her mission for 100 days is to steal his heart and one day she got drunk with the members of her sharehouse,...More

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  "The Idle Mermaid", Jo Bo-ah's pretty smile
  2014/09/03, Source
  Actress Jo Bo-ah's flowery smile has men all over her. Pictures of Jo Bo-ah on the set of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid" were released,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 4 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/08/30, Source
  Added episode 4 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 4
  2014/08/28
  I've been pretty patient about the drama's slow pacing up until now but this episode really pushes the limit. Yes, we do make a fair bit of plot progress by the end. The trouble is that in the meantime an inordinate amount of time is spent on build-ups and deliveries to plot points I honestly don't really care about. Isn't this supposed to be a romantic comedy? Ergo, there should be a lot of romantic bits mixed in with the comedy, especially given this is literally a life-and-death situation? The most effective humor here turns to be of the platonic irrelevant variety. Try as I might, for example, it's pretty hard to picture Ahn Kil-kang as a mermaid, even when the drama goes to the trouble of showing him in full costume,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 3 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/08/23, Source
  Added episode 3 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 3
  2014/08/21
  Apparently the drama is still setting up the premise. Which isn't as strange as it sounds really- it's just that most adaptations of the original story just assume that we all know how everything works. It's actually very much to the credit of "The Idle Mermaid" that the question is posed- what exactly is true love anyway? Yeah we're supposed to know it when we see it, sure. That's really not much help to anyone who has no idea what the experience is like. The question is resolved mostly convincingly by the end of the episode, mainly through the help of obvious personality changes,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Jo Bo-ah daydreams an intimate moment with Song Jae-rim
  2014/08/21, Source
  Jo Bo-ah had intimate thoughts in her mind. On the third episode of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid", Kim Honey (Jo Bo-ah) imagined getting close and intimate with Kwon Si-kyeong (Song Jae-rim),...More

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  Yoo Se-yoon and Yoo Byeong-jae to star in "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/08/21, Source
  Entertainers Yoo Se-yoon and Yoo Byeong-jae are making special appearances in the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid". They will be appearing on the third episode of the drama titled, "True Love One Random Night",...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 2 captures for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/08/16, Source
  Added episode 2 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [KDrama.com Spotlight] "The Idle Mermaid" - First Impressions
  2014/08/15, Source
  TvN has decided to try something new - a new time slot that is. Rather than their usual Monday/Tuesday, Friday/Saturday primetime drama slots, their newest drama "The Idle Mermaid" is airing only once a week on Thursday evenings. Described by TvN as the Korean Little Mermaid, there was some eyebrow raising by drama fans at the rather unorthodox genre. There was even more eyebrow raising when TvN announced that members of Saturday Night Live Korea would also be joining the cast. Add heartthrob actors Song Jae-rim, Jo Bo-ah, and On Joo-wan and drama fans were intrigued,...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 2
  2014/08/14
  Apparently we're still stuck setting up the premise, although in all fairness this is mostly Ha-ni's fault. Ma-nyeo (played by Ahn Kil-kang) tried to warn her, and explain how exactly the magic worked, but Ha-ni just had to be a dumb impulsive teenager. I do like the Ma-nyeo character here- the sea witch gets a bad wrap in most adaptations. In the original story she just provides a service. "The Idle Mermaid" does an excellent job recognizing the fact that even if Ma-nyeon facilitated Ha-ni's bad decision making, the situation is clearly her fault, not his,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Jo Bo-ah and On Joo-wan meet half drunk and half naked
  2014/08/14, Source
  tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid" met for the first time in a very comical way. The second episode of the drama showed Aileen (Jo Bo-ah) and Hyeon-myeong (On Joo-wan) meeting while drunk,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 1 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/08/09, Source
  Added episode 1 captures for the Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [HanCinema's Drama Review] "The Idle Mermaid" Episode 1
  2014/08/07
  The Little Mermaid fairytale was not at all romantic, Disney's protestations notwithstanding. It's a pretty bleak story about how an excessively romantic attitude regarding love is an unrewarding process that will probably backfire horribly and either result in you dying or transformed into a spirit. Yeah, it's a pretty weird story. And "The Idle Mermaid" quickly establishes itself in a similar vein by making it clear right away that our main character is not a good person (or mermaid, whatever), but rather a childish, immature teenage girl,...More

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  [Spoiler] "The Idle Mermaid" Jo Bo-ah and Song Jae-rim kiss in the water
  2014/08/07, Source
  Jo Bo-ah kissed a human Song Jae-rim in the water. In the first episode of the tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid", Erin (Jo Bo-ah) took sneak peeks at the handsome chef named Kwon Si-kyeong (Song Jae-rim) by the Han River,...More

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  Korean drama starting today 2014/08/07 in Korea
  2014/08/07, Source
  Korean drama starting today 2014/08/07 in Korea: "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  [Video] Added new teaser trailer, preview, stills and updated cast for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/08/05, Source
  Added new teaser trailer, preview, stills and updated cast for the upcoming Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  Today's Photo: July 31, 2014 [2]
  2014/07/30, Source
  Actress Jo Bo-ah poses at a press event for her new TV series "The Idle Mermaid" in Seoul on Wednesday,...More

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  [Video] Teaser trailers released for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/07/21, Source
  Teaser trailers released for the upcoming Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  Park Ji-soo debuts in upcoming drama "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/07/10, Source
  Park Ji-soo is debuting with "The Idle Mermaid". Stills of the actress from making the drama were revealed online,...More

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  Han So-young in "The Idle Mermaid" with Song Jae-rim
  2014/07/09, Source
  Actress Han So-young is starring in the new tvN drama "The Idle Mermaid". She's taking on the role of So Dae-ri,...More

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  [Video] Added new teaser trailer, posters and images for the Korean drama 'The Idle Mermaid'
  2014/07/09, Source
  Added new teaser trailer, posters and images for the upcoming Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid",...More

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  Song Jae-rim, On Joo-wan, Jo Bo-ah to star in "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/06/11, Source
  Song Jae-rim, On Joo-wan and Jo Bo-ah are starring in tvN "The Idle Mermaid". According to sources, this drama is about the life of a mermaid who lives a human life, in a world where a person is not considered human if jobless. On Joo-wan takes on the role Hyeon-myeong who is getting ready for a job and Song Jae-rim is Si-kyeong,...More

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  Upcoming Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid"
  2014/04/04, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean drama "The Idle Mermaid"'s page to HanCinema database,...More