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Korean, Japanese dramas target each other's home screens

“My name is Minamida Minami. Whether you read it forward or backward, it’s Minamida Minami. Kitsusuki (woodpecker), tomato, Swiss, koneko (kitten), Minamida Minami.” The line comes from “Extraordinary Attorney Minami,” the Japanese adaptation of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.” In the original series, protagonist Woo Young-woo (Park Eun-bin) introduces herself using words that read the same forward…

Korean, Japanese dramas target each other's home screens

Minamida Minami reveals her name's palindrome property in the Japanese adaptation of "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." The Korean series, set to premiere on Oct. 19 on Kansai TV and Fuji TV, swaps countries with the Japanese remake. Both dramas center on legal professionals - an autistic lawyer and a genius surgeon - but each drama is now set in the other's home turf. "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" gained popularity, becoming a global Netflix hit in 2022.

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