Asian stars knocking on the K-TV series, including Heo Kwang-han and Sakaguchi Kentaro

More and more foreign actors are appearing in K-TV series. Some analysts say that the Korean Wave does not distinguish between national borders and that a "fourth Korean wave" is occurring.
Japanese actor Kentaro Sakaguchi will appear in the Coopang Play series "What Comes After Love," which will premiere on the 27th.
He will be starring in a touching love story with actress Lee Se Yeong. He is also well known to Korean viewers for his role in the Taiwanese TV series "See You." He will also be starring in the Disney+ series "No Way Out."
Heo Kwang-han, who has built up a filmography with youth romances, showed a transformation in his acting by playing the role of a killer in "No Way Out".
It is significant that this is the last work and that he chose the K-TV series as his way of expanding overseas. In this way, the path of Asian stars challenging themselves with Korean TV series continues, and the term "4th Korean Wave" has been coined.
Prime Minister Kishida, who recently visited South Korea for the Japan-Japan summit, said, "The fourth Korean wave is sweeping Japan," and "Korean movies, TV series, music and other cultural and artistic fields are becoming more and more popular among the Japanese people."
The TV series "Winter Sonata," in which actor Bae Yeonjun earned the nickname "YON Sama," is considered to be the beginning of the Korean wave.
The fourth wave of Korean culture has evolved from the fandom of actors to idol groups and K-POP, and the keywords for this wave are "collaboration and exchange."
Not only does it involve global stars, it is also crossing borders by remaking popular works and introducing filming and production methods from Korean production crews.
This is because K-contents such as "Squid Game" and "Parasite" have been gaining attention in the global market, and
This is due in part to the fact that the U.S. is attracting attention as a base for Asian content. In particular, in the era of online video services (OTT), content such as Korean TV series and movies can be accessed anywhere, anytime, anywhere in the world.
The fourth Korean wave is also driven by the fact that people can now consume a wide range of content. Popular culture critic Kim Hong-sik said, "There is no time lag in content consumption these days. Fashion, beauty, food, and other lifestyle items are all consumed in the same way.
"The Korean Wave has continued with entertainment and cultural elements, but OTT content is ideal for showing all of this at once in real time."