Vertical Short Drama 'I Married a DQN Star' Launches on POPCORN App
The series is a revenge suspense vertical drama, a darker offering in the format, adapted from a manga about a housewife's life-threatening revenge in a closed community that excuses violence as friendship.
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GOKKO Co., Ltd. begins distributing the vertical short drama 'I Married a DQN Star' on the POPCORN app on July 17, 2026. The 30-episode revenge suspense series follows housewife Azusa as she takes life-threatening revenge against a community that justifies violence as 'bonds of friendship.' Harui Takahashi stars as Azusa, with Jo Kanda as her husband Yuki. Shinpei Yamasaki directs from a script by Risa Ogi.
The series follows Azusa, a housewife who moves from Tokyo to her husband's hometown and finds herself in a community where infidelity and violence are excused as 'bonds of friendship.' As her husband transforms under local influence, she decides to break everything. The 30-episode vertical drama stars Harui Takahashi as Azusa, with Jo Kanda as her husband Yuki. Directed by Shinpei Yamasaki and written by Risa Ogi, the series is produced by ytv Me and based on a manga published by Shurara Manga. Distribution begins July 17, 2026, on the POPCORN app.
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