Disney+ expands its Asian streaming push with Korean-Japanese romance series

Asian fiction continues its advance across streaming platforms, and Disney+ is adding a Korean-Japanese romance to its lineup. “Season of Love” will arrive on October 7, with Ji Chang-wook and Mio Imada leading the intercultural comedy.

The story unfolds on an idyllic Japanese island, where Karin Shirahama devotes her life to growing the best strawberries possible. Her routine changes when Lee Yubin, a space designer from the city, appears. Their first meeting is anything but romantic. An awkward situation and an unexpected misunderstanding leave them spending far more time together, setting a relationship on a seemingly unavoidable romantic path.

Ji Chang-wook, known for “The Manipulated” and “The Worst of Evil,” plays Yubin. Mio Imada, who starred in “Tokyo Revengers,” plays Karin. Kim Soojung, who worked on “Semantic Error,” and Roh Youngsub, known for “My Lovely Liar,” direct the series. Lee Jaeyoon, the writer of “Divorce Insurance,” wrote the script.

CJ ENM is producing the show with Disney and Japan’s Nippon TV. The series arrives as Disney+ strengthens its investment in Korean stories. The platform’s notable releases have included “Moving,” which became its most-watched Korean original globally during its first week after premiering in 2023, and reached its biggest debut in South Korea at the time.

Ji Chang-wook also starred in “The Worst of Evil,” a crime thriller set in 1995 about a detective infiltrating a powerful drug-trafficking organization operating between Korea, China and Japan. Disney+ has also released the supernatural mystery “Revenant” and the 1970s-set thriller “Made in Korea.” In 2026, the platform announced another group of Korean productions spanning action, suspense, drama and reality programming, including the second season of “The Killing Business” and “The Perfect Crown,” about a grand prince who enters a marriage of convenience with a conglomerate heir.