Disney+ to Adapt The Miracles of the Namiya General Store for TV
Disney+ added another buzzy K-drama title on Thursday to its steadily expanding slate of originals from East Asia. The streamer announced the launch of principal photography on The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a Korean-language series adaptation of Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s 2012 bestseller, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. The series is set for a global Disney+ launch in 2027. A time-bending fantasy about three petty criminals who hide out in a derelict general store after a botched heist, only to begin receiving letters seeking advice from strangers writing from decades in the past, the novel has been adapted twice before for the screen — by Ryuichi Hiroki for a 2017 Japanese feature, and by Han Jie that same year for a Chinese-language version starring Jackie Chan as the kindly shop owner. Ryu Seung-ryong will headline the new Korean series as Go Min-joong, the elderly shop owner whose replies to mysterious letters set off a chain of connections across decades. The role is the actor’s third major Disney+ collaboration, following …
