Teaser trailer #2 for upcoming KBS2 drama series “The Ghost Detective” starring Daniel Choi, Park Eun-Bin and Lee Ji-Ah. Teaser trailer #2 starts out like a romance themed drama series, but quickly shows its horror genre roots.
“The Ghost Detective” first airs August 29, 2018 in South Korea.
Ryu Deok-Hwan is cast in OCN drama series “Quiz from God: Reboot.” The drama series is the 5th season in the “Quiz From God” franchise. Ryu Deok-Hwan will reprise his main character role of Han Jin-Woo. He works as a doctor in the medical examiner’s office. He was the youngest man in Korea to become a doctor.
“Quiz from God: Reboot” first airs November, 2018 (takes over OCN’s Wednesday & Thursday 11PM time slot after “The Guest“).
Mitsuki Takahata & Ryoma Takeuchi are cast in NTV drama special “Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream.” The drama special is a sequel to last year’s NTV drama series “Overprotected Kahoko” (“Kahogo no Kahoko”). Story for the drama special is set one year after the drama special. Kahoko Nemoto (Mitsuki Takahata) is married to Hajime Mugino (Ryoma Takeuchi) and juggles housework duties with running her daycare center “Kahoko House.” Most of the supporting actors from the original drama series will also reprise their respective roles. New supporting characters will be played by Emi Kurara and Ayumu Yokoyama.
“Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream” will first air September 19, 2018 in Japan.
English subtitled teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “The Negotiation” starring Son Ye-Jin and Hyun-Bin. The movie features Hyun-Bin playing a villain for the first time in his acting career. He kidnaps Korean nationals in Bangkok, Thailand. Son Ye-Jin plays the negotiator that only has a few hours to save the lives of the hostages.
“The Negotiation” will be released September, 2018 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer and poster added for upcoming live-action film “Tonde Saitama” starring Fumi Nikaido and Gackt. Movie is based on manga “Tonde Saitama” by Mineo Maya and directed by Hideki Takeuchi. The has unusual prmemise of Fumi Nikaido playing a teen boy who looks like a girl and Gackt playing a high school student. It’s set in a world where people from Saitama are persecuted.
“Tonde Saitama” will be released February 22, 2018 in Japan.
Filming for upcoming movie “The Divine Fury,” starring Park Seo-Joon, Ahn Sung-Ki and Woo Do-Hwan, began August 14, 2018. The promotional photo above is from a ceremony for the film that took place August 11, 2018. There, Park Seo-Joon stated, “It will be a long journey. The most important thing is nobody should get hurt. I will hard for the movie. The film follows a martial arts champion (Park Seo-Joon) and a exorcist (Ahn Sung-Ki) as they battle an evil. Movie is directed by Kim Joo-Hwan who worked with Park Seo-Joon in last year’s buddy cop film “Midnight Runners.”
“The Divine Fury” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.
Here’s the first still images of Seo In-Guk and Jung So-Min in upcoming tvN drama series “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.” Drama series is a remake of 2002 Fuji TV drama series “Hundred Million Stars From the Sky” (“Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi”). The first still images from the drama series are from a scene filmed July, 2018 in Mapo-district, Seoul, South Korea. This scene is of the first meeting between Kim Moo-Young (Seo In-Guk) and Yoo Jin-Kang (Jung So-Min).
Lastly, ep.1 air date is now set for September 26, 2018 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 PM time slot after “Familiar Wife“).
Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Futatsu no Kino to Boku no Mirai” starring Gaku Sano and Itsuki Sagara. Movie is directed by Kenichi Ohmori. The film follows a young man who enters a cave during a rainstorm and finds himself in an parallel world when he exits.
“Futatsu no Kino to Boku no Mirai” will be released first in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan on November 9, 2018 and will have its nationwide release sometime after that.
Choi Tae-Joon and Sooyoung (‘Girls’ Generation’) are cast in new drama series “So I Married an Anti-Fan” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2010 novel “Geuraeseo Naneun Antipaengwa Gyeolhonhaedda” by Kim Eun-Jung and directed by Kang Cheol-Woo. The drama series will be half pre-production. For “So I Married an Anti-Fan,” Choi Tae-Joon will play a top star with a bad public image and Sooyoung will play a former reporter who believes she lost her job because of the top star. They both decide to take part in a reality show revolving around a top star and his anti-fan.
Exact air dates or airing network for “So I Married an Anti-Fan” has yet to be decided.
Teaser trailer and poster for movie “Masquerade Hotel” starring Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa. The film is based on 2011 novel “Masquerade Hotel” by Keigo Higashino and directed by Masayuki Suzuki. Masayuki Suzuki and Takuya Kimura previously worked together on hit drama series “Hero.”
Release date for “Masquerade Hotel” is now set for January 18, 2019 in Japan.