Actress Lee Young-Ae has been offered the lead female role in drama series “Amazing Koo Kyung-Yi” (literal title). Currently, Lee Young-Ae is “positively” considering her offer. If Lee Young-Ae accepts she will play Koo Kyung-Yi. She is a former police officer and now works as insurance investigator and private detective.
“Amazing Koo Kyung-Yi” will sometime later this year in South Korea, but broadcasting network has yet to be decided.
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Sho Higano & Nana Oda are cast in sci-fi film “Planet Prince 2021” (working & literal title). The movie is a remake of 1958 (!) NTV drama series “Yusei Oji.” The film version will be directed by Minoru Kawasaki (“The Rug Cop“).
“Planet Prince 2021” will be released summer or fall 2021 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer for tvN drama series “Vincenzo” starring Song Joong-Ki, Jeon Yeo-Bin, & TaecYeon. The teaser trailer has Song Joong-Ki stating “I came to warn, not to negotiate. I am the one who passes judgement.”
Ep.1 air date for Vincenzo is now set for February 20, 2021 in South Korea.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “You’re Not Normal, Either” starring Ryo Narita & Kaya Kiyohara. Kotaro Koizumi and Rika Izumi have also been announced to play major supporting characters in the film. The movie’s theme song has also been announced as “Kimi to Boku no Uta” by The Charm Park. The theme song appears in the main trailer.
“You’re Not Normal, Either” will be released March 19, 2021 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Mouse” starring Lee Seung-Gi, Lee Hee-Joon, & Park Joo-Hyun. Captions in teaser trailer #2 states (0:02) “He” (0:06) “Hunts” (0:10) “Humans.”
“Mouse” first airs February 24, 2021 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Wed. & Thu. 10:30 PM time slot after “True Beauty“).
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Kwon Sang-Woo, Oh Jung-Se, and Lee Min-Jung are cast in movie “Christmas Present” (working & literal title). Child actors Park So-Yi & Kim Jun are also cast in supporting roles. Filming for “Christmas Present ” began January 17, 2021 and is directed Ma Dae-Yoon. Release date has not yet been revealed.
Read more »Yutaka Takenouchi and Yuriko Ishida are cast in WOWOW drama series “The Hovering Blade.” The drama series is based on novel “Samayou Yaiba” by Keigo Higashino. That novel was previously adapted into 2009 film “The Hovering Blade” and 2014 South Korean remake film “Broken.” Yutaka Takenouchi will play main character Shigeki Nagamine. His daughter is murdered and he kills her murderer. Yuriko Ishida will play supporting character Wakako Kijima.
“The Hovering Blade” consists of 6 episodes and will first air May, 2021 in Japan.
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Keita Machida is cast for the lead role in live-action MBS drama series “Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo.” The drama series is based on manga series “Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou” by Sai Asai. For the drama series, Keita Machida will play Ryoichiro Amamiya. He works as a bartender at the “Three Star Bar” which is located in Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo. In addition, the opening theme song for the drama series has been announced as “Entertainer” by rock band I Don’t Like Mondays.
“Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo” will first air February 11, 2021 in Japan.
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Two character teaser trailers added for OCN drama series “Times” starring Lee Seo-Jin & Lee Joo-Young. The character trailers are of Lee Seo-Jin as Lee Jin-Woo in the year 2015 and Lee Joo-Young as Seo Jung-In in the year 2020. The character teaser trailer for Lee Seo-Jin begins with Lee Joo-Young stating “Here is the year 2020” and Lee Seo-Jin responds with “You are telling me to believe that I am connected to the future?” The character teaser trailer for Lee JooYoung begins with Lee Joo-Young stating “I am not the President’s daughter Seo Jung-In. I am BBS reporter Seo Jung-In.”
“Times” first airs February 20, 2021 in South Korea.
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Jun Matsumoto is cast for the lead role in NHK drama series “Dou Suru Ieyasu.” The drama series is NHK’s 62nd annual taiga series and will air in 2023. Filming for “Dou Suru Ieyasu” is expected to begin summer, 2022. The drama series will depict the life of Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616) and Jun Matsumoto will play the real life historical figure. Jun Matsumoto stated that he accepted the role after boy band Arashi decided to suspend its activities after January 1, 2021. He looked for a new challenge and found it in this drama series.
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