Satomi Ishihara is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Destiny.” The suspense-romance screenplay is written Noriko Yoshida (“Liaison“). In the drama series “Destiny,” Satomi Ishihara will play main character Kanade Nishimura. As a 35 year old prosecutor, she suddenly must confront a suspicious death case that occurred when she was a law school student and… Read more »
See list of nominees and winners at the just concluded 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards. Big winners include movies “Smugglers” for “Best Film,” Best Supporting Actor (Zo In-Sung), and Best New Actress (Go Min-Si) and “Concrete Utopia” for “Best Director” (Uhm Tae-Hwa) and “Best Actor” (Lee Byung-Hun). Actress Jung Yu-Mi was also awarded “Best Actress”… Read more »
Main trailer for TVING drama series “Death’s Game” starring Seo In-Guk & Park So-Dam. Drama series is based on webcomic “Yije Got Jookseummida” by Lee Won-Sik & Ggoolchan. Dialogue in the main trailer goes (0:01) Park So-Dam “You are going to die 12 times. No matter what body you wake up in, you will die,”… Read more »
Nao and Noritake Kinashi are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Haru ni Nattara.” The family drama is scripted by Yasushi Fukuda (“Hero“) and directed by Kana Matsumoto (“Tokyo Oasis“) and Mayu Akiyama (“Rent A Friend“). The two leads will play daughter and father and they both reveal shocking news to each other on New Year’s Day…. Read more »
Teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Gyeongseong Creature” starring Park Seo-Joon & Han So-Hee. The period action film is set in the year 1945 and follows two people who investigate a series of missing person cases. The teaser poster states “All suspicions led to Ongseong Hospital. There were humans and creatures there.”… Read more »
Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “My Home Hero” starring Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyohei Takahashi, & Asuka Saito. Movie is a sequel to 2023 TBS drama series “My Home Hero.” Story for the movie picks up where the drama series ended. Kuranosuke Sasaki plays Tetsuo Tosu. He is a father who kills his daughter’s boyfriend to… Read more »
Maki Fukuda is cast in Fuji TV drama series “Konkatsu 1000 Knock.” For Maki Fukuda, who is a member comedy trio “3ji no Heroine,” “Konkatsu 1000 Knock,” will be her first starring role in a drama series. The drama series is based on novel “Konkatsu 1000 Hon Knock” by Ayako Minami and will have Maki Fukuda… Read more »
Trailer and poster added for suspense film “Aru Tozasareta Yuki no Sanso de” starring Daiki Shigeoka, Ayami Nakajo, and Amane Okayama. Movie is based on 1992 novel “Aru Tozasareta Yuki no Sanso de” by famous mystery writer Keigo Higashino (“Suspect X“) and directed by Ken Iizuka (“Enokida Trading Post“). The trailer shows 7 young theater actors… Read more »
Trailer and poster added for Coupang Play drama series “Boyhood” (literal title) starring Im Si-Wan and Lee Sun-Bin. The trailer begins with Jang Byeong-Tae’s (Im Si-Wan) less than ideal daily life, but after he transfers to a new school, his life changes completely. He suddenly becomes the best fighter from Asan with the nickname White Tiger…. Read more »
Riho Sayashi, Rio Asumi, and Satoshi Hashimoto are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Oshi wo Meshiagare.” The drama series is based on 2023 novel “Reiwa Bulgaria Yogurt” by Ayako Miyagi. Riho Sayashi will play Yuzu Hodaishi. She became a big fan of a novel about yogurt, while she looked for a job and eventually got… Read more »