Takumi Kitamura, Nana Komatsu & Ryo Yoshizawa cast in movie “Sakura”

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Takumi Kitamura (‘Dish’), Nana Komatsu and Ryo Yoshizawa are cast in movie “Sakura.” The film is based on 2005 novel “Sakura” by Kanako Nishi (“Yellow Elephant“) and directed by Hitoshi Yazaki (“Strawberry Shortcakes“). In the film “Sakura,” Takumi Kitamura, Nana Komatsu and Ryo Yoshizawa will play siblings. A car accident that the oldest child (played… Read more »

Shin Sung-Rok cast in KBS2 drama series “Perfume”

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Shin Sung-Rok is cast for the lead male role in new KBS2 drama series “Perfume.” Actress Koh Joon-Hee has already received an offer to play the lead female character and she is still “positively considering” her offer. The screenplay features fantasy elements that would fit nicely in a tvN drama series, centering around a mysterious… Read more »

Trailer and poster for live-action film “Rose and Tulip”

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Trailer and poster for live-action film “Rose and Tulip” (literal title) starring Lee Joon-Ho (2PM) and Mitsuki Tanimura. Movie is based on manga series “Bara to Tsuripu” by Akiko Higashimura (“Princess Jellyfish“) and directed by Teruo Noguchi. Movie’s screenplay adaptation is written by Saeki Nejime who wrote the screenplay for 2007 film “Curling Love” which starred… Read more »

First poster for tvN drama series “Abyss”

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First poster for tvN drama series “Abyss” starring Park Bo-Young and Ahn Hyo-Seop. The teaser poster has Park Bo-Young and Ahn Hyo-Seop laying on a road. Caption on the poster states in Korean “Goddess to ordinary woman & ugly man to extremely handsome man were reborn.” “Abyss” first airs May, 2019 in South Korea.

Kippei Shiina cast in WOWOW drama series “Hand of God”

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Kippei Shiina is cast in WOWOW drama series “Hand of God” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2010 novel “Kami no Te” by Yo Kusakabe (“The Rupture“) who is a doctor and novelist. For drama series “Hand of God,” Kippei Shiina will surgeon Shirakawa. He becomes embroiled in controversy over an euthanasia case. “Hand… Read more »

First teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Nokdu Flower”

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First teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Nokdu Flower” starring Cho Jung-Seok, Yoon Si-Yoon and Han Ye-Ri. Teaser trailer #1 features Cho Jung-Seok as Baek Yi-Kang. Captions in the teaser trailer states in Korean (3 second mark) “Torch gathers and become the sea,” (9 second mark) “Bamboo spears gathers and make a mountain” and (15… Read more »

First teaser trailers for OCN drama series “Save Me 2”

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First teaser trailers added for OCN drama series “Save Me 2” starring Um Tae-Goo, Cheon Ho-Jin and Esom. There’s two different versions of teaser trailer #1. Both teaser trailers have captions that states in Korean “Here everything went crazy.” “Save Me 2” first airs May 8, 2019 in South Korea.

First script reading for JTBC drama series “Aide”

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Frst script reading for JTBC drama series “Aide” (literal title) took place March 26, 2019 at Studio & NEW in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Main cast members including Lee Jung-Jae, Shin Min-A, Kim Dong-Joon, Lee Elijah, Jung Jin-Young, Kim Kap-Soo, Jung Woong-In and Lim Won-Hee attended. The drama series is set in the political world… Read more »

Tsuyoshi Muro cast in TV Tokyo drama series “I Turn”

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Tsuyoshi Muro is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “I Turn.” The drama series is based on 2010 novel “I Turn” by Tetsuzo Fukuzawa (“Tokyo Refugees“) and will be directed by Eiji Uchida. The drama series will have Tsuyoshi Muro playing advertising company employee Mitsuo Komae. He gets in trouble with the yakuza. “I Turn” will… Read more »