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.
Yoo Jae-Myung and Ji Soo are cast in JTBC drama special “Ping Pong Ball.” The drama special is part of “JTBC Drama Festa” series which includes last year’s drama special “Summer Days; Yeo-Reum.” The first script reading for “Ping Pong Ball” took place August 8, 2018 at JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea. Yoo… Read more »
Park Bo-Young is cast in new tvN drama series “Abyss” (working title). The drama series falls in the fantasy-romance genre and is scripted by Moon Soo-Yun. For drama series “Abyss,” Park Bo-Young will play a prosecutor. Her character is beautiful, but a mysterious bead causes her appearance to change to a common appearance. Casting for the… Read more »
Yu Hae-Jin and Ryoo Joon-Yeol are cast in new movie “Battle” (literal title). The film will be directed by Won Shin-Yeon and distributed by Showbox. The film is set when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule and takes place over 4 days in Manchuria, China. There, Korean independence militia battle the Japanese military. Yu Hae-Jin will play… Read more »
Keiko Kitagawa is cast in NHK drama special “Fake News.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Akiko Nogi and will be directed by Kentaro Horikirizono & Yoshiharu Sasaki. In the drama series, Keiko Kitagawa will play Itsuki Shinonome. She is a reporter for a website and she covers a story about caterpillars found in instant food…. Read more »
Lee Yo-Won has been offered the lead female role in drama series “Different Dreams” (literal title). Actress Lee Young-Ae was first cast for the lead female role, but Lee Young-Ae and the production team decided to part ways due to scheduling issues. The drama series is scheduled to being filming this autumn in Mongolia. Filming will… Read more »
Trailer and poster added for movie “A Cherry Boy’s Love” (“Sakuranbo no Koi”) starring Daisuke Miyagawa and Yuki Sakurai. The film had its world premiere on April 21, 2018 at the 10th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Story for “A Cherry Boy’s Love,” follows the relationship between a 45-year-old virgin man and an adult film actress. The trailer… Read more »
Teaser trailer for horror film “Kuru” starring Junichi Okada and Nana Komatsu. Movie is directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and based on novel “Bogiwan ga Kuru” by Ichi Sawamura. Meanwhile the still image above of Junichi Okada as Nozaki. Release date for “Kuru” is now set for December 7, 2018 in Japan.
Here’s two character posters for upcoming KBS2 drama special “Too Bright Outside for Love” (literal title) starring Choi Gang-Hee and Go Joon. The character posters are of Kim Yang-Hee (Choi Gang-Hee) and Lee Pil-Yong (Go Joon) and the caption on the teaser posters states in Korean “Let’s love, today too.” “Too Bright Outside for Love” is… Read more »
Yui Aragaki & Ryuhei Matsuda are cast in NTV drama series “Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi.” The romance themed drama series is based on an original screenplay by Akiko Nogi and directed by Nobuo Mizuta. For the drama series Yui Aragaki will play 30-year-old Akira Shinkai and Ryuhei Matsuda will play 33-year-old Kosei Nemoto. They meet at a… Read more »