First script reading for SBS drama “Remember”

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First script reading for upcoming SBS drama series “Remember,” starring Yoo Seung-Ho & Park Min-Young, took place November 2, 2015 at SBS Production Center in Ilsan, South Korea. The script reading had all main cast members including Yoo Seung-Ho, Park Min-Young, Namgung Min & Park Sung-Woong in attendance. “Remember” first airs December 9, 2015 in… Read more »

Junichi Okada cast in movie “A Man Called Pirate”

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Junichi Okada (‘V6’) is cast in new movie “A Man Called Pirate.” The film is based on 2012 novel “”Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko” by Naoki Hyakuta and directed by Takashi Yamazaki (“Always: Sunset on Third Street“/”The Eternal Zero“). Story for “A Man Called Pirate” follows a businessman (Junichi Okaada) as he encounters financial troubles due… Read more »

Teaser trailer for live-action film “Hero Mania: Life”

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Teaser trailer added for upcoming live-action film “Hero Mania: Life” starring Masahiro Higashide, Masataka Kubota, Nana Komatsu & Tsurutaro Kataoka. Movie is based on manga “Seikatsu (Kanzen ban)” by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu and directed by Keisuke Toyoshima (“A Courtesan with Flowered Skin“). In live-action film “Hero Mania: Life,” Masahiro Higashide plays a part-time convenience store worker…. Read more »

Im Seul-Ong, Kyung Soo-Jin, Park Jung-Min & Hong Eun-Hee in movie “Horror Stories Ⅲ”

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Im Seul-Ong from Kpop group ‘2AM,’ Kyung Soo-Jin, Park Jung-Min and Hong Eun-Hee are all cast in omnibus horror film “Horror Stories Ⅲ.” Theme for “Horror Stories III,” will have segments set in the past, present and future. For the past segment, Baek Seung-Bin (“Members of the Funeral“) will direct that segment. For the present… Read more »

First still image of Kim Min-Hee in Park Chan-Wook’s “Fingersmith”

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Here’s the first still image of actress Kim Min-Hee in upcoming movie “Fingersmith” directed by Park Chan-Wook (“Oldboy“). Filming for “Fingersmith” finished October 31, 2015 in South Korea and took about 5 months to finish. Filming also took place in Japan. Movie “Fingersmith” is based on British novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters. “Fingersmith” will be… Read more »

Teaser poster for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Creepy”

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Here’s the first teaser poster for upcoming film “Creepy” starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide & Teruyuki Kagawa. Movie is based on 2012 novel “Kuripi” by Yutaka Maekawa and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (“Tokyo Sonata“). The caption on the teaser poster says “That person is not my father .. I don’t know him… Read more »

Hinako Sano, Anna Iriyama (‘AKB48’) & Yuko Fueki to make guest appearances in Fuji TV drama “Siren”

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Hinako Sano, Anna Iriyama (‘AKB48’) and Yuko Fueki are cast in guest roles in currently airing Fuji TV drama series “Siren” starring Tori Matsuzaka & Fumino Kimura. Hinako Sano and Anna Iriyama will appear in ep.3 which airs later today, November 3, 3015. Hinako Sano will play Ai and Anna Iriyama will play Rena. Their… Read more »

Lee Sung-Min cast in tvN drama series “Memory”

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Actor Lee Sung-Min is cast in upcoming tvN drama series “Memory.” He will play main character Park Tae-Suk in the drama series. Story for “Memory” will deal with an attorney (Lee Sung-Min) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Interesting to note, upcoming 2016 SBS drama series “Remember,” starring Yoo Seung-Ho & Park Min-Young, also deals with… Read more »