Mar 12 2024

Teaser trailer & posters for movie”Kuchinai Sakura”

Teaser trailer and character posters added for suspense-mystery film “Kuchinai Sakura” starring Hana Sugisaki. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Kuchinai Sakura” by Yuko Yuzuki and directed by Hiroto Hara (“Tokyo City Girl“). Also newly announced main cast members for the film are Riku Hagiwara, Kosuke Toyohara, & Ken Yasuda. The teaser trailer begins with the narrator stating “Suspense-mystery that exposes the darkness within the police.”

“Kuchinai Sakura” will be released June 21, 2024 in Japan.

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Mar 11 2024

Teaser trailer 2 for SBS drama “The Escape of the Seven: Resurrection”

Teaser trailer 2 added for SBS drama series “The Escape of the Seven: Resurrection” starring Uhm Ki-Joon, Hwang Jung-Eum, Lee Joon, & Lee Yoo-Bi. The teaser trailer has captions that states (0:08) “Life that has given up being a human,” (0:13) “I have something I want to protect,” (0:24) “Shamelessly.” The drama series is a sequel to 2023 SBS drama series “The Escape of the Seven.”

“The Escape of the Seven: Resurrection” first airs March 29, 2024 in South Korea.

Mar 8 2024

Kiita Komagine & Taisuke Niihara cast in TV Asahi drama “At 25:00 in Akasaka”

Kiita Komagine and Taisuke Niihara are cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “At 25:00 in Akasaka.” The drama series is based on BL themed manga series “25ji Akasaka de” by Hiroko Natsuno. In the drama series, Taisuke Niihara will play rookie actor Yuki Shirasaki. He gets cast in BL drama series opposite popular star actor Asami Hayama (Kiita Komagine).

“At 25:00 in Akasaka” will first air April 18, 2024 in Japan.

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Mar 7 2024

Trailer and poster for movie “Teasing Master Takagi-san”

Trailer and poster added for live-action film “Teasing Master Takagi-san” starring Mei Nagano and Fumiya Takahashi. Movie is based on manga series “Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san” by Soichiro Yamamoto and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi (“Little Nights, Little Love“). Story in the live-action film is set 10 years after the two main characters were middle school students. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Haruka” by singer Aimer. The theme song plays during the main trailer. Young actors Tamaki Shiratori and Jun Saito are also cast to play supporting characters in the movie.

“Teasing Master Takagi-san” will be released May 31, 2024 in Japan.

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Mar 7 2024

Anne Nakamura & Yu Yokoyama cast in NTV-YTV drama “Yakusoku”

Anne Nakamura & Yu Yokoyama are cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Yakusoku.” The crime-mystery drama series features an original screenplay that will have the two leads play detectives. Anne Nakamura will play Aoi Kiriyuu. She is a detective and returns to her hometown after 16 years to prove her father’s innocence. Yu Yokoyama will play Kei Kosaka. He works with her on the case and also watches over her.

“Yakusoku” will first air April 11, 2024 (takes over NTV’s Thursday 23:59 time slot after “Time Traveler’s Disease“).

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Mar 7 2024

Takuya Kimura cast in TV Asahi drama “Believe”

Takuya Kimura is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Believe.” For the drama series, which pairs him again with director Jota Tsunehiro and screenwriter Yumiko Inoue. They previously worked together 2018 TV Asahi drama series “BG: Personal Bodyguard” and 2020 TV Asahi drama series “BG: Personal Bodyguard Season 2.” In “Believe,” Takuya Kimura will play Architect Riku Kariyama. He is passionate about his work, but comes across unexpected problems while working on his latest project.

“Believe” will first air April, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Thursday 9 PM time slot after “Great Gift“).

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Mar 7 2024

Teaser poster for MBC drama “Chief Detective 1958”

Teaser poster added for MBC drama series “Chief Detective 1958” starring Lee Je-Hoon. The teaser poster features Lee Je-Hoon as main character Detective Park Young-Han along with fellow detectives played by Lee Dong-Hwi, Choi Woo-Sung, & Yoon Hyun-Soo. Caption on the poster states “Age of barbarism. The real detectives’ human investigation drama.” Meanwhile, the character teaser trailer for Lee Je-Hoon’s Detective Park Young-Han can be viewed at AsianWiki.

“Chief Detective 1958” first airs April 19, 2024 in South Korea.

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Mar 6 2024

Teaser posters & release date for movie “The Roundup: Punishment”

Teaser posters and release date set for movie “The Roundup: Punishment” starring Ma Dong-Seok and Kim Moo-Yul. The film is the fourth installment in the franchise that started with 2017 movie “The Outlaws.” While Ma Dong-Seok returns as the rugged detective Ma Suk-Do. Kim Moo-Yul will play new villain Baek Chang-Ki. He is a mercenary and runs an online illegal gambling organization.

“The Roundup: Punishment” is now set for release April 24, 2024 in South Korea.

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Mar 6 2024

TV Asahi to air sequel drama “Six-Second Path Season 2”

Issey Takahashi, Isao Hashizume, and Tsubasa Honda are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Six-Second Path Season 2.” The drama series is set one year after 2023 TV Asahi drama series “Six-Second Path: The Melancholy of Fireworks Master Seitaro Mochizuki.” Also cast to play a new character in the sequel drama series is Mayu Miyamoto. For Mayu Miyamoto, she will play a mysterious woman named Fumika Noguchi. She approaches Seitaro Mochizuki (Issey Takahashi) to work as his apprentice.

“Six-Second Path Season 2” will first air April 13, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11:30 PM time slot after “Rikon Shinai Otoko“).

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