May 10 2023

Hokuto Matsumura and Daigo Nishihata cast in TV Asahi drama “Knockin’ on Locked Door”

Hokuto Matsumura and Daigo Nishihata are cast for co-lead roles in TV Asahi drama series “Knockin’ on Locked Door.” The drama series is based on novel series “Knockin’ on Locked Door” by Yugo Aosaki. In “Knockin’ on Locked Door,” Hokuto Matsumura and Daigo Nishihata will play partner private detectives who have different personalities and investigative methods.

“Knockin’ on Locked Door” will first air July, 2023  in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11PM time slot after “Kotaro Lives By Himself 2“).

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May 10 2023

Teaser trailer 3 for tvN drama “Delightfully Deceitful”

Teaser trailer 3 for tvN drama series “Delightfully Deceitful” starring Chun Woo-Hee & Kim Dong-Wook. The drama series follows Lee Ro-Woom, a con woman driven by revenge, and Han Moo-Young, a hyper empathetic lawyer who cares for her. Teaser trailer 3 begins with Kim Dong-Wook stating “Ro-Woom, now tell me. What kind of fraud are you are doing?” At the end of teaser trailer, Chun Woo-Hee states “I will show you the difference between a lawyer and a swindler.” Below are the first still images of Chun Woo-Hee and Kim Dong-Wook in the drama series.

“Delightfully Deceitful” first airs May 29, 2023 in South Korea.

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May 10 2023

Main trailer for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out”

Main trailer added for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out” starring Ma Dong-Seok, Lee Joon-Hyuk, & Munetaka Aoki. The trailer shows Japanese actors Munetaka Aoki and Jun Kunimura for the first time as assassin Riki and his yakuza boss. Captions in the main trailer states (0:09) “Monster cop joins bigger unit,” (0:23) “Bastards are double!,” (0:35) “Bigger scale,” (0:40) “Wipe out all the bastards!”

“The Roundup: No Way Out” will be released May 31, 2023 in Japan.

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May 9 2023

Ren Meguro & Hayato Sano cast in TBS drama “Trillion Game”

Ren Meguro  & Hayato Sano are cast in TBS live-action drama series “Trillion Game.” The drama series is based on manga series “Trillion Game” by written by Riichiro Inagaki & Ryoichi Ikegami. The business oriented drama series will follow two young men who start a business in pursuit of earning a trillion dollars. Ren Meguro will play lead character Haru Tennoji and Hayato Sano will play his partner Manabu Taira.

“Trillion Game” first airs July, 2023 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Friday 10PM time slot after “Pending Train“).

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May 8 2023

Eiji Akaso cast in NTV drama “Turn To Me Mukai-kun”

Eiji Akaso is cast for the lead role in NTV live-action drama series “Turn To Me Mukai-kun.” The drama series is based on manga manga series “Kocchi Muite yo Mukai-kun” by Yoko Nemu. In the drama series, Eiji Akaso will play Satoru Mukai. After 10 years of being single, he decides that he wants to find love. It’s not easy for him though.

“Turn To Me Mukai-kun” first airs July, 2023 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Wednesday 10PM time slot after “Copy That?“).

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May 4 2023

Teaser trailer and poster for “The Moon”

Launching teaser trailer and poster for sci-fi movie “The Moon” starring Sol Kyung-Gu, Do Kyung-Soo, & Kim Hee-Ae. The film, written and directed by Kim Yong-Hwa (“Along With the Gods“), revolves around an astronaut (Do Kyung-Soo) in outer space and a scientist (Sol Kyung-Gu) on Earth who tries to save him. Caption in the teaser trailer states around the 17 second mark “384,000 km from Earth.” The voice of Do Kyung-Soo also states in English around the 20 second mark of the teaser trailer “Mayday…mayday…this is Hwang Sun-Woo.”

“The Moon” will be released August 2, 2023 in South Korea.

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May 4 2023

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama “King the Land”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “King the Land” starring Lee Joon-Ho & Lim Yoon-A. The drama series depicts a love story between a man named Gu Won (Lee Joon-Ho), who is unable to resist a fake smile, and a woman named Cheon Sa-Rang (Lim Yoon-A) who has to make a fake smile. Captions in the teaser 1 states (0:03) “What you’ve been waiting for,” (0:06) “The very combination,” (0:10) “Lee Joon-Ho X Lim Yoon-A,” (0:17) “
That will save you,” and (0:21) “The magic of love is coming.”

“King the Land” is now set to first air June 17, 2023 (takes over JTBC’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Doctor Cha“).

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May 4 2023

Air date and supporting cast for tvN drama “Useless Lies”

First air date for tvN drama series “Useless Lies” (literal title), starring Kim So-Hyun & Minhyun, is now set to air July, 2023. The drama series will air in tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 10:50 PM time slot after the conclusion of “Delightfully Deceitful.” Meanwhile, the first batch of supporting actors have been announced for the drama series and they are Yun Ji-On, Seo Ji-Hoon, & Lee Si-Woo. Yun Ji-On will play Jo Deuk-Chan. He is the CEO of J Entertainment. He led Kim Do-Ha (Minhyun) to become a songwriter and he cares about him like a real brother. Seo Ji-Hoon will play Detective Lee Gang-Min.. He is Mok Sol-Hee’s (Kim So-Hyun) first love. Lastly, Lee Si-Woo will play top solo singer Sha-On She communicates with Kim Do-Ha through music and she admires him.

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May 2 2023

Lee Dong-Wook & Kim Hye-Jun cast in Disney+ drama “The Killer’s Shopping Mall”

Lee Dong-Wook & Kim Hye-Jun are cast in Disney+ drama series “The Killer’s Shopping Mall.” The drama series is based on 2020 novel “Salinjaui Shoppingmall” by Kang Ji-Young and the screenplay adaptation was co-written by director Lee Kwon (“Door Lock“) and Ji Ho-Jin. The drama series will revolve around a mysterious shopping mall that was operated by Jung Ji-An’s (Kim Hye-Jun) uncle (Lee Dong-Wook).

“The Killer’s Shopping Mall” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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May 2 2023

Yosuke Sugino cast in Fuji TV drama “Barakamon”

Yosuke Sugino is cast in Fuji TV live-action drama series “Barakamon.” The drama series is based on manga series “Barakamon” by Satsuki Yoshino. In the drama series adaptation, Yosuke Sugino will play main character Seishu Handa. He is a calligrapher and moves to an island in the Goto Islands to practice his craft in solitude, but finds that his island neighbors are around all the time.

“Barakamon” will first air July, 2023 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Wednesday 10 PM time slot after “Mr. Bride“).

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