Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “The Dry Spell” starring Toma Ikuta. Movie is based on 1990 novel “Kassui” by Mitsuru Kawabayashi and the screenplay adaptation is written by Shotaro Oikawa (“Chokolietta“). The movie has Toma Ikuta playing city hall water department employee Shunsaku Iwakiri. He encounters two young sisters when he visits a home for non payment on their water bill.
“The Dry Spell” is now set for release June 2, 2023 in Japan.
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Chun Woo-Hee & Kim Dong-Wook are cast in tvN drama series “Beneficial Fraud” (literal title). The revenge themed drama series will have Chun Woo-Hee play Con Artist Lee Ro-Woom and Kim Dong-Wook play Lawyer Han Moo-Young. They differ greatly in that Lee Ro-Woom does not have any empathy feelings and Kim Dong-Wook has sometimes too much empathy for other people.
“Beneficial Fraud” will first air May 29, 2023 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 8:50 PM time slot after “Our Blooming Youth“).
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Masato Sakai is cast for the lead role in TBS drama series “Vivant.” Hiroshi Abe, Fumi Nikaido, Tori Matsuzaka, and Koji Yakusho are also cast in major supporting character roles. The drama series will be directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa, who worked with lead actor Masato Sakai in hit 2013 TBS drama series “Naoki Hanzawa.” In addition, a teaser trailer and teaser visual has been released for the drama series. The teaser visual has captions that states “Foe or friend? Friend or foe?”
“Vivant” will first air July, 2023 in Japan.
Riku Hagiwara & Reina Triendl are cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Mr. Tsukuyomi’s Forbidden Midnight Snack.” The foodie themed drama series is based on on manga series “Tsukuyomi-kun no Kindan Oyashoku” by Nikki Asada. For the just cast lead actors, Riku Hagiwara will play Yuga Tsukuyomi. He works as a a dietary management expert and he loves to cook. Reina Triendl will play Soyogi Mikami. She is a personal trainer who has lost her enthusiasm with eating.
“Mr. Tsukuyomi’s Forbidden Midnight Snack” first airs April, 2023 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11:30 PM time slot after “6 Byoukan no Kiseki“).
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Lee Jong-Won is cast in MBC drama series “Night Blooming Flower” (literal title) co-starring Lee Ha-Nee. In the drama series, Lee Jong-Won will play lead male character Park Soo-Ho. He is a senior officer with excellent martial arts skills, intelligence and handsome appearance. He gets involved with widow Jo Yeo-Hwa (Lee Ha-Nee) and his life changes big.
“Night Blooming Flower” will first air sometime later this year in South Korea.
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Kyoko Yoshine and Daiki Shigeoka are cast in NTV drama series “Sorette Pakuri Janaidesuka.” The drama series is based on 2019 novel “Sorette Pakuri Janaidesuka” by Sakurako Okuno. “Sorette Pakuri Janaidesuka” will revolve around a beverage company that has a patent taken by a rival company. Kyoko Yoshine will play lead character Aki Fujisaki. She works for the beverage company. Daiki Shigeoka will play Masami Kitawaki. He works for the parent company of the beverage company and teams up with Aki Fujisaki to regain their patent.
“Sorette Pakuri Janaidesuka” will first air April, 2023 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Wednesday 10 PM time slot after “Reversal Orchestra“).
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Main trailer & poster added for Netflix drama series “The Glory Part 2” starring Song Hye-Kyo & Lee Do-Hyun. Caption on the poster above states “Welcome to my Hell.” Drama series follows “The Glory” which was released December 30, 2022.
“The Glory Part 2” will consist of 8 episodes and be available to stream March 10, 2023 on Netflix.
Lee Ha-Nee is cast in new MBC drama series “Night Blooming Flower” (literal title). The drama series, set sometime in the past, has Lee Ha-Nee playing Jo Yeo-Hwa. She has been a widow for 15 years and leads a double life, by sneaking out at night to help people in need. She meets someone named Park Soo-Ho.
“Night Blooming Flower” will air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Father Of The Milky Way Railroad” starring Koji Yakusho & Masaki Suda. Movie is based on 2017 novel “Ginga Tetsudo no Chichi” by Yoshinobu Kadoi, which won the naoki Prize, and directed by Izuru Narushima (“Solomon’s Perjury 1: Suspicion“). Caption on the main poster states “A story about the absolute love of the father and family towards unknown writer Kenji Miyazawa.”
“Father Of The Milky Way Railroad” will be released May 5, 2023 in Japan.
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Fuka Koshiba is cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Wave, Listen to Me” (literal title). Drama series is based on manga series “Nami yo Kiitekure” by Hiroaki Samura. For “Wave, Listen to Me,” Fuka Koshiba will play Minare Koda. She spends an evening drinking at a bar after going through some troubling times. A man, who happens to be the director of a radio station, listens to her story and decides she has potential as a radio personality.
“Wave, Listen to Me” will be air April, 2023 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15 PM time slot after “Liaison“).
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