Feb 14 2023

Ko Kyoung-Pyo and Kang Han-Na cast in JTBC drama “No Secret”

Ko Kyoung-Pyo and Kang Han-Na are cast for lead roles in JTBC drama series “No Secret” (literal title). The drama series will feature a romantic-comedy screenplay. For “No Secret,” Ko Kyoung-Pyo will play news announcer Song Ki-Baek and Kang Han-Na will play variety TV show screenwriter On Woo-Joo. The well mannered Song Ki-Baek comes down with an illness that causes him to speak without thinking about his choice of words.

“No Secret” will air sometime this year on JTBC, but more specific time frame has not yet been decided.

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Feb 14 2023

Haru and Mahiro Takasugi cast in Fuji TV drama “Mr. Bride, My Darling”

Haru and Mahiro Takasugi are cast in Fuji TV live-action drama series “Mr. Bride, My Darling.” The drama series is based on manga series “Watashi no Oyome-kun” by Natsumi Shiba. Setup for the drama series will have Haru and Mahiro Takasugi playing co-workers at in the sales department of an electronics company. Haru will play Honoka Hayami. She seems like a neat freak at work, but she is slob at home. Mahiro Takasugi will play Chihiro Yamamoto. He grew up doing the housework with his brothers and is quite skilled at that.

“Mr. Bride, My Darling” first airs April, 2023 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Wednesday 10 PM time slot after “Stand Up Start“).

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Feb 13 2023

Hokuto Matsumura & Mone Kamishiraishi cast in movie “Yoake no Subete”

Hokuto Matsumura & Mone Kamishiraishi are cast in movie “Yoake no Subete.” Movie is based on 2020 novel “Yoake no Subete” by Maiko Seo (“Our Meal For Tomorrow“) and directed by Sho Miyake (“Ryunosuke Kamiki’s Filming Break“). The film will have Hokuto Matsumura & Mone Kamishiraishi play co-workers. Hokuto Matsumura is a new employee who suffers panic attacks. Mone Kamishiraishi plays Misa Fujisawa. Her monthly PMS causes her to frequently lose her temper.

“Yoake no Subete” will be released February, 2024 in Japan.

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Feb 10 2023

Teaser trailer 3 for tvN drama “Pandora: Beneath the Paradise”

Teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Pandora: Beneath the Paradise” starring Lee Ji-Ah & Lee Sang-Yoon. The third trailer has dialogue that states (0:01) Lee Sang-Yoon “What do you think if I run for president?,” (0:04) anonymous voice “Do you think it can be a war?,” (0:06) Lee Ji-Ah “Leave my husband alone. He doesn’t know anything about me,” (0:08) anonymous voice “I need to get rid of it,” (0:11) Lee Ji-Ah “I am the one who will deal with you. If you don’t want to die by me, leave him alone.” Below is a character poster of Lee Sang-Yoon as Pyo Jae-Hyun.

“Pandora: Beneath the Paradise”  first airs March 11, 2023 in South Korea

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Feb 10 2023

Kenta Kiritani cast in TV Asahi drama “Keiji to Kenji Tokidoki Hanji”

Kenta Kiritani is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Keiji to Kenji Tokidoki Hanji.” The drama series is a sequel to 2020 TV Asahi drama series “Police and Prosecutor.” Yasushi Fukuda, who wrote the original screenplay for “Police and Prosecutor,” will also write the screenplay for “Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji.” In “Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji,” Kenta Kiritani returns as Detective Gota Nakaido. He is a former PE teacher and now a detective out to catch criminals and get a promotion.

“Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji” will first air April, 2023 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Thursday 9PM time slot after “Outsider: Metropolitan Police Department“).

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Feb 9 2023

Park Eun-Bin cast in new drama “Diva of the Deserted Island”

Park Eun-Bin is cast in new drama series “Diva of the Deserted Island” (literal title). Drama series will be directed by Oh Choong-Hwan and scripted by Park Hye-Ryun. The duo previously worked together for 2017 SBS drama series “While You Were Sleeping” and 2020 tvN drama series “Start-Up.” For “Diva of the Deserted Island,” Park Eun-Bin will play Seo Mok-Ha. She dreams of becoming a singer and grew up on an island. She was then stranded on a deserted island for 15 years.

Filming is expected to start during the first half of this year, but air date and broadcast network has not yet been decided.

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Feb 9 2023

Trailer and posterfor movie “Side By Side”

Trailer and poster added for movie “Side By Side” starring Kentaro Sakaguchi & Asuka Saito. Movie is written and directed by Chihiro Ito (longtime screenwriter for movies directed by Isao Yukisada). Caption on the poster states “No one knows who you really are.” Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has also been revealed as “Tonari” by Kai Kubota. That song also plays during the trailer.

“Side By Side” will be released April 14, 2023 in Japan.

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Feb 9 2023

Teaser trailer and posters for Netflix drama “The Glory Part 2”

Teaser trailer and posters added for Netflix drama series “The Glory Part 2” starring Song Hye-Kyo, Lee Do-Hyun, & Lim Ji-Yeon. The 8 episode sequel drama series follows “The Glory,” which was released December 30, 2022. Meanwhile, above and below are 8 teaser posters for the drama series. Each of the posters has Song Hye-Kyo as Moon Dong-Eun standing above a main character from the drama series. Captions for the posters states: Lee Do-Hyun’s “This man is my salvation,” Lim Ji-Yeon’s “Your soul that rejoiced in every moment of that,” Yum Hye-Ran‘s “It was good, because I have dream,”
Park Sung-Hoon‘s “The eyes smelling like fish,” Jung Sung-Il‘s “I don’t like saying I don’t know, but I don’t know yet,” Kim Hieora‘s “The hands that were mocking and destroying,” Cha Joo-Young‘s “The mouth that laughed out loud at an another’s unhappiness,” and Kim Gun-Woo‘s “The feet that was taking the lead in other’s suffering.”

“The Glory Part 2” will be available to stream March 10, 2023 on Netflix.

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