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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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Soulmate” starring Kim Da-Mi and Jeon So-Nee. Movie is directed by Min Yong-Keun, whose last feature film “Re-encounter” was released in 2010. Filming for “Soulmate” took place April, 2020. Captions in the main trailer states (0:15) “17 years old, we shined the most,” (0:21) “27 years old, I miss you,” (0:37) “We are close because we are different,” (0:39) “We are estranged, because we are different,” (1:01) “When we shined the most,” (1:04) “We were together.”
“Soulmate” will be released March 15, 2023 in South Korea.
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Kim Yun-Seok, Yoon Kye-Sang, Go Min-Si, & Lee Jung-Eun are cast in Netflix drama series “In The Woods With No One” (literal title). The drama series is setup as a mystery-thriller set around a vacation cottage located in the woods. A similar life altering event strikes the owners of the vacation cottage, who are separated by 20 years.
“In The Woods With No One” will be available to stream on Netflix, but a more specific time frame has not yet been set.
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Choi Soo-Jong is cast in a co-lead role for KBS1 drama series “Goryeo Khitan War” (working title). The historical drama series will follow the lives of King Hyeonjong and Commander-in-Chief Gang Gam-Chan from Goryeo as they fight a war against Khitan. Choi Soo-Jong will play Commander-in-Chief Gang Gam-Chan.
“Goryeo-Khitan War” will start to air sometime in the second half of this year.
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Kazunari Ninomiya & Haru are cast in movie “Analog.” Movie is based on 2017 novel “Analog” by multi-talented director Takeshi Kitano. The romance themed film follows two people who are luddites and meet at a cafe. The woman, played by Haru, disappears just when the man, played by Kazunari Ninomiya, is about to propose to her.
“Analog” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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