Teaser poster and March, 2023 release date set for TVING drama series “Duty After School” starring Shin Hyun-Soo, Lee Soon-Won, & Lim Se-Mi. The drama series is based on webcomic “Banggwa Hoo Jeonjaenghwaldong” by Ha Il-Kwon. Setup for the drama series has high school students having to take up arms to fight against strange aliens that appear in the sky. Drama series is directed by Sung Yong-Il (“Class of Lies“).
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Song Joong-Ki & Choi Sung-Eun are cast in Netflix distributed movie “My Name is Loh Kiwan.” The film follows a North Korean defector, played by Song Joong-Ki, who tries to live in Belgium. There, he meets and falls in love with a woman played by Choi Sung-Eun. Also cast in the film for supporting roles are Jo Han-Chul, Kim Sung-Ryoung, Lee Sang-Hee, & Seo Hyun-Woo.
“My Name is Loh Kiwan” will be available to stream on Netflix, but exact release date has not yet been determined.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “Sekai no Owari kara” starring Aoi Ito. Movie is written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya (“Casshern“). In addition, 10 supporting actors have been announced for the film and they are Katsuya Maiguma, Aya Asahina, Mio Masuda, Shunji Iwai, Yui Ichikawa, Naoki Matayoshi, Ai Tominaga, Katsunori Takahashi, Kazuki Kitamura, & Mari Natsuki.
“Sekai no Owari kara” will be released April 7, 2023 in Japan.
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Han Ji-Hyun is cast for the lead female role in Wavve drama series “Look at Me.” The drama series is scripted by Hwang Ye-Jin (“Secret Mothe“) and directed by film director Ahn Sang-Hoon (“Blind“). Actor Lee Min-Ki has also been offered the lead male role and he is currently “positively considering” the offer. The drama series will have Han Ji-Hyun play ace detective Lee Min-Hyung. She works with a plastic surgeon to solve cases.
“Look at Me” will be available to stream sometime later this year in South Korea.
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Main trailer and two posters added for movie “Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1” starring Takumi Kitamura & Mio Imada. Movie is based on manga series “Tokyo Revengers” by Ken Wakui (“Shinjuku Swan“) and directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (“Sadako 3D“). Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has been announced as “Graduation” by rock band Super Beaver. That song also appears in the main trailer.
“Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1” will be released April 21, 2023 in Japan.
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English subtitled teaser trailer and teaser poster added for Netflix distributed movie “Kill Boksoon” starring Jeon Do-Yeon, Sol Kyung-Gu, & Esom. The movie will have its world premiere at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (February 16-26, 2023) and then will have its general release on March 31, 2023 via Netflix. The film follows Gil Bok-Soon (Jeon Do-Yeon) who is a single mother, raising her daughter Jae-Young. Gil Bok-Soon is also a lethal killer for hire. Gil Bok-Soon plans to retire from her killing career, but she gets involved in a kill or be killed confrontation.
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Here’s two teaser posters for upcoming ENA-Genie TV drama series “Delivery Man” starring Yoon Chan-Young & Bang Min-Ah. Caption on the teaser poster on the left states “Over energetic investigation drama” and caption on the teaser poster on the right states “Taxi driver who sees ghosts. Spirit who chases cases.” Meanwhile, the first teaser trailer for the drama series can be viewed at AsianWiki.
“Delivery Man” first airs March 1, 2023 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Wednesday & Thursday 9PM time slot after “Strangers Again“).
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Divorce Attorney Shin” starring Cho Seung-Woo, Han Hye-Jin, Kim Sung-Kyun, & Jung Moon-Sung. Captions in teaser trailer #1 states (0:10) “Artist, Shin Sung-Han?,” (0:19) “Lawyer specializing in divorce, Shin Sung Han!,” (0:27) “Divorce, do you need one?” Meanwhile, below are still images of Cho Seung-Woo as Shin Sung-Han in the drama series.
“Divorce Attorney Shin” will first air March 4, 2023 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday and Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Agency“).
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Nemesis” starring Suzu Hirose & Sho Sakurai. The film is a sequel to 2021 NTV drama series “Nemesis” which also starred Suzu Hirose and Sho Sakurai in the lead roles as Anna Mikami and Naoki Kazama. The sequel movie version is directed by Yu Irie (“8000 Miles“) and scripted by Takehiko Hata (“Unfair“). Caption on the poster states “Every time I solve a riddle, someone dies.”
“Nemesis” will be released March 31, 2023 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “Hard Days” starring Junichi Okada & Go Ayano. Movie is a remake of 2014 South Korean film “A Hard Day” starring Lee Sun-Kyun and Cho Jin-Woong. 10 supporting actors were also announced today for the movie “Hard Days.” They are Ryoko Hirosue, Hayato Isomura, Tetta Sugimoto, Taro Suruga, Mario Kuroba, Ryusuke Komakine, Takashi Yamanaka, Maho Yamada, Kurumi Shimizu, & Akira Emoto. Story for the movie takes place over a very chaotic 96 hour period.
“Hard Days” will be released May 19, 2023 in Japan.
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