First still images and ep.1 air date set for JTBC drama series “Sacred Divorce” (literal title) starring Cho Seung-Woo & Han Hye-Jin. The first still images are of Cho Seung-Woo as Shin Sung-Han. He works as a lawyer specializing in divorce and he receives requests beyond what is imaginable.
“Sacred Divorce” 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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Teaser poster and release date added for Netflix distributed film “Stolen Identity” starring Chun Woo-Hee & Im Si-Wan. Movie is based on 2017 novel “Sumaho o Otoshita dake ” by Akira Shiga, which was previously adapted into 2018 movie “Stolen Identity” starring Keiko Kitagawa and Yudai Chiba. Caption on the just released teaser poster states “Someone is pretending to be you with your smart phone.” Filming for “Stolen Identity” took place from March 21st to June 27th, 2021 and was originally scheduled to be released in theaters, but a decision was later made to release the film on Netflix.
“Stolen Identity” will be available to stream from February 17, 2023.
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Main poster added for tvN drama series “Our Blooming Youth” starring Park Hyung-Sik & Jeon So-Nee. Caption on the main poster states “I need to protect you, you need to protect me.” The drama series tells the romance story between Crown Prince Lee Hwan (Park Hyung-Sik) and Min Jae-Yi (Jeon So-Nee). The second teaser trailer can also be viewed on AsianWiki.
“Our Blooming Youth” will first air February 6, 2023 in South Korea.
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Second teaser trailer added for movie “Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1” starring Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, & Yosuke Sugino. The second teaser trailer introduces newly announced cast members Kento Nagayama, Nijiro Murakami and Mahiro Takasugi. These three actors will play new characters for the sequel film. Kento Nagayama will play Keisuke Baji, who is one of founding members of Tokyo Manjikai. Nijiro Murakami will play Kazutora Hanemiya. He is one of the founding members of Tokyo Manjikai and then No.3 of delinquent group Baruhara which is hostile to Tokyo Manjikai. Lastly, Mahiro Takasugi will play Chifuyu Matsuno who is a member of Tokyo Manjikai.
“Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1” is now set for release April 21, 2023 in Japan and its follow up film “Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 2” will be released June 30, 2023.
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Yoon Chan-Young, Bang Min-Ah, & Kim Min-Suk are cast in ENA-Genie TV drama series “Delivery Man.” The drama series features a super natural-comedy-mystery screenplay. Yoon Chan-Young will play Taxi Driver Seo Young-Min. He begins to drive only ghosts as his passengers and tries to grant their wishes. Bang Min-Ah will play Ghost Kang Ji-Hyun. Kim Min-Suk will play Dr. Do Kyu-Jin. These three people work together to grant wishes for the ghost taxi passengers.
“Delivery Man” first airs March, 2023 (takes over ENA’s Wednesday and Thursday 9PM time slot after “Can We Be Strangers.”
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TaecYeon & Won Ji-An are cast in KBS2 drama series “Heart Beats” (literal title). The drama series will have TaecYeon play Sun Woo-Hyeol. He is a half human and half vampire. He begins to live with a woman named Joo In-Hae (Won Ji-An).
“Heart Beats” will first air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.
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Ayame Goriki is cast in movie “Detective of Joshidaikoji” (literal title). The film is based on 2021 novel “Jyoshidaikoji no Meitantei” by Takehiko Hata (“Unfair“). For the film, Ayama Goriki will play lead character Mio Hironaka. She works as a hostess, but teams up with her brother, who works as a detective, to tackle a serious crime case. Originally, Yuika Motokariya was cast to play Mio Hironaka, but she had to drop out due to health issues.
“Detective of Joshidaikoji” will be released sometime later this year in Japan.
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Cha Seung-Won, Kim Sun-Ho, & Kim Kang-Woo are cast in movie “Tyrant” (literal title). The movie is written and directed by Park Hoon-Jung (“The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion“). The action-thriller film began filming on January 2, 2023. Release date for the movie has not yet been revealed.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for MBC drama series “Kokdu: Season of Deity” starring Kim Jung-Hyun & Lim Soo-Hyang. The romance-fantasy drama series has Kim Jung-Hyun playing a grim reaper and Lim Soo-Hyang plays a doctor with a special ability. Teaser trailer #3 begins with Kim Jung-Hyun stating “I’ll meet Seol-Yi no matter what.” Below is a new romantic poster for the drama series.
“Kokdu: Season of Deity” first airs January 27, 2023 in South Korea.
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Sakura Ando & Eita Nagayama cast in Hirokazu Koreeda directed film “Monster.” Also cast in the movie are Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shido Nakamura, and Yuko Tanaka. Filming for the movie took place from spring to summer, 2022. The movie’s first teaser trailer and teaser poster has also been released. The teaser trailer shows flashes of the main characters, with the voices of children chanting “Monster, guess who?” in the background. The teaser trailer ends mysteriously with a drop of blood splashing on the floor.
“Monster” will be released June 2, 2023 in Japan.