First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist 2” starring Kim Min-Jae, Kim Hyang-Gi, & Kim Sang-Kyung. The drama series is a sequel to “Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist,” which aired from August 1st to September 6th, 2022. In the first teaser trailer for season 2, Kim Min-Jae states around the 8 second mark “I look into the mind first.”
The first teaser trailer also reveals that ep.1 of “Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist 2” will air January 11, 2023 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer and poster added for live-action film “Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1” starring Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, and Yosuke Sugino. The film is based on manga series “Tokyo Revengers” by Ken Wakui (“Shinjuku Swan“) and follows 2021 movie “Tokyo Revengers.” The sequel film will be released in two parts, with Part I set for release during golden week (late April to early May, 2023) and Part II scheduled for release during summer, 2023.
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New special poster and December 23, 2022 release date set for Netflix drama series “The Fabulous” starring Minho & Chae Soo-Bin. The drama series, set within the fashion industry, was originally scheduled to have its release on November 4, 2022, but its release was delayed in consideration of the one week national mourning period after the Itaewon tragedy on October 29, 2022. Caption on the special poster states “Blazingly sparkling millennial life.”
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Suzu Hirose and Ren Nagase (King & Prince) are cast in TBS drama series “Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu.” The romance themed drama series is scripted by Eriko Kitagawa (“Hundred Million Stars From the Sky“) and Ko Kanai (“The Confidence Man JP“). The two lead performers will play a pair of 23-year-old adults who fall in love while living in the same boarding house.
“Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu” first airs January, 2023 in Japan.
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Minhyun is cast in drama series “Useless Lies” (literal title) co-starring Kim So-Hyun. In “Useless Lies” Minhyun will play Kim Do-Ha. He is the most popular song composer and producer in the country, but he keeps his identity a secret. This is because he was once framed for murder. He falls in love with his neighbor Mok Sol-Hee (Kim So-Hyun).
“Useless Lies” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.
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See list of winners & nominees at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards that just concluded this evening in Seoul, South Korea. The Park Chan-Wook directed film “Decision to Leave” was this evening’s big winner, taking home 6 awards including “Best Film,” “Best Director,” “Best Actor” for Park Hae-Il , and “Best Actress” for Tang Wei.
Second teaser trailer added for TVING drama series “Island” starring Kim Nam-Gil, Lee Da-Hee, & Cha Eun-Woo. The teaser trailer begins with Kim Nam-Gil stating “The evil, that has been parasitic on this island since the beginning of time, is everywhere and we dont know where it will appear.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Island” by Yoon In-Wan.
“Island” is now scheduled for release December 30, 2022 in South Korea via TVING.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for MBC drama series “The Forbidden Marriage” starring Park Ju-Hyun, Kim Young-Dae, & Kim Woo-Seok. The period romantic-comedy has Park Ju-Hyun play swindler Ye So-Rang. To save herself, she pretends to be possessed by the King’s late wife. The teaser trailer begins with the voice of Park Ju-Hyun stating “The king is a crazy man. He’s completely insane.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:13) “Crazy king who has issued a public ban on marriage for 7 years,” (0:25) “The lie I started to save my life,” (0:34) “Makes the whole country go up and and down.”
“The Forbidden Marriage” will first air December 9, 2022 (takes over MBC’s Friday and Saturday 10PM time slot after “Fanletter, Please“).
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Kazuya Kamenashi, Nao, Hiromitsu Kitayama, and Aya Omasa are cast in NHK drama series “Justice in a Balance Season 2.” They will all reprise their roles as lawyers from 2021 NHK drama series “Justice in a Balance,” which is based on 2020 on novel “Seigi no Tenbin” by Takeaki Daimon. Also set to return for season 2 of “Justice in a Balance” are Kenta Satoi, Yuko Oshima, Naoto Takenaka, Masatoshi Nakamura, and Tomoko Yamaguchi.
“Justice in a Balance Season 2” will first air sometime during spring, 2023 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Touken Ranbu 2” starring Hiroki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, and Fuma Sadamoto. The film is a sequel to 2019 movie “Touken Ranbu” and is also based on card video game “Touken Ranbu.” Caption on the teaser poster states “History and friends disappear.”
“Touken Ranbu 2” will be released March 31, 2023 in Japan.
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