Oct 11 2022

Character posters for MBC drama “May I Help You”

Here’s character posters for upcoming MBC drama series “May I Help You” starring Hyeri & Lee Jun-Young. The four character posters are of Hyeri as Baek Dong-Ju, Lee Jun-Young as Kim Jib-Sa, Lee Gyu-Han as Vincent, and Song Duk-Ho as Seo Hae-An. Captions on their posters states (Hyeri) “I’ll grant your wish, anything,” (Lee Jun-Young) “May I help you?,” (Lee Gyu-Han) “I am happy,” and (Song Duk-Ho) “I am Seo Hae-An from the south coast.” The third teaser trailer can also be viewed at AsianWiki.

“May I Help You” first airs October 19, 2022 in South Korea.

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Oct 10 2022

Trailer & poster for movie “And So I’m at a Loss”

Trailer and poster added for movie “And So I’m at a Loss” starring Taisuke Fujigaya, Etsushi Toyokawa, & Atsuko Maeda. Movie is written and directed by Daisuke Miura (“Boys on the Run“). The film follows a young man as he tries to escape from his life and goes on a trip. Caption on the poster states “Dedicate this to you, who wants to run away from everything.”

“And So I’m at a Loss” will have its world premiere at the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival (October 21 – November 2, 2022) in the Gala Selection and then its general release January 13, 2023.

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Oct 6 2022

Yoo Yeon-Seok, Mun Ka-Young cast in JTBC drama “Understanding of Love”

Yoo Yeon-Seok, Mun Ka-Young, Keum Sae-Rok, & Jung Ga-Ram are cast in JTBC drama series “Understanding of Love” (literal title). The drama series will tell a realistic love story of four people who meet at a bank branch. Drama series will be directed by Jo Young-Min (“Do You Like Brahms?“).

“Understanding of Love” will air sometime later this year and will slot into JTBC’s Wednesday and Thursday 10:30 PM time slot previously held by “Insider.”

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Oct 5 2022

Koichi Sato and Ryusei Yokohama cast in movie “Haru ni Chiru”

Koichi Sato and Ryusei Yokohama are cast in boxing film “Haru ni Chiru.” The movie is based on 2017 novel “Haru ni Chiru” by Kotaro Sawaki and directed by Takahisa Zeze (“64“). The film will have Koichi Sato play former boxer Jinichi Hirooka. He begins to coach a young boxer played by Ryusei Yokohama, whom he meets in a bar and knocks him down first.

“Haru ni Chiru” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

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Oct 5 2022

Song Ha-Yoon and Lee Dong-Hae cast in drama “Oh! Young-Sim”

Song Ha-Yoon and Lee Dong-Hae (Super Junior) are cast for leads roles in drama series “Oh! Young-Sim.” Also cast for major supporting roles are Lee Min-Jae & Jung Woo-Yeon. The drama series is based on 1988 comic “Yeolnesal Youngsimyi” by Bae Geu-Taek, but the main character will be in her 30’s rather than 14-years-old like in the original comic. Song Ha-Yoon will play title character Oh Young-Sim. She works as a PD for TV variety shows. She takes on a new romance TV show and casts famous CEO Mark Wang (Lee Dong-Hae) in her program. It turns out Mark Wang was close to Oh Young-Shim when they were kids, but he was known as Wang Kyung-Tae back then.

“Oh! Young-Sim” will air sometime during the first half of 2023 in South Korea.

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Oct 5 2022

First teaser trailer for Netflix drama “The Fabulous”

First teaser trailer added for Netflix drama series “The Fabulous” starring Minho & Chae Soo-Bin. The teaser trailer introduces Minho as  Ji Woo-Min and Chae Soo-Bin as Pyo Ji-Eun. Their world is squarely within the fashion industry. Below is the first teasre poster for the drama series with captions that states “Millennial life that shines like fire.”

“The Fabulous” will be released November 4, 2022 in South Korea.

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Oct 4 2022

Teaser trailer for KBS2 drama “Curtain Call”

First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Curtain Call” starring Kang Ha-Neul, Ha Ji-Wo, & Kwon Sang-Woo. In the drama series, Kang Ha-Neul plays theater actor Yoo Jae-Heon. He is then offered a role to play the real grandson of hotel heiress Ja Geum-Soon (Ko Du-Shim). Her granddaughter Park Se-Yeon (Ha Ji-Won) works as a general manager of the hotel.

In addition, “Curtain Call” is now set to first air October 31, 2022 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Monday & Tuesday 9:50PM time slot after “The Law Cafe“).

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Oct 4 2022

Ji Chang-Wook, Wi Ha-Joon, & Lim Se-Mi cast in Disney+ drama “The Worst Evil”

Ji Chang-Wook, Wi Ha-Joon, and Lim Se-Mi are cast in Disney+ drama series “The Worst Evil” (literal title). The crime-action drama has Ji-Chang-Wook play Park Joon-Mo, a police officer who goes undercover for a drug investigation. Lim Se-Mi will play Yoo Ui-Jung, a police officer who is married Park Joon-Mo. She also takes part in the drug investigation. Wi Ha-Joon will play the boss of an emerging drug organization.

“The Worst Evil” will be available to stream sometime during the second half of 2023 on Disney+.

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Oct 4 2022

Trailer for movie “The Lump in My Heart”

Trailer added for movie “The Lump in My Heart” starring Mizuki Yoshida & Takako Tokiwa. Movie is based on 2019 stage play “Atsui Munasawagi” written and directed by Takuya Yokoyama. The film follows a mother and teenage daughter. The mother finds a note hinting that her daughter might breast cancer. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Soredemo Ashita wa” by Hana Hope. That track is played during the trailer.

“The Lump in My Heart” will be released January 27, 2023 in Japan.

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