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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Main trailer and poster added for movie “20th Century Girl” starring Kim You-Jung & Byeon Woo-Seok. The film is set in the year 1999. Caption on the main poster states “17-years-old, my first love that stood at the end of my eyes.”
“20th Century Girl” will be released October 21, 2022 on Netflix.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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English subtitled trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Somebody” starring Kim Young-Kwang & Kang Hae-Lim. Caption on the poster states “My perfect world. My perfect error.” Kang Hae-Lim plays app developer Sum, who creates social media app “Somebody.” Kim Young-Kwang plays a mysterious man who appears in front of Sum as a murder case takes place.
“Somebody” will be released November 18, 2022 on Netflix.
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Teaser posters and release date added for period-thriller film “Owl” (literal title) starring Yu Hae-Jin and Ryoo Joon-Yeol. The film is set sometime during the 17th century. Ryoo Joon-Yeol plays a blind acupuncturist, but he is able to see at night. He witness the death of the crown prince. Yu Hae-Jin will play King Injo.
“Owl” will be released November 23, 2022 in South Korea.
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