Hitomi Honda is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Hokuo Kojirase Nikki.” The drama series is based on essay “Hokuo Kojirase Nikki” by Shumatsu Hokuobu chika. For the TV Tokyo drama series, Hitomi Honda will play a young woman named Shimako. She has a passion for everything about the country Finland and she begins to think about moving to that country.
“Hokuo Kojirase Nikki” first airs October 4, 2022 in Japan.
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Ep.1 trailer added for tvN drama series “Blind” starring TaecYeon, Ha Seok-Jin, & Jung Eun-Ji. The trailer begins with TaecYeon asking “Who is (that person), that has a deep grudge against you?” At the 6 second mark, Ha Seok-Jin states “Maybe you became a police officer for another reason” and at the 20 second mark Jung Eun-Ji states “It’s not a person. It must be a monster. You’re a monster.”
“Blind” first airs September 16, 2022 in South Korea.
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Second teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “One Dollar Lawyer” starring Namkoong Min & Kim Ji-Eun. The teaser trailer shows how Baek Ma-Ri (Kim Ji-Eun) ends up working for Lawyer Cheon Ji-Hun (Namkoong Min). Baek Ma-Ri is the granddaughter of Lawyer Baek Hyun-Mu (Lee Deok-Hwa), who founded powerful Baek Law Firm. She is set to begin working as an intern at her grandfather’s law firm, but he lays out one condition for her to work at his company. Baek Ma-Ri must first work with Lawyer Cheon Ji-Hun for 2 months. He is known as the One Dollar Lawyer. Below are still images of Kim Ji-Eun as Baek Ma-Ri in the drama series.
“One Dollar Lawyer” will first air September 23, 2022 in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer and poster added for TVING drama series “Bargain” starring Jin Sun-Kyu, Jun Jong-Seo, & Chang Ryul. Caption on the teaser poster states “A dangerous deal among crazy people.” The teaser trailer begins with No Hyung-Soo (Jin Sun-Kyu) entering a motel room and being pleased with Park Joo-Young’s (Jun Jong-Seo) appearance. But, he soon finds himself tied up and surrounded by people bidding on his organs. The drama series was filmed in the one take technique, where the entire series appears to be taken in one continuous scene.
“Bargain” will consist of 6 episodes and be available to stream from October, 2022 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Familia” starring Koji Yakusho & Ryo Yoshizawa. Movie is directed by Izuru Narushima (“To Each His Own“) and scripted by Kiyotaka Inagaki. Around the 21 second mark of the teaser trailer, Ryo Yoshizawa states “We speak different languages and we grew up in different circumstances, but we became a family.” The film follows the relationship between a father and a son.
“Familia” will be released January 6, 2023 in Japan.
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SBS drama series “The Police Station Next to the Fire Station” starring Kim Rae-Won, Son Ho-Jun, & Gong Seung-Yeon, is now scheduled to first air November 11, 2022 in South Korea. The drama series will take over SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10PM time slot after “One Dollar Lawyer.” In addition, the drama series will have a sequel “The Police Station Next to the Fire Station Season 2” that will air sometime next year in South Korea. As the literal drama series title suggests, the screenplay will follow police officers and fire fighters, who are neighbors, work together to solve cases.
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Cha Eun-Woo is cast in new drama series “A Good Day to Be a Dog” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Onueldo Sarangseureobgae” by Lee Hye. The unusual fantasy-romance drama series will have Cha Eun-Woo play high school teacher Jin Seo-Won. One night, a female teacher colleague kisses him and then keeps approaching him. It turns out that the woman has an unusual family curse. The curse causes the woman to turn into a dog, from midnight to 6AM, everyday after she kisses someone. That curse can only be broken if she kisses the same person again when she is in her dog form. Casting for the female lead and broadcast network for the drama series has not yet been decided.
Filming for “A Good Day to Be a Dog” will begin October, 2022.
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Taiga Kyomoto & Sakura Fujiwara are cast in NTV live-action drama series “Tsuka no Ma no Ichika.” The drama series is based on manga series “Tsuka no Ma no Ichika” by Natsu Tadano. The melodrama-romance story will have Taiga Kyomoto playing university professor Akifumi Yurugi and Sakura Fujiwara play university student Ichika Sendawara. About three years ago, Ichika Sendawara was told she only had 2 years left to live.
“Tsuka no Ma no Ichika” will first air October, 2022 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Monday 2AM time slot after “Keshigomu wo Kureta Joshi wo Suki ni Natta“).
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Teaser trailer added for KBS2 weekend drama series “Three Bold Siblings” starring Lee Ha-Na, Lim Ju-Hwan, Kim So-Eun, & Lee You-Jin. The first teaser trailer shows an animated Lee Ha-Na as Kim Tae-Joo. She introduces the drama series by rapping/singing “The drama series ‘Three Bold Siblings’ has everything like love, break-up, secret, jealousy, revenge, and heartfelt moments.”
“Three Bold Siblings” first airs September 24, 2022 (takes over KBS2’s Saturday & Sunday 8PM time slot after “It’s Beautiful Now“).
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First teaser poster and October 7, 2022 release date set for Netflix drama series “Glitch” starring Jeon Yeo-Bin & Nana. The sci-fi’ish drama series follows a woman who attempts to track down her missing husband with the help of a UFO club. Caption on the teaser poster states “My boyfriend disappeared from the earth.” The drama series is directed by Roh Deok (“Very Ordinary Couple“) and scripted by Jin Han-Sae (“Extracurricular“).
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