First teaser trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “May It Please The Court” (English title) starring Jung Ryeo-Won & Lee Kyu-Hyung. Caption on the teaser poster featuring Jung Ryeo-Won as No Chak-Hee states “A mad dog with a 92 percent winning percentage is coming.”
“May It Please The Court” is now set to stream from September, 2022.
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Sadao Abe, Aya Ueto, & Yuta Tamamori are cast in movie “Shylock’s Children.” The film is based on 2006 novel “Shylock no Kodomotachi” by Jun Ikeido (“Naoki Hanzawa“). TV station WOWOW will also air drama series “Shylock’s Children” this October, which is their own adaptation of the Jun Ikeido novel and not directly related to the movie version. Also cast in supporting roles for the movie are Toshiro Yanagiba, Tetta Sugimoto, Ryuta Sato, Isao Hashizume, Akira Emoto, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
“Shylock’s Children” will be released February 17, 2023 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Mental Coach Jegal” starring Jung Woo & Lee Yoo-Mi. The drama series has Jung Woo playing title character Jegal Gil. He was once a national athlete and now returns to the sport as mental coach. Narration in teaser trailer #3 has Jegal Gil stating around the 10 second mark “No matter what, you have to protect yourself first.”
“Mental Coach Jegal” first airs September 12, 2022 in South Korea.
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Koji Yakusho & Ryo Yoshizawa are cast in movie “Familiar.” Movie is directed by Izuru Narushima (“Solomon’s Perjury“). Also cast for supporting roles are Lucas Sagae, Fadile Waked, Miyavi, Yutaka Matsushige , Koichi Sato, Takeo Nakahara and Shigeru Muroi. The film is centered around Koji Yakusho who plays Seiji Kamiya. He works as a pottery craftsman. Ryo Yoshizawa will play his son Gaku Kamiya. He wants to quit his job as an engineer for a multi-national company and follow in his father’s footsteps.
“Familiar” will be released January 6, 2023 in Japan.
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Choi Woo-Sik, Son Suk-Ku, & Lee Hee-Jun are cast in Netflix drama series “Murderer o Nangam” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “SalinjaㅇNangam” by Ggomabi & Nomabi. For “Murderer o Nangam,” Choi Woo-Sik will play a college student named Lee Tang. He accidentally kills someone who turns out to be a serial killer. Son Suk-Ku will play Detective Jang Nan-Gam and Lee Hee-Jun will play Ex-Detective Song Chon.
“Murderer o Nangam” will stream on Netflix sometime next year.
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First teaser trailer added for KakaoTV drama series “Once Upon a Small Town” starring Choo Yeong-Woo, Joy, & Baek Sung-Chul. The drama series is based on web novel “Eojjeodaga Jeonwonilgi” by Park Ha-Min. The first teaser introduces the three main characters of Han Ji-Yool (Choo Yeong-Woo), Police Officer An Ja-Young (Joy), and Lee Sang-Hyun (Baek Sung-Chul). Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:08) Choo Yeong-Woo “I run an animal hospital in Seoul,” (0:10) Baek Sung-Chul “I farm peach diligently,” and (0:11) Joy “I deal with a lot of complaints in Heedong Village.”
“Once Upon a Small Town” will be available to stream from September 5, 2022 in South Korea.
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Sho Hirano (King & Prince) is cast for the lead role in TBS live-action drama series “Kurosagi.” The drama series is based on manga series “Kurosagi” by Takeshi Natsuhara. TBS previously adapted the manga into 2006 drama series “The Black Swindler” and a movie version “The Black Swindler” was released in 2008. For “Kurosagi,” Sho Hirano will play Koshiro Kurosaki. His family was a victim of a swindler when he was a child and, as a adult, he now takes revenge on swindlers.
“Kurosagi” will first air October, 2022 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Friday 10 PM time slot after “Ishiko and Haneo: You’re Suing Me?“).
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First teaser poster for Olleh TV-Seezn drama series “Gaus Electronics” (literal title) starring Kwak Dong-Yeon, Ko Sung-Hee, Bae Hyun-Sung, & Kang Min-Ah. The drama series is based on webcomic “Gaus Jeonja” by Kwak Baek-Soo and is an office comedy set at Gaus Electonics. All four of the leads play workers in the marketing department at Gaus Electronics.
“Gaus Electronics” first airs September, 2022 in South Korea.
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Kaya Kiyohara is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka” (literal title). The drama series is based on novel “Medium Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui” by Sako Aizawa (“Our Story“). For “Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka,” Kaya Kiyohara will play Hisui Jozuka. She has a special ability to identify murderers and speak with spirits. She teams up with a mystery writer to solve cases.
“Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka” first airs October, 2022 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “New Nobunaga Chronicle“).
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Trailer added for ENA drama series “Good Job” starring Jung Il-Woo and Kwon Yuri. The trailer begins with Jung Il-Woo asking “Do you know how much it would cost to convert my time into money?” Kwon Yuri states around the 12 second mark “You can fool ghosts, but you can’t fool my eyes.” Around the 20 second mark, Eum Moon-Suk states “I’m Eungang Group Chairman Eun Sun-Woo’s lawyer Yang Jin-Mo.” Below are still images of Jung Il-Woo and Eum Moon-Suk in the drama series.
“Good Job” first airs August 24, 2022 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Wednesday & Thursday 9 PM time slot after “Extraordinary Attorney Woo“).
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