Aug 5 2022

Toma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, and Kanna Hashimoto cast in movie “Yumichi”

Toma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, and Kanna Hashimoto are cast in movie “Yumichi.” Movie is directed by Masayuki Suzuki (“Masquerade Hotel“) and scripted by Kundo Koyama (“Departures“). The film revolves around a family owned bathhouse. Toma Ikuta will play older brother Shiro Miura and Gaku Hamada will play younger brother Goro Miura. Their late father passed the bathhouse down to them and Goro Miura has been operating the bathhouse since their father’s death. Kanna Hashimoto will play Izumi. She is an employee at the bathhouse. Filming for the movie took place on a set in Kyoto, Japan.

“Yumichi” will be released February 23, 2023 in Japan.

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Aug 4 2022

Teaser trailer and poster for Waave drama “X in Crisis”

First teaser trailer and poster added for Waave drama series “X in Crisis” (literal title) starring Kwon Sang-Woo & Lim Se-Mi. The drama series will follow middle-aged man Yoon played by Kwon Sang-Woo. His successful life is lost when he loses money in the stock market. He gets a second change when he is hired by startup company Lucido.

The teaser trailer and poster also reveals that “X in Crisis” will be available to stream from September 2, 2022 in South Korea.

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Aug 4 2022

Teaser posters for movie “Confidential Assignment 2: International”

Two teaser posters added for movie “Confidential Assignment 2: International” starring Hyun-Bin, Yu Hae-Jin, Daniel Henney, Jin Sun-Kyu, & Lim Yoon-A. Movie is a sequel to 2017 film “Confidential Assignment.” Screenplay for the sequel will have North Korean Detective  Im Chul-Ryung (Hyun-Bin) and South Korean Detective Kang Jin-Tae (Yu Hae-Jin) collaborating with U.S. FBI Agent Jack (Daniel Henney). 

“Confidential Assignment 2: International” will be released September, 2022 in South Korea.

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Aug 4 2022

Lee Ji-Ah & Lee Sang-Yoon cast in tvN drama “Lady”

Lee Ji-Ah and Lee Sang-Yoon cast for the lead roles in tvN drama series “Lady.” Jang Hee-Jin, Park Ki-Woong and Bong Tae-Gyu are also cast for supporting roles in the drama series. Lead actress Lee Ji-Ah, supporting actor Bong Tae-Gyu, and show creator Kim Sun-Ok preciously worked together in hit SBS drama series “Penthouse.” In “Lady,” Lee Ji-Ah will play Hong Tae-Ra and Lee Sang-Yoon will play her husband Pyo Jae-Hyun. Lee Ji-Ah’s Hong Tae-Ra must take the role of the country’s first lady to protect her family.

“Lady” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Aug 3 2022

Teaser trailer #2 for tvN drama “Blind”

2nd teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Blind” starring TaecYeon, Ha Seok-Jin, & Jung Eun-Ji. The drama series revolves around a serial murder case involving jury members. Captions in the 2nd teaser trailer states (0:06) “Nine jurors,” (0:12) “There is a monster in there.” Above is the first teaser poster for the drama series.

“Blind” will first air September 16, 2022 in South Korea.

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Aug 3 2022

Teaser trailer for ENA drama series “Good Job”

First teaser trailer added for ENA drama series “Good Job” starring Jung Il-Woo and Kwon Yuri. The teaser trailer begins with Jung Il-Woo as Eun Sun-Woo stating “Private detective? I’m bored of hearing comparisons to Sherlock Holmes. In fact, except that he is more famous than me, he isn’t comparable to me in appearance, personality, and wealth.” Eun Sun-Woo runs the largest company in Korea, but he also secretly runs a private detective agency. Above and below are the first teaser posters for the drama series.

“Good Job” first airs August 24, 2022 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Wednesday and Thursday 9PM time slot after “Extraordinary Attorney Woo“).

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Aug 2 2022

Kim Da-Mi and Park Hae-Soo cast in movie “The Great Flood”

Kim Da-Mi and Park Hae-Soo are cast in Netflix movie “The Great Flood” (working & literal title). The disaster/sci-fi film is written and directed by Kim Byung-Woo (“The Terror Live“). The film will have Kim Da-Mi play AI researcher An-Na. During a great flood, An-Na tries to survive in her apartment building and Hee-Zo (Park Hae-Soo) tries to save her, but his motive remains a mystery.

“The Great Flood” will stream on Netflix sometime next year.

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Aug 2 2022

Ryo Yoshizawa cast in movie “Black Night Parade”

Ryo Yoshizawa is cast for the lead role in live-action film “Black Night Parade.” Also cast in major supporting character roles are Kanna Hashimoto, Taishi Nakagawa, & Keisuke Watanabe. Movie is based on manga series “Black Night Parade” by Hikaru Nakamura and directed by Yuichi Fukuda (“Gintama“). The first teaser trailer for the movie has also been added on AsianWiki.

“Black Night Parade” will be released December 23, 2022 in Japan.

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