Jul 4 2022

Ryo Yoshizawa & Aoi Miyazaki cast in Netflix movie “In Love and Deep Water”

Ryo Yoshizawa and Aoi Miyazaki are cast in Netflix movie “In Love and Deep Water.” Movie is setup as a mystery/romantic-comedy that takes place on a luxury cruise ship. Ryo Yoshizawa will play Suguru Ubukata. He works as a butler on the cruise ship. Aoi Miyazaki will play Chizuru Banjaku. She is a mysterious passenger on the cruise ship. Also cast for supporting roles in the film are: Yo Yoshida, Rinko Kikuchi, Kento Nagayama, Yuki Izumisawa, Aju Makita, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Saki Takaoka, Ken Yasuda, Yunho, and Rumika Oogai.

Release date for “In Love and Deep Water” has not yet been revealed.

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Jul 1 2022

Teaser trailer and poster for movie “The Legend & Butterfly”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “The Legend & Butterfly” starring Takuya Kimura & Haruka Ayase. The film is set during the warring states period. Takuya Kimura and Haruka Ayase play real life historical figures Nobunaga Oda and Nohime. The two married through a political marriage and eventually went on to unify the entire country.

“The Legend & Butterfly” will be released January 27, 2023 in Japan.

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Jul 1 2022

Mizuki Yoshida & Takako Tokiwa cast in movie “Atsui Munasawagi”

Mizuki Yoshida & Takako Tokiwa are cast in movie “Atsui Munasawagi.” The film is based on 2019 stage play “Atsui Munasawagi.” For the upcoming movie, Mizuki Yoshida will play university student Chinatsu and Takako Tokiwa will play Chinatsu’s mother Akiko. The mother finds a medical note in her daughter’s room asking her daughter to come back for a breast cancer re-screening.

“Atsui Munasawagi” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

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Jul 1 2022

Teaser trailer #2 for tvN drama “Adamas”

Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Adamas” starring Ji Sung, Seo Ji-Hye, & Lee Soo-Kyung. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:02) “Twin brothers,” (0:09) “Older brother looks for the real criminal,” (0:11) “Younger brother looking for evidence.” The drama series has Ji Sung playing twin brothers Ha Woo-Shin & Song Soo-Hyun.

“Adamas” first airs July 27, 2022 in South Korea.

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Jun 30 2022

Yuriyan Retriever cast in Netflix drama “The Queen of Villains”

Yuriyan Retriever is cast in Netflix drama series “The Queen of Villains.” She will play real life wrestler Dump Matsumoto in the drama series. Dump Matsumoto became famous as a professional wrestler during the 1980’s as an evil wrestler. Comedian Yuriyan Retriever underwent training for a year period and gained 29 kilograms to play the role (went from 65 to 93 kg). The drama series is directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (“The Devil’s Path“) and scripted by Osamu Suzuki (“The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians“).

“The Queen of Villains” will be released sometime next year on Netflix.

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Jun 29 2022

Han Hye-Jin cast in JTBC drama “Sacred Divorce”

Han Hye-Jin is cast for lead female role in JTBC drama series “Sacred Divorce” (literal title) co-starring Cho Seung-Woo. The drama series is based on webcomic “Shinsunghan, Yihon” by Kang Tae-Kyung. In “Sacred Divorce,” Han Hye-Jin will play the role of Lee Seo-Jin. Her character used to work as a weather reporter, but she now works as a radio program DJ. While in the midst of getting a divorce, she gets involved with a divorce attorney played by Cho Seung-Woo.

“Sacred Divorce” first airs sometime during the first half of 2023 in South Korea.

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Jun 29 2022

Teaser trailer for MBC drama “Big Mouth”

First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Big Mouth” starring Lee Jong-Suk and Lim Yoon-A. The drama series has Lee Jong-Suk and Lim Yoon-A playing a married couple. The husband is an attorney, who frequently loses his cases. The wife tries to clear her husband’s name after he becomes fingered as possibly being a genius swindler. Dialogue in the teaser trailer goes (0:03) Lee Jong-Suk “I pay back ten times for anything,” (0:08) Lee Jong-Suk “Both evil intention and good intention,” (0:12) Lee Jong-Suk “Genius swindler,” (0:14) Lim Yoon-A “Because I know him the most in the world,” (0:23) Lee Jong-Suk “There are all sorta of junk,” (0:25) Lee Jong-Suk “Stab me,” (0:29) Lee Jong-Suk “Why I’m Big Mouse,” (0:34) Lee Jong-Suk “I will show you clearly.” Below are the first still images of Lee Jong-Suk and Lim Yoon-A in the drama series.

“Big Mouth” first airs July 29, 2022 (takes over MBC’s Friday & Saturday 10PM time slot after “Doctor Lawyer.”).

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Jun 28 2022

Poster and trailer for movie “The Fish Tale”

Poster and trailer added for movie “The Fish Tale” starring Non, Yuya Yagira, & Kaho. The movie is based on autobiography “Sakana Kun No Ichi Sakana Ichi Kai: Mainichi Muchuna Jinsei” by Sakana-kun and directed by Shuichi Okita (“The Chef of South Polar“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Yume no Hanashi” by pop-rock-dance group CHAI. The theme song “Yume no Hanashi” also plays during the trailer.

“The Fish Tale” will be released September 1, 2022 in Japan.

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