Jun 10 2022

Yoo Ji-Tae, Kwak Do-Won cast in TVING drama “Villains”

Yoo Ji-Tae, Kwak Do-Won, Lee Beom-Soo, & Lee Min-Jung are cast in TVING drama series “Villains.” The drama series is scripted by Kim Hyung-Jun (“No Mercy“) and directed by Jin Hyeok (“Sisyphus: The Myth“). “Villains” will show a battle over super-notes, which are extremely high quality counterfeit bills. Yoo Ji-Tae will play J, who is criminal mastermind. Kwak Do-Won will play Jang Joong-Hyeok. He is a corrupt detective. Lee Beom-Soo will play Cha Ki-Tae. He goes after J. Lee Min-Jung will play Han Soo-Hyun. She wants to take revenge on J.

“Villains” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.

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Jun 9 2022

Lee Je-Hoon, Kim Eui-Sung, Pyo Ye-Jin, Jang Hyuk-Jin, and Bae Yoo-Ram are all cast in SBS drama series “Taxi Driver 2.” They will reprise their respective characters from 2021 SBS drama series “Taxi Driver.” Actress Esom, who played lead female character Prosecutor Kang Ha-Na, will not return in “Taxi Driver 2” due to scheduling issues. The drama series revolves around a taxi service company, that also provides a special revenge service for customers that have experienced injustice.

The first script reading for “Taxi Driver 2” will take place  June 12, 2022 and the drama series will air sometime during the first half of 2023 in South Korea.

Jun 8 2022

Marie Iitoyo & Kodai Asaka cast in NTV drama “Octo””

Marie Iitoyo and Kodai Asaka are cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Octo: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Hayato Miura & Natsu Hashimoto. For “Octo: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari,” Marie Iitoyo will play Akari Shinno. She is a detective and has a special ability to see people’s eight emotions in color. Kodai Asaka will play Ryo Kazehaya. He is also a detective and teams up with Akari Shinno on cases.

“Octo: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” first airs July 7, 2022 in Japan.

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Jun 8 2022

Lee Seo-Jin & Kwak Sun-Young cast for tvN drama “Call My Agent!”

Lee Seo-Jin & Kwak Sun-Young, Seo Hyun-Woo, and Joo Hyun-Young are cast in tvN drama series “Call My Agent!” The drama series is a remake of French TV series “Dix pour cent” that aired on France 2 from 2015. The drama series is centered around workplace Method Entertianment. All four of the announced cast members will play managers at Method Entertainment.

“Call My Agent!” will air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea.

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Jun 6 2022

Erika Toda & Mei Nagano cast in movie “Maternal Instinct”

Erika Toda and Mei Nagano are cast for lead roles in movie “Maternal Instinct” (literal title). The film is based on 2012 novel “Bosei” by Kanae Minato (“Confessions“) and directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. In the film, Erika Toda and Mei Nagano will play mother and daughter. The daughter then commits suicide. The first teaser trailer for the movie can be viewed at AsianWiki.

“Maternal Instinct” will be released November 23, 2022 in Japan.

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Jun 3 2022

Main trailer & poster for movie “Violence Action”

Main trailer and poster for movie “Violence Action” starring Kanna Hashimoto. Movie is directed by Toichiro Ruto (“The Way of the Househusband“) and based on webcomic “Violence Action” by Renji Asai & Shin Sawada. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Crash” by rock band Alexandros. The theme song “Crash” is played in the main trailer.

“Violence Action” will be released August 19, 2022 in Japan.

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