Ep.1 trailer added for tvN drama series “Link: Eat Love Kill” starring Yeo Jin-Goo & Mun Ka-Young. The teaser trailer begins with Yeo Jin-Goo stating “Even if I’m far away, I can feel feelings vividly. Is this a woman?” Above and below are still images of Yeo Jin-Goo and Mun Ka-Young from the drama series.
“Link: Eat Love Kill” first airs June 6, 2022 in South Korea.
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Lee Yoo-Mi, Kim Jung-Eun, Kim Hae-Sook, Ong Seong-Wu, and Byeon Woo-Seok are cast in drama series “Strong Girl Nam-Soon.” The title character Kang Nam-Soon, played by Lee Yoo-Mi, is scripted as a cousin of Do Bong-Soon from 2017 JTBC drama series “Strong Girl Bong-Soon.” Like Do Bong-Soon from the JTBC drama series, Kang Nam-Soon was born with superhuman strength. She comes to Korea to find her mother and also gets involved in a drug case that takes place in Gangnam, Seoul. Kim Jung-Eun will play the mother and Kim Hae-Sook the grandmother. All three of the woman have superhuman strength.
Filming for the drama series is scheduled to begin summer, 2022 and the drama series is expected to air/stream sometime in the first half of 2023.
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Takuya Kusakawa (Bullet Train) and Sho Nishigaki are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Wash My Heart.” The drama series is based on BL manga “Minato Shoji Coin Laundry” by Sawa Kanzume & Yuzu Tsubaki. In the drama series, Takuya Kusakawa will play a young man that operates a small laundry mat. Sho Nishigaki will play a high school student that comes to the laundry mat.
“Wash My Heart” first airs July 6, 2022 in Japan.
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Chun Woo-Hee is cast for the lead female role in drama series “Money Game” co-starring Ryoo Joon-Yeol & Park Jung-Min. She replaces singer-actress IU, who had to drop out due to scheduling issues. Filming for the drama series is scheduled to begin in the middle of June, 2022. Drama series is based on webcomics “Money Game” and “Pi Game” by Bae Jin-Soo.
“Money Game” is expected to be released via an OTT platform, but exact details has not yet been announced.
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Joy (Red Velvet) is cast in Kakao TV drama series “Accidental Country Diary” (literal title) co-starring Choo Yeong-Woo. The drama series is based on web novel “Eojjeodaga Jeonwonilgi” by Park Ha-Min. For “Accidental Country Diary,” Joy will play An Ja-Young. She works as a police officer at a police substation in Heedong Village. She develops feelings for Han Ji-Yool (Choo Yeong-Woo), who suddenly appears in the rural village.
“Accidental Country Diary” will be available to stream sometime later this year in South Korea.
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Ai Hashimoto is cast in NTV drama series “Private Tutor Torako” (literal title). The drama series features an original screenplay by Kazuhiko Yukawa. Ai Hashimoto has previously appeared in Kazuhiko Yukawa scripted NTV drama series “Our Dearest Sakura” and “A Girl of 35.” In “Private Tutor Torako,” Ai Hashimoto will play title character Private Tutor Torako. She is a mysterious figure, but is highly successful as a private tutor.
“Private Tutor Torako” first airs July, 2022 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Wednesday 10PM after “Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers“).
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Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for movie “My Broken Mariko” starring Mei Nagano. The film is directed by Yuki Tanada (“One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman“) and based on webcomic “My Broken Mariko” by Waka Hirako. The teaser trailer begins with Tomoyo Shiino (Mei Nagano) watching news on TV and learning her best friend Mariko Ikagawa died. Later in the teaser, Tomoyo Shiino is actually stealing her friend’s ashes and jumps out a window. In addition, Nao, Masataka Kubota, Toshinori Omi, and Yo Yoshida are newly announced supporting cast members in the film.
“My Broken Mariko” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Main poster added for TVING drama series “New Normal Zine” starring Jung Hye-Sung and Hwang Seung-Un. Caption on the poster states “Survival stories of young people these days in the office.” The drama series is set around workers at online magazine “New Normal Zine.”
“New Normal Zine” will be available to stream from June 10, 2022 in South Korea.
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Haru & Shotaro Mamiya are cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Renovation Like Magic” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Maho no Rinobe” by Maki Hoshizaki. For “Renovation Like Magic,” Haru will play Kome Shingyoji. She begins work at a home renovation company and must work with the owner’s son played by Shotaro Mamiya.
“Renovation Like Magic” first airs July, 2022 (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 10PM time slot after “Who Needs True Love?“).
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Main trailer added for movie “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” starring Shin Shi-A, Park Eun-Bin, & Lee Jong-Suk. Movie is a sequel to 2018 film “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” starring Kim Da-Mi. Kim Da-Mi will appear in the sequel film, but her appearance will be limited. The main trailer has narration that starts at the 8 second mark by Jo Min-Soo as Dr. Baek with “The official name of the experiment is Ark1 Datum point. She is the standard for this project.” Captions in the trailer states (1:12) “The beginning of everything” and (1:22) “Another witch wakes up.”
“The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” will be released June 15, 2022 in South Korea.
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