Seo In-Guk and Oh Yeon-Seo are cast in KBS2 drama series “Minamdang.” The drama series is based on 2018 novel “Minamdang Sagun Soochub” by Jung Jae-Han. For “Minamdang,” Seo In-Guk will play former criminal profiler Nam Han-Joon, who now dresses up as a fortune teller and runs scams. Oh Yeon-Seo will play Han Jae-Hee. She works as a detective.
“Minamdang” first airs sometime in the first half of 2022.
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Nozomu Kotaki (Johnny’s West) is cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori.” The drama series is based on the manga series of same name by Yu Shimizu. The screenplay will have Nozomu Kotaki play traditional cafe proprietor Kyosui Togoku. Along with his 3 coworkers, Kyosui Togoku provides comfort to his customers while serving them meals and drinks.
“Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori” will first air January, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11:30 PM time slot after the conclusion of “Vanishing My First Love“).
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First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “When Flowers Bloom, I Think of the Moon” (literal tilte) starring Yoo Seung-Ho & Hyeri. Narration in the teaser states (0:03) Hyeri “Alcohol” and (0:05) Yoo Seung-Ho “It was time to become a crime.” Below are the first still images of Yoo Seung-Ho as Nam Young and Hyeri as Kang Ro-Seo.
“When Flowers Bloom, I Think of the Moon” first airs December 20, 2021 in South Korea.
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Shin Hye-Sun and Lee Jun-Young (U-KISS) are cast in movie “Brave Citizen” (literal title). Movie is based on webcomic “Yongamhan Shimin” by Kim Jung-Hyun & directed by Park Jin-Pyo (“You Are My Sunshine“).
The film is set at a high school and Shin Hye-Sun will play main character So Shi-Min. She works a contract teacher and only thinks about becoming a full time teacher. Lee Jun-Young will play Han Soo-Gang. He is a troubled student at the high school and gets into a confrontation with So Shi-Min.
Filming for “Brave Citizen” will begin December, 2021 and the movie’s release date has not yet been set, but discussions are under way to have the film released on the Wavve online streaming platform as an original film.
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Jin Goo, Ha Do-Kwon, and Lee Won-Geun are cast in OCN drama series “Superior Day” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Uwolhan Halu” by Team Getname. Jin Goo will play lead character Lee Ho-Cheol. His daughter is kidnapped and he receives a text message to kill someone that lives next door to him. Ha Do-Kwon will play Bae Tae-Jin. He is a hired killer and his target is a serial killer. Lee Won-Geun will play Kwon Shi-Woo. He is the person that lives next door and he is a serial killer.
“Superior Day” will first air sometime in the first half of 2022 in South Korea.
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Haru Kuroki is cast for the lead role in Fuji TV drama series “Gossip.” The drama series is set within an online news website that only thinks about increasing page views. Haru Kuroki will play Ririko Seko. She is transferred to the editorial department at the online news website.
“Gossip” will first air January, 2022 (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “Super Rich“).
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First teaser poster added for movie “Kingmaker” starring Sol Kyung-Gu & Lee Sun-Kyun. Caption on the poster teases “Two men who want to change the world. A fierce election battle begins.” The film is “motivated” by political strategist Eom Chang-Rok, who worked for opposition party candidate Kim Dae-Jung in the late 1960’s-early 1970’s and then switched sides to work for military dictator Park Chung-Hee’s presidential campaign. Filming for “Kingmaker” took place from March 25, 2019 to July 30, 2019.
“Kingmaker” is now scheduled for release December, 2021 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for KakaoTV drama series “Shadow Beauty” starring Shim Dal-Gi, Choi Bo-Min, & Yang Hong-Seok. Narration in the teaser has Shim Dal-Ga stating (0:08) “I am a nerd at school, but, when I come home, I am social media star Genie with 770,000 followers.” Meanwhile, above and below are a group poster and character posters for the drama series. The character posters are of Shim Dal-Gi, Choi Bo-Min Yang Hong-Seok and Hur Jung-Hee.
“Shadow Beauty” streams on KakaoTV from November 20, 2021 in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Artificial City” starring Soo-Ae & Kim Kang-Woo. Narration in the teaser has Soo-Ae stating “Your satisfaction, which was confirmed by my deficiency. I don’t want to live like you. Your achievement shines even more because of my lowliness. My misfortune that shines upon your good deed. I wouldn’t have started if I was going to back down at this point.”
“Artificial City” is now scheduled to first air December 8, 2021 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Wednesday & Thursday 10:30 PM time slot after “Reflection of You“).
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Kim Ha-Neul is cast in new tvN drama series “Kill Heel.” Kim Ha-Neul will play the drama series’ lead character Woo Hyun. The screenplay is set among home shopping hosts, who face competitive power struggles.
“Kill Heel” will first air sometime in the first half of 2022 in South Korea.
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