Teaser poster and September, 2021 air date set for tvN drama series “Yumi’s Cells” starring Kim Go-Eun & Ahn Bo-Hyun. Caption on the teaser poster states “Don’t forget. You are the main character in this story.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Yumi’s Cells” by Lee Dong-Gun and will feature a combination of live-action and animation.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Hiraite” starring Anna Yamada & Ryuto Sakuma. Movie is based based on 2012 novel “Hiraite” by Risa Wataya (“Tremble All You Want“) and directed by Rin Shuto (“Nacchan wa mada Shinjuku“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Hiraite” by singer-songwriter Seiko Oomori. Theme song “Hiraite” is played in the main trailer.
Release date for “Hiraite” is now set for October 22, 2021 in Japan.
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Choo Yeong-Woo is cast in KBS2 drama series “School 2021” starring Kim Yo-Han & Cho Yi-Hyun. Choo Yeong-Woo will play second lead male character Jung Young-Joo. Actor Kim Young-Dae was first cast to play Jung Young-Joo, but he recently decided to drop out of the series. The character of Jung Young-Joo is a transfer student at the school where Gong Ki-Joon (Kim Yo-Han) attends. They knew each other in the past.
Filming for the drama will begin soon and is currently scheduled to first air November, 2021 in South Korea.
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Kazuya Kamenashi is cast for the lead role in NHK drama series “Justice.” The drama series is based on 2020 novel “Seigi no Tenbin” by Takeaki Daimon. For the drama series, Kazuya Kamenashi will play Kazuya Takano. He is a former surgeon and now works as an attorney. He works with a new law firm and is teamed with four other attorneys.
“Justice” will have 5 episodes and first air September 25, 2021.
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Tetsuji Tamayama & Mai Fukagawa are cast in movie “I’m Just a Little Out of Luck Right Now” (literal title). Movie is based on 2016 novel “Ima wa Chotto Tsuitenai dake” by Yuki Ibuki. The film is set at a sharehouse, where residents attempt to restart their lives. Filming for the movie will begin September, 2021.
“I’m Just a Little Out of Luck Right Now” will be released spring, 2022 in Japan.
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September release date & 3 character posters added for movie “Snowball” starring Bang Min-Ah, Shim Dal-Gi, & Han Sung-Min. Movie had its world premiere in the New Currents section at last year’s Busan International Film Festival. The film follows the breakup of three close high school friends.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for KBS2 drama series “Police University” starring Cha Tae-Hyun, Jin Young, & Krystal. Teaser trailer #3 shows footage from the drama series for the first time, as the relationship between the three main characters are shown. Dialogue in the trailer goes (0:01) Jin Young “Just put me in any university. I don’t think I have ever had a dream,” (0:05) Krystal “This moment is the only time. I am going to do what I want to do now, without any regrets,” (0:10) Krystal “Did you follow me to this school by chance?,” (0:12) Jin Young “No. It’s a dream for me too becoming a cop,” (0:15) Cha Tae-Hyun “No, you can’t. Don’t ever stand out from my sight again. Then, I will show you what really sucks.”
“Police University” first airs August 9, 2021 in South Korea.
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Ju Ji-Hoon is cast in Netflix drama “Kingdom: Crown Prince.” The drama is based on webcomic “Burning Hell Shinui Nara” by Kim Eun-Hee and covers the early years to present days of Crown Prince Lee Chang (same character from “Kingdom” and “Kingdom Season 2” drama series).
Filming for “Kingdom: Crown Prince” will begin sometime later this year.
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Jin Young is cast for a supporting character role in tvN drama series “Yumi’s Cells” starring Kim Go-Eun. Jin Young will play assistant manager Ba-Bi of the marketing department where title character Yu-Mi (Kim Go-Eun) works. He is popular at work for being handsome and he gets involved with Yu-Mi. The drama series is based on webcomic “Yumi’s Cells” by Lee Dong-Gun. Below are the first still images of Kim Go-Eun as Yu-Mi.
“Yumi’s Cells” will air sometime later this year in South Korea.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie” starring Yasuko Sawaguchi & Takashi Naito. The film is based off of long running TV Asahi drama series “The Woman of S.R.I.” starring Yasuko Sawaguchi. Also, the theme song for the movie has been announced as “Koe” by singer Harumi. The theme song is played in the main trailer. Below are still images from the movie.
“The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie” will be released September 3, 2021 in Japan.
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