Yuta Furukawa is cast for the lead role in TV Tokyo drama series “Women’s War: Bachelor Murder Case” (literal title). Also cast in the drama series are Wakana Aoi, Reina Triendl, Rio Teramoto, Ichika Osaki, Rie Kitahara, Riko Narumi, and Sei Matobu. The original screenplay is written by Junpei Yamaoka (“School Police“).
“Women’s War: Bachelor Murder Case” first airs July, 2021 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s Saturday 23:25 time slot after “Curse of Spring“).
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Manami Higa and Keisuke Watanabe are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Oshi no Oujisama.” The drama series will have Manami Higa play game developer Izumi Hidaka. She is obsessed over a male game character she made 4 years earlier. Keisuke Watanabe will play Wataru Igarashi. He has the exact physical appearance of the game character created by Izumi Hidaka, but completely different personality. They meet unexpectedly one day.
“Oshi no Oujisama” will first air July, 2021 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “The Romance Manga Artist“).
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Teaser trailer #2 and character posters added for KBS2 drama series “Blue Spring From A Distance” (lieral title) starring Park Ji-Hoon, Kang Min-Ah, & Bae In-Hyuk. The drama series follows 3 university students: Yeo Joon (Park Ji-Hoon), Kim So-Bin (Kang Min-Ah) and Nam Soo-Hyun (Bae In-Hyuk). The character posters above and below are of the three leads.
“Blue Spring From A Distance” will be released June 14, 2021 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for JTBC drama series “Nevertheless” starring Song Kang & Han So-Hee. The drama series is based on webcomic “Algoitjiman” by Jung Seo. Captions on teaser trailer #3 states (0:14) “Nevertheless, I believed it was fate!,” and (0:26) “Love relationship is no. Homme fatale who only wants a spring fling.” Meanwhile, below are the first still images of Han So-Hee and Song Kang in the drama series.
“Nevertheless” first airs June 19, 2021 in South Korea.
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Main trailer added for movie “The Asian Angel” starring Sosuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, and Choi Hee-Seo. Movie is written and directed by Yuya Ishii, with about 95% of the cast being South Korean and filming taking place completely in South Korea.
“The Asian Angel” will be released July 2, 2021 in Japan.
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Ha Jung-Woo, Hwang Jung-Min, Jo Woo-Jin, Yoo Yeon-Seok and Park Hae-Soo are all cast in Netflix drama series “Suriname” (working title). Also making his drama series directorial debut is Yoon Jong-Bin. He previously worked with Ha Jung-Woo and Hwang Jung-Min in his movies like “Nameless Gangster: Rules of The Time” and “The Spy Gone North.” The screenplay is based on true events and will revolve around the drug trade with Ha Jung-Woo playing Kang In-Gu and Hwang Jung-Min playing drug king Jeon Yo-Hwan. Jo Woo-Jin will plays Byeon Ki-Tae. He works for drug king Jeon Yo-Hwan. Yoo Yeon-Seok will play David Park. He is the legal advisor to Jeon Yo-Hwan. Park Hae-Soo will play Choi Chang-Ho. He is the team leader for the U.S branch of the South Korean NIS. He works with Kang In-Gu to catch drug king Jeon Yo-Hwan.
“Suriname” will stream on Netflix, but release date has not yet been decided.
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First teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Penthouse 3” starring Lee Ji-Ah, Kim So-Yeon, & Eugene. The teaser teaser trailer starts with the voice of Lee Ji-Ah as she states “Logan died.”
“Penthouse 3” first airs June 4, 2021 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Hospital Playlist 2” starring Cho Jung-Seok, Yoo Yeon-Seok, Jung Kyoung-Ho, Kim Dae-Myung, & Jeon Mi-Do. Captions in teaser trailer #2 states (0:07) “5 friends who are missed come back,” (0:17) “A new season,” (0:19) “Our special, but ordinary days,” (0:21) “Begin again.”
“Hospital Playlist 2” first airs June 17, 2021 in South Korea.
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Main poster and July 3, 2021 first air date set for tvN drama series “The Devil Judge” starring Ji Sung, Kim Min-Jung, Jin Young, & Park Gyu-Young. Caption on the main poster states “Is he a hero who everyone wants or a devil who wears a judge’s mask?”
As stated on the poster, “The Devil Judge” will first air July 3, 2021 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9PM time slot after “Mine“).
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Song Joong-Ki has been offered the lead role in drama series “The Chaebol’s Youngest Son” (literal title). The drama series is based on web novel “Chaeboljib Maknaeadeul” by San Kyeong. Jung Dae-Yoon (“The King 2hearts“) will direct the drama series and screenplay adaptation will be written by Kim Tae-Hee (“Designated Survivor: 60 Days“). The script will follow a man who is falsely accused of embezzlement and then killed, but comes back in the body of his killer.
Currently, JTBC is in discussions to air the drama series.
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