Teaser trailer and posters added for movie “The Zen Diary” starring Kenji Sawada & Takako Matsu. Movie is based on essay “Tsuchi wo Kurau Hibi ” by Tsutomu Mizukami and directed by Yuji Nakae (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream“). The film revolves around a writer played by Kenji Sawada, who lives on a mountain and lives a simple zen like life.
“The Zen Diary” will be released November 11, 2022 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer for ENA-Netflix drama series “Weird Lawyer Woo Young-Woo” (literal title) starring Park Eun-Bin & Kang Tae-Oh. The channel ENA, standing for Entertainment DNA, is a rebranding of SkyTV channels that is owned by KT Group. The teaser trailer itself shows various palindrome like words that have same meaning forwards or backwords. Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:01) “Woo Young-Woo,” (0:04) “Gireogi,” (wild goose) (0:09) “Tomato,” (0:12) “Swiss,” (0:15) “Indoin” (Indian), (0:19) “Byeolddongbyeol” (shooting star), and (0:25) “Even if this (name) is read correctly or backwards, it is still Woo Young-Woo.”
“Weird Lawyer Woo Young-Woo” first airs June, 2022 in South Korea and will also stream on Netflix.
Elaiza Ikeda is cast in WOWOW drama series “Doronjo.” Elaiza Ikeda will play title character Doronjo. The drama series takes the Doronjo chracter from TV animation series “Time Bokan Series Yatterman” and tells a new story about her past. She lives in a dangerous environment and relies on fighting to prove herself.
“Doronjo” will air sometime this autumn in Japan.
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First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Jinxed at First” starring Na In-Woo & Seohyun. The drama series is based on webcomic “Jinxui Yeonin” by Han Ji-Hye & Goo Seul. Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:08) Na In-Woo “I feel like something special is coming today,” (0:12) unidentified voice “She looks amazing, but she seems mentally slow. What is your name?,” (0:15) Seohyun “Seul-Bi. Delicious,” (0:23) Seohyun “Good to see you, Gong Soo-Gwang.”
“Jinxed at First” is now scheduled to first air June 15, 2022 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:50 PM time slot after “Love All Play“).
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Non, Mugi Kadowaki, and Yuko Oshima are cast in live-action film “Three Sisters of Tenmasou.” The film is based on manga series “Tenmasou no Sanshimai: Sky High” by Tsutomu Takahashi and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (“Azumi“). The fantasy based story is set at an inn that exists between this world and the afterlife, for souls that will return to this world or go to the afterlife. Mugi Kadowaki and Yuko Oshima will play sisters that run the inn and Non will play their younger half-sister. Their younger sister comes to stay at the inn.
“Three Sisters of Tenmasou” will be released October 28, 2022 in Japan.
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Mei Nagano is cast in TBS drama series “Riding a Unicorn.” The drama series is scripted by Haruka Okita (“Radiation House“). For “Riding a Unicorn,” Mei Nagano will play Sana Narukawa. She founded a company that was once a hot startup company. The company’s growth has slowed down, which causes concern for her.
“Riding a Unicorn” will first air July, 2022 in Japan (takes over TBS’ Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Is Love Sustainable?“).
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Ep.1 trailer added for Kakao TV drama series “Welcome to Wedding Hell” starring Lee Jin-Wook & Lee Yeon-Hee. Narration in the trailer has Lee Yeon-Hee stating (0:01) “What would it feel like to get married?,” (0:15) “Marriage? You are really trying to avoid talking about marriage?,” (0:23) “If he doesn’t want to get married, then what’s next?”
“Welcome to Wedding Hell” first streams May 23, 2022 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “BL Metamorphosis” starring Mana Ashida & Nobuko Miyamoto. Movie is based on webcomic “Metamorphose no Engawa” by Kaori Tsurutani and directed by Shunsuke Kariyama (“Humanoid Monster, Bem“). The teaser trailer also features the movie’s theme song “Koresaeareba,” which is performed by Mana Ashida and Nobuko Miyamoto. The song is a cover of “Koresaeareba” by Tjiros.
“BL Metamorphosis” will be released June 17, 2022 in Japan.
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Kentaro Sakaguchi and Anne Watanabe are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Guardian of the Market” (literal title). The drama series is based on novel “Kyoso no Bannin” by Hotate Shinkawa. Hotate Shinkawa had her 2021 debut novel “Motokare no Yuigon” adapted into the currently airing Fuji TV drama series “My Ex-Boyfriend’s Last Will” starring Haruka Ayase and Yo Oizumi. For drama series “Guardian of the Market,” Kentaro Sakaguchi and Anne Watanabe will play partners on a team for the Fair Trade Commission.
“Guardian of the Market” will first air July, 2022 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 9PM time slot after “My Ex-Boyfriend’s Last Will”).
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Teaser trailer #4 added for tvN drama series “Link: Eat Love Kill” starring Yeo Jin-Goo & Mun Ka-Young. Captions in the teaser states around the 8 second mark “This place is where everyone has a secret.” Narration starts with Yeo Jin-Goo stating “The feelings that I’ve had are yours,” followed by Mun Ka-Young stating (0:03) “Why are you so nice to me?” and Ye Soo-Jung states (0:05) “If necessary, (we) will get rid of him.”
“Link: Eat Love Kill” first airs June 6, 2022 in South Korea.
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