Lee Jae-In is cast for the lead female role in SBS drama series “Racket Boys” (literal title) co-starring Oh Na-Ra. Lee Jae-In plays student Han Se-Yoon. She dreams of becoming the youngest member of the national badminton team. Her school’s badminton coach is Ra Young-Ja (Oh Na-Ra).
“Racket Boys” will first air May, 2021 in South Korea and will also be available to stream on Netflix.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara is cast for the lead role in movie “The Method of Repulsing the Dove” (working title). Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Kazama, Nanase Nishino and Etsushi Toyokawa are also also cast in supporting roles. The film is based on 2014 novel “Hato no Gekitaiho” by Shogo Sato and directed by Hideta Takahata. In addition, the first teaser trailer and teaser poster for the movie has been added on AsianWiki.
“The Method of Repulsing the Dove” will be released August 27, 2021.
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Teaser trailer added for live-action film “Ride or Die” starring Kiko Mizuhara & Honami Sato. Movie is based on manga series “Gunjo” by Ching Nakamura and directed by Ryuichi Hiroki.
“Ride or Die” premieres April 15, 2021 on Netflix.
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Airing of KBS2 drama series “Dear M,” starring Park Hye-Soo, Roh Jeong-Eui, & Woo Da-Vi, has been postponed due to numerous bullying complaints against actress Park Hye-Soo from when she attended middle school, high school, and college. Park Hye-Soo’s management company Studio Santa Claus has denied the accusations and stated taht they intend sue, but the accusers have insisted they were victims of Park Hye-Soo’s violent bullying. Prior to the bullying scandal, “Dear M” was scheduled to first air February 26, 2021 in South Korea.
The new air date of “Dear M” will be announced at a later date. Filming for the drama series began October, 2020 and about 80% of the filming has been completed.
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First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Oh My Ladylord” (English title) starring Lee Min-Ki & Nana. The teaser trailer features Lee Min-Ki and Nana sitting together on a couch watching MBC channel on TV. Lee Min-Ki then informs Nana about a new romantic-comedy drama series “Oh My Ladylord” that will air on that channel. Below are the first still images of Lee Min-Ki in the drama series.
“Oh My Ladylord” first airs March 24, 2021 in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama special “Off The Course” starring Nam Ji-Hyun, Park Ji-Young, & Kim Bum-Soo. The drama special consists of 2 episodes. The script involves a mother and daughter chasing after the daughter’s fiance, who fled on their wedding day. Below are the first still images of Nam Ji-Hyun & Kim Bum-Soo from the drama series.
“Off The Course” airs March 15th & 16th, 2021 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer #2 and teaser poster added for JTBC drama series “Law School” starring Kim Myung-Min & Ryoo Hye-Young. The teaser trailer, featuring Kim Myung-Min as Professor Yang Jong-Hoon, starts off with Ahn Nae-Sang stating “Yang Jong-Hoon is impressive as a professor, but prosecutor is his vocation.” At the 13 second mark, Kim Myung-Min states “Instead, I became to have a goal. Even though I can not produce a good legal professional as a professor, I won’t produce problematic legal professional.”
“Law School” is now scheduled to first air April, 2021 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Wednesday & Thursday 9PM time slot after “Sisyphus: The Myth“).
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Teaser trailer #2 added for tvN drama series “Navillera” starring Song Kang & Park In-Hwan. Song Kang provides narration in the teaser trailer with “Everyone experiences a moment of flying at least once.” Meanwhile, above are the first still images of Song Kang in the drama series.
“Navillera” first airs March 22, 2021 in South Korea.
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Lee Sang-Yeob is cast in MBC drama series “No One But a Madman” (literal title) co-starring Jung Jae-Young & Moon So-Ri. For the drama series, Lee Sang-Yeob will play Han Se-Kwon. He works at the same company as Choi Ban-Seok (Jung Jae-Young), Dang Ja-Young (Moon So-Ri) and Shin Han-Soo (Kim Nam-Hee). Han Se-Kwon. is a related to the family that runs the company. He is ambitious, but not very good at his job. He goes up against Choi Ban-Seok and Dang Ja-Young.
“No One But a Madman” first airs June, 2021 in South Korea.
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Shun Oguri, Mitsuki Takahata, & Shido Nakamura are cast for supporting roles in movie “Character” starring Masaki Suda & Fukase. In addition, the first teaser trailer for the movie has been added on AsianWiki. For the supporing character roles. Shun Oguri plays Shunsuke Seida. He is a detective and learns that a murder took place on a mountain path is similar to what happened in Keigo Yamashiro’s manga “34.” Mitsuki Takahata plays Natsumi Kawase. She is the girlfriend of manga artist Keigo Yamashiro. Shido Nakamura plays Kota Makabe. He is also a detective and the boss of Detective Shunsuke Seida.
“Character” will be released June, 2021 in Japan.
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