Hidetoshi Nishijima is cast for the lead role in TV Tokyo drama series “Chef Is A Great Detective” (literal title). The drama series is based on 3 novels by Fumie Kondo and directed by Hisashi Kimura & Yusuke Taki. In the drama series, Hidetoshi Nishijima will play Shinobu Mifune. He is a chef and a detective.
“Chef Is A Great Detective” will air late this year in TV Tokyo’s Monday 11PM time slot.
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Teaser poster for upcoming OCN drama series “Dark Hole” starring Kim Ok-Vin & Lee Joon-Hyuk. Caption on the teaser poster states “Variant human surival.” The teaser poster also reveals that “Dark Hole” will first air April, 2021 in South Korea (takes over OCN’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Times“).
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Cube Entertainment has revealed that Na In-Woo has been offered the lead male role in currently airing KBS2 drama series “River Where The Moon Rises” co-starring Kim So-Hyun. Na In-Woo would replace actor Ji Soo and play lead male character On Dal. Currently, Na In-Woo is “positively considering” the offer.
Broadcast station KBS has not officially announced that actor Ji Soo has dropped out of the drama series, but, with Cube Entertainment’s announcement, his departure seems all but certain. The drama series itself has already filmed 95% of its scenes and 6 episodes has already aired, yet KBS is working hard behind the scenes to prepare for the lead actor’s replacement. Ji Soo’s departure is caused by bullying accusations first made against him on March 2, 2021 via online community website Nate Pann. The accuser wrote Ji Soo was a member of a bully group in middle school that bullied him with physical and verbal violence. More people responded with similar accusations against Ji Soo for his past bullying behavior. On March 4, 2021, Ji Soo posted a handwritten apology in which he apologized to the people that suffered from his actions and admitted his past behavior was inexcusable.
Noriko Eguchi is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Solo Katsu Joshi no Susume.” The drama series is based on essay “Solo Katsu Joshi no Susume” by Mayumi Asai. Noriko Eguchi will play main character Megumi Soutome in the drama series. She loves doing solo activities after work.
“Solo Katsu Joshi no Susume” first airs April 2, 2021 in Japan.
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Kim Nam-Gil is cast for the lead role in OCN drama series “Island.” He is the first confirmed cast member announced for the drama series. Actress Seo Yea-Ji has received an offer to play the lead female role and she is still considering that offer. Actor Cha Eun-Woo has also received an offer to play a major supporting character role and he is still considering that offer. For “Island,” Kim Nam-Gil plays Ban. He protects the world from ghosts. He is himself half human and half ghost. He has two different sides, one is a warm person and the other is a cool headed person.
“Island” will first air second half, 2021 in South Korea.
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Park Ha-Sun is cast for the lead female role in MBC drama series “Black Sun,” co-starring Namkoong Min. Actress Kim Ji-Eun is also cast to play supporting character. The drama series revolves around a crime information center team. Park Ha-Sun will play Seo Soo-Yeon, who is the leader of the crime information center team. Her relationship with former NIS agent Han Ji-Hyuk (Namkoong Min) is not clear.
“Black Sun” will air sometime during summer, 2021 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer added for JTBC drama special “Missing Child” starring Park Hyuk-Kwon & Jang So-Yeon. The teaser trailer begins with Park Hyuk-Kwon stating “I am his father. There’s no way I can’t recognize my son’s face. I have been looking for him over 10 years. Please” and (0:26) “It’s you Sung-Min right? I’m your father.”
“Missing Child” consists of 2 episodes and will air March 22 & 23, 2021 in South Korea.
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Yuina Kuroshima is cast in NHK drama series “Chimudondon.” The drama series is NHK’s 106th asadora (morning drama series). In “Chimudondon,” Yuina Kuroshima will play main character Nobuko Higa. She moves from Okinawa to Tokyo to become a cook of western food. She eventually decides to open a Okinawa cuisine restaurant in Tokyo.
Filming for “Chimudondon” will begin autumn, 2021 and the drama series will air from spring, 2022 in Japan.
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Movie “Seobok,” starring Gong Yoo & Park Bo-Gum, is now set for release April 15, 2021 in South Korea. The movie will be released simultaneously in theaters and online streaming platform TVing. “Seobok” was originally scheduled for release December, 2020, but was delayed to the Covid-19 outbreak. TVing is an online streaming platform for the South Korean market, that is a joint partnership between CJ Entertainment (distributor of “Seokbok”) and JTBC.
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Tori Matsuzaka, Kumiko Aso, and Arata Iura are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba.” The drama series is scripted by Shizuka Oishi (“Your Home is My Business!“) and directed by Keita Motohashi, Ken Higurashi, Yuki Saito. Tori Matsuzaka will play main character Nozomu Momochi. He works at a supermarket and is a big manga fan. Kumiko Aso will play manga writer Tomoe Yuizuki. Arata Iura will play two characters.
“Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba” first airs April, 2021 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15 PM time slot after “24 Japan“).
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