Aug 5 2020

Supporting cast for JTBC drama series “Live On”

Supporting cast added for JTBC drama series “Live On” starring Minhyun and Jung Da-Bin. The newly announced supporting cast members are Ro Jong-Hyun, Yang Hye-Ji, Yeon Woo (‘Momoland’), and Choi Byung-Chan (‘Victon’). Photos above and below are the from the first script reading, which took place recently in South Korea.

Ro Jong-Hyun will play Do Woo-Jae in “Live On.” He is the leader of the student council at their school. He is friends with lead male character Go Eun-Taek (Minhyun). Yang Hye-Ji will play Ji So-Hyun. She is a model student and is a member of the broadcasting club. Yeon Woo will play Kang Jae-Yi. She is the girlfriend of Do Woo-Jae (Ro Jong-Hyun). Lastly, Choi Byung-Chan will play Kim Yoo-Shin. He is a naive and cheerful guy.

“Live On” is now scheduled to first air November, 2020 in South Korea.

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Aug 5 2020

Trailer & poster for movie “The Runway”

Trailer and poster added for movie “The Runway” starring Asami Mizukawa and Kodai Asaka. The film is based on poetry collection book “Kashu Kassoro” by Shinichiro Hagihara and directed by Norichika Oba. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has also been revealed. The theme song is “Kami Hikouki” by pop-rock singer Ibuki Sano. The theme song “Kami Hikouki” is played in the movie’s trailer.  

Release date for “The Runway” is now set for November, 2020 in Japan.

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Aug 4 2020

Lee Byung-Hun, Park Seo-Joon, & Park Bo-Young cast in movie “Concrete Utopia”

Lee Byung-Hun, Park Seo-Joon, and Park Bo-Young are cast in disaster film “Concrete Utopia.” The film is based on webcomic “Yukwaehan Yiwoot” by Kim Soong-Nyoong and directed by Uhm Tae-Hwa (“Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned“). The film is set in Seoul after an earthquake annihilates the city. The only place standing is an apartment complex. Lee Byung-Hun, Park Seo-Joon, and Park Bo-Young play residents there.

“Concrete Utopia” has yet to pick up a release date.

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Aug 4 2020

Bae Suzy & Nam Joo-Hyuk cast in tvN drama series “Start-Up”

Bae Suzy and Nam Joo-Hyuk are now cast in tvN drama series “Start-Up.” Kim Sun-Ho and Kang Han-Na are also cast for major supporting characters. The drama series had the early working title of “Sandbox” before picking up “Start-Up.”

For the drama series, Bae Suzy will play Seo Dal-Mi. Her dream is to start a technology company. She goes through numerous part-time jobs in pursuit of her goal, until she finally starts her own company. Nam Joo-Hyuk will play Nam Do-San. He is the founder of Samsan Tech, which was founded two years ago. He is also the first love of Seo Dal-Mi. Kim Sun-Ho will play Han Ji-Pyeong. He is a senior manager at SH Venture Capital. Lastly, Kang Han-Na will play Won In-Jae. She is daughter of a rich chaebol family, but her family disowns her. She wants to succeed by herself and begins with a startup.

“Start-Up” first airs October, 2020 (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9PM time slot after “Stranger 2.”).

Aug 4 2020

Teaser trailer 2 & character posters for Channel A drama “Lies of Lies”

Teaser trailer #2 & 5 character posters added for Channel A drama series “Lies of Lies” (literal title) starring Lee Yu-Ri & Yeon Jeong-Hun. Teaser trailer #2 begins with the voice of Lee Il-Hwa stating “Give me the baby. I’m better than a mother who is a murderer.” Lee Yu-Ri follows with “In order to take my daughter back, I stated a lie.” The character posters are of Lee Yu-Ri as Ji Eun-Soo, Yeon Jeong-Hun as Kang Ji-Min, Lee Il-Hwa as Kim Ho-Ran, Lim Ju-Eun as Eun Se-Mi, and Kwon Hwa-Woon as Kim Yeon-Joon.

“Lies of Lies” first airs September 4, 2020 in South Korea.

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Aug 3 2020

Teaser poster & release date for movie “Diva”

Teaser poster and release date added for movie “Diva” starring Shin Min-A and Lee Yoo-Young. The film is now scheduled for release September, 2020 in South Korea. Caption on the teaser poster states “Do you want my place?”

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Yi-Young (Shin Min-A) is a diva in the world of diving. She and her best friend Soo-Jin (Lee Yoo-Young) get into a mysterious car accident. Due to that accident, Yi-Young loses her memory and Soo-Jin goes missing. Other divers talk about Yi-Young, as suspicion surrounds her. Under that situation, Yi-Young regains her diving skills, but her strong desire to keep her position as a diva and Soo-Jin’s disappearance push her into madness.

Aug 3 2020

Minami Hamabe & Masaki Okada cast in NHK drama “Eye For An Eye Revenge Agency’s Two People”

Minami Hamabe and Masaki Okada are cast for lead roles in NHK drama series “Eye For An Eye Revenge Agency’s Two People” (literal title of “Tario Fukushu Daiko no Futari”). The drama series features an original screenplay by Mitsuharu Makita, Tomoyuki Takimoto, Yusuke Watanabe, and Tomihiko Tokunaga. For the drama series, Minami Hamabe will play Mami Shirasawa. She became an attorney at the young age of 20 and begins work on her first case. Masaki Okada will play Kensuke Kuroiwa. He is a swindler, who teams up with Mami Shirasawa.

“Eye For An Eye Revenge Agency’s Two People” will consist of 7 episodes and first air October 9, 2020 in Japan (takes over NHK’s Friday 10:00 PM time slot after “Dear Patient“).

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Aug 3 2020

Hideaki Ito cast in WOWOW drama series “Tokkai”

Hideaki Ito is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “Tokkai.” The drama series is based on 2019 novel “Tokkai: Bubble no Kaijin wo Oitsumeta Otokotachi” by Hidetoshi Kiyotake. Setsuro Wakamatsu & Yoshinori Muratani will direct the drama series. Director Setsuro Wakamatsu previously directed 2017 WOWOW drama series “Ishitsubute” which is also based on a novel by Hidetoshi Kiyotake.

“Tokkai” first airs sometime next year in Japan.

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