Ryosuke Yamada (‘Hey! Say! JUMP’) and Kei Tanaka are cast in TBS drama series “Risky Two People” (literal title). The drama series is based 2014 novel “K2: Ikebukurosho Keijika Kanzaki Kuroki” by Dai Yokozeki. The screenplay is set in Ikebukuro and follows two detectives played by Ryosuke Yamada and Kei Tanaka.
“Risky Two People” first airs summer, 2020 in Japan.
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Release date for sci-fi film “Space Sweepers,” starring Song Joong-Ki & Kim Tae-Ri, has been postponed from summer, 2020 to the Korean Thanksgiving Holiday (Thursday, October 1, 2020). The postponement is caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. “Space Sweepers” reunites Song Joong-Ki and director Jo Sung-Hee. They previously worked together in 2012 box-office hit “A Werewolf Boy.”
Teaser trailer #2 (two versions) added for tvN drama series “Flower of Evil” starring Lee Joon-Gi and Moon Chae-Won. The first version of teaser trailer #2 has Baek Hee-Sung (Lee Joon-Gi) celebrating his birthday with wife Cha Ji-Won (Moon Chae-Won) and their baby daughter. Around the 15 second mark, Lee Joon-Gi narrates with “I told you a very small lie.” The second version of teaser trailer #2 has Cha Ji-Won watching her husband Baek Hee-Sung and baby daughter playing in their yard. Around the 9 second mark, Moon Chae-Won asks “Who are you?” Meanwhile, above and below are four character posters for the drama series. Below are Jang Hee-Jin as Do Hae-Soo and Seo Hyun-Woo as Kim Moo-Jin.
“Flower of Evil” first airs July, 2020 in South Korea.
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Taishi Nakagawa is cast in NTV drama series “Doting Parent Youth White Paper” (literal title), starring Tsuyoshi Muro & Mei Nagano. For the drama series, Taishi Nakagawa will play Masaharu Hatakeyama. He leaves his hometown in Akita Prefecture to attend a university in Tokyo. This is the same school where father (Tsuyoshi Muro) and daughter (Mei Nagano) attend. The daughter takes an interest in Taishi Nakagawa.
Meanwhile, ep.1 air date for “Doting Parent Youth White Paper has been postponed by 1 month. The drama series was originally scheduled to air July, 2020, but will now air August, 2020. The delay is likely caused by scheduling complications around the Covid-19 outbreak.
Character teaser trailer added for OCN drama series “Train” starring Yoon Si-Yoon, Kyung Soo-Jin, and Shin So-Yul. The character teaser trailer is of Yoon Si-Yoon as Seo Do-Won and his other character. The teaser starts off with Yoon Si-Yoon whispering “There is another me in the world.” Caption around the 23 second mark states “Police who chose to live for atonement.” and “Police who chose the path of depravity.”
“Train” first airs July, 2020 in South Korea.
Release date for upcoming movie “Deliver Us From Evil,” starring Hwang Jung-Min and Lee Jung-Jae, has been pushed back to August, 2020 in South Korea. The film was originally targeted with a July release date, but with various factors including easing of social distancing rules and summer vacation season coming into play, CJ Entertainment has decided to release the film a month later. The first trailer for the film can be viewed at AsianWiki.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: A shocking kidnapping case takes place in Thailand. In-Nam (Hwang Jung-Min) just completed his last murder for hire contract as an assassin. He is aware that the kidnapping case is related to him. In-Nam heads to Thailand. There, he meets his helper Yoo-Yi (Park Jung-Min) and they work on the kidnapping case.
Meanwhile, Ray (Lee Jung-Jae) learns that his sibling was assassinated by In-Nam. To take revenge on In-Nam, he heads to Thailand.
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Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for live-action film “Restart After Come Back Home” starring Yuki Furukawa and Ryo Ryusei. Caption on the teaser poster states in Japanese “I want to be with together with you.” The film is based on BL manga “Restart wa Tadaima no Atode” by Cocomi. Also supporting cast has been announced for the film and they are Eri Murakawa, Gaku Sano, Hiroko Nakajima, Yukijiro Hotaru, and Masahiro Komoto.
“Restart After Come Back Home” is now set for release September 4, 2020 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer #2 for KBS2 drama series “Memorials” (English title) starring Nana & Park Sung-Hoon. Teaser trailer #2 is set in a library, where Koo Se-Ra (Nana) introduces herself to Seo Kong-Myung (Park Sung-Hoon) in a surprising way. The drama series is set in the political world, where a young woman runs for election rather than getting a job.
“Memorials” first airs July 1, 2020 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 PM time slot after “Soul Mechanic“).
Teaser trailer #2 added for JTBC drama series “Was It Love” starring Song Ji-Hyo and Son Ho-Jun. Captions in teaser trailer #2 states (0:02) “No luck,” (0:06) “No money,” (0:10) “No love,” (0:11) “Single mom of 14 years No Ae-Jung,” (0:16) “4 men appeared in front of her,” (0:19) “Bad, but attractive man Son Ho-Jun,” (0:22) “Successful, but pitiful man Song Jong-Ho” (0:25) “Young, but fluttering man Koo Ja-Sung” and (0:28) “Scary, but sexy man Kim Min-Jun.” Meanwhile, above are 6 character posters for the drama series. The 6th character poster is of Kim Da-Som as Joo A-Rin.
“Was It Love” first airs July 8, 2020 in South Korea.
Fuka Koshiba is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Youkai Sharehouse.” The drama series features an original screenplay that revolves around a sharehouse where youkai live. The youkai are supernatural creatures that originated from Japanese folklore. Fuka Koshiba will play Mio Meguro and she moves into the sharehouse.
“Youkai Sharehouse” first airs July, 2020 in Japan.
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