Poster and trailer added for live-action film “One Summer Story” (English title) starring Moka Kamishiraishi & Kanata Hosoda. Movie is based on manga series “Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai” by Retto Tajima and directed by Shuichi Okita (“The Mohican Comes Home“). The film details the adventures of two high school students during their summer vacation. Meanwhile, below are still images from the film.
“One Summer Story” will be released June 26, 2020 in Japan.
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Ong Seong-Wu and Shin Ye-Eun are cast for lead roles in JTBC drama series “Number of Cases” (literal title). Actor Kim Dong-Joon is also cast for a major supporting character role. The literal title was previously “Number of Cases to Go From Friends to Lovers,” but shortened to just “Number of Cases.”
For the drama series Ong Seong-Wu will play Lee Soo. He is a photographer, competent at his job and has a handsome appearance. He is also confident and selfish when it comes to love. Shin Ye-Eun will play Kyung Woo-Yeon. She is a calligrapher. She becomes completely absorbed in anything she takes an interest in. She has held feelings for Lee Soo for the past 10 years. Kim Dong-Joon will play On Joon-Soo. He is the CEO of Eunyoo Publishing Company. He falls in love with Kyung Woo-Yeon.
“Number of Cases” will air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea.
English subtitled teaser trailer #1 added for KBS2 drama series “Soul Mechanic” (English title) starring Shin Ha-Kyun & Jung So-Min.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: “Soul Mechanic” follows psychiatrists as they try to cure people of their emotional wounds.
Lee Shi-Joon (Shin Ha-Kyun) is a psychiatrist at a hospital. He is passionate about his work and helping his patients.
Han Woo-Joo (Jung So-Min) is a rising star as a musical actress. She is honest and has integrity. She loves her work as a musical actress.
“Soul Mechanic” first airs May 6, 2020 in South Korea.
tvN has announced that currently airing drama series “A Piece of Your Mind” will be shortened to 12 episodes. The drama series was originally scheduled to have 16 episodes and end on May 12, 2020, but the drama series will now finish on April 28, 2020. tvN said the reduction in episodes would help increase the pace of the story. Currently, the ratings for the drama series are quite low, receiving 2.4% for ep.1 and going lower each week with ep.6 receiving 1.2%. The drama series stars Jung Hae-In and Chae Soo-Bin, with a love story centering around an AI assistant modeled after the male character’s first love.
Kento Hayashi and Nana Komatsu are cast for lead roles in movie “Parasite in Love” (literal title). The film is based on 2016 novel “Koi Suru Kiseichu” by Sugaru Miaki and directed by Kensaku Kakimoto. The film has Kento Hayashi playing Kengo Kosaka. He suffers from mysophobia, which is pathological fear of germs. Nana Komatsu plays high school student Hijiri Sanagi. She suffers from scopophobia, which is a fear of being stared at.
“Parasite in Love” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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Teaser trailer #1 added for SBS drama series “Good Casting” starring Choi Gang-Hee, Yu In-Young, and Kim Ji-Young. An earlier teaser trailer was released by SBS, which they count as teaser 0. Teaser trailer #1 starts off with Choi Gang-Hee and Kim Ji-Young walking into a dark warehouse with their guns drawn. Caption in the teaser trailer goes (0:24) “Legendary crazy agent returns to the field,” (0:34) “I am not good enough, but I will do my best.” Meanwhile, above and below are still images of Choi Gang-Hee in the drama series as Baek Chan-Mi. Her character is a black agent for the NIS.
“Good Casting” will first air April 27, 2020 in South Korea.
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Kang Sung-Yeon & Jo Han-Sun are cast in MBC drama series “Miss Lee Knows” (literal title). The drama series consists of 4 episodes. Kang Sung-Yeon will play real estate agent Lee Goong-Bok and Jo Han-Sun will play Detective In Cheol-Ho. “Miss Lee Knows” will air July, 2020 in South Korea.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Mysterious cases take place at an apartment complex which is about to go under reconstruction. Lee Goong-Bok (Kang Sung-Yeon) is a real estate agent that works with apartments there. She has a meddlesome type of personality. In Cheol-Ho (Jo Han-Sun) is a veteran detective.
Etsushi Toyokawa is cast in TV Asahi drama special “The Fugitive” (literal title) co-starring Ken Watanabe. The drama special is a remake of the 1960’s U.S. television series “The Fugitive.” Etsushi Toyokawa will play Detective Squad Chief Masami Hosaka. He chases after fugitive Kazuki Kakurai (Ken Watanabe) who escaped from a prison transport bus. Seiji Izumi (“Aibou: Season 1“) will direct the drama special and screenplay adaptation is written by Masahiro Yoshimoto (“Cold Cases“). Above is a teaser poster for the drama special.
“The Fugitive” consists of 2 episodes and will air sometime later this year in Japan.
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Yoon Si-Yoon, Kyung Soo-Jin and Shin So-Yul are cast in OCN drama series “Train.” The drama series will have Yoon Si-Yoon playing two different characters in parallel worlds.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: A man lost a precious person because of a serial killer. He crosses over into a different world to figure out the truth behind her death.
Seo Do-Won (Yoon Si-Yoon) is a detective and he is enthusiastic at his job. Han Seo-Kyung (Kyung Soo-Jin) is a prosecutor with an honest personality. Lee Jung-Min (Shin So-Yul) is a member of a scientific investigation unit. She is Seo Do-Won’s childhood friend and also his first love. She supports Seo Do-Won.
“Train” will first air sometime this summer in South Korea.
Teaser trailer #2 added for KBS2 drama series “Fix You” starring Shin Ha-Kyun and Jung So-Min. The drama series previously went under its literal title of “Soul Repairer” (“Younghonsoosungong”). Teaser trailer #2 features Shin Ha-Kyun as Lee Shi-Joon and Jung So-Min as Han Woo-Joo talking together at a table. The dialogue in the teaser trailer #2 goes (0:15) Jung So-Min “The Earth is destroying,” (0:24) Jung So-Min “Am I crazy?.” (0:26) Shin Ha-Kyun “You are not crazy. You are sick,” (0:36) and Jung So-Min ends it with “I think we are destiny.” Meanwhile, below are still images from the drama series.
“Fix You” first airs May 6, 2020 in South Korea.
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