Trailer added for movie “The Ashes of My Flesh and Blood is the Vast Flowing Galaxy” (literal title) starring Taishi Nakagawa and Anna Ishii. The film is directed by SABU and based on 2016 novel “Kudakechiru Tokoro o Misete Ageru” by Yuyuko Takemiya. Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has been revealed, which is “Day Dream: Hakuchumu” by Rui. The theme song appears in the trailer.
“The Ashes of My Flesh and Blood is the Vast Flowing Galaxy” will be released May 8, 2020 in Japan.
Teaser trailer #2 and group poster added for KBS2 drama series “Meow: The Secret Boy” starring Kim Myung-Soo and Shin Ye-Eun. The teaser trailer begins with captions in Korean that asks “Why this person?” The group poster features Kim Myung-Soo, Shin Ye-Eun, Seo Ji-Hoon, Kang Hoon and Yoon Ye-Joo.
“Meow: The Secret Boy” first airs March 25, 2020 in South Korea.
Ayaka Wilson and Sakurako Ohara are cast in WOWOW drama series “Piple” co-starring Yuki Kaji. Also cast in suporting roles are Shugo Oshinari, Yusuke Yamada, Asami Usuda, Mari Hamada, Yu Kamio, Masaki Kaji, Hazuki Shimizu, and Tomu Fujita. The drama series is based on novel “Pipuru” by Mariru Harada. Above is a promotional poster for the drama series. The drama series will have Ayaka Wilson playing AI robot Piple and Sakurako Ohara will play the creator of the AI robot Kaede Miyama.
“Piple” will first air May 18, 2020 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer #2 added for SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch” starring Lee Min-Ho & Kim Go-Eun. Teaser trailer #2 shows Kim Go-Eun in the drama series for the first time. Dialogue in teaser trailer #2 goes (0:01) Kim Go-Eun asks “Did you really come another world?,” (0:11) Lee Min-Ho asks “Is this the place?” (0:15) Lee Min-Ho “Reason I have survived,” (0:23) Kim Go-Eun “You act like you know me, but I don’t know you,” (0:26) Lee Min-Ho “Like I am not here, you were not in my world either,” (0:30) Kim Go-Eun “I am the person who still can not believe the earth is round,” (0:34) Lee Min-Ho “Let’s go together,” (0:36) Lee Min-Ho “To my world.”
“The King: Eternal Monarch” first airs April, 2020 in South Korea.
Lee Jung-Jae and Park Hae-Soo are cast for lead roles in Netflix drama series “Squid Game” (literal title). Lee Jung-Jae and Park Hae-Soo will play two men who grew up like brothers and they both decide to take part in a survival game. Exact date when it will be available on Netflix has not been revealed.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Ki-Hoon (Lee Jung-Jae) gets fired from his job. His life is miserable. Ki-Hoon hears about a secret survival game, with a 45.6 billion won prize for the winner. He decides to take part in the game. Meanwhile, Sang-Woo (Park Hae-Soo) is like a brother to Ki-Hoon and vice versa. They grew up in the same neighborhood. Despite his poor family background, Sang-Woo graduated from a prestigious university and found a good job. He now faces a crisis, due to misappropriation of company funds. He decides to take part in the secret survival game with Ki-Hoon.
Kiichi Nakai is cast in WOWOW drama series “The Grand Family” (literal title). The drama series is based on novel “Karei Naru Ichizoku” by Toyoko Yamasaki (“The Great White Tower“/”The Waste Land“). Staff for the drama series includes director Masaki Nishiura and screenwriter Youichi Maekawa.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Daisuke Manpyo (Kiichi Nakai) is an owner and also president of Hanshin Bank, which ranks 10th in the nation in terms of bank deposits. Besides Hanshin Bank, Daisuke Manpyo owns several others companies and real estate. He hears from his first son-in-law about a move to reorganize the commercial banks. His son-in-law works as b bureaucrat for the Ministry of the Treasury. Daisuke Manpyo attempts to block his bank from being merged with another bank. He faces difficult times.
“The Grand Family” will air sometime next year in Japan.
Hwang Jung-Eum, Yoon Hyun-Min, and Seo Ji-Hoon are cast for lead roles in new KBS2 drama series “That Guy Is The Guy” (literal title). The drama series will follow a love triangle between Hwang Jung-Eum as single, career woman Seo Hyun-Joo and two men who confess feelings for her.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Seo Hyun-Joo (Hwang Jung-Eum) works as the leader of a webcomic planning team. She declares that she plans to remain single, but she receives confessions from two men: Hwang Ji-Woo (Yoon Hyun-Min) and Park Do-Gyeom (Seo Ji-Hoon). Hwang Ji-Woo is the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. He has a cold personality and excellent business ability. Park Do-Gyeom is a popular webcomic writer. He is a sociable person. He and Seo Hyun-Joo grew up like siblings, but he has held a crush on Seo Hyun-Joo for a long time.
“That Guy Is The Guy” first airs summer, 2020 in South Korea.
Drama series “Convenience Store Saet-Byeol” (literal title) is now set to air on SBS from June, 2020. The drama series will slot into SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10 PM time slot after “The King: Eternal Monarch.” Story for the drama series will have Ji Chang-Wook playing a convenience store owner and Kim You-Jung will play an employee at his store. The screenplay is based on webcomic “Pyeonuijeom Saetbyeoli” by Hwalhwasan. “Convenience Store Saet-Byeol” was initially reported to air on cable channel Lifetime Korea.
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Hiroshi Abe is cast in TBS live-action drama series “Dragon Zakura 2.” The drama series is a sequel to 2005 TBS drama series “Dragon Zakura” and is based on manga series “Dragon Zakura 2” by Norifusa Mita. Hiroshi Abe will reprise his character of high school teacher Kenji Sakuragi in the sequel drama series.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: 10 years after Kenji Sakuragi (Hiroshi Abe) left Ryuzan High School, the school is in a downturn. Ryuzan High School once produced many students that were admitted into the University of Tokyo, but not so anymore. To get the school out of its downturn, Kenji Sakuragi is sent an offer to return to Ryuzan High School.
“Dragon Zakura 2” will first air sometime this summer in Japan.
New trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Hospital Playlist” starring Cho Jung-Seok, Kim Dae-Myung, Jung Kyoung-Ho, Yoo Yeon-Seok and Jeon Mi-Do. Caption in the trailer at the 3 second mark states in Korean “Small consolation offer to you, who held out well until now.” Below are photos from the filming set of the drama series.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: “Wise Doctor Life” depicts the stories of doctors, nurses and patients at a hospital. 5 doctors all entered the same medical university in 1999. They are now friends and work together in the same hospital.
“Hospital Playlist” first airs March 12, 2020 in South Korea.
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