Mar 16 2020

First still images of Lee Min-Ho in SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch”

Here’s the first still images of Lee Min-Ho in SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch” co-starring Kim Go-Eun. In the drama series, Lee Min-Ho plays Lee Gon. His character is the emperor of the Korean empire. He is handsome and elegant, while being skilled in literary arts and martial arts. On the flip side, he is also sensitive and compulsive. Lee Gon likes precise figures and not vague words.

“The King: Eternal Monarch” first airs April, 2020 in South Korea.

Mar 16 2020

Teaser trailer for tvN drama series “When My Love Blooms”

First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “When My Love Blooms” starring Yoo Ji-Tae and Lee Bo-Young. The teaser trailer starts off with Lee Bo-Young narrating in Korean with “One way or another, there are people who are meant to meet again eventually.” She is standing by a train tracks on a snowy night and staring at Yoo Ji-Tae during the teaser trailer. Meanwhile, below are still images of Yoo ji-Tae and Lee Bo-Young from the drama series.

“When My Love Blooms” will first air April, 2020 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9PM time slot after “Hi Bye Mama“).

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Mar 16 2020

Teaser trailer & poster for live-action film “Yowamushi Pedal”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for live-action film “Yowamushi Pedal” starring Ren Nagase, Kentaro Ito, and Kanna Hashimoto. The 30 second teaser trailer has captions that states in Japanese (0:02) “I, who is alone,” (0:05) “Meet with fellow,” (0:08) “Meet with bicyle.” (0:11) “Now I am here.” The film is based on “Yowamushi Pedal” by Wataru Watanabe and directed by Koichiro Miki.

“Yowamushi Pedal” will be released August 14, 2020 in Japan.

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Mar 14 2020

Character posters & teaser trailer #2 for MBC drama series “365: Repeat The Year”

3 character posters and teaser trailer #2 added for MBC drama series “365: Repeat The Year” starring Lee Joon-Hyuk, Nam Ji-Hyun, and Kim Ji-Soo. The character posters are of Lee Joon-Hyuk as Ji Hyung-Joo, Nam Ji-Hyun as Shin Ga-Hyun, and Kim Ji-Soo as Lee Shin. Caption on Lee Joon-Hyuk’s poster states in Korean “If I can turn back, I will do anything I can,” 
Nam Ji-Hyun’s poster asks “Am I invited to the game which risks destiny?,” 
and Kim Ji-Soo’s poster states “I will give a chance to go back to the past.”

“365: Repeat The Year” first airs March 23, 2020 in South Korea.

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Mar 12 2020

Trailer for movie “The Ashes of My Flesh and Blood is the Vast Flowing Galaxy”

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.

Mar 12 2020

Ayaka Wilson & Sakurako Ohara cast in WOWOW drama series “Piple”

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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Mar 11 2020

Teaser trailer #2 for SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch”

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.

Mar 11 2020

Lee Jung-Jae and Park Hae-Soo cast in Netflix drama series “Squid Game”

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.