Two main posters and teaser trailer #3 added for SBS drama series “Hyena” starring Kim Hye-Soo & Ju Ji-Hoon. Teaser trailer #3 is a character teaser of Ju Ji-Hoon as Yoon Hee-Jae. He is an elite lawyer.
“Hyena” first airs February 21, 2020 in South Korea and will also be available to stream on Netflix about an hour after each episode airs in South Korea.
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Yuya Yagira is cast in NTV live-action drama series “Nigatsu no Shosha: Zettai Gokaku no Kyoshitsu.” The drama series is based on manga series “Nigatsu no Shosha: Zettai Gokaku no Kyoshitsu” by Shiho Takase. Shiho Takase previously had another manga series “Otoriyose Oji Iida Yoshimi” adapted into 2013 Nagoya TV drama series “Otoriyose Oji Iida Yoshimi.” In this drama series, Yuya Yagira will play Kurodo Kuroki. He becomes the director of a poor performing children’s cram school.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Kurodo Kuroki (Yuya Yagira) was an extremely competent teacher at a prestigious cram school for the middle school entrance exam. He begins to work as the director of a cram school with poor performance. He declares that the students here will pass their middle school examinations. Kurodo Kuroki states a cram school is a service business and the school is a place to sell children’s future to parents.
“Nigatsu no Shosha: Zettai Gokaku no Kyoshitsu” will air July, 2020 in Japan.
New teaser trailer and still images added for upcoming movie “Hokusai” starring Yuya Yagira and Min Tanaka. The film follows the life of artist Hokusai Katsushika (1790-1849). He is best known for his print “The Great Wave” from his woodblock print series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.”
“Hokusai” is now set for release May 29, 2020 in Japan.
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Sota Fukushi & Rio Uchida are cast for lead roles in NHK drama series “Meiji Kaika: Shinjuro Tanteicho.” The drama series is based on 1950’s novel “Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonocho” by Ango Sakaguchi (“A Woman and War“). Also cast in supporting roles are Yuma Yamoto, Yasuhi Nakamura, Masanobu Katsumura, Shingo Tsurumi, Izumi Inamori, and Katsunori Takahashi.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Set during the early Meiji era, Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki (Sota Fukushi) returns to Japan from abroad. He is trusted by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Strange cases take place. Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki attempts to solve the cases. Meanwhile, Rie (Rio Uchida) is the daughter of a powerful business man. She becomes attracted to Shinjuro Yuki.
“Meiji Kaika: Shinjuro Tanteicho” will consist of 8 episodes and first air May 15, 2020 in Japan.
Here’s three teaser posters for OCN drama series “Rugal” starring Choi Jin-Hyuk and Park Sung-Woong. The tease posters consists of Choi Jin-Hyuk as Kang Ki-Beom, a second teaser poster with both Choi Jin-Hyuk as Kang Ki-Beom and Park Sung-Woong as Hwang Deuk-Koo, and a third teaser poster of Park Sung-Woong as Hwang Deuk-Koo. Captions on the first two teaser posters states in Korean “At the exact moment that a man took everything from me, I was reborn.”
“Rugal” first airs March 16, 2020 in South Korea.
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Yuji Oda and Yuto Nakajima (‘Hey! Say! JUMP’) are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Suits Season 2.” The drama series is a remake of U.S. cable TV series “Suits Season 2,” which aired on USA Network from June 14, 2012 to February 21, 2013. Yuji Oda and Yuto Nakajima will reprise their respective characters of Shogo Kai and Daiki Suzuki from season 1 of “Suits.”
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Shogo Kai (Yuji Oda) is a partner at a law firm in Marunouchi, Tokyo. He brings back Daiki Suzuki (Yuto Nakajima) to his law firm from Boston. Shogo Kai then assigns Daiki Suzuki to a case. The case involves a large publishing company as they are sued by a former contract worker. The former contract worker insists her idea for a novel was stolen by the publishing company.
Filming for “Suits Season 2” will begin early February, 2020 and the drama series will air from April, 2020 in Japan.
Chang Ki-Yong and Lee Soo-Hyuk are cast for lead roles in KBS2 drama series “Born Again.” The screenplay will take place in the 1980’s and present day. Both Chan Ki-Yong and Lee Soo-Hyuk will play different characters in the past and present. The script involves reincarnation and falls within the mystery-romance genres.
Meanwhile, actress Jin Se-Yun has received an offer to play the lead female role and she is currently “positively considering” her offer. If she accepts, she will play Jung Ha-Eun.
“Born Again” first airs April, 2020 in South Korea.
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Takumi Kitamura is cast for the lead role in live-action film “Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro.” Also cast in the film are Maika Yamamoto, Kentaro Ito, Ryo Kato, Kodai Asaka, Louis Kurihara, Kou Maehara, Natsumi Ikema, Reiko Kataoka, Brother Tom, and Yusuke Iseya. The film is based on manga series “Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro” written by Iipyao and is directed by Ken Ninomiya (“Chiwawa“). The film will have Takumi Kitamura playing main character Agetaro Katsumata. He works for his family’s tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant, but becomes fascinated with with DJing. Maika Yamamoto will play Sonoko Hattori. She is a trainee stylist and Agetaro Katsumata falls in love with her at first sight. Kentaro Ito will play Kurado Yashiki. He is a rival DJ to Agetaro Katsumata.
“Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro” will be released June 19, 2020 in Japan.
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Here’s two teaser posters for upcoming mystery-thriller film “Daughter” starring Kim Moo-Yul and Song Ji-Hyo. Caption on both of the posters states in Korean “Disappeared younger sister came back and suspicion began.”
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Seo-Jin (Kim Moo-Yul) is a popular architect. He suffers from a trauma when his younger sister Yoo-Jin went missing. His sister’s disappearance occured when Seo-Jin was a child. 25 years after her disappearance, Yoo-Jin comes back to her family. Seo-Jin feels something is not right with Yoo-Jin (Song Ji-Hyo).
“Daughter” is now set for release March, 2020 in South Korea.
Here’s a “launching” teaser poster for upcoming thriller film “Call” starring Park Shin-Hye & Jun Jong-Seo. The caption on the teaser poster states in Korean “The phone rings and everything changes.” The teaser poster also reveals that “Call” will be released March, 2020 in South Korea.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Two women live in different times. Seo-Yeon (Park Shin-Hye) lives in the present day and Young-Sook (Jun Jong-Seo) lives in the past. They connect with one phone call.