Jan 23 2020

Teaser trailer #2 and first still images of Kim Hye-Soo & Ju Ji-Hoon in SBS drama series “Hyena”

Teaser trailer #2 and first still images of Kim Hye-Soo & Ju Ji-Hoon in SBS drama series “Hyena.” Teaser trailer #2 begins with montage footage of a hyena in the animal kingdom and Kim Hye-Soo as Jung Geum-Ja. Narration in the teaser states “The hyena has strong survival skills. It smells money well and finds money. She, who is the leader of the Hyena group, never misses her prey. Because she knows how to fight.”

Meanwhile, above and below are the first still images of Kim Hye-Soo and Ju Ji-Hoon in the drama series. “Hyena” first airs February 21, 2020 in South Korea and will also be available on Netflix.

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Jan 23 2020

Teaser trailer #1 for OCN drama series “Rugal”

First teaser trailer added for OCN drama series “Rugal” starring Choi Jin-Hyuk & Park Sung-Woong. The drama series is based on webcomic “Rugal” by Rilmae. The teaser trailer starts with Choi Jin-Hyuk’s narration, stating in Korean “At the very moment that man took everything from me, I was reborn.”

“Rugal” is now set to first air March 16, 2020 in South Korea.

Jan 22 2020

Han Ye-Ri cast in tvN drama series “(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family”

Han Ye-Ri is cast in tvN drama series “(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family” (literal title). The drama series is scripted by Kim Eun-Jung (“Sweet Stranger and Me“) and directed by Kwon Young-Il (“Search: WWW“). The drama series will have Han Ye-Ri play Kim Eun-Hee.

Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: As people get older, they have less time to spend with their families and separately live their own lives. They become to meet someone who they share their time, feelings, and even their secrets. Under this circumstance, the family becomes like strangers and people in relationships become like family.

Kim Eun-Hee (Han Ye-Ri) is the second daughter in a family. She is tender and thoughtful. She easily trusts people. Kim Eun-Hee works at publishing company.

“(I Don’t Know Much, But) We Are Family” will first air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

Jan 22 2020

Masami Nagasawa, Sadao Abe, & Sho Gunji cast in movie “Mother”

Masami Nagasawa, Sadao Abe, and Sho Gunji are cast in movie “Mother.” The film is inspired by a true story of a boy who killed his grandparents and is directed by Tatsushi Omori (“Tada’s Do-It-All House“). In addition, the first teaser trailer for the movie has been added on AsianWiki. The teaser trailer starts off with a teen boy walking in broad daylight with blood splattered over his clothes. Captions in the scene states in Japanese “17-year-old boy / grandparents murder.”

“Mother” will be released sometime during summer, 2020 in Japan.

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Jan 21 2020

Teaser trailer for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation”

Teaser trailer added for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation” (English title) starring Cha Tae-Hyun & Lee Sun-Bin. Teaser trailer shows Cha Tae-Hyun as Detective Jin Kang-Ho. He asks in the teaser trailer “Why are you here?” Captions in Korean then introduces the 5 main actors: stubborn detective Cha Tae-Hyun, enthusiastic PD Lee Sun-Bin, funeral director Jung Sang-Hoon, cocktail bar owner Yoon Kyung-Ho, and profiler private detective Ji Seung-Hyun. These five work together to catch criminals.

“Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation” will air sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.

Jan 21 2020

Tomoya Nakamura cast in NTV drama series “Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi”

Tomoya Nakamura is cast in NTV drama series “Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Bishoku Tantei Akechi Goro” by Akiko Higashimura (“Princess Jellyfish“). Shintaro Sugawara (“Black School Rules“) & Itaru Mizuno (“Where Have My Skirts Gone?“) will direct the drama series.

“Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi” first airs April, 2020 in Japan.

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Jan 21 2020

Main trailer & character posters for OCN drama series “Tell Me What You Saw”

Main trailer and character posters added for OCN drama series “Tell Me What You Saw” starring Jang Hyuk & Sooyoung. Captions in the main trailer teases (0:08) “A detective who remembers everything,” (0:21) “I became a profiler who chases serial murderers,” and (0:25) “You have already witnessed everything.” The character posters above and below are of Jang Hyuk, Sooyoung, Jin Seo-Yeon, Jang Hyun-Sung and Ryu Seung-Soo.

“Tell Me What You Saw” first airs February 1, 2020 in South Korea.

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Jan 21 2020

Kazuya Kamenashi cast in movie “Stigmatized Property”

Kazuya Kamenashi is cast for the lead role in movie “Stigmatized Property” (literal title). The film is based on nonfiction novel “Jiko Bukken Kaidan: Kowai Madori” by comedian Tanishi Matsubara and directed by Hideo Nakata (“Sadako“). Tanishi Matsubara wrote his novel, after he began living at properties where murders took place. Most of those places offered lower rent and he would start to witness unusual phenomenons there. In the movie version, Kazuya Kamenashi will play main character Yamame Yamano. Filming for the movie will begin late January, 2020 and finish at the end of February, 2020. Shooting will take place in the suburbs of Tokyo.

“Stigmatized Property” will be released August 28, 2020 in Japan.

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Jan 20 2020

Character teaser trailer & character posters for tvN drama series “The Cursed”

Character teaser trailer and character posters for tvN drama series “The Cursed” starring Uhm Ji-Won & Jung Ji-So. The character teaser trailer is of Im Jin-Hee (Uhm Ji-Won) and Baek So-Jin (Jung Ji-So). The character teaser trailer starts with Uhm Ji-Won stating in Korean “What I do is to tell the truth to people.” Jung Ji-So then states “I am a bangbeopsa, who kills people with a curse.” Meanwhile, above and below are character posters for the drama series. The character posters are of Uhm Ji-Won, Jung Ji-So, Sung Dong-Il and Jo Min-Soo.

” The Cursed” will first air February 10, 2020 in South Korea.

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Jan 20 2020

Yuko Tanaka & Yu Aoi cast in movie “I’ll Live By Myself”

Yuko Tanaka & Yu Aoi are cast in movie “I’ll Live By Myself” (literal title). The film is based on 2017 novel “Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo” by Chisako Wakatake and directed by Shuichi Okita (“The Woodsman and the Rain“). The novel is Chiako Wakatake’s first novel and it was published when in 2017 when Chisako Wakatake was 63 years old. For the movie, Yuko Tanaka and Yu Aoi will play main character Momoko, but in different periods of her life.

“I’ll Live By Myself” will be released sometime later this year in Japan.

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