Teaser trailer #3 for tvN drama series “Black Dog” starring Seo Hyun-Jin & Ra Mi-Ran. Meanwhile, above and below are new still images from the drama series. The scene has Seo Hyun-Jin, Ra Mi-Ran, Ha-Joon and Lee Chang-Hoon, who are all high school teachers. They are on the same team that helps students get accepted to universities.
“Black Dog” first airs December 16, 2019 in South Korea.
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Sol Kyung-Gu & Park Hae-Soo are cast in action film “Yacha.” The film will be directed by Na Hyeon (“The Prison“). Filming for “Yacha” begins December, 2019 in South Korea.
Plot synopsis from AsianWiki: Kang-In (Sol Kyung-Gu) leads a secret NIS operation team in Shenyang, China. His nickname is Yacha, which refers to a fierce ghost who harasses or kills people. Kang-In is cold-blooded man. He achieves his objectives by using any means necessary. Meanwhile, Ji-Hoon (Park Hae-Soo) is a prosecutor in the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office. He follows the law no matter what. He gets demoted to Shenyang, China. There, Ji-Hoon comes up against Kang-In.
“Yacha” will be released sometime next year in South Korea via Showbox.
Main trailer added for disaster film “Ashfall” starring Lee Byung-Hun, Ha Jung-Woo, Ma Dong-Seok, Jeon Hye-Jin, and Bae Suzy. Captions in the trailer teases (0:27) “Baekdu Mountain erupted” and (0:60) “December, to prevent the last eription an impossible operations begins.” The film revolves around a series of devastating volcano eruptions that take place on Baekdu Mountain.
“Ashfall” will be released December 19, 2019 in South Korea.
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Jung Sang-Hoon is cast in tvN Drama Stage special “Blackout.” “Blackout” is the 7th installment in the 2020 tvN Drama Stage series of specials. The drama special will have Jung Sang-Hoon playing main character Yang Ik-Seung.
Plot Synopsis from AsianWiki: Yang Ik-Seung (Jung Sang-Hoon) came to Seoul by himself. He started a business, but that failed. He has been working as a taxi driver for the past 3 years. One mourning, he wakes up and he cannot not remember what happened the past 8 hours of last night. One billion won in cash appeared in front of Yang Ik-Seung.
“Blackout” will air January 8, 2020 in South Korea.
Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung and Oh Jung-Se are cast in tvN Drama Stage special “My Husband Has Kim Hee-Seon” (literal title). The 1 episode drama special is installment #6 in the 2020 tvN Drama Stage series. The drama special will also have a cameo appearance by Kim Hee-Seon playing herself.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Kim Jin-Mook (Oh Jung-Se) and Choi So-Hae (Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung) have been married for 8 years and they have a 7-year-old son. Kim Jin-Mook is a huge fan of actress Kim Hee-Seon (Kim Hee-Seon). Kim Jin-Mook begins to receive calls from someone named Kim Hee-Seon. Choi So-Hae wonders if her husband is having an affair and even their 7-year-old son leaves home to find Kim Hee-Seon.
“My Husband Has Kim Hee-Seon” will air January 1, 2020 in South Korea..
Kenta Kiritani and Masahiro Higashide are cast for lead roles in TV Asahi drama series “The Detective and The Prosecutor” (literal title of “Keiji to Kenji: Shokatsu to Chiken no 24ji”). The drama series has an original screenplay scripted by Yasushi Fukuda (“DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon“) and will be directed by Keita Motohashi & Takuro Oikawa. The drama series will have Kenta Kiritani playing Detective Gota Nakaido and Masahiro Higashide playing Prosecutor Shuhei Majima.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Gota Nakaido (Kenta Kiritani) is a detective at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station. Shuhei Majima (Masahiro Higashide) is a prosecutor in the Yokohama District Prosecutors’ Office in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Gota Nakaido is the kind of detective who tries to catch criminals as hard as he can and he wants to be thanked by the victims. Shuhei Majima believes social justice is to gain convictions for criminals. These two men, who are righteous and enthusiastic about their jobs, face various cases and work together to solve them.
“The Detective and The Prosecutor” first airs January, 2020 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Thursday 9PM time slot after “Doctor-X“).
Ep.1 air date for tvN drama series “Money Game,” starring Ko Soo, Lee Sung-Min, & Shim Eun-Kyung, is now set for January, 2020. The drama series will slot into tvN’s Wednesday & Thursday 9:30PM time slot after “Psychopath Diary.” Meanwhile, announcement of the first script reading was released today, which took place several months ago. Attending the first script reading were main cast members Ko Soo, Lee Sung-Min, Shim Eun-Kyung, Yoo Teo, Jeong Dong-Hwan, Choi Woong, Choi Byung-Mo, Bang Eun-Hee, Jo Jae-Ryong, Kim Jung-Pal, Choi Duk-Moon, and Oh Ryong.
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According to the South Korean police, actor Cha In-Ha was found deceased today December 3, 2019 at his home. His body was found by his manager. Cha In-Ha’s exact cause of death has not yet been revealed. Cha In-Ha was appearing in currently airing MBC drama series “Love With Flaws” as major supporting character Joo Won-Suk. Cha In-Ha was 27 years of age before passing away.
Main trailer and poster for movie “Forbidden Dream” starring Choi Min-Sik & Han Suk-Kyu. The main trailer begins with Han Suk-Kyu’s voice as King Sejong and he states in Korean “You made time for Joseon and open the sky of Joseon.” He is referring to historical figure Jang Yeong-Sil played by Choi Min-Sik. The film reunites Choi Min-Sik and Han Suk-Kyu, who last appeared together 20 years ago in action blockbuster film “Shiri.”
“Forbidden Dream” will be released sometime this December in South Korea.
Mizuki Yamamoto is cast for the lead role in NTV-YTV drama series “Lunch Matchmaking Private Detective” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2014 novel “Kiroi Jou” by Hiromi Mizuki. Also cast in major supporting character roles are Reina Triendl, Yuichi Kimura and Toshiki Seto. For the drama series, Mizuki Yamamoto cut her hair 35 cm. (14 in.) to play the main character of Yuika Amano. She’s an amateur sleuth who tries to solve mysteries during matchmaking luncheons.
“Lunch Matchmaking Private Detective” will consist of 10 episodes and first airs January 9, 2020 in Japan (takes over NTV-YTV’s Friday midnight time slot after “Trap the Con Man“).
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