Kasumi Arimura and Masaki Suda are cast in romance film “Loved Like a Flower Bouquet” (literal title of “Hanataba Mitaina Koi o Shita”). The film will be directed by Nobuhiro Doi (“Flying Colors“) and scripted by Yuji Sakamoto (“Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World“). Filming for the movie will being sometime in 2020 and the movie will be released during of next year in Japan.
Main trailer & poster added for live-action film “Kaiji Final Game” starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Sota Fukushi & Nagisa Sekimizu. Movie is based on manga series “Kaiji” by Nobuyuki Fukumoto and is the third installment in the Kaiji films. In addition, more supporting cast members have been revealed in the film. The newly announced members are Yuki Amami, Suzuki Matsuo, Katsuhisa Namase, Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Masato Ibu and Toshiki Seto. Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Masato Ibu and Toshiki Seto will play new characters and did not appear in the prior films.
“Kaiji Final Game” will be released January 10, 2020 in JApan.
Trailer added for horror film “Howling Village” starring Ayaka Miyoshi. The trailer begins with captions that states in Japanese “Exist at Kyushu.” In addition, supporting cast members have been revealed for the movie. Now cast in the film are Ryota Bando, Renji Ishibashi, Masanobu Takashima, Reiko Takashima, Hinata Kaizu, Rinka Otani, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Hina Miyano, Minori Terada, Megumi Okina and Takamasa Suga. Movie is directed and co-written by Takashi Shimizu (“Ju-on“).
“Howling Village” will be released February 7, 2020 in Japan.
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Haru & Ryo Narita are cast for lead roles in romance film “Yayoi, March: 30 Years That I Loved You” (literal title). Also cast in supporting roles are Hana Sugisak, Kenshi Okada, Yukiyoshi Ozawa and Hitomi Kuroki. The film is written and directed by Kazuhiko Yukawa. For Kazuhiko Yukawa, who has written many drama series screenplays, this is his second film as a director following 2017 movie “A Loving Husband.” Story for “Yayoi, March: 30 Years That I Loved You” spans 30 years and follows the love between two people who hid their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, the first teaser trailer has been added on AsianWiki.
“Yayoi, March: 30 Years That I Loved You” will be released March 20, 2020 in Japan.
Mun Ka-Young is cast for the lead female role in MBC drama series “Memoir of the Man” (literal title). Kim Dong-Wook has also been offered the lead male role and he is still “positively considering” his offer. Story for the drama series will be a romance story between an anchorman, who remembers every moment in his life due to hyperthymesia, and an actress (Mun Ka-Young) who doesn’t remember her past. Mun Ka-Young;s most recent work is a starring role in JTBC drama series “Welcome to Waikiki 2.”
“Memoir of the Man” will first air March, 2020 in South Korea (slots into MBC’s Wednesday & Thursday 9PM time slot after “The Game: Towards Zero.”).
Main trailer and poster added for movie “AI Amok” starring Takao Osawa, Kento Kaku and Alice Hirose. The film is written and directed by Yu Irie (“Vigilante“). The caption on the poster states in Japanese “That day, the selection of life begins.” In the movie, Takao Osawa plays scientist Kosuke Kiryu. He created an artificial intelligence for medicine, but that system goes amok. The system plans to kill people it feels are not fit to live. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed in the main trailer. The theme song is “Bokura o Matsu Basho” by singer-songwriter AI.
“AI Amok” will be released January 31, 2020 in Japan.
Seo Hyun-Jin, Ra Mi-Ran & Ha-Joon are cast in tvN drama series “Black Dog.” The drama series is set at a private high school where Seo Hyun-Jin will begin work as a temporary teacher. Ra Mi-Ran and Ha-Joon will play teachers at the same private high school and become friends with Seo Hyun-Jin’s character.
“Black Dog” first airs December 16, 2019 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 9:30 PM time slot after “Catch The Ghost.”).
Main trailer & poster added for live-action film “Signal 100” starring Kanna Hashimoto & Shido Nakamura. The film is based on manga series “Signal 100” written by Arata Miyatsuki (“Impossibility Defense“) and directed by Lisa Takeba (“Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed, which is “Carry On” by female singer yukaDD(;´∀｀). The theme song appears in the main trailer.
“Signal 100” will be released January 24, 2020 in Japan.
Here’s the first teaser poster for upcoming Netflix drama series “Kingdom Season 2” starring Ju Ji-Hoon and Bae Doo-Na. The teaser poster reveals that the “Kingdom Season 2” will be available to stream from March, 2020 on Netflix. Caption on the poster teases “Death is coming.” Story for the drama series is expected to have Crown Prince Lee Chang (Ju Ji-Hoon) returning to the palace.
Ryoma Takeuchi is cast in TBS live-action drama series “Ship of Theseus” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Teseusu no Fune” by Toshiya Higashimoto. For the drama series, Ryoma Takeuchi will play main character Shin Tamura. He somehow travels back in time, right before his father was accused of murder, and decides to change the past.
“Ship of Theseus” will first air January, 2020 (takes over TBS’ Sunday 9PM time slot after “La Grande Maison Tokyo.”).