Jun 18 2025

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama “Shumaku no Rondo”

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Shumaku no Rondo.” The original screenplay is written by Miyuki Takahashi (“Hibana: Spark“) and directed by Tadaaki Horai & Yoshishige Miyake. Directors Tadaaki Horai & Yoshishige Miyake previously worked with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi in 2023 Fuji TV-KTV drama series “War of Traps.” For actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, “Shumaku no Rondo” will be his 9th KTV drama series and 10th if including his 2013 drama special “Kamisama no Berebou.” In the upcoming drama series, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi will play a man who works as an estate cleaner. More details about the drama series will be revealed at a later date.

“Shumaku no Rondo” will first air October, 2025 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 10 PM time slot after “Bokutachi wa Mada Sono Hoshi no Kosoku wo Shiranai“).

Jun 17 2025

Ji Sung, Park Hee-Soon, & Won Jin-A cast in MBC drama “Judge Lee Han-Young”

Ji Sung, Park Hee-Soon, & Won Jin-A are cast in MBC drama series “Judge Lee Han-Young” (literal title). The fantasy law drama series is based on 2018 web novel “Pansa Leehanyoung” by Lee Hae-Nal. In “Judge Lee Han-Young,” Ji Sung will play title character Judge Lee Han-Young. He is a corrupt judge, but when he decides to to change his way, he finds that he has traveled 10 years back into his past. He tries to punish evil by making new choices.

“Judge Lee Han-Young” will air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.

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Jun 17 2025

Jung Il-Woo, Jung In-Sun and Yoon Hyun-Min cast in KBS2 drama “Glamorous Days”

Jung Il-Woo, Jung In-Sun and Yoon Hyun-Min are cast in KBS2 drama series “Glamorous Days” (literal title). The weekend drama series is scripted by So Hyeon-Kyeong and directed by Kim Hyung-Suk. Screenwriter So Hyeon-Kyeong and Director Kim Hyung-Suk previously worked together in 2017 KBS2 drama series “My Golden Life.” The three leads will play friends who experience life as through trials and tribulations.

“Glamorous Days” will first air August, 2025 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Saturday and Sunday 8 PM time slot after “For Eagle Brothers“).

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Jun 16 2025

Main trailer and posters for movie “Omniscient Reader”

Main trailer and posters added for movie “Omniscient Reader” starring Ahn Hyo-Seop, Lee Min-Ho, & Chae Soo-Bin. The film is based on web novel “Jeonjijeok Dokja Shijeom” by Sing Shong and directed by Kim Byung-Woo (“Take Point“). Main trailer begins with Ahn Hyo-Seop stating “The story that I loved and was everything to me turned into reality.” Captions on the main trailer states (0:11) “The world in the novel became reality,” (0:34) “I,” (0:37) “Am I the only reader who knows the ending of this novel?,” (1:03) “I am the ending of this story,” (1:06) “Will rewrite.” Captions on the main posters states “The novel that only I know became reality.”

“Omniscient Reader” will be released July 23, 2025 in South Korea.

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Jun 13 2025

Keiko Kitagawa cast in movie “Night Flower”

Keiko Kitagawa is cast for the lead role in movie “Night Flower.” The human suspense drama movie is written and directed by Eiji Uchida (“Offbeat Cops“). In “Night Flower,” Keiko Kitagawa will play Natsuki Nagashima. She is a mother of two children and works several jobs to support her family. She then makes the decision to sell drugs. The first teaser trailer has also been added on AsianWiki’s “Night Flower” page. The teaser poster shown above has captions that states in Japanese “Mother by day. Drug dealer by night.”

“Night Flower” will be released November 28, 2025 in Japan.

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Jun 13 2025

Main trailer for tvN drama “Head Over Heels”

Main trailer added for tvN drama series “Head Over Heels” starring Cho Yi-Hyun, Choo Yeong-Woo, & Cha Kang-Yoon. The main trailer begins with Choi Yi-Hyun as Park Sung-A, who is a high school student by day and a shaman by night, stating “Cool. People who walk backwards are people who have bad luck and will die soon.” Captions in the trailer states (0:07) “It seems like my first love’s lifespan,” (0:10) “There’s 21 days left!,” (0:15) “My main character is a secret,” (0:18) “The girl shaman’s great operation to exorcise bad luck,” (0:32) “Saving first love that is more urgent than flutter,” (0:51) “Difficult first love has begun!”

“Head Over Heels” first airs June 23, 2025 in South Korea.

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Jun 11 2025

Yum Jung-Ah & Won Jin-A cast in ENA drama “Child Shopping”

Yum Jung-Ah, Won Jin-A, Choi Young-Joon, & Kim Jin-Young are cast in ENA drama series “Child Shopping” (literal title). The thriller-action drama series is based on webcomic “Ayishopping” by Eom Se-Yoon & Ryu Ga-Myeong. For “Child Shopping,” Yum Jung-A will play villain Kim Se-Hee. She is a respected doctor, but she secretly runs an illegal child adoption agency. Won Jin-A will play Kim A-Hyeon. She was a victim of the illegal child adoption agency and she goes up against the group.

“Child Shopping” will first air July 21, 2025 in South Korea (Takes over ENA’s Monday & Tuesday 10 PM time slot after “Salon de Holmes“).

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Jun 10 2025

Naohito Fujiki and Mai Shiraishi cast in Fuji TV drama “Saigo no Kanteinin”

Naohito Fujiki and Mai Shiraishi are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Saigo no Kanteinin.” Drama series is based on 2022 novel “Saigo no Kanteinin” by Keiya Iwai and screenplay adaptation written by Takuro Oikawa (“Rikon Bengoshi Spider“). The two leads will play partners at a private office who receive difficult to solve cases from the police. One is an eccentric expert and the other is an eccentric researcher.

“Saigo no Kanteinin” will first air July 9, 2025 in Japan.

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Jun 10 2025

Yoon Kye-Sang, Jin Sun-Kyu, Kim Ji-Hyun, Ko Kyu-Pil, and Lee Jung-Ha cast in Coung Play-Genie TV drama “UDT: Our Neighborhood Commando”

Yoon Kye-Sang, Jin Sun-Kyu, Kim Ji-Hyun, Ko Kyu-Pil, and Lee Jung-Ha are cast in Coung Play-Genie TV drama series “UDT: Our Neighborhood Commando” (literal title). Screenwriter Ban Ki-Ri (“Missing: The Other Side“) is credited as the series creator and the drama series will be directed by Jo Woong (“A Virtuous Business“). Story for “UDT: Our Neighborhood Commando” (literal title) will depict an action-comedy story involving residents of a neighborhood.

Filming for “UDT: Our Neighborhood Commando” will begin this month.

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