Main trailer and poster added for romance film “Little Nights, Little Love” starring Haruma Miura and Mikako Tabe. Movie is based on 2014 short story collection “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by Kotaro Isaka (“Golden Slumber“) and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. The trailer also reveals the movie’s theme song which is “Chiisana Yoru” by singer-songwriter Kazuyoshi Saito (photo below).
“Little Nights, Little Love” will be released September, 2019 in Japan.
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Early teaser trailer and first supporting cast members added for OCN drama series “Strangers From Hell” (literal title) starring Im Si-Wan and Lee Dong-Wook. The newly announced supporting cast members are Lee Jung-Eun, Lee Hyun-Wook, Park Jong-Hwan and Lee Joong-Ok. The early teaser trailer is titled “casting teaser video” and introduces the aforementioned actors. The teaser trailer begins with the voice of Im Si-Wan stating “This was hell, a horrible hell made by strangers.”
For the drama series, Lee Jung-Eun will play Eom Bok-Soon. She is an owner of a cheap apartment where Yoon Jong-Woo (Im Si-Wan) stays.
Lee Hyun-Wook will play Yoo Ki-Hyeok. He lives in apartment #302. He talks to Yoon Jong-Woo first, but everyone in the apartment building is scared of him.
Park Jong-Hwan plays Byeon Deuk-Jong. He lives in apartment #306. He stutters and makes a weird laughing sound.
Lee Joong-Ok plays Hong Nam-Bok. He lives in apartment #314. He stares at Yoon Jong-Woo from the first day he moves in.
“Strangers From Hell” first airs sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.
Main trailer and main poster added for upcoming live-action film “The Great War of Archimedes” starring Masaki Suda. Movie is based on manga series “Archimedes no Taisen” by Norifusa Mita (“Dragon Zakura“) and directed by director Takashi Yamazaki (“Always: Sunset on Third Street“/”The Eternal Zero“). Caption on the main poster states in Japanese “This is a man’s story who tried to stop the war with mathematics.”
“The Great War of Archimedes” will be released July 26, 2019 in Japan.
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Takashi Sorimachi is cast for the lead role TV Tokyo drama series “Legal Heart.” The drama series will slot into TV Tokyo’s Drama Biz Monday 10PM time slot, following the conclusion of “Spiral: Machikoba no Kiseki.” “Legal Heart” is based on autobiography novel “Inochi no Saiken Bengoshi: Kaisha to Kazoku o Ikikaeraseru” by Kenichi Muramatsu. He works as an attorney and helps small companies facing bankruptcy. Masaki Nishiura (“Code Blue“) will direct the drama series and screenplay will be handled by Yumie Nishiogi (“SPEC: Heaven“).
“Legal Heart” first airs this July in Japan.
First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “A Place in the Sun” (English title) starring Oh Chang-Suk and Yoon So-Yi. As per norm for Monday-Friday evening drama series, “A Place in the Sun” features a healthy dosage of romance and revenge. Caption in the teaser trailer states at the 2 second mark “Believed that we will be together forever,” at the 11 second mark “Since the moment that I saw you for the first time,” and at the 19 second mark “Season which can not forget each other.”
“A Place in the Sun” first airs June 3, 2019 in South Korea.
First teaser trailer for TV Chosun drama series “Joseon Survival” starring Kang Ji-Hwan, Kyung Soo-Jin and Song Won-Seok. The drama series revolves around a man in the present day who travels back in time to 1562. At the 5 second mark of the teaser trailer, captions in Korean states “If the world refuses me,” at the 11 second mark states “I will change the era” and at the 27 second mark “Who is the one who change era!”
“Joseon Survival” first airs June 8, 2019 in South Korea.
First teaser trailer and supporting cast announced for movie “First Love” starring Masataka Kubota. Newly announcing supporting cast members are Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, Seiyo Uchino, Becky, Jun Murakami, Sansei Shiomi and Sakurako Konishi. Movie is directed by Takashi Miike. Movie is currently screening at the 51st Directors’ Fortnight (May 15-25, 2019) which is an independent section held in parallel with the Cannes Film Festival.
“First Love” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Teaser trailer #4 added for MBC drama series “One Spring Night” starring Han Ji-Min and Jung Hae-In. The teaser trailer begins Han Ji-Min’s voice stating “Let’s be friends” and Jung Hae-In responds with “I was curious about Lee Jung-In.” MBC recently announced that their weekday drama series that airs on Monday & Tuesday and Wednesday & Thursday will air at 9PM instead of 10PM. “One Spring Night” will become MBC’s first Wednesday & Thursday drama series that will air at 9PM, while “Partners for Justice Season 2” will become MBC’s first Monday & Tuesday drama series that will air at 9PM.
“One Spring Night” first airs May 22, 2019 in Soiuth Korea.
Trailer added for period-comedy film “Samurai Shifters” starring Gen Hoshino, Issey Takahashi and Mitsuki Takahata. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Denden” by Japanese rock band Unicorn. The track appears on the main trailer. For those curious, the song “Denden” doesn’t have anything to do with veteran character actor Denden, but rather about the nickname of “Snail” which belongs to the movie’s main character. Movie is based on 2016 no el “Hikkoshi Daimyo Sanzenri” by Akihiro Dobashi and directed by Isshin Inudo.
“Samurai Shifters” will be released August 30, 2019 in Japan.
Teaser trailer #15 and teaser posters added for tvN drama series “Search: WWW” starring Lim Soo-Jung and Chang Ki-Yong. The new teaser trailer has Lim Soo-Jung’s voice appearing in the 7 second mark and she says “I like…” then Chang Ki-Yong’s voice states “I like too…” Meanwhile, above is two teaser posters for the upcoming drama series. The teaser posters features lead female characters Bae Ta-Mi (Lim Soo-Jung), Cha Hyun (Lee Da-Hee) and Song Ka-Kyung (Jeon Hye-Jin).
“Search: WWW” first airs June 5, 2019 in South Korea.