Kippei Shiina is cast in WOWOW drama series “Hand of God” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2010 novel “Kami no Te” by Yo Kusakabe (“The Rupture“) who is a doctor and novelist. For drama series “Hand of God,” Kippei Shiina will surgeon Shirakawa. He becomes embroiled in controversy over an euthanasia case.
“Hand of God” first airs June 23, 2019 in Japan.
First teaser trailer for SBS drama series “Nokdu Flower” starring Cho Jung-Seok, Yoon Si-Yoon and Han Ye-Ri. Teaser trailer #1 features Cho Jung-Seok as Baek Yi-Kang. Captions in the teaser trailer states in Korean (3 second mark) “Torch gathers and become the sea,” (9 second mark) “Bamboo spears gathers and make a mountain” and (15 second mark) “Crazy world, now make the end.”
“Nokdu Flower” first airs April 26, 2019 in South Korea.
First teaser trailers added for OCN drama series “Save Me 2” starring Um Tae-Goo, Cheon Ho-Jin and Esom. There’s two different versions of teaser trailer #1. Both teaser trailers have captions that states in Korean “Here everything went crazy.”
“Save Me 2” first airs May 8, 2019 in South Korea.
Frst script reading for JTBC drama series “Aide” (literal title) took place March 26, 2019 at Studio & NEW in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Main cast members including Lee Jung-Jae, Shin Min-A, Kim Dong-Joon, Lee Elijah, Jung Jin-Young, Kim Kap-Soo, Jung Woong-In and Lim Won-Hee attended. The drama series is set in the political world and has Lee Jung-Jae playing a chief aide to a 4-time lawmaker. Shin Min-A will play first year lawmaker Kang Sun-Young.
“Aide” first airs May, 2019 in South Korea.
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Tsuyoshi Muro is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “I Turn.” The drama series is based on 2010 novel “I Turn” by Tetsuzo Fukuzawa (“Tokyo Refugees“) and will be directed by Eiji Uchida. The drama series will have Tsuyoshi Muro playing advertising company employee Mitsuo Komae. He gets in trouble with the yakuza.
“I Turn” will first air July, 2019 in Japan.
Ep.1 trailer added for JTBC drama series “Beautiful World” (literal title) starring Choo Ja-Hyun, Park Hee-Soon, Nam Da-Reum and Kim Hwan-Hee. For better or worse, the drama series will likely be compared with JTBC’s hit drama series “SKY Castle” as it deals with different families and their teenage children. Caption around the 15 second mark in the trailer states in Korean “The whole world tells me to forget that” and around the 31 second mark states “I can neither forget nor give up until I know the truth.”
“Beautiful World” first airs April 5, 2019 in South Korea.
Takeru Satoh is cast in movie “Over Night” (literal title). Also cast in supporting roles are Ryohei Suzuki, Mayu Matsuoka and Yuko Tanaka. The film is scripted by Izumi Takahashi and directed by Kazuya Shiraishi. The duo previously worked together on movies “Lost Paradise in Tokyo,” “The Devil’s Path” and “Sunny / 32.” In the film “Over Night” Takeru Satoh will play Yuji. His older brother is Hiroki played by Ryohei Suzuki, sister Sonoko played by Mayu Matsuoka and mother Koharu played by Yuko Tanaka. A life altering case hit the family 15 years earlier and they meet again now for the first time since that case.
“Over Night” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
Teaser trailer #2 added for upcoming SBS drama series “The Secret Life of My Secretary” starring Kim Young-Kwang and Jin Ki-Joo. While teaser trailer #1 featured Kim Young-Kwang as T&T mobile executive Do Min-Ik, teaser trailer #2 features Jin Ki-Joo as secretary Jung Gal-Hee. Over the gentle song “Come to Meet” by Korean indie pop duo Forest of Breath, Jin Ki-Joo states in Korean “It’s raining. I wonder if he is okay. I want to see him.”
“The Secret Life of My Secretary” first airs May 6, 2019 in South Korea.
Satomi Ishihara & Sota Fukushi are cast in TBS live-action drama series “Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant.” Also cast in supporting roles are Jun Shison, Masanobu Katsumura, Yasunori Danta and Ittoku Kishibe. The drama series is based on manga series “Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant” by Noriko Sasaki. The drama series is set at a French restaurant that will soon open, but its staff is highly unusual and the restaurant is located at a cemetery.
“Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant” will first airs= July, 2019 in ?Japan.
First teaser trailer for SBS drama series “The Secret Life of My Secretary” (English title) starring Kim Young-Kwang and Jin Ki-Joo. The teaser trailer features Kim Young-Kwang as Do Min-Ik. As he peers into a window with condensation, his voice states over the track “She” by Korean indie pop rock group Jannabi “How does she look like. Like this. I wonder how she looks like.”
Meanwhile, below are still images of Kim Young-Kwang in the drama series. He plays Do Min-Ik who works as the director of the mobile media 1 team at a company. He is a perfectionist and he remembers people’s faces for life.
“The Secret Life of My Secretary” will first air May 6, 2019 in South Korea.
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