Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for movie “Bad Police” (literal title) starring Lee Sun-Kyun. Movie is directed by Lee Jeong-Beom (“No Tears for the Dead“/”The Man From Nowhere“). Caption on the teaser poster states in Korean “I met a man who was badder than me.”
The teaser poster also reveals “Bad Police” will be released March 21, 2019 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for movie “Bento Harassment” (English title) starring Ryoko Shinohara and Kyoko Yoshine. In addition, Rena Matsui, Kanta Sato and Ryuta Sato have been announced as supporting actors in the movie. The film is based on an essay by “Kyo mo Iyagarase Bento” by Ttkk and directed by Renpei Tsukamoto.
“Bento Harassment” is now scheduled for release June, 2019 in Japan.
Seol Hyun (AOA) is now cast in JTBC drama series “My Country” (literal title) co-starring Yang Se-Jong and Woo Do-Hwan. For the period drama series, Seol Hyun will play lead female character Han Hee-Jae. She is the leader of information group Yihwaroo. She is smart and good at martial arts. Filming for the drama series will begin March, 2019.
“My Country” first airs during the second half of 2019 in South Korea.
Mizuki Itagaki (M!LK), Sakura Kiryu and Ryoma Takeuchi are cast in movie “First Love Loss Time” (literal title). Also cast in supporting roles are Anna Ishibashi and Masahiro Komoto. The movie is based on 2016 novel “Hatsukoi Loss Time” by Yuki Nishina and directed by Hayato Kawai. The film features the unusual premise of time stopping every day at 12:05 PM for 1 hour except for a few persons.
“First Love Loss Time” will be released September, 2019 in Japan.
Song Seung-Heon has been offered the lead role in new tvN drama series “Great Show” (literal title). Currently, Song Seung-Heon is “positively considering” the offer. If he accepts, Song Seung-Heon will play Wie Dae-Han. His character name means literally great.
“Great Show” will air sometime during the second half of this year in South Korea
Trailer & poster added for upcoming movie “According To Our Butler” (English title) starring Ren Nagase (King & Prince) and Sho Kiyohara. Movie is based on novel “Uchi no Shitsuji ga Iu Koto niwa” by Shiina Takasato. The trailer also features the movie’s theme song which is “Kimi ni Arigatou” by King & Prince.
“According To Our Butler” will be released May 17, 2019 in Japan.
Issey Takahashi, Takumi Saito and Kenichi Takito are cast for lead roles in TV Asahi drama series “Tokyo Single Man” (literal title of “Tokyo Dokushin Danshi”). The drama series will feature an original screenplay by Arisa Kaneko (“It’s Not That I Can’t Marry I Don’t Marry“). The three male leads will play single men who begin to think about marriage.
“Tokyo Single Man” will first air April, 2019 in Japan.
Here’s the first teaser poster for upcoming movie “Birthday” starring Sol Kyung-Gu and Jeon Do-Yeon. Movie is directed by first time feature film director Lee Jong-Eon. Lee Jong-Eon worked as an assistant director for Lee Chang-Dong’s “Poetry” and Ounie Lecomte’s “A Brand New Life.” Caption on the teaser poster states in Korean “Since April, 2014 … Our story of those left behind.” The film follows two parents who lost their child in the 2014 Sewol Ferry accident.
“Birthday” is now scheduled for release sometime during the early part of April, 2019 in South Korea.
Teaser poster added and supporting cast announced for movie “Sadako” starring Elaiza Ikeda. Now cast in the film in supporting roles are Takashi Tsukamoto, Hiroya Shimizu, Himeka Himejima, Ren Kiriyama and Rie Tomosaka. In the movie, Elaiza Ikeda plays a hospital psychologist. One of her new patients is a girl played by Himeka Himejima. The psychologist’s brother will be played by Hiroya Shimizu. Movie “Sadako” is based on 2016 novel “Tide” by Koji Suzuki and once again directed by Hideo Nakata. In addition, an early teaser trailer can be viewed at AsianWiki.
“Sadako” will be released May 24, 2019 in Japan.
Read more »
Shin Se-Kyung is cast for the title character role in MBC drama series “Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung” (literal title). The drama series is set in the early 19th century and Shin Se-Kyung will play historian Goo Hae-Ryung. Meanwhile, Cha Eun-Woo from boy band Astro has been offered the lead male role and he is still considering. Cha Eun-Woo previously performed as the lead male character in JTBC drama series “ID: Gangnam Beauty.”
“Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung” first airs July, 2019 in South Korea.