Dec 5 2018

Park Min-Young offered lead role in drama series “Her Private Life”

Park Min-Young has been offered the lead role in drama series “Her Private Life” (literal title). Currently, Park Min-Young is considering the offer. If she accepts the offer, Park Min-Young will play lead female character Jo A-Ra. She runs a fan site for an idol group and has a huge crush on band member Min-Joon. She even hires his older brother to work at her restaurant to find out more about his younger brother, but of course she begins to like the older brother. The drama series is based on novel “Noona Paen Datkom” by Kim Sung-Yeon.

“Her Private Life” will air sometime next year in South Korea.

Dec 5 2018

Kentaro Ito, Tina Tamashiro, Shiori Akita and Marie Iitoyo cast in live-action film “The Flowers of Evil”

Kentaro Ito, Tina Tamashiro, Shiori Akita and Marie Iitoyo are cast in live-action film “The Flowers of Evil” (literal title). The film is based on manga series “Aku no Hana” by Shuzo Oshimi (“Sweet Poolside“) and directed by Noboru Iguchi. In the film, Kentaro Ito will play main character Takao Kasuga. Tina Tamashiro, Shiori Akita and Marie Iitoyo will play major supporting character roles.

“The Flowers of Evil” will be released sometime during autumn, 2019 in Japan.

Dec 5 2018

Shim Eun-Kyung and Tori Matsuzaka cast in movie “Newspaper Reporter”

Shim Eun-Kyung and Tori Matsuzaka are cast in movie “Newspaper Reporter” (literal title). The film is based on nonfiction book “Shinbun Kisha” by journalist Isoko Mochizuki and directed by Michihito Fujii. In the film, Shim Eun-Kyung will play a reporter investigating a potential government coverup. Tori Matsuzaka will play a government bureaucrat who clashes with the reporter.

“Newspaper Reporter” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

Dec 4 2018

Shota Matsuda cast in NTV drama series “Your Home is My Business! Counterattack”

Shota Matsuda is cast in NTV drama series “Your Home is My Business! Counterattack” (literal title) starring Keiko Kitagawa. “Your Home is My Business! Counterattack” follows 2016 NTV drama series “Your Home is My Business!” and 2017 NTV drama special “Your Home is My Business! Returns.” For the drama series, Shota Matsuda will play new character Kenji Rusudo. He works as a real estate agent and is a rival of Machi Sangenya. Screenplay for the drama series is set after last year’s drama special which ended with Machi Sangenya (Keiko Kitagawa) proposing to Dai Yashiro (Toru Nakamura).

“Your Home is My Business! Counterattack” first airs January 9, 2019 in Japan.

Dec 4 2018

Teaser trailer #3 and character posters for SBS drama series “My Strange Hero”

Teaser trailer #3 added for upcoming SBS drama series “My Strange Hero” starring Yoo Seung-Ho and Jo Bo-Ah. Teaser trailer #3 begins with a voice over stating “Our classroom goddess, she is pretty today as always.” Jo Bo-Ah’s then states the name of “Kang Bok-Su” and Yoo Seung-Ho’s voice states “She is not pretty. If I had long hair like her, I would be prettier than her. She is two-faced.”

Meanwhile, below are five character posters for the upcoming drama series. The character posters are of Yoo Seung-Ho as Kang Bok-Su, Jo Bo-Ah as Son Soo-Jeong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Oh Se-Ho, Kim Dong-Young as Lee Gyeong-Hyeon and Park Ah-In as Yang Min-Ji.

“My Strange Hero” first airs December 10, 2018 in South Korea.

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Dec 3 2018

Haruka Fukuhara and Taiki Sato cast in live-action film “After-School Starlight”

Haruka Fukuhara and Taiki Sato (‘EXILE’/‘FANTASTICS’) are cast for lead roles in live-action film “After-School Starlight” (“Shigatsu no Kimi, Supika”). The film is based on manga series “Shigatsu no Kimi, Supika” by Miwako Sugiyama and directed by Kentaro Otani (“Nana“). For “After-School Starlight,” Haruka Fukuhara will play first year high school student Sei Saotome and Taiki Sato will play high school student Taiyo Udagawa. They join the astronomy club.

Filming for “After-School Starlight” takes place in Chikuma in Nagano Prefecture, Japan and the movie will be released spring, 2019 in Japan.

Dec 3 2018

Teaser poster for Netflix drama series “Kingdom”

Here’s a teaser poster for upcoming Netflix drama series “Kingdom” starring Ju Ji-Hoon, Bae Doo-Na and Ryoo Seung-Ryong. The teaser poster features Ju Ji-Hoon as Crown Prince Lee Chang. Caption on the teaser poster states “End of Joseon, the people who starve for blood wake up.” Story for the drama series revolves around zombies during the Joseon period.

“Kingdom” will be available for streaming from January 25. 2019.