Main trailer and poster added for live-action film “Gangoose” starring Mahiro Takasugi, Ryo Kato and Daichi Watanabe. Movie is based on manga “Gangusu” by Daisuke Suzuki and directed by Yu Irie.
“Gangoose” will be released November 23, 2018 in Japan.
Main trailer for KBS2 drama special “After The Rain” starring Shin Goo, Kim Kang-Woo and Lee Seol. The drama special is a one-off special made for the Chuseok Holiday (Korean Thanksgiving Day) and will air on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Currently airing KBS2 drama special “The Ghost Detective” will not air on that day and instead air on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Story for “After The Rain” follows a father (Shin Goo) and son (Kim Kang-Woo) who run a naengmyeon (cold noodle dish) restaurant. The son is sick of the restaurant.
Tori Matsuzaka is cast in new movie “Inemuri Iwane.” The film is based on novel series “Inemuri Iwane Edo Zoshi” by Yasuhide Saeki. 2007 NHK drama series “Crossing of Heat Haze” (“Kagero no Tsuji”) is also based on the same novel series. In the NHK drama series version, Koji Yamamoto played main character Iwane Sakazaki. For movie “Inemuri Iwane,” Tori Matsuzaka will play main character Iwane Sakazaki. He is ordered to kill a childhood friend of his due to his friend killing another person. Katsuhide Motoki (“Samurai Hustle“) will direct the movie version.
Filming for “Inemuri Iwane” took place from March to April, 2018 in Kitsuki, Oita Prefecture and around the suburbs of Kyoto. “Inemuri Iwane” will be released May 17, 2019 in Japan.
First teaser trailers added for tvN drama series “Memories of the Alhambra” starring Hyun-Bin and Park Shin-Hye. The three teaser trailers are all set in the country of Spain. The drama series follows Yoo Jin-Woo (Hyun-Bin), who is the CEO of an investment company, as he visits Granada, Spain. There he stays at an old hostel run by Jung Hee-Joo (Park Shin-Hye) and gets involved in a strange incident.
“Memories of the Alhambra” first airs December, 2018 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer #3 added for upcoming JTBC drama series “The Third Charm” (literal title) starring Seo Kang-Joon and Esom. Meanwhile, here’s 4 character posters for the drama series. The character posters are of Seo Kang-Joon as On Joon-Young, Esom as Lee Young-Jae, Yang Dong-Geun as Lee Soo-Jae and Lee Yoon-Ji as Baek Joo-Ran.
“The Third Charm” first airs September 28, 2018 in South Korea.
Ep.1 trailer added for OCN drama series “The Player” starring Song Seung-Heon, Krystal, Lee Si-Un and Tae Won-Seock. Ep.1 of “The Player” airs September 29, 2018 in South Korea.
Masataka Kubota, Shota Matsuda and Maika Yamamoto are cast in live-action film “Tokyo Ghoul 2.” The film is a sequel to 2017 film “Tokyo Ghoul” and is also based on manga series “Tokyo Ghoul” by Sui Ishida.
For “Tokyo Ghoul 2,” Masataka Kubota will reprise his role of Ken Kaneki who is half-ghoul and half-human. He hides out at cafe Anteiku. Meanwhile, Maika Yamamoto will play the role of Toka Kirishima. She takes over that role vacated by Fumika Shimizu who played Toka Kirishima in the 2017 film. Lastly, Shota Matsuda will play new character Shu Tsukiyama. He is known as the “Gourmet” and is a very powerful ghoul. Shu Tsukiyama did not appear in the 2017 film version.
Filming for “Tokyo Ghoul 2” will begin October, 2018 and the movie will be released sometime next year in Japan. A teaser trailer for “Tokyo Ghoul 2” can be viewed at AsianWiki.
Teaser trailer #4 for MBC drama series “Terius Behind Me” starring So Ji-Sub and Jung In-Sun. Teaser trailer #4 shows more actual footage from the drama series and emphasizes the thriller aspects of the drama series. In addition, second lead male actor Son Ho-Jun appears briefly in the teaser for the first time.
Because the Korean Thanksgiving Holiday (Chuseok Holiday) ends on Wednesday, September, 26, 2018, ep.1-4 of “Terius Behind Me” will now air on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
Teaser trailer #6 added for upcoming SBS drama series “Heart Surgeons” starring Ko Soo, Uhm Ki-Joon and Seo Ji-Hye. The literal title of the drama series is “Thoracic Surgery” (“Hyooboowegwa”) and the drama series had an early working English title of “Two Lives One Heart,” before settling on “Heart Surgeons.”
“Heart Surgeons” first airs September 27, 2018 in South Korea.
Trailer for movie “Gun” starring Nijiro Murakami and Alice Hirose. Movie is based on 2002 novel “Ju” by Fuminori Nakamura and directed by Masaharu Take. The film follows a young man who finds a gun by the river.
“Gun” will be released November 17, 2018 in Japan.