Aug 21 2018

Gou Ayano, Hana Sugisaki and Koichi Sato cast in movie “Paradise”

Gou Ayano, Hana Sugisaki and Koichi Sato are cast in crime film “Paradise” (“Rakuen”). The film is based on two short stories from “A Collection of Crime Stories” by Shuichi Yoshida  and directed by Takahisa Zeze. The film revolves around two kidnappings that took place over a 12 year period along the same road. Gou Ayano plays Takeshi, a suspect in the second kidnapping. Hana Sugisaki plays Tsumugi. She was with the girl prior to the first kidnapping. Koichi Sato plays town resident Zenjiro. Filming for the movie begins September 10, 2018 and finishes October, 2018.

“Paradise” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

Aug 21 2018

First script reading for JTBC drama series “The Third Charm”

First script reading for JTBC drama series “The Third Charm” took place July, 2018 at JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea. The script reading featured main cast members Seo Kang-Joon, Esom, Yang Dong-Geun, Lee Yoon-Ji, Park Gyu-Young, and Lee Sang-Yi. Story for “The Third Charm” tells a 12 year love story between On Joon-Young (Seo Kang-Joon) and Lee Young-Jae (Esom).

“The Third Charm” first airs September, 2018 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Friday and Saturday 11PM time slot after “ID: Gangnam Beauty“).

Aug 21 2018

Teaser poster and release date for movie “Ao no Kaerimichi”

Teaser poster and release date for coming-of-age film “Ao no Kaerimichi” starring Erina Mano, Kurumi Shimizu and Ryusei Yokohama. Caption on the right side of the teaser poster states in Japanese “If I were a genius.” The theme song for the movie has also been revealed which is “Tarareba” by Japanese rock music group Amazarashi. Movie is directed by Michihito Fujii.

“Ao no Kaerimichi” will be released December 7, 2018 in Japan.

Aug 21 2018

Main trailer and poster for movie “The Soul-Mate”

Main trailer added for comedy-supernatural-crime movie “The Soul-Mate” starring Ma Dong-Seok and Kim Young-Kwang. As you can see in the posters for the film, movie will be released in South Korea as “Wonderful Ghost,” but internationally the movie will have the title of “The Soul-Mate.” For the main trailer, captions in the trailer explain the characters of Jang-Soo (Ma Dong-Seok) and Tae-Jin (Kim Young-Kwang). Around the 14 second mark, Ma Dong-Seok’s caption states in Korean “Sense of justice 0%, judo gym director.” Around the 25 second mark, Kim Young-Kwan’s caption states “Sense of justice 200%, local police officer.”

“The Soul-Mate” is now set for release September 26, 2018 in South Korea.

 

Aug 21 2018

Yudai Chiba cast in NTV drama series “Way Too Kawaii”

Yudai Chiba is cast in NTV drama series “Way Too Kawaii!” The drama series is based on 2012 novel  “Puriti ga Oosugiru” by Kozue Oosaki  Yudai Chiba will play the lead role of Yoshitaka Niimi. He transfers from a literary editor department to working at a fashion magazine. Supporting cast members will include Aimi Satsukawa, Keiko Horiuchi, Tetta Sugimoto, Akiyoshi Nakao, Mario Kuroba, Kinako Kobayashi, Reina Ikehata, Maimi Yajima, Rena Takeda, Mijika Nagai, Akaji Maro, Kurumi Shimizu, Asuka Moriyama, Tetsuhiro Ikeda and Miwako Shishido.

“Way Too Kawaii” first airs October 18, 2018 in Japan and consists of 10 episodes.

 

Aug 20 2018

Yuki Furukawa cast in TV Tokyo live-action drama series “Ten: Tenhodori No Kaidanji”

Yuki Furukawa is cast for a major supporting character role in TV Tokyo live-action drama series “Ten: Tenhodori No Kaidanji” starring Goro Kishitani. The drama series is based on manga series “Kuroshitsuji” by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Yuki Furukawa will play Hiroyuki Igawa. He hustles money by playing mahjong games against normal folks. He meets Takashi Ten (Goro Kishitani) and they decide to play against the best professional mahjong players. Yuki Furukawa in his real life has played mahjong for the past 11 years and started when he was a university student.

“Ten: Tenhodori No Kaidanji” will first air sometime this autumn in Japan.

 

Aug 20 2018

Main trailer for movie “Feng Shui”

Main trailer for movie “Feng Shui” starring Cho Seung-Woo, Ji Sung and Moon Chae-Won. Movie is directed by Park Hee-Kon (“Insadong Scandal“). The film should draw wide interest from Chou Seung-Woo currently starring in JTBC drama series “Life,” Ji Sung in tvN drama series “Familiar Wife” and Moon Chae-Won starring in upcoming tvN drama series “Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter.”

“Feng Shui” will be released September 19, 2018 in South Korea.

Aug 20 2018

Teaser trailer for KBS2 weekday morning drama series “Madam Cha Dal-Rae’s Love”

Teaser trailer added for KBS2 weekday morning drama series “Madam Cha Dal-Rae’s Love” (literal title) starring Ha Hee-Ra, Ahn Sun-Young & Ko Eun-Mi. The drama series will slot into KBS2’s Monday-Friday 9AM morning time slot from September 3, 2018 (“Waves, Waves” previously occupied that time slot).

Meanwhile, the first script reading for the drama series took place August 6, 2018 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. Main cast members including Ha Hee-Ra, Ahn Sun-Young, Ko Eun-Mi, Kim Eung-Soo, Kim Hyeong-Beom, and Jung Wook all attended. Before the script first reading began, director Ko Yang-Tak stated “Let’s make a happy working site for all of us and show fun a drama series to viewers.”

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Aug 20 2018

Kenshi Okada is cast in TBS drama series “Chugakusei Nikki”

Kenshi Okada is cast in TBS drama series “Chugakusei Nikki” starring Kasumi Arimura. Kenshi Okada will make his acting debut with his performance in this drama series. He got the role after going through auditions that took place over a 1 year period. Kenshi Okada will play Akira Kuroiwa. He is 15 years old and in the 3rd grade of middle school. He falls in love with his homeroom teacher Hijiri Suenaga (Kasumi Arimura). He knows she is engaged to Shotaro Kawai (Keita Machida), but he still express his feeling to her.

“Chugakusei Nikki” first airs October, 2018.