Aug 14 2018

Lee Yo-Won offered lead female role in drama series “Different Dreams”

Lee Yo-Won has been offered the lead female role in drama series “Different Dreams” (literal title). Actress Lee Young-Ae was first cast for the lead female role, but Lee Young-Ae and the production team decided to part ways due to scheduling issues. The drama series is scheduled to being filming this autumn in Mongolia. Filming will also take place in Shanghai, China and South Korea.

If Lee Yo-Won accepts her offer, she will play Lee Young-Jin. Her character is a Korean, but raised by Japanese people during the time when Korea was under Japanese rule. She becomes a doctor and also an agent for the provisional South Korean government. Yoo Ji-Tae has already received an offer to play the lead male role. Both performers are currently “positively considering” their offer.

MBC is in discussions to air the drama series May, 2019, but that has not been finalized.

Aug 14 2018

Trailer and poster for movie “A Cherry Boy’s Love”

Trailer and poster added for movie “A Cherry Boy’s Love” (“Sakuranbo no Koi”) starring Daisuke Miyagawa and Yuki Sakurai. The film had its world premiere on April 21, 2018 at the 10th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Story for “A Cherry Boy’s Love,” follows the relationship between a 45-year-old virgin man and an adult film actress. The trailer also reveals the movie’s theme song which is “Baby Good Sleep” by Japanese rock duo Sukima Switch.

“A Cherry Boy’s Love” will be released October 27, 2018 in Japan.

Aug 14 2018

Character posters for KBS2 drama special “Too Bright Outside for Love”

Here’s two character posters for upcoming KBS2 drama special “Too Bright Outside for Love” (literal title) starring Choi Gang-Hee and Go Joon. The character posters are of Kim Yang-Hee (Choi Gang-Hee) and Lee Pil-Yong (Go Joon) and the caption on the teaser posters states in Korean “Let’s love, today too.” “Too Bright Outside for Love” is part of the annual KBS Drama Special series which will being airing this September. For the drama series, Choi Gang-Hee will play a stage director. She meets someone she knew from her college days played by Go Joon.

 

 

Aug 14 2018

Yui Aragaki & Ryuhei Matsuda cast in NTV drama series “Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi”

Yui Aragaki & Ryuhei Matsuda are cast in NTV drama series “Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi.” The romance themed drama series is based on an original screenplay by Akiko Nogi and directed by Nobuo Mizuta. For the drama series Yui Aragaki will play 30-year-old Akira Shinkai and Ryuhei Matsuda will play 33-year-old Kosei Nemoto. They meet at a bar and begin to like each other.

“Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi” first airs October, 2018 in Japan.

Aug 13 2018

Teaser trailer #3 for KBS2 drama series “Lovely Horribly”

Teaser trailer #3 added for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Lovely Horribly” starring Park Si-Hoo and Song Ji-Hyo. Teaser trailer #3 begins with man’s voice stating “Ghost Love is screenwriter Oh’s work.” A woman’s voice then states “Due to the drama series script, some strange things keep occurring.” The drama series is setup as horror/romantic-comedy and follows the fateful encounter of a top star Philip Yoo and drama series screenwriter Oh Eul-Soon.

“Lovely Horribly” first airs later tonight, August 13, 2018, in South Korea.

 

Aug 13 2018

Jung Yoo-Mi offered lead female role in OCN drama series “Priest”

Jung Yoo-Mi has been offered the lead female role in upcoming OCN drama series “Priest.” Actor Yeon Woo-Jin has already received an offer to play the lead male role and he is still “positively considering” the offer. If Jung Yoo-Mi accepts her offer which she is positively considering, she will play Ham Eun-Ho. She is a doctor and works in the emergency room at a hospital.

Air dates for “Priest” is still in discussions.

Aug 13 2018

First script reading for JTBC drama series “The Beauty Inside”

First script reading for JTBC drama series “The Beauty Inside” took place July 22, 2018. Main cast members including Seo Hyun-Jin, Lee Min-Ki, Lee Da-Hee, Ahn Jae-Hyeon, Moon Ji-In, Lee Tae-Ri, Na Young-Hee and Ryu Hwa-Young (former member of ’T-ara’) attended the read through. After the script reading finished, Seo Hyun-Jin stated “Now, I realize that the drama series will finally begin. We will stay healthy and work hard under the hot summer weather, so I hope people look forward to the drama series a lot.” Lee Min-Ki also stated “I look forward to the good acting combination. We will work hard and enjoy ourselves.” The drama series revolves around the romance between Han Se-Kye (Seo Hyun-Jin) and Seo Do-Jae (Lee Min-Ki). The woman lives with a different appearance one week every month and the man is unable to recognize faces.

“The Beauty Inside” first airs September 17, 2018 in South Korea.

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Aug 12 2018

Keiko Kitagawa & Kazuki Kitamura cast in TV Asahi drama special “Shitei Bengoshi”

Keiko Kitagawa & Kazuki Kitamura are cast in TV Asahi drama special “Shitei Bengoshi.” The drama series is based on an original screenplay by Takeharu Sakurai. In the drama series Keiko Kitagawa will play attorney Yui Hitotsugi based out of Kyoto. She is asked to prosecute a case involving a politician and the sale of nationally owned land to a corporation. She receives the help of prosecutor Shinji Tachibana (Kazuki Kitamura) in the case.

“Shitei Bengoshi” will air sometime this September in Japan.