Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Futatsu no Kino to Boku no Mirai” starring Gaku Sano and Itsuki Sagara. Movie is directed by Kenichi Ohmori. The film follows a young man who enters a cave during a rainstorm and finds himself in an parallel world when he exits.
“Futatsu no Kino to Boku no Mirai” will be released first in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan on November 9, 2018 and will have its nationwide release sometime after that.
Choi Tae-Joon and Sooyoung (‘Girls’ Generation’) are cast in new drama series “So I Married an Anti-Fan” (literal title). The drama series is based on 2010 novel “Geuraeseo Naneun Antipaengwa Gyeolhonhaedda” by Kim Eun-Jung and directed by Kang Cheol-Woo. The drama series will be half pre-production. For “So I Married an Anti-Fan,” Choi Tae-Joon will play a top star with a bad public image and Sooyoung will play a former reporter who believes she lost her job because of the top star. They both decide to take part in a reality show revolving around a top star and his anti-fan.
Exact air dates or airing network for “So I Married an Anti-Fan” has yet to be decided.
Teaser trailer and poster for movie “Masquerade Hotel” starring Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa. The film is based on 2011 novel “Masquerade Hotel” by Keigo Higashino and directed by Masayuki Suzuki. Masayuki Suzuki and Takuya Kimura previously worked together on hit drama series “Hero.”
Release date for “Masquerade Hotel” is now set for January 18, 2019 in Japan.
Yoo Jae-Myung and Ji Soo are cast in JTBC drama special “Ping Pong Ball.” The drama special is part of “JTBC Drama Festa” series which includes last year’s drama special “Summer Days; Yeo-Reum.” The first script reading for “Ping Pong Ball” took place August 8, 2018 at JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea. Yoo Jae-Myung, Ji Soo, Choi Kwang-Il, Lee Ha-Yul, Seo Dong-Gab, Jung Young-Ki all attended the first script reading. For the drama special, Yoo Jae-Myung will play homeless man Kim Deuk-Hwan and Ji Soo will play university student Kim Young-Joon. They bound over their failures in romance.
“Ping Pong Ball” will air sometime this September in South Korea.
Park Bo-Young is cast in new tvN drama series “Abyss” (working title). The drama series falls in the fantasy-romance genre and is scripted by Moon Soo-Yun. For drama series “Abyss,” Park Bo-Young will play a prosecutor. Her character is beautiful, but a mysterious bead causes her appearance to change to a common appearance. Casting for the male lead has not yet been announced.
“Abyss” will first air sometime during the first half of next year in South Korea.
Yu Hae-Jin and Ryoo Joon-Yeol are cast in new movie “Battle” (literal title). The film will be directed by Won Shin-Yeon and distributed by Showbox. The film is set when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule and takes place over 4 days in Manchuria, China. There, Korean independence militia battle the Japanese military. Yu Hae-Jin will play an expert swordsman for the militia and Ryoo Joon-Yeol will play an expert marksmen for the militia. The script reading for the film has already taken place and filming will begin August 16, 2018.
“Battle” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.
Keiko Kitagawa is cast in NHK drama special “Fake News.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Akiko Nogi and will be directed by Kentaro Horikirizono & Yoshiharu Sasaki. In the drama series, Keiko Kitagawa will play Itsuki Shinonome. She is a reporter for a website and she covers a story about caterpillars found in instant food. Ken Mitsuishi, Hirofumi Arai, Kento Nagayama, Yuma Yamoto, Ryo Iwamatsu and Tetta Sugimoto are cast in supporting roles.
“Fake News” first airs October 20, 2018.
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.
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.
Teaser trailer for horror film “Kuru” starring Junichi Okada and Nana Komatsu. Movie is directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and based on novel “Bogiwan ga Kuru” by Ichi Sawamura. Meanwhile the still image above of Junichi Okada as Nozaki.
Release date for “Kuru” is now set for December 7, 2018 in Japan.