Here’s 4 character posters of Rain, Lee Dong-Gun, Lee Sun-Bin and Jung Jin-Young for upcoming JTBC drama series “Sketch.” Caption on Rain’s teaser poster states in Korean “I have no regrets about my choice.” Caption on Lee Dong-Gun’s poster states “The reason I have to live … what is that?” For Lee Sun-Bin’s poster, caption states “Tonight, somebody will die.” Lastly, caption on Jung Jin-Young’s poster states, “Iceberg has a much bigger bottom part.”
“Sketch” first airs May 25, 2018 in Japan.
Hana Sugisaki, Taiga, Satoru Kawaguchi, Chizuru Ikewaki and Jun Kunimura are cast in omnibus film “Ten Years Japan.” The movie will consist of 5 different segments and includes directors Akiyo Fujimura and Kei Ishikawa. The film is also produced by award-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda. Topics in the omnibus film cover Japan’s aging population, air pollution, artificial intelligence, & military service, all told in unique stories.
“Ten Years Japan” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
See list of nominees and winners at the just concluded 54th BaekSang Arts Awards. Winner of the Daesung (Grand Prize) Award for movies went to “1987: When The Day Comes” and the Daesung Award for drama series went to “Stranger.”
English subtitled teaser trailer for movie “The Spy Gone North” starring Hwang Jung-Min, Lee Sung-Min, Cho Jin-Woong and Ju Ji-Hoon. Movie is written and directed by Yoon Jong-Bin (“Nameless Gangster: Rules of The Time“). “The Spy Gone North” will have its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival this month in the “Midnight Screenings” section.
Kim Jung-Hyun and Seohyun (‘Girls’ Generation”’) are cast in MBC drama series “Time.” Kim Jung-Hyun will play lead male character Soo-Ho. He is smart and handsome. Seohyun will play lead female character Ji-Hyun. To support her mother and younger sibling, Ji-Hyun drops out of a university, but she does not give up on her dream. Soo-Ho and Ji-Hyun get involved in a big incident.
“Time” first airs July, 2018 in Souh Korea.
Main poster and main trailer for upcoming crime-action film “Believer” starring Cho Jin-Woong, Ryoo Joon-Yeol and Kim Ju-Hyeok. Movie is the last film that Kim Ju-Hyeok appeared in before his death in a car accident on October 30, 2017.
Release date for “Believer” has been moved from May 24, 2018 to May 22, 2018 which is holiday in Korea (Birth of Buddha).
Teaser trailer #2 added for upcoming tvN drama series “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim” starring Park Seo-Joon and Park Min-Young. Teaser trailer #2 again features Park Seo-Joon as Lee Young-Joon. His character is incredibly vain as he peers into a mirror and states “Perfecto.”
“What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim” first airs June, 2018 in South Korea.
Masami Hisamoto and Tomomi Itano (ex-‘AKB48’ member) are cast in movie “Imagination Game.” The film revolves around two women, each with an unusual online presence. Masami Hisamoto is a hard working OL woman, but she is also known as a charismatic goddess on a website. Tomomi Itano plays a young woman who runs a blog about getting revenge on husbands.
“Imagination Game” will be released July 28, 2018 in Japan.
Cho Jung-Seok and Yoona (‘Girls’ Generation’) are cast for lead roles in disaster film “Exit” (working title). The film will have Cho Jung-Seok’s character holding a 70th birthday celebration for his mother at a convention hall. Yoona’s character works at the convention hall. Poisonous gas then spreads throughout the city.
“Exit” will be released by CJ Entertainment sometime during summer, 2019 in South Korea.
Ji Hyun-Woo and Lee Si-Young are cast for lead roles in new MBC drama series “Risky Romance” (literal title). The duo previously performed together in 2010 KBS2 drama series “Becoming a Billionaire.” “Risky Romance” will tell a romance story between two doctors.
“Risky Romance” first airs July, 2018 in South Korea.