Park Min-Young has been offered the lead female role in tvN drama series “Why Secretary Kim” co-starring Park Seo-Joon. If Park Min-Young accepts, she will play title character Secretary Kim Mi-Soo. Her character works as a secretary for Lee Young-Joon (Park Seo-Joon). At work she pursues perfection with a smile, but at home she is quite lazy. Currently, Park Min-Young is positively considering the offer.
“Why Secretary Kim” first airs May, 2018 in South Korea.
Won Jin-A is cast for the lead female role in upcoming JTBC drama series “Life” co-starring Lee Dong-Wook and Cho Seung-Woo. For the drama series, Won Jin-A will play Lee No-Eul. Her character works as a pediatrician and she gives her patients top priority. Won Jin-A most recently appeared in the lead female role for JTBC drama series “Rain or Shine” (literal title “Just Between Lovers”).
“Life” will first air July, 2018 in South Korea.
Main trailer for movie “Walking with My Grandma” starring Ayane Nagabuchi and Mitsuko Kusabue. Movie is directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Natsumi (Ayane Nagabuchi) will get married soon, but her grandmother Kiyo (Mitsuko Kusabue) injures her leg and stays at the hospital. They make a promise to each other that the grandmother will walk with her granddaughter on her wedding day.
“Walking with My Grandma” will be released April 14, 2018 in Japan.
Main trailer for horror film “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” starring Wi Ha-Joon, Park Sung-Hoon and Lee Seung-Wook. Movie is directed by Jung Bum-Sik (“Horror Stories“). In the film, a guy, that streams live videos on the internet, recruits a group of people to go into an abandoned psychiatric hospital at night. The hospital is Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, which was a real psychiatric hospital and was once voted by CNN as one of the 7 freakiest places on Earth.
“Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” will be released March, 2018 in South Korea.
Park Seo-Joon is cast in new tvN drama series “Why Secretary Kim” (literal title). Park Seo-Joon will play lead male character Lee Young-Joon. He works as the vice-president of a family owned company. He is attractive, but also arrogant and self-absorbed. His secretary is Kim Mi-So and she is perfect for him, but she quits her job.
“Why Secretary Kim” is now slotted to first air late May, 2018 (will take over tvN’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 PM time slot after “My Mister“).
Trailer and poster for movie “The Blood of Wolves” starring Koji Yakusho and Tori Matsuzaka. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Korou no Chi” by Yuko Yuzuki and directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (“The Devil’s Path“). The film is set in 1988, right before the anti-organized crime law goes in effect. Detectives must go up against the yakuza and their rival gangs.
“The Blood of Wolves” opens May 12, 2018 in Japan.
Seo Ye-Ji is now cast in upcoming tvN drama series “Lawless Lawyer” (literal title) co-starring Lee Joon-Gi. Seo Ye-Ji will play lead female character Ha Jae-Yi. Her works as lawyer and believes in justice. Because she assaults a judge, her character is unable to work as a lawyer and she takes a job as a law office manager.
First script reading will take place today, February 28, 2018 and the drama series is scheduled to air May 12, 2018 in South Korea.
Oh Dal-Su has dropped out of upcoming tvN drama series “My Mister” starring Lee Sun-Kyun & IU. Oh Dal-Su was originally cast to play major supporting character Park Sang-Hoon – the older brother of the main character played by Lee Sun-Kyun.
On February 15, 2018 an anonymous online comment accused the actor of sexual assault in the 1990’s when she worked as a theatre actress in Busan, but the comment was deleted by the same person. Oh Dal-Su denied the accusation on February 26, 2018. The same day, the person who originally wrote the comment appeared on JTBC news with her identity hidden. She accused Oh Dal-Su of rape. Oh Dal-Su denied the accusation. On February 27, 2017 another woman appeared on JTBC news show and accused Oh Dal-Su of sexual harassment in 2003. Her identity was shown on the television news show. After the interview, staff from “My Mister” held discussions with Oh Dal-Su and agreed that Oh Dal-Su will drop out of the series. A replacement actor will be cast to play Park Sang-Hoon.
Kei Tanaka, Kotaro Yoshida and Kento Hayashi are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Ossan’s Love.” The drama series is like a reprise of 2016 TV Asahi drama special “Ossan’s Love” which also starred Kei Tanaka & Kotaro Yoshida playing the same characters, but has a slightly different story. Kento Hayashi appears in a major supporting role in the drama series, but did not appear in the drama special. Story for the drama series “Ossan’s Love” has Kei Tanaka playing 33-year-old Soichi Haruta. He’s completely straight, but finds that a senior co-worker and his roommate like him.
“Ossan’s Love” first airs April, 2018 in Japan.
Main posters for upcoming SBS drama series “Good Witch” starring Lee Da-Hae and Ryu Soo-Young. The drama series features Lee Da-Hae playing twin sisters Cha Sun-Hee and Cha Do-Hee. One is a housewife and the other is a flight attendant. When the flight attendant sister becomes involved in a conspiracy and loses consciousness, her twin sister takes her identity to find out what happened.
“Good Witch” first airs March 3, 2018 in South Korea.