Teaser trailer for movie “Laplace’s Witch” starring Sho Sakurai, Suzu Hirose and Sota Fukushi. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Rapurasu no Majo” by Keigo Higashino and directed by Takashi Miike. In addition, supporting cast of Tao, Masanobu Takashima, Mirai Shida, Eriko Sato, Rei Dan, Hiroshi Tamaki, Lily Franky and Etsushi Toyokawa have all been announced to appear in the film.
“Laplace’s Witch” will be released during Golden Week, 2018 in Japan.
Here’s still images of Yoon Gyun-Sang and Lee Sung-Kyung making a cameo appearance in SBS drama series “While You Were Sleeping.” Yoon Gyun-Sang and Lee Sung-Kyung accepted the cameo roles because they previously worked with Director Oh Choong-Hwan in SBS drama series “Doctors” and they are also friends with Lee Jong-Suk. For their cameo appearance, Yoon Gyun-Sang and Lee Sung-Kyung will play a couple. Their cameo appearance will appear tonight, November 1, 2017 in South Korea.
First script reading for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Jugglers” took place October 26, 2017 at Largo Ville Resort, Kanghwa, Incheon, South Korea. Attending the first script reading were main cast members including Daniel Choi, Baek Jin-Hee, Kang Hye-Jung, Lee Won-Geun & Kim Chang-Wan. The first script reading took more than 3 hours to finish and the cast & staff stayed there for 1 night and 2 days.
“Jugglers” first airs December 4, 2017 in South Korea.
Shuhei Nomura is cast in TV Tokyo live-action drama series “Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 2018.” The drama series is based on manga series “Denei Shojo: Ai-hen” by Masakazu Katsura, but set 25 years after the manga. The drama series’ main character is Sho Moteuchi (Shuhei Nomura). He begins to live with his uncle Yota Moteuchi after his parents divorces. Yota Moteuchi is the main character in the original manga series. Sho Moteuchi then discovers a broken old VCR at his uncles house and fixes it. A video of girl plays and she introduces herself Video Girl Ai. Video Girl Ai steps out of the video and begins to live with Sho Moteuchi.
“Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 2018” will first air January, 2018 in Japan.
Ha Yeon-Soo has been offered the lead female role in drama series “Rich Man, Poor Woman.” The drama series is a remake of 2012 Fuji TV drama series “Rich Man, Poor Woman” starring Shun Oguri and Satomi Ishihara. If Ha Yeon-Soo accepts the offer, she would play a college student who begins working at a company in the IT field. Filming for “Rich Man, Poor Woman” is scheduled to begin December, 2017 in South Korea.
Supporting cast has been announced for upcoming TV Asahi drama series “BG: Personal Bodyguard” starring Takuya Kimura. Cast in supporting roles are Takumi Saito, Nanao, Shotaro Mamiya, Takaya Kamikawa, Yosuke Eguchi and Yuriko Ishida. Story for the drama series follows Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) as he begins work as a bodyguard again. For the supporting characters, Takumi Saito will play Masaya Takanashi. He works at the same private security company as Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura). He’s very good at his job and tends to look down on others because of it. Nanao will play Mayu Suganuma. She is the only female bodyguard working at the private security company. Shotaro Mamiya will play Seitaro Sawaguchi. He is the youngest bodyguard at the private security company.
“BG: Personal Bodyguard” first airs January, 2018 in Japan.
Release date and teaser poster added for upcoming Netflix live-action drama series “The Town Where Only I Am Missing” starring Yuki Furukawa. Release date for the drama series is now set for December 15, 2017 and the drama series will be available for streaming in about 190 countries.
Here’s 6 character posters for upcoming film “The Swindlers.” The 6 character posters are of Hyun-Bin, Yoo Ji-Tae, Bae Sung-Woo, Park Sung-Woong, An Se-Ha and Nana (‘After School’). In addition, a new character trailer for the movie has been added on AsianWiki.
“The Swindlers” opens November 22, 2017 in South Korea.
Haru Kuroki is cast for the lead role in upcoming movie “Nichinichikorekojitsu.” Kirin Kiki and Mikako Tabe are also cast for supporting roles in the movie. Movie is based on the essay “Nichinichikorekojitsu: Ocha ga Oshietekureta 15 no Shiawase” by Noriko Morishita and directed by Tatsushi Omori. Story for “Nichinichikorekojitsu” follows a college age girl played by Haru Kuroki who begins taking lessons on the Japanese tea ceremony. “Nichinichikorekojitsu” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Cable channel OCN is now scheduled to air upcoming drama series “Longing Heart” starring Lee Jung-Shin, Lee Yeol-Eum and Seo Ji-Hoon. The drama series was originally scheduled to air on SBS Plus prior to changing to OCN. Filming for the drama series finished on October 25, 2017 and the drama series will air from January, 2018 in South Koera. “Longing Heart” will have 8 episodes and air in OCN’s Monday and Tuesday 9 PM time slot. Story for “Longing Heart” is a romantic-comedy with a time travel element.