First teaser trailer added for upcoming OCN drama series “Meloholic” starring U-Know Yunho and Kyung Soo-Jin. Drama series is based on webcomic “Meloholic” by Team Getname. The drama series follows a man played by U-Know Yunho with a special power to read the minds of others and a woman played by Kyung Soo-Jin with two personalities.
“Meloholic” first airs November 6, 2017 in South Korea.
Lee Young-Ae is cast in new drama series “Different Dreams” (literal title). Lee Young-Ae will work again with director Yun Sang-Ho whom she worked with previously in SBS drama series “Saimdang, Light’s Diary.” Story for “Different Dreams” will be set in the early 20th century, when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. Lee Young-Ae will play lead female character Lee Young-Jin. She is a doctor, but becomes an agent for the provisional Korean government.
The screenplay for “Different Dreams” is currently being finalized and filming for the drama series will begin sometime next year.
Trailer added for movie “Hikari” starring Arata Iura and Eita. Movie is based on 2008 novel “Hikari” by Shion Miura and directed by Tatsushi Omori. Among the several original novels that Shion Miura has adapted into feature films, Shion Miura’s novel “Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benriken” was adapted into the film “Tada’s Do-It-All House” which is also directed by Tatsushi Omori and stars Eita.
“Hikari” will be released November 25, 2017 in Japan.
See list of winners at the 10th Annual Korea Drama Awards which just concluded in Jinju, South Korea. The award ceremony is part of the annual Korea Drama Festival. The “Grand Prize” this year went to Kim Sang-Joong for his performance in “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People” and the “Best Drama Award” went to both “Ruler: Master of the Mask” and “Goblin.”
Ryoko Shinohara and Suzu Hirose are cast for the lead roles in movie “Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai.” The film is a remake 2011 South Korean film “Sunny” which stars Yoo Ho-Jeong and Shim Eun-Kyung in the respective lead roles. For the upcoming film, Ryoko Shinohara will play the present day version of main character Nami and Suzu Hirose will play Nami in her high school days. Also cast in the film are Yoko Maki, Eiko Koike, Rie Tomosaka and Naomi Watanabe. Hitoshi One will direct the remake film.
Filming for “Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai” is expected to finish late November, 2017 and the movie will be released sometime next year in Japan. Somebody que up “Time After Time.”
Nobuyuki Suzuki is cast for the lead male role in upcoming movie “Revenge Girl” starring Mirei Kiritani. Also cast in supporting roles are Sho Kiyohara, Fumika Baba, Aimi Satsukawa and Shinya Owada. Movie is based on novel “Revenge Girl” by Erika Yoshida, which will be published sometime this autumn by Kadokawa, and directed by Koichiro Miki.
Story for “Revenge Girl” follows Mirei Kiritani as Miki Takaraishi. She gets dumped by a guy who comes from a politician family. To get revenge, she decides to run for the prime minister position. She hires Toshiya Kadowaki played by Nobuyuki Suzuki as her campaign advisor. His character is blunt and he makes biting remarks.
“Revenge Girl” will be released December 23, 2017 in Japan.
First teaser trailer added for upcoming SBS drama series “Bravo My Life” starring Jung Yoo-Mi and Hyun Woo. Drama series will air on Saturdays at 8:45 PM beginning October 21, 2017 in South Korea.
Trailer added for movie “Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3” starring Yo Oizumi and Ryuhei Matsuda. For the third film in the “Tantei Wa Bar ni Iru” series, Detective (Yo Oizumi) and Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) are tasked with finding a missing college student played by (Atsuko Maeda). Their search takes them to the red light district in Sapporo.
“Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3” will be released December 1, 2018.
Shin Se-Kyung has been offered the lead female role in upcoming KBS2 drama series “The Black Knight” (literal title). Kim Rae-Won has already received an offer to play the lead male role. Both performers are currently considering their offers. If Shin Se-Kyung accepts the offer, she will play Jung Hae-Ra. Her character works at a travel agency and she supports her family. The lead male character is Moon Soo-Ho. He went through an unhappy childhood, but is now a successful businessman. Shin Se-Kyung has previously worked with “The Black Knight”‘s screenwriter Kim In-Young in 2013 MBC drama series “When a Man Loves.”
“The Black Knight” will first air December, 2017 in South Korea.
Trailer added for upcoming melodrama film “Autumn Sonata” starring BoA and Lee Hak-Joo. Story for “Autumn Sonata” follows a woman who learns she is terminally ill and her relationship to her boyfriend whom she hoped to marry.
“Autumn Sonata” will be released October 19, 2017 in South Korea.