Nana Seino is cast for the lead role in Fuji TV drama series “119: Emergency Call.” Drama series features an original screenplay by Natsu Hashimoto (“Mr. Bride“) and Keigo Koyanagi. Nana Seino will play a 119 emergency center operator. She decided to work in that field, after experiencing a fire at her home.
“119: Emergency Call” will first air January, 2025 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 9PM time slot after “Usotoki Rhetoric“).
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Mone Kamishiraishi and Mahiro Takasugi are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Hotei no Dragon.” The drama series features an original screenplay, that is law based, by Masashi Todayama (“The Woman of S.R.I. Season 3“/”Aibou: Season 5“). Mone Kamishiraishi will play the lead character Tatsumi Tendo. Although she pursued her dream of becoming a professional shogi player, an incident turned her attention to the field of law. She begins working for law firm that is on the verge of insolvency.
“Hotei no Dragon” will first air January 17, 2025 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s Friday 9PM time slot after “D&D“).
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Mun Ka-Young is cast for the lead female role in tvN drama series “Seocho District” (literal title) co-starring Lee Jong-Suk. For the upcoming drama series, which is law based, Mun Ka-Young will play Kang Hee-Ji. Her character is a first year lawyer, who just finished her probationary period at a law firm. She is confident and honest about herself with a bright personality. She gave up her dream of becoming an artist and took the path of becoming a lawyer to protect her loved ones. She is an enthusiastic lawyer, who not only provides legal service to her clients, but also cares about their personal well being.
“Seocho District” will air sometime next year in South Korea.
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Release date and first still images added for movie “Harbin” starring Hyun-Bin. The still images includes characters played by Park Jeong-Min, Jo Woo-Jin, Jeon Yeo-Bin, Yoo Jae-Myung, Park Hoon, and Lee Dong-Wook. “Harbin” is spy-thriller set in the year 1909 and revolves around the Righteous Army militia. The militia army move to Russia to implement an assassination attempt.
“Harbin” is now set for release December 25, 2024 in South Korea.
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Ai Hashimoto and Taishi Nakagawa are cast in movie “As for Me.” The film is based on 2012 novel “Wasejo, Onna, Otoko” by Asako Yuzuki (“The Hotel of My Dream“) and directed by Hitoshi Yazaki (“Sweet Little Lies“). Movie “As for Me” is setup as a young adult love story between two people that have dated for 10 years.
“As for Me” will be released March, 2025 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer 4 added for JTBC drama series “The Tale of Lady Ok” starring Lim Ji-Yeon & Choo Yeong-Woo. “The Tale of Lady Ok” is set in the Joseon period with Lim Ji-Yeon playing Attorney Ok Tae-Young … but her identity is completely fake. Narration in the teaser trailer has Choo Yeong-Woo stating “She is graceful as a butterfly, her face is full of life, her eyes are very smart. Butterfly. Face. Eyes. Late spring. Romance. I love a slave, not a noblewoman.” Around the 27 second mark Lim Ji-Yeon asks “Can I be greedy just once?”
“The Tale of Lady Ok” will first air November 30, 2024 in South Korea.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Sunset Sunrise” starring Masaki Suda. The fishing themed movie is based on 2022 novel “Sunset Sunrise” by Shuhei Nire. The movie’s theme song has also been announced as “Shion” by GRe4N BOYZ. The theme song is featured in the main trailer.
“Sunset Sunrise” will be released January 17, 2025 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer and teaser poster added for ENA drama series “Namib” starring Ko Hyun-Jung and Ryeo Un. The drama series features actress Ko Hyun-Jung as idol producer Kang Soo-Hyun and Ryeo Un as idol trainee Yoo Jin-Woo. The teaser trailer has Ko Hyun-Jung stating “Desolate woman like the desert. Wandering kid like the ocean. Place where the deset and the ocean meet and become a dream. Namib.”
“Namib” will first air December 23, 2024 in South Korea.
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Mikako Ichikawa is cast in NTV drama series “Hotspot.” The drama series is scripted by actor-screenwriter Bakarhythm (“Rebooting“). Setup for the human comedy drama series revolves around a single mother played by Mikako Ichikawa. She meets an alien and asks the alien to do small favors for her.
“Hotspot” will air from January, 2025 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Colors of Sisterhood“).
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “About Family” starring Kim Yun-Seok, Lee Seung-Gi, & Kim Sung-Ryoung. The family comedy is written and directed by Yang Woo-Seok (“The Attorney“). Captions in the main trailer states (0:03) “Dumplings king building owner,” (0:07) “Head family son,” (0:11) “At dumpling restaurant in the middle of Seoul,” (0:15) “Family scandal broke out!,” (0:34) “Can we live here all together?”
“About Family” will be released December 11, 2024 in South Korea.
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