Here’s the first still images of Kim Jae-Joong and Uee in a scene together from upcoming KBS2 drama series “Man-Hole: Feel So Good.” In the drama series, Kim Jae-Joong plays Bong-Pil and Uee plays Soo-Jin. The two have been friends since they were children and Bong-Pil has love Soo-Jin all that time in vain. Bong-Pil falls through a manhole and travels through time. He tries to stop Soo-Jin’s wedding.
“Man-Hole: Feel So Good” first airs August 9, 2017 in South Korea.
Rika Adachi and Yukihisa Tamura (‘Boys and Men’) are cast in movie “Kiss Dekiru Gyoza.” The film is written and directed by Takehiko Hata. Besides writing screenplays for numerous drama series, Takehiko Hata also wrote the original novel that the “Unfair” series is based off.
Story for “Kiss Dekiru Gyoza” will have Rika Adachi playing divorcee and single mother Yoko Fujita. While raising her daughter, Yoko Fujita tries to revive her parents’ gyoza restaurant and she falls in love with professional golfer Ryo Iwahara (Yukihisa Tamura).
“Kiss Dekiru Gyoza” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Second teaser poster and first still images added for movie “V.I.P.” starring Jang Dong-Gun, Kim Myung-Min, Park Hee-Soon and Lee Jong-Suk. For the teaser poster, the caption states “man, that nobody can touch, comes to South Korea from North Korea.”
“V.I.P.” will be released sometime this August in South Korea.
Poster and trailer for upcoming movie “Forkcrane” starring Uhm Tae-Woong. Movie is directed by Lee Ju-Hyoung. Like Lee Ju-Hyoung’s prior film “Red Family,” movie “Forkcrane” is written and produced by Kim Ki-Duk. Story for “Forkcrane” revolves around a forklift driver played by Uhm Tae-Woong. In his youth, he was a paratrooper and deployed to Gwangju to suppress the Gwangju Uprising. An incident causes the forklift driver to uncover a secret. For those curious, Korean title “Forkcrane” is a Korean term to refer to hydraulic excavators that come from French company “Poclain.”
“Forkcrane” opens July 27, 2017.
Poster and trailer added for upcoming live-action film “Love and Lies” starring Aoi Morikawa, Takumi Kitamura & Kanta Sato. Movie is based on manga “Koi to Uso” by Musawo and directed by Takeshi Furusawa. Story for the film is set in the near future where the Japanese government implements a program to increase the country’s birth rate by assigning marriage partners to teens who turn 16. A high school student played by Aoi Morikawa is selected to marry high school student played by Kanta Sato, but she has feelings for her childhood friend played by Takumi Kitamura.
The main trailer features theme song “Hello” by singer-songwriter Shogo Sakamoto. The song is a cover tune originally released by Masaharu Fukuyama in 1995.
Rio Uchida is cast in upcoming live-action Fuji TV drama “Meals Shogi Player Loved.” The drama series is based on manga “Shogi Meshi” by Nagisa Matsumoto, with screenplay adaptation handled by Yoriko Kodama. In the drama series, Rio Uchida will play main character Nayuta Toge. She is professional shogi player and her matches usually last for about 10 hours. Nayuta Toge also carefully thinks about what her meals will be during the breaks in her matches.
“Meals Shogi Player Loved” streams on FOD (Fuji TV On Demand) beginning July 31, 2017 and airs on Fuji TV beginning August 2, 2017 in Japan.
Yuriko Yoshitaka is cast in movie “Criminal for the Prosecution” starring Takuya Kimura and Kazunari Ninomiya. For the film, Yuriko Yoshitaka will play lead female character Saho Tachibana. Her character works for the prosecution administrative office. Movie is based on 2013 novel “Kensatsugawa no Zainin” by Shusuke Shizukui and directed by Masato Harada.
In addition, “Criminal for the Prosecution” has cast these actors in supporting roles: Yutaka Matsushige, Takehiro Hira, Norito Yashima, Koji Ookura, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Yajima, Takuma Otoo, Midoriko Kimura,
Sei Ashina, and Hirona Yamazaki.
Filming for “Criminal for the Prosecution” began July 12, 2017 and will finish during the early part of September, 2017.
Park Bo-Gum has declined an offer to play a lead role in new tvN drama series “Hwayuki.” Cha Seung-Won has previously received an offer to play a co-lead role and he is still considering his offer. The drama series is setup as a modern day reinterpretation of classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” and the drama series will be scripted by sisters Hong Jung-Eun and Hong Mi-Ran. While the search for the lead actor will continue, “Hwayuki” is still targeted to air sometime this December in South Korea.
Additional supporting cast members has been announced for upcoming Fuji TV drama series “Minshu no Teki” starring Ryoko Shinohara. Issei Takahashi and Yuriko Ishida have been previously announced for major supporting character roles. The new supporting cast members are Arata Furuta, Atsuko Maeda, Yudai Chiba, Kimiko Yo, Kei Tanaka, Wakadanna, Yoshihiko Hosoda and Kenya Osumi.
Story for the drama series will follow an unemployed mother played by Ryoko Shinohara who decides to run for a city council seat. “Minshu no Teki” will first air October, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser trailer for JTBC drama series “Age of Youth Season 2” starring Han Ye-Ri, Han Seung-Yeon, Park Eun-Bin, Ji-Woo and Choi A-Ra. The drama series is a sequel to 2016 JTBC drama series “Age of Youth” with returning cast members (Han Ye-Ri, Han Seung-Yeon, Park Eun-Bin), a new cast member playing a returning character (Ji-Woo replaces Park Hye-Soo) and a new main cast member/character (Choi A-Ra). First season main cast member Ryu Hwa-Young will also make special appearances throughout the drama series.
“Age of Youth Season 2” is now set to first air August 25, 2017 in South Korea.