Park Ho-San, Ye Soo-Jung, & Kim Soo-Jin are cast in MBC drama series “Boar Hunting” (literal title). The drama series is a mystery-thriller set in a village, where villagers go into the mountain to hunt boars. The screenplay was the winner of the MBC Drama Script Content in 2021.
“Boar Hunting” will air sometime later this year in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Silent Parade” starring Masaharu Fukuyama & Kou Shibasaki. Movie is based on 2018 novel “Chinmoku no Parade” by Keigo Higashino and is the fourth feature film in the Galileo series following “Suspect X,” “Perfect Number,” and “Midsummer Formula.” The film “Silent Parade” begins with a female high school student, who went missing several years ago, being found dead.
“Silent Parade” will be released September 16, 2022 in Japan.
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Jun Jong-Seo, Kim Ji-Hoon, & Park Yoo-Rim are cast for movie “Ballerina.” The film will be directed by Lee Chung-Hyeon, whom previously worked with Jun Jong-Seo in 2020 movie “The Call.” In “Ballerina,” Jun Jong-Seo will play former bodyguard Ok-Ju. She is asked by her ballerina friend played by Park Yoo-Rim to take revenge on a man played by Kim Ji-Hoon.
“Ballerina” will be released via Netflix sometime next year.
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Main trailer and poster added for live-action film “My Boyfriend In Orange” starring Hikaru Iwamoto & Meru Nukumi. Movie is based on manga series “Moekare wa Orenji Iro” by Non Tamashima and directed by Shosuke Murakami (“Christmas on July 24th Avenue“). The movie’s theme song has also been announced as “Orange Kiss” by Snow Man. That song also plays in the main trailer. Six more supporting actors has also been announced for the film and they are Jin Suzuki, Shuhei Uesugi, Hidaka Ukisho, Yuta Furukawa, Taiyu Fujiwara, & Riko Nagase.
“My Boyfriend In Orange” will be released July 8, 2022 in Japan.
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Yuto Nakajima and Ai Yoshikawa are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Junai Dissonance.” The drama series features an original screenplay scripted by Shinya Tamada, Rieko Obayashi, & Yasuko Kuramitsu. The drama series will follow the relationship of Nitta Masaki (Yuto Nakajima) & Sae Izumi (Ai Yoshikawa), from when they are high school teacher and student to 5 years later when they meet again.
“Junai Dissonance” first airs July, 2022 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10 PM time slot after “Involvement in Family Affairs“).
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Teaser poster added for TVING sequel drama series “Yumi’s Cells 2” starring Kim Go-Eun & Jin Young. Caption on the teaser poster states “Second story of Yumi and her cells. Yumi’s back.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Yumi’s Cells” by Lee Dong-Gun and follows 2021 TVING drama series “Yumi’s Cells.”
“Yumi’s Cells 2” streams from June, 2022 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Sadako DX” starring Fuka Koshiba. Movie is scripted by Yuya Takahashi (“Eight Ranger“) and directed by Hisashi Kimura (“Ninkyo Gakuen“). The film is a sequel in the Sadako franchise that is based on Koji Suzuki‘s novel “Sadako 3D.” In addition, first group of supporting actors have been anounced for the sequel film and they are Kazuma Kawamura, Mario Kuroba, Naomi Nishida, Yuki Yagi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, & Hiroyuki Watanabe.
“Sadako DX” will be released sometime this fall in Japan.
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Ha Ji-Won is cast for the lead female role in KBS2 drama series “Curtain Call” co-starring Kang Ha-Neul. The early literal working title was “A Tree Dies Standing” (“Namuneun Seoseo Jukneunda”). In the drama series, Ha Ji-Won will play Park Se-Yeon. She is the youngest daughter of the owner of Hotel Paradise and works as the general manager there. She falls in love with Yoo Jae-Heon (Kang Ha-Neul).
Filming for the drama series will begin soon and air sometime later this year in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer added for Disney+ drama series “Kiss Sixth Sense” starring Yoon Kye-Sang & Seo Ji-Hye. Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:06) Seo Ji-Hye “No one will believe this, but whenever my lips touches someone else, I can see their future,” (0:14) Yoon Kye-Sang “Assistant Manager Hong Ye-Sool if you don’t have such a sense, quit,” (0:16) Seo Ji-Hye “I knew it at first sight. Let’s not get involved with him,” (0:22) Seo Ji-Hye “I saw a future that should never happen. I’m with .. in the future .. Cha Min-Hu. What am I doing?”
“Kiss Sixth Sense” will be available to stream from May 25, 2022.
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Mayu Hotta is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “Occult no Mori e Yokoso.” The drama series is directed by Koji Shiraishi (“A Record of Sweet Murder“) and he will also play a horror film director in the drama series. In the drama series, Mayu Hotta will play assistant film director Miho Ichikawa. She goes to a home on a mountain to film a documentary.
“Occult no Mori e Yokoso” will consist of 6 episodes and first air July 22, 2022 in Japan.
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