Main poster and teaser trailer #3 added for upcoming JTBC drama series “Woman of Dignity” starring Kim Hee-Seon & Kim Sun-A. In the upcoming drama series, Kim Hee-Seon plays Woo A-Jin. She leads a perfect life the daughter-in-law of a wealth family. Kim Sun-A plays Park Bok-Ja. She is a mysterious and ambitious woman who wreaks havoc on Woo A-Jin’s life.
“Woman of Dignity” first airs June 16, 2017 in South Korea.
New teaser poster and commentary trailer added for upcoming movie “The Battleship Island” starring Hwang Jung-Min, So Ji-Sub & Song Joong-Ki. The highly anticipated summer blockbuster film is directed by Ryoo Seung-Wan. The new teaser poster depicts Korean people trying desperately to escape from Battleship Island. The caption on the poster states “Year 1945 Japanese colonial era, Hell Island is worse than Hell, we want to live.” The commentary trailer (unfortunately not English subtitled) features commentary by Ryoo Seung-Wan, Hwang Jung-Min, So Ji-Sub, Song Joong-Ki, Lee Jung-Hyun and Kim Soo-Ahn as well as footage from the film.
“The Battleship Island” opens July, 2017 in South Korea.
Trailer added for upcoming movie “Tsuki to Kaminari” starring Eriko Hatsune & Kengo Kora. Movie is based on 2012 novel “Tsuki to Kaminari” by Mitsuyo Kakuta and directed by Hiroshi Ando. Some of Mitsuyo Kakuta’s past novels that have been adapted into award winning films are “Hanging Garden,” “Rebirth” & “Pale Moon.”
“Tsuki to Kaminari” will be released October 7, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser trailer #2 and 4 posters added for MBC drama series “All Kinds of Daughters-in-Law” (literal title) starring Ham Eun-Jung (‘T-ara’), Lee Joo-Yeon (ex ‘After School’), Kang Kyeong-Jun & Cha Do-Jin. Drama series airs Monday through Friday at 8:55PM starring June 5, 2017 in South Korea.
Masataka Kubota is cast in live-action Fuji TV drama series “We Did It” (literal title of “Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita”). For the drama series, Masataka Kubota will play main character Tobio Masubuchi. Also cast in supporting roles are Mei Nagano, Mackenyu, Shotaro Mamiya, Shono Hayama, Hiroki Konno, Rina Kawaei, Sae Okazaki, Itsuji Itao, Ikue Sakakibara, Asami Mizukawa, Shohei Miura and Arata Furuta. The drama series is based on manga “Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita” by Muneyuki Kaneshiro.
“We Did It” first airs July, 2017 in Japan.
Popular screenwriter Kim Eun-Sook is set to write new drama series “Mr. Sunshine” (working title). In addition, director Lee Eung-Bok, who previously collaborated with Kim Eun-Sook in tvN drama series “Goblin” and KBS2 drama series “Descendants of the Sun,” will direct the drama series. Kim Eun-Sook is currently working on the screenplay for “Mr. Sunshine.” Currently, the drama series is targeted to air sometime in spring or summer, 2018 in South Korea.
Two main posters and ep.1 main trailers added for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Queen For Seven Days” starring Yeon Woo-Jin, Park Min-Young & Lee Dong-Gun. “Queen For Seven Days” first airs May 31, 2017 in South Korea.
Choi Jin-Hyuk has been offered for the lead male role in upcoming MBC drama series “Hospital Ship.” Ha Ji-Won has already received an offer to play the lead female role and she is still considering her offer. Meanwhile, Choi Jin-Hyuk is “positively considering” his offer. If Choi Jin-Hyuk accepts, he will play Kwak Hyun. His character is a physician who is also gentle and considerate, but strong-minded.
“Hospital Ship” will first air August, 2017 in South Korea.
U-Know Yunho (‘TVXQ’) and Kyung Soo-Jin are cast for new live-action drama series “Melo Holic.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Melo Holic” by Team Getname. The drama series is slated to stream online as a webdrama and also air on a television network, but exact details have not been finalized. For U-Know Yunho, this is his first acting performance since being discharged from the military on April 20, 2017. Story for the drama series follows a man with telepathic perception and a woman with two personalities.
Nana Eikura & Ken Yasuda cast in movie “When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead” (literal title). Movie will be directed by Toshio Lee and is based on a post made to Yahoo! Answers about a wife’s eccentric behavior. In the upcoming film (romaji title “Ie ni Kaeru to Tsuma ga Kanarazu Shinda Furi wo Shite Imasu”), Ken Yasuda will play salaryman husband Jun and Nana Eikura will play housewife Chie. One day, when Jun comes home, Chie lies on the floor with blood coming out of her mouth. It turns out the blood is actually ketchup and she is just pretending to be dead, but she continues the bizarre behavior daily.
“When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead” will be released spring, 2018 in Japan.