First teaser trailer for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Fight for My Way” (English title) starring Park Seo-Joon & Kim Ji-Won. The teaser trailer gives a glimpse to the volatile relationship between best friends Ko Dong-Man (Park Seo-Joon) and Choi Ae-Ra (Kim Ji-Won) turned boyfriend + girlfriend.
“Fight for My Way” first airs May 8, 2017 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer for live-action film “Ajin: Demi-Human” starring Takeru Satoh. Movie is based on manga series “Ajin” by Gamon Sakurai and directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro.
“Ajin: Demi-Human” opens September 30, 2017 in Japan.
Here’s the first teaser poster for tvN drama series “Circle” starring Kim Kang-Woo, Yeo Jin-Goo, Kong Seung-Yeon and Lee Gi-Kwang. The teaser poster shows two different time periods which the drama series is set in. On the left, is the present day and on the right is the year 2037. The story for “Circle” has Yeo Jin-Goo and Kong Seung-Yeon playing college students in the present day. They become involved in an unforeseen case. Meanwhile, in the year 2037, Kim Kang-Woo plays a veteran detective and Lee Gi-Kwang plays a public officer in the smart area. Caption for the poster states “Two Worlds … The one truth which they are looking for.”
Meanwhile, teaser trailer #3 featuring Kim Kang-Woo has been added on AsianWiki. “Circle” first airs May 22, 2017in South Korea.
Sho Sakurai, Yu Aoi & Mikako Tabe are cast in new NTV drama series “Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku.” The drama series will be directed by Nobuo Mizuta and scripted by Yasushi Fukuda. Premise for the drama series has Sho Sakurai playing Rosuke Narumi. He works at a trading company which has a business relationship with a private high school experiencing financial problems. Somehow, Rosuke Narumi gets appointed as the school’s new principle. Yu Aoi will play school staff member Chihiro Mashiba and Mikako Tabe will play his girlfriend Satoko Matsubara.
“Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku” first airs October, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser #5 added for upcoming MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask” starring Yoo Seung-Ho & Kim So-Hyun. Meanwhile, still images above are of Yoo Seung-Ho and L (‘INFINITE’). The still images are from the first scene with Yoo Seung-Ho as Crown Prince Lee Sun and L as Lee Sun appearing together. Filming for this scene took place on January 10, 2017 in Yangju, South Korea. As you can surmise from the name, Crown Prince Lee Sun is royalty, but Lee Sun comes from the lowest class.
“Ruler: Master of the Mask” first airs May 10, 2017 in South Korea.
Here’s the first still image of Lee Si-Young in upcoming MBC drama series “Lookout” co-starring Kim Young-Kwang. The still images are from Lee Si-Young’s first day of filming for the drama series. The scene has Lee Si-Young riding a motorcycle and involved in a chase. For her role in “Lookout,” Lee Si-Young got a motorcycle driving license and attended an action school. Her character’s name is Jo Soo-Ji and she is a former detective. Jo Soo-Ji lost her daughter in a crime and the perpetrator was able to avoid punishment. She joins a group to punish the criminal.
“Lookout” first airs May, 2017 in South Korea.
Trailer #1 and teaser poster added for upcoming live-action film “Gintama” starring Shun Oguri. Movie is based on manga “Gintama” by Hideaki Sorachi and directed by Yuichi Fukuda. Unlike the teaser trailer, trailer #1 features all of the main characters played by Shun Oguri , Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yuya Yagira, Hirofumi Arai, Ryo Yoshizawa, Akari Hayami, Tsuyoshi Muro, Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada, Jiro Sato, Nanao, Ken Yasuda, Kankuro Nakamura and Tsuyoshi Domoto.
“Gintama” opens July 14, 2017 in Japan.
Two teaser posters for upcoming movie “Park Yeol” starring Lee Je-Hoon. Movie is directed by Lee Joon-Ik and, similar to his last film “Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet,” “Park Yeol” is based on the life of a historical person. Park Yeol was born in 1902 and lived through a time when Japan occupied South Korea. He became an anarchist and advocated the independence of South Korea. He was arrested for conspiring to bomb the wedding of Crown Prince Hirohito.
“Park Yeol” is set for release June 29, 2017 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer added for Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed film “Before We Vanish” starring Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda & Mahiro Takasugi. Movie will have its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28, 2017) in the “Un Certain Regard” section. “Before We Vanish” opens September 9, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser trailer and poster added for Hirokazu Koreeda directed film “The Third Murder” starring Masaharu Fukuyama & Koji Yakusho.” The Third Murder” is Hirokazu Koreeda’s first film since 2009 film “Air Doll,” in which the story is not centered around family issues.
Release date for “The Third Murder” is now set for September 9, 2017 in Japan.