Oct 2 2024

First teaser trailer and posters for ENA drama “Brewing Love”

First teaser trailer and teaser posters added for ENA drama series “Brewing Love” (literal title) starring Kim Se-Jeong & Lee Jong-Won. Caption on the teaser poster states “Raise heart throb level.” For “Brewing Love,” Kim Se-Jeong as Chae Yong-Joo is tasked with selling a new beer for her company. Lee Jong-Won is plays the CEO of the beer company that Chae Young-Joo must promote.

“Brewing Love” will first air  November 4, 2024 in South Korea (takes over ENA’s Monday and Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Dear Hyeri“).

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Oct 2 2024

Main trailer for Netflix drama “Beyond Goodbye”

Main trailer added for Netflix drama series “Beyond Goodbye” starring Kasumi Arimura & Kentaro Sakaguchi. The romance drama series, scripted by Yoshikazu Okada (“The 8-Year Engagement“), has a woman named Saeko Sugawara (Kasumi Arimura) meeting Kazumasa Naruse (Kentaro Sakaguchi). They are unaware at first that Kazumasa Naruse received a heart transplant from Saeko Sugawara’s boyfriend who died in a car accident. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Azalea” by Kenshi Yonezu. The theme song is featured in the main trailer.

“Beyond Goodbye” consists of 8 episodes and will be available to stream from November 14, 2024.

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Oct 2 2024

Main trailer for Netflix movie “Uprising”

Main trailer added for Netflix distributed movie “Uprising” starring Gang Dong-Won, Park Jeong-Min, and Cha Seung-Won. Prior to its release on Netflix, “Uprising” will have its world premiere as the opening film for the 2024 Busan International Film Festival (October 2-11, 2024). Story for “Uprising” is set during the Imjin War, when Japan invaded Korea (1592-1598).

“Uprising” will be available to stream from October 11, 2024.

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Sep 30 2024

Koki, Keisuke Watanabe, & Keito Tsuna cast in movie “Megami Korin”

Koki, Keisuke Watanabe, & Keito Tsuna are cast in two-part movie “Megami Korin.” Movie is based on webcomic “Yeoshingangrim” by Yaongyi, which was previously adapted into 2020 tvN drama series “True Beauty” starring Mun Ka-Young, Cha Eun-Woo, & Hwang In-Yeop. For the movie version, Koki will play Reina Tanigawa. She is a teenager who gets bullied for her looks, but she turns to makeup to transform herself.

“Megami Korin” will release its “Before” version on March 20, 2025 and its “After” version on May 1, 2025. Meanwhile, the first teaser trailer for the movie can be viewed on AsianWiki.

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Sep 27 2024

Namkoong Min and Jeon Yeo-Bin cast in SBS drama “Our Movie”

Namkoong Min and Jeon Yeo-Bin are cast in SBS drama series “Our Movie” (literal title). The drama series will be directed by Lee Jung-Heum, who worked with Namkoong Min in 2017 SBS drama series “Falsify.” Story for “Our Movie” will be a romance/melodrama, revolving around a movie director played by Namkoong Min making his second film. Story for his second film involves a person with a terminal illness. He meets an aspiring actress played by Jeon Yeo-Bin, who is terminally ill, and they work together on the movie.

“Our Movie” will air sometime next year in SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10 PM time slot.

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Sep 27 2024

Sul Kyung-Gu, Hong Kyung, & Ryoo Seung-Bum cast in Netflix movie “Good News”

Sul Kyung-Gu, Hong Kyung, & Ryoo Seung-Bum are cast in Netflix distributed movie “Good News.” The film will be directed by Byun Sung-Hyun, who previously directed Sul Kyung-Gu in the Netflix distributed film “Kill Bok-Soon.” “Good News,” will mark the fourth time for Sul Kyung-Gu to appear in a film directed by Byun Sung-Hyun. Premise for “Good News” revolves around a secret operation that takes place to land a hijacked airplane.

“Good News” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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Sep 27 2024

Nobuyuki Suzuki cast in movie “Salaryman Kintaro”

Nobuyuki Suzuki is cast in movie “Salaryman Kintaro.” The film is based on manga series “Salaryman Kintaro” by Hiroshi Motomiya and will be released in two parts. The manga series was previously adapted into TBS drama series “Salaryman Kintaro,” TV Asahi drama series “Salaryman Kintaro,” and a 1999 movie version “Salaryman Kintaro.” Nobuyuki Suzuki will play main character Kintaro Yajima. He is a former motorcycle gang leader and now a salaryman.

“Salaryman Kintaro” will be released  January 10, 2025 with the Akatsuki version and the second part named Kai version will be released February 7, 2025.

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Sep 27 2024

Ep.1 trailer for tvN drama “Jeong-Nyeon: The Star is Born”

Ep.1 trailer added for tvN drama series “Jeong-Nyeon: The Star is Born” starring Kim Tae-Ri & Shin Ye-Eun. Dialogue in the trailer goes (0:01) anonymous voice “Even if we dig for clams very hard and sell them, we can only earn enough to buy barley rice for the day,” (0:04) Moon So-Ri “Even if we have to beg on the market, you can’t be a singer,” (0:08) Kim Tae-Ri “I don’t want to beg,” (0:10) Jung Eun-Chae “Do you know Gukguek?,” (0:13)
anonymous voice “If you become a Gukguek actor and succeed,” (0:15)
anonymous voice “You can buy a house and a car,” (0:18) Kim Tae-Ri “Even if I die at the hand of my mom,” (0:20) Kim Tae-Ri “I’ll make a lot of money with that talent,” (0:23) Jung Eun-Chae “What’s your name?” and (0:25) Kim Tae-Ri “I’m Yoon Jeong-Nyeon.”

“Jeong-Nyeon: The Star is Born” will first air October 12, 2024  in South Korea.

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Sep 26 2024

Lee Min-Ki cast in KBS2 drama “Face Me”

Lee Min-Ki is cast in KBS2 drama series “Face Me” co-starring Han Ji-Hyun. The drama series will have Lee Min-Ki play a plastic surgeon, who is also specialist in emergency medicine. He begins to work Lee Min-Hyung (Han Ji-Hyun), who is a detective in the violent crime department. They collaborate to help victims. Also cast for major supporting character roles in the series are Lee Yi-Kyung and Jeon Bae-Su.

“Face Me” will first air November, 2024 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:50 PM time slot after “Dog Knows Everything.”

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