Lee Sun-Kyun & Park Hae-Joon are cast in new movie “Bad Police.” Lee Sun-Kyung and Park Hae-Joon previously worked together in 2012 film “Helpless.” “Bad Police” will be directed by Lee Jeong-Beom (“The Man From Nowhere“). Story for the film deals with a bad police officer as he deals with vicious circumstances. The story also deals with the sinking of the Sewol Ferry, but that will be not be a main part of the story.
Filming for “Bad Police” begins March 15, 2017 in South Korea.
First script reading for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Queen of Mystery,” starring Kwon Sang-Woo & Choi Gang-Hee, took place February 17, 2017 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. Main cast members including Kwon Sang-Woo, Choi Gang-Hee, Lee Won-Geun & Jeon Soo-Jin all attended.
“Mystery Queen” first airs April 5, 2017 in South Korea.
Supporting cast has been announced for upcoming Hirokazu Koreeda directed film “The Third Murder” starring Masaharu Fukuyama & Koji Yakusho. Now cast in supporting roles are Suzu Hirose, Yuki Saito, Kotaro Yoshida, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Izumi Matsuoka, Mikako Ichikawa & Isao Hashizume.
Basic premise for the film follows an elite lawyer (Masaharu Fukuyama) as he takes on a case of a man (Koji Yakusho) accused of murder. The man was previously convicted of murder some 30 years ago. Even though the man confesses to the murder charge, the lawyer begins to have doubt.
“The Third Murder” will be released September, 2017 in Japan.
Filming for upcoming movie “Park Yeol,” starring Lee Je-Hoon, finished February 17, 2017 at a prison set in Cheongpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Filming took 5 weeks to finish. The last day of filming has Park Yeol (Lee Je-Hoon) and The Minister of State for Home Affairs Mizuno (Kim In-Woo) in a confrontation. Filming took place in Cheongpyeong, Hapcheon, Daejeon and Busan, South Korea. Movie is based on the life of anarchist and Korean independence activist Park Yeol. Lee Joon-Ik directs the film.
“Park Yeol” will be released sometime this year in South Korea.
Ayame Gouriki is cast in new TV Asahi drama series “Joshu Seven.” The drama series has Ayame Gouriki playing Kotone Kamiwatari. She works as a geisha in Kyoto, but she is falsely accused of murdering a fellow geisha. She is then sent to prison and must deal with life there.
“Joshu Seven” first airs April, 2017 in Japan.
Here’s the first still images of Takeru Satoh and Tao Tsuchiya in upcoming movie “The 8-Year Engagement.” Filming for the movie finished February 14, 2017 and took about 6 weeks to finish. Filming took place mainly around Okayama and also took place in Hiroshima and Kagawa. Movie is based on the autobiographical novel “8 Nen Goshi no Hanayome Kimi no Me ga Sametanara” by Hisashi Nakahara and Mai Nakahara, and directed by Takahisa Zeze. Premise for the film revolves around a woman who wakes up from a coma and cannot remember her fiance.
“The 8-Year Engagement” will be released sometime during winter, 2017 in Japan.
Krystal from idol group ‘f(x)’ and Gong Myung have been offered major supporting character roles in upcoming tvN drama series “Bride of the Water God 2017.” Currently, the two are positively considering the offers. Nam Joo-Hyuk and Shin Se-Kyung have already received offers to play the lead character roles and they are also considering the offers.
If Krystal accepts, she will play Hye-Ra. Her character is a god and she has lived among humans for hundreds of years. Now, Hye-Ra lives the life of an actress. She loves Ha Baek (Nam Joo-Hyuk if he accepts) in vain and, consequently, does not like So-A (Shin Se-Kyung if she accepts).
“Bride of the Water God 2017” first airs sometime this year in South Korea.
Teaser poster and teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “Ordinary Person” (literal title) starring Son Hyun-Joo & Jang Hyuk. Movie is set in the 1980’s and follows a detective (Son Hyun-Joo) as he becomes involved in a secret operation led by Kyoo-Nam (Jang-Hyuk).
“Ordinary Person” will be released March, 2017 in South Korea.
Supporting cast members announced for upcoming movie “Dorobou Yakusha” starring Ryuhei Maruyama. Now cast for the movie are Masachika Ichimura, Yusuke Santamaria, Anna Ishibashi, Daisuke Miyagawa, Mitsuki Takahata, Jin Katagiri and Rie Minemura. Movie is written and directed by Masafumi Nishida. Premise for the film follows ex-thief Hajime Onuki (Ryuhei Maruyama) and now regular civilian. After being blackmailed into breaking into a mansion, he is caught but constantly mistaken for someone else there.
The supporting cast members and their respective roles:
Masachika Ichimura will play Shuntaro Maezono. He is the picture book writer and owner of the mansion.
Yusuke Santamaria will play Ryosuke Todoroki. He is a salesman visiting the mansion.
Anna Ishibashi will play Eriko Oku. She is an editor.
Daisuke Miyagawa will play Norio Hatakeyama. He is a thief.
Mitsuki Takahata will play Misa Fujioka. She is the girlfriend of Hajime (Ryuhei Maruyama).
Jin Katagiri will play Jin Takanashi. He is a neighbor of the picture book writer.
Rie Minemura will play Mayumi Yonemura. She is a chief editor.
“Dorobou Yakusha” will open November, 2017 in Japan.
Lee Won-Geun is cast in upcoming KBS2 drama series “Mystery Queen” starring Kwon Sang-Woo & Choi Gang-Hee. For the drama series, Lee Won-Geun will play major supporting character Hong. He works as the chief of a small police station and he just graduated from the police academy. He isn’t very good in conducting investigations. Hong has difficulties in dealing with Detective Ha Wan-Seung (Kwon Sang-Woo) who was demoted to Hong’s police station. Whenever Detective Ha Wan-Seung ignores Yoo Seol-Ok (Choi Gang-Hee ), Hong tries to cheer her up.