Main trailer added for Netflix distributed movie “Officer Black Belt” starring Kim Woo-Bin & Kim Sung-Kyun. Above is a special duo poster of Kim Woo-Bin as Lee Jung-Do and Kim Sung-Kyun as Probation Officer Kim Sun-Min for the movie. Captions on the duo poster states “Tracking device damage” and “Dead Battery.”
“Officer Black Belt” will be released September 13, 2024.
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Kento Yamazaki & Minami Hamabe are cast in live-action movie “Under Ninja.” Movie is based on manga series “Under Ninja” by Kengo Hanazawa and directed by Yuichi Fukuda (“Black Night Parade“). The film will revolve around ninja’s who are secretly hiding in present day society, with Kento Yamazaki playing Kuro Kumogakure. He is a ninja from the NIN group and he receives orders to look into the group Under Ninja. Minami Hamabe plays high school student Ayaka Noguchi. She gets drawn in their fight. The first teaser trailer has been added on AsianWiki as well.
“Under Ninja” will be released January 24, 2025 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Family by Choice” starring Hwang In-Yeop, Jung Chae-Yeon, & Bae Hyun-Sung. The drama series, which is a remake of Chinese drama series “Go Ahead,” follows three young people who reunite after 10 years of being apart. The teaser trailer begins withYoon Joo-Won (Jung Chae-Yeon) making a group chat room and writing and deleting the name of the group chat room like “2+3=family” and “Special family plus romance.” She finally sets the name of the group chat room to “Family by Choice.” She invites 4 other people, even though they are not blood related, to join “Family by Choice.”
Drama series “Family by Choice” is now set to air from October 9, 2024 in South Korea. The drama series will air two consecutive episodes each Wednesday from 8:50 PM.
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Teaser trailer and character posters added for Netflix drama series “Gyeongseong Creature 2” starring Park Seo-Jun & Han So-Hee. The drama series is a sequel to 2023 Netflix drama series “Gyeongseong Creature” and set in the present day this time around. The four character posters features Park Seo-Jun as Jang Ho-Jae, Han So-Hee as Yoon Chae-Ok, Lee Mu-Saeng as Captain, and Bae Hyun-Sung as Seung-Jo. Lee Mu-Saeng and Bae Hyun-Sung play new characters who did not appear in the first series.
“Gyeongseong Creature 2” will be released September 27, 2024.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “A Normal Family” starring Sul Kyung-Gu, Jang Dong-Gun, Kim Hee-Ae, and Soo-Hyun. Movie is based on 2009 novel “The Dinner” by Dutch writer Herman Koch and directed by Hur Jin-Ho (“The Last Princess“). The novel was previously adapted into a 2014 Italian movie and a 2017 U.S. movie with both films titled “The Dinner.”
“A Normal Family” will be released this October in South Korea.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Stolen Identity The Last Hacker” starring Ryo Narita, Yudai Chiba, & Kwon Eun-Bi. The film is the final installment in the “Stolen Identity” trilogy that started with 2018 movie “Stolen Identity.” For the movie, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Dried Flower” by singer Imase. The track is also featured in the main trailer.
“Stolen Identity The Last Hacker” will be released November 1, 2024 in Japan.
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Jin Young & Roh Jeong-Eui are cast in Channel A drama series “Witch” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Manyeo” by Kang Pool (“Moving“). In “Witch,” Jin Young will play Dong-Jin who is statistician. He likes a woman named Mi-Jeong, played by Roh Jeong-Eui, who some people call a witch. Dong-Jin sets out to prove that Mi-Jeong is not a witch.
“Witch” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.
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Park Ha-Na & Park Sang-Nam are cast for lead roles in KBS1 drama series “Let’s Get Married, Maengkong” (literal title). Also cast in the weekday evening drama series are Kim Sa-Kwon, Lee Yeon-Doo, Park Tam-Hee, & Lee Eun-Hyung. The drama series, steeped in marriage themes, will follow Park Ha-Na as she plays Maeng Kong-Hee. She reunites with her childhood friend, Koo Dan-Soo played by Park Sang-Nam, at her place of work. He is the successor for that company.
“Let’s Get Married, Maengkong” first airs October, 2024 in South Korea (takes over KBS1’s Monday through Friday 8:30PM time slot after “Su-Ji and U-Ri“).
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Naohito Fujiki and Susumu Terajima are cast in TV Tokyo drama series “D&D.” The human mystery drama series will have Naohito Fujiki will play Ryo Kamiko. He is a doctor and director of a regional hospital that is facing a financial crisis. Susumu Terajima will play Bunpei Yuge. He is a quirky veteran detective who doesn’t show favoritism to his organization. The doctor and detective work together to solve violent crimes that seem related to the hospital’s situation.
“D&D” will first air October 18, 2024 in Japan (will air in TV Tokyo’s new 9PM time slot, with prior drama series “Shosen Hitogoto desu kara” airing at 8PM).
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Oji Suzuka and Honoka Matsumoto are cast in Fuji TV live-action drama series “Usotoki Rhetoric.” The drama series is based on manga series “Usotoki Rhetoric” by Ritsu Miyako. Story for “Usotoki Rhetoric,” is set in the early Show period (around 1930-1940) and follows a private detective played by Oji Suzuka, who is in heavy debt. He comes across a woman played by Honoka Matsumoto who has an ability to tell when people tell lies.
“Usotoki Rhetoric” will first air October 7, 2024 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 9PM time slot after “Where does the Sea Begin.”).
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