Takeshi Kitano is set to direct and star in movie “Outrage Saishusho” (literally “Outrage Last Chapter”). Movie is the third and final installment in the “Outrage” films. Actors set to return in “Outrage Saishusho” are Toshiyuki Nishida, Sansei Shiomi, Tatsuo Nadaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Ikuji Nakamura, Yutaka Matsushige and Hakuryu. Actors set to play new characters in the film will be announced at a later date. Story for “Outrage Saishusho” will take place after “Outrage Beyond.”
Main poster and ep.1 trailer added for upcoming JTBC drama series “Solomon’s Perjury” starring Kim Hyun-Soo & Cho Jae-Hyun. Drama series is based on 2011 novel “Solomon no Gisho” by Miyuki Miyabe.
“Solomon’s Perjury” first airs December 9, 2016 in South Korea.
Ayame Gouriki is cast in new TBS drama series “Rental no Koi.” The drama series has Ayame Gouriki playing Remi Takasugi. Her character works for the company “Rental Lovers.” She is the most popular employee there which provides women for platonic dates. Whenever she finishes a date, she never smiles and wears bandage around her neck.
“Rental no Koi” premieres January 18, 2017 in Japan.
Main trailer and posters added for upcoming movie “Because I Love You” starring Cha Tae-Hyun, Kim You-Jung & Seo Hyun-Jin. The film offers a mixture of romance, comedy and fantasy (something Cha Tae-Hyun previously found success with in “Hello Ghost“). In the film, Cha Tae-Hyun plays a man who wakes up from a car accident in another person’s body. Soon, he realizes he is able to take over the consciousness of other people and in doing so he helps them solve their personal problems.
“Because I Love You” will be released January, 2017 in South Korea.
Kim Min-Seo & Park Sun-Ho are cast for the lead roles in upcoming weekday morning SBS drama series “I’m Sorry Kang Nam-Goo.” Also cast in main supporting roles are Lee In and Na Ya.
“I’m Sorry Kang Nam-Goo” first airs December 19, 2016 in South Korea.
Main trailer for live-action film “One Week Friends” starring Kento Yamazaki & Haruna Kawaguchi. Movie is based on manga series “Isshukan Friends” by Matcha Hazuki.
“One Week Friends” will be released February 18, 2017 in Japan.
Yuriko Yoshitaka is cast in upcoming mystery film “Yurigokoro.” The movie is based on 2011 novel “Yurigokoro” by Mahokaru Numata which won the 14th Oyabu Haruhiko Sho. Movie is directed by Naoto Kumazawa. In the upcoming movie, Yuriko Yoshitaka will play main character Misako. She plays a murderer who learns to love, but can’t escape from her murderer desires.
“Yurigokoro” will be released September, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser trailer and character posters added for upcoming movie “The King” starring Zo In-Sung & Jung Woo-Sung. Movie is written and directed by Han Jae-Rim. The character posters are of Zo In-Sung, Jung Woo-Sung, Bae Sung-Woo and Ryoo Joon-Yeol. Story for “The King,” follows Zo In-Sung as Park Tae-Soo. After going through a difficult upbringing Park Tae-Soo becomes a prosecutor, but he wants to amass more power.
“The King” will be released sometime January, 2017 in South Korea.
Takako Matsu, Hikari Mitsushima, Issei Takahashi & Ryuhei Matsuda are cast in TBS drama series “Quartet.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Yuji Sakamoto and will be directed by Nobuhiro Doi. Premise for the drama series will revolve around four people in their 30’s who form a musical quartet. There is also a secret held by one of the members.
“Quartet” will first air January, 2017 in Japan.
Here’s still images of Lee Jong-Hyun (‘CNBLUE’) and Kong Seung-Yeon‘s first kiss scene in upcoming drama series “My Only Love Song.” Filming for this scene actually took place in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province and Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province. The scene has On Dal (Lee Jong-Hyun) and Song Soo-Jung (Kong Seung-Yeon) realizing that they are in love. Song Soo-Jung is actually a top star in the present day, but she travels back in time to the Joseon era and meets On Dal.
“My Only Love Song” is tentatively scheduled to first air sometime in February, 2017 (exact network has yet be announced).