Aug 21 2024

Song Joong-Ki and Chun Woo-Hee cast in drama “My Youth”

Song Joong-Ki and Chun Woo-Hee are cast in new drama series “My Youth” (working title). Drama series will be scripted by Park Si-Hyun (“Run On“) and directed by Lee Sang-Yeob (“Yumi’s Cells“). The romance themed drama series will have Song Joong-Ki play Sun Woo-Hae. He was once a famous child actor, but he experienced dark times and now lives a quiet normal life. Chun Woo-Hee plays Sung Je-Yeon. She was the first love of Sun Woo-Hae as he was her first love. She now works for an entertainment company and is extremely career driven.

“My Youth” will air sometime next year, but broadcast network and OTT platforms has not yet been decided.

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Aug 20 2024

Fuju Kamio and Hiyori Sakurada cast in movie “Under the Big Onion”

Fuju Kamio and Hiyori Sakurada are cast in movie “Under the Big Onion.” The film is inspired by 1985 song “Okina Tamanegi no Shita de” (“Under the Big Onion”) by Bakufu-Slump. Story for the movie revolves around two part time workers at bar-cafe called “Double.” They never meet in person, but they communicate through a notebook used at work and fall in love. The first teaser trailer has been also been released and can be viewed at AsianWiki.

“Under the Big Onion” will be released February 7, 2025 in Japan.

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Aug 20 2024

Teaser trailer for KBS2 drama “Iron Family”

First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Iron Family” starring Kim Jung-Hyun & Keum Sae-Rok. The first teaser trailer has the two main characters of Seo Kang-Joo (Kim Jung-Hyun) and Lee Da-Rim (Keum Sae-Rok) passing each other at a crosswalk. The sound of Seo Kang-Joo flicking his lighter open and closed, causes the visually impaired Lee Da-Rim to momentarily stop. Narration briefly appears at the 24 second mark in the teaser trailer when Seo Kang-Joo asks “Hope? Am I to you?”

“Iron Family” is now set to first air September 28, 2024 in South Korea.

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Aug 20 2024

Shuri cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama “Monster”

Shuri is cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Monster.” The drama series is scripted by Atsuko Hashibe (“Yuria’s Red String of Fate“). Premise for the drama series will have Shuri play Ryoko Kannami. She is an unconventional lawyer who isn’t bound by common sense. This will also mark Shuri’s first time starring in a prime time drama series.

“Monster” will first air October, 2024 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 10 PM time slot after “Mountain Doctor“).

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Aug 20 2024

Teaser trailer and poster for Disney+ drama “Seoul Busters”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Seoul Busters” starring Kim Dong-Wook, Park Ji-Hwan, Seo Hyun-Woo, Park Se-Wan, & Lee Seung-Woo. The teaser trailer begins with an anonymous voice that states “I made an office temporarily. You’ll be staying there for the time being.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:31) “Violent crimes unit that ranked at the bottom,” (0:38) “Super elite new chief of the unit,” and (0:44) “Ragtag bunch they met!”

“Seoul Busters” will be available to stream from September 11, 2024.

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Aug 19 2024

Teaser trailer 2 for Coupang Play drama “What Comes After Love”

Teaser trailer 2 added for Coupang Play drama series “What Comes After Love” starring Lee Se-Young & Kentaro Sakaguchi. The second teaser trailer is titled “Miracle” and has narration by Kentaro Sakaguchi stating “So far, I never believed in fate or miracles. I thought those were just words to cover up coincidences, but she was there like miracle.”

“What Comes After Love” will be available to stream from September 27, 2024.

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Aug 19 2024

Jang Ki-Yong and Cha Seung-Won cast in drama “Pigpen”

Jang Ki-Yong and Cha Seung-Won are cast in starring roles for drama series “Pigpen.” Also cast in major supporting character roles are Park Hee-Soon, Roh Jeong-Eui, & Kim Dae-Myung. Drama series is based on webcomic “Dwaejiwoori” by Kim Kan-Bi & Cheon Beom-Sik. Kim Sang-Man (“Midnight FM“) will direct the drama series and write the screenplay adaptation.

“Pigpen” will be released sometime next year, but broadcasting network/OTT platform has not yet been decided.

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Aug 19 2024

Ju Ji-Hoon & Jung Yu-Mi cast in tvN drama “Love on a Single Tree Bridge”

Ju Ji-Hoon and Jung Yu-Mi are cast in tvN drama series “Love on a Single Tree Bridge” (literal title). The romance themed drama series is scripted by Im Ye-Jin (“The Tale of Nokdu“) and directed by Park Joon-Hwa (“Because This Is My First Life“). Story for “Love on a Single Tree Bridge” will have Ju Ji-Hoon and Jung Yu-Mi play two people who were hometown rivals as teens, meet again as adults when they work at the same school.

“Love on a Single Tree Bridge” will air sometime later this year in South Korea.

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Aug 16 2024

Teaser poster and air date for SBS drama “The Judge from Hell”

Teaser poster and air date set for SBS drama series “The Judge from Hell” starring Park Shin-Hye and Kim Jae-Young. The teaser poster features Park Shin-Hye as Kang Bit-Na. She works as a judge, but she is actually a demon. Caption on the teaser poster states “Welcome to my world.”

“The Judge from Hell” is now set to first air September 21, 2024 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Friday and Saturday 10 PM time slot after “Good Partner“).

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Aug 16 2024

Shotaro Mamiya cast in WOWOW drama “Hustlin Boy”

Shotaro Mamiya is cast in WOWOW live-action drama series “Hustlin Boy.” The drama series is based on manga series of same name by Shinya Kusaka and Yuki Honda. Kosuke Suzuki (“Shylock’s Children“) will direct the drama series. Shotaro Mamiya will play Tamotsu Kubota. He is a student in debt and begins to work with someone in the criminal underworld of Ikebukuro.

“Hustlin Boy” will consist of 8 episodes and air sometime this fall in Japan.

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