Aug 16 2024

Tatsuya Fujiwara cast in Fuji TV drama “Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu”

Tatsuya Fujiwara is cast in Fuji TV drama series “Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu.” The mystery drama series is scripted by Tsutomu Kuroiwa (“La Grande Maison Tokyo“) and directed by directed by Junichi Ishikawa (“Hospital Police Force“). For the upcoming drama series, Tatsuya Fujiwara will play Miyabi Okitama. He investigates mysterious cases, usually involving the paranormal or the occult, that are unsolvable by normal scientific means.

“Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu” will first air October 9, 2024 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Wednesday 10:00 PM time slot after “Shinjuku Field Hospital“).

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Aug 14 2024

Teaser trailer and posters for Netflix drama series “The Queen of Villains”

Teaser trailer and posters added for Netflix drama series “The Queen of Villains” starring Yuriyan Retriever, Erika Karata, and Ayame Goriki. Drama series “The Queen of Villains” is set in the 1980’s and follows the life of real life female wrestler Dump Matsumoto played by Yuriyan Retriever. Playing her peers are Erika Karata as Chigusa Nagayo and Ayame Goriki as Lioness Asuka. During production of the drama series, wrestlers Dump Matsumoto and Chigusa Nagayo took part as wrestling supervisors.

“The Queen of Villains” will be available to stream from September 19, 2024.

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Aug 14 2024

Teaser trailer and poster for movie “Solitary Gourmet”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Solitary Gourmet” starring Yutaka Matsushige. The movie is based on manga series  “Kodoku no Gourmet” by Masayuki Qusumi and follows long running TV Tokyo drama series franchise “Solitary Gourmet.” The movie version will have Goro Inogashira (Yutaka Matsushige) traveling internationally in search of the ultimate soup. The teaser trailer reveals that he will be in Paris, France and an as of yet unknown coastal area. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:05) “In search of the ultimate soup,” and (0:10) “to Paris, France.”

“Solitary Gourmet” will be released January 10, 2025 in Japan.

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Aug 14 2024

Kouhei Matsushita cast in NTV drama “Houkago Karte”

Kouhei Matsushita is cast in NTV live-action drama series “Houkago Karte.” The drama series is based on manga series “Houkago Karte” by Mayu Hinase. For “Houkago Karte,” Kouhei Matsushita will play a pediatrician who is stationed at an elementary school. He often complains and carries attitude, but he is good at his job.

“Houkago Karte” will first air October, 2024 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 9PM time slot after “Going Home: Cops for the Lost“).

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Aug 13 2024

Teaser trailer and poster for movie “Trillion Game”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Trillion Game” starring Ren Meguro and Hayato Sano. The movie is based on manga series “Trillion Game” by Riichiro Inagaki and follows TBS drama series “Trillion Game.” The movie version features an original story from the drama series. In addition, Mio Imada, Riko Fukumoto and Koji Kikkawa are announced as new supporting cast members for the movie. All three of the announced actors will reprise their roles from the drama series version. Caption on the teaser poster states “Fight until you win.”

“Trillion Game” will be released February 14, 2025 in Japan.

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Aug 13 2024

Teaser trailer and teaser poster for Netflix movie “Officer Black Belt”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for Netflix distributed movie “Officer Black Belt” starring Kim Woo-Bin and Kim Sung-Kyun. The teaser poster that features Kim Woo-Bin as Lee Jung-Do states “Crimes that threaten the world. We nip them in the bud!” His character is a talented martial arts fighter, but becomes a probation officer’s partner.

“Officer Black Belt” will be available to stream September 13, 2024.

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Aug 12 2024

Trailer for tvN-TVING drama “No Gain No Love”

Trailer added for tvN-TVING drama series “No Gain No Love” starring Shin Min-A & Kim Young-Dae. The upcoming romantic-comedy drama series revolves around a fake marriage that takes place between Son Hae-Young (Shin Min-A) and Kim Ji-Wook (Kim Young-Dae). Meanwhile, below are still images of Shin Min-A and supporting actresses Han Ji-Hyun, & Joo Min-Kyung. Han Ji-Hyun will play Nam Ja-Yeon. She is a writer of 19+ web novels. Joo Min-Kyung will play Cha Hee-Sung. She is a voice actress and best friend of Son Hae-Young for 20 years. Han Ji-Hyun will also star in the upcoming spin-off of “No Gain No Love” titled “Spice Up Our Love.”

“No Gain No Love” will first air August 26, 2024 in South Korea. Internationally, “No Gain No Love” will also be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video among other OTT platforms.

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Aug 12 2024

Takako Matsu and Hokuto Matsumura cast in movie “1st Kiss”

Takako Matsu and Hokuto Matsumura are cast in movie “1st Kiss.” Movie is scripted by Yuji Sakamoto (“Quartet“) and directed by Ayuko Tsukahara (“La Grande Maison Tokyo“). The film will have Takako Matasu play Kanna Suzuri. After the death of her husband in accident, she somehow travels back in time to right before she first met her husband. In addition, the first teaser trailer has been added at AsianWiki.

“1st Kiss” will be released February 7, 2025 in Japan.

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Aug 12 2024

Mayu Hotta, Sawa Nimura cast in NTV drama series “Wakakusa Monogatari”

Mayu Hotta, Sawa Nimura, Mei Hata and Neru Nagahama are cast in NTV drama series “Wakakusa Monogatari.” The drama series is based on classic 1868 U.S. novel “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, but told from the vantage point of modern day Japan. The four announced female actresses will play sisters from the Machida family, with Mayu Hotta playing lead character Ryo Machida. She is the second oldest sister and hopes to become a drama series screenwriter.

“Wakakusa Monogatari” will first air October, 2024 (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Furitsumore Kodokuna Shiyo“).

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Aug 9 2024

Masahiro Motoki & Kyoko Koizumi cast in movie “Umi no Chinmoku”

Masahiro Motoki, Kyoko Koizumi, Kiichi Nakai, & Koji Ishizaka are cast in movie “Umi no Chinmoku.” Movie is features an original screenplay by Sou Kuramoto (“Yasuragi no Sato“) and directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (“Aircraft Carrier Ibuki“). The film starts off with a scandal at an art exhibition, when one of the paintings is discovered to be a counterfeit. Later, a woman’s dead boy is found in Hokkaido. A genius painter named Ryuji Tsuyama (Masahiro Motoki), who disappeared from the public’s eye, is found to have links to both incidents.

“Umi no Chinmoku” will be released November 22, 2024 in Japan.

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