Here’s still images of Lee Joon in his first day of filming for upcoming MBC drama series “Woman with a Suitcase” starring Choi Ji-Woo & Joo Jin-Mo. In the upcoming drama series, Lee Joon plays Ma Suk-Woo. He is a conscientious attorney, but he suffers from a poor financial situation. He even has trouble paying for his monthly rent on his office.
“Woman with a Suitcase” first airs September 26, 2016 in South Korea.
Fumi Nikaido is cast in NTV drama special “Teacher Gappa” (literal title of “Gappa Sensei”). Also cast for the drama special in supporting roles are Kentaro Sakaguchi, Takuro Ohno, Sadao Abe & Kayoko Kishimoto. The drama special will have Fumi Nikaido playing a 24-year-old rookie teacher from the countryside, teaching at an elementary school in the city.
“Teacher Gappa” opens September 23, 2016 in Japan.
Poster and main trailer added for upcoming movie “Cinderella Game” starring Kasumi Yamaya. Movie is based on 2016 novel “Cinderella Game” by Junpei Arai.
“Cinderella Game” opens October 1, 2016 in Japan.
Here’s still images of Yoona (‘Girls’ Generation’) in upcoming tvN drama series “The K2.” In the drama series, Yoona plays Ko An-Na. Her character has sad memories of her childhood. She is the secret daughter of a presidential candidate (Cho Seong-Ha). Ko An-Na is disconnected from the world, but she slowly opens her mind to her bodyguard Kim Je-Ha (Ji Chang-Wook).
“The K2” first airs September 23, 2016 in South Korea.
Here’s 5 character posters for upcoming movie “Asura: The City of Madness.” The 5 character posters are of Jung Woo-Sung, Hwang Jung-Min, Ju Ji-Hoon, Kwak Do-Won and Jeong Man-Sik. Movie is directed by Kim Sung-Su (“The Flu“/”Musa the Warrior“).
An entertaining English subtitled teaser trailer for the crime-action film can be viewed at AsainWiki. “Asura: The City of Madness” opens September 28, 2016 in South Korea.
Kim Young-Kwang is cast in upcoming KBS2 drama series “Man Living at My House” co-starring Soo-Ae. The drama series is based on webcomic “Woorijibe Saneun Namja” by Yoo Hyun-Sook.
In the upcoming drama series, Kim Young-Kwang will play lead male character Go Nan-Gil. Although Go Nan-Gil is still in his 20’s, he becomes the stepfather of Hong Na-Ri (Soo-Ae) who is older than him. Go Nan-Gil has a mysterious past. He tries to protect the dumpling restaurant Hong Na-Ri’s mother left behind and also his stepdaughter Hong Na-Ri.
“Man Living at My House” first airs October 24, 2016 in South Korea.
Soo-Ae is cast for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Man Living at My House.” In the drama series, she will play lead female character Hong Na-Ri. Meanwhile, actor Kim Young-Kwang is weighing an offer to play the lead male character while actor Lee Soo-Hyuk & actress Jo Bo-Ah are weighing offers to play major supporting characters.
Story for “Man Living at My House,” has Hong Na-Ri (Soo-Ae) working as a flight attendant. One day, her stepfather Go Nan-Gil suddenly appears. Kim Young-Kwang has been offered the role of Go Nan-Gil. His character is a former gang member and ex-legendary loan shark. He is in his 20’s and his life goal is to protect his family.
For the major supporting characters, if Lee Soo-Hyuk accepts his offer he will play Kwon Duk-Bong. He is the director of a company. Due to a complicated family history and family battles over wealth, he goes through emotional ups and downs. He is cruel to those against him. If Jo Bo-Ah accepts, she will play Dok Yeo-Joo. She also works as a flight attendant. She comes from a family heavily in debt. Dok Yeo-Joo uses her beautiful appearance to get what she wants and tries to hide her poor situation from people.
“Man Living at My House” first airs October 24, 2016 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Monday and Tuesday 10PM time slot after “Love in the Moonlight“).
Second leading lady Chae Soo-Bin will appear in currently airing KBS2 drama series “Love in the Moonlight” beginning from episode 5. For the drama series, Chae Soo-Bin plays Jo Ha-Yeon. Her character is a daughter from a noble family and she is not shy about love. She meets Lee Young (Park Bo-Gum) and becomes interested in him. She then makes a proposal to him to marry for convenience.
Episode 5 of KBS2 drama series “Love in the Moonlight” airs later tonight (September 5, 2016) in South Korea.
Shun Oguri is cast in new Hulu drama series “Daisho.” The online streaming drama series is based on 2014 novel “Daisho” by Shun Ioka. In the upcoming drama series, Shun Oguri plays main character Keisuke Okuyama. His character is an attorney. He then receives a letter from a woman asking him to defend her stepson who is also a friend from Keisuke Okuyama’s dark past that he has forgotten. The stepson is accused of murder and burglary. Also cast in the drama series are Tsutomu Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka, Mitsuru Hirata, Ryo Ishibashi, Yasushi Fuchikami, Elisa Yanagi & Shuntaro Yanagi.
“Daisho” will be available to stream through Hulu Japan sometime this fall.
Ryosuke Yamada (‘Hey! Say! JUMP’) is cast in new Fuji TV drama series “Cain and Abel.” For the upcoming drama series, Ryosuke Yamada will play main character Yu Takada. While growing up, his father always favored his smarter older brother and Yu Takada has been seeking his father’s affection ever since. One day, he meets a woman that he develops feelings for … but he learns that she is his older brother’s girlfriend.
“Cain and Abel” airs beginning this October in Japan.