Jul 17 2024

Hyeri cast in drama “Friendly Rivalry”

Hyeri is cast for a co-lead role in teen mystery-thriller drama series “Friendly Rivalry” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Sunuiui Gyeongjaeng” by Song Chae-Yoon & Sim Jae-Young. Story for “Friendly Rivalry” will be set at a high school featuring the top 1% students. Hyeri will play Yoo Je-Yi. She is the most powerful student at the school. She makes friends a with a new transfer student named Woo Seul-Ki.

“Friendly Rivalry” will first air sometime next year in South Korea.

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Jul 17 2024

Arata Sato and Miho Watanabe cast in movie “Seishun Gestalt Houkai”

Arata Sato and Miho Watanabe are cast in movie “Seishun Gestalt Houkai.” Movie is based on 2021 novel “Seishun Gestalt Houkai” by Tomato Marui and screenplay adaptation written by Kisa Miura (“Eye Love You“). The film is set at a high school where a girl, played by Miho Watanabe. suddenly comes down with “adolescent face loss syndrome.” Only one other student, played by Arata Sato, notices something off in her. The illness depicted in the original novel and movie is a fictional disorder where a youth loses their own individuality and identity, so much so that they can’t recognize their own face.

“Seishun Gestalt Houkai” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

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Jul 16 2024

Teaser trailer for tvN drama “Love Next Door”

Teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Love Next Door” starring Jung Hae-In & Jung So-Min. The teaser trailer shows the growth of the two main characters Choi Seung-Hyo (Jung Hae-In) and Bae Seok-Ryu (Jung So-Min) from their childhood days as friends to the present day. The romantic-comedy is directed by Yoo Je-Won and scripted by Shin Ha-Eun. The director and screenwriter previously worked together 2021 tvN drama series “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.”

“Love Next Door” will first airs August 17, 2024 in South Korea.

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Jul 15 2024

Teaser trailer 2 for MBN drama “Bad Memory Eraser”

Teaser trailer 2 added for MBN drama series “Bad Memory Eraser” (literal title) starring Kim Jae-Joong and Jin Se-Yun. Narration in teaser trailer 2 goes (0:01) Kim Jae-Joong  “I am very happy with my daily life, because you’re my first love,” (0:05) Jin Se-Yun  “Patient, listen carefully. You and I are nothing more than doctor and patient,” (0:12) Kim Jae-Joong “Soon I will make your eyes like this,” (0:18) Jin Se-Yun “What’s wrong with me? Kyeong Joo-Yeon… like an amateur. Why do I keep thinking about him? Forget. Forget,” (0:24) Kim Jae-Joong “How could you not remember this impressive face?,” (0:28) Kim Jae-Joong “Don’t you remember me?”

“Bad Memory Eraser” will first air August 2, 2024 in South Korea and be available to stream on U-NEXT in Japan and Viki in America, Europe, Middle East, and other areas.

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Jul 15 2024

Main trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Tokyo Swindlers”

Main trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Tokyo Swindlers” starring Go Ayano and Etsushi Toyokawa. The crime-suspense drama series is based on 2019 novel “Jimenshitachi” by Ko Shinjo and directed by Hitoshi One (“Tada’s Do-It-All House“). Caption on the poster states “All of these guys are crazy about land.”

“Tokyo Swindlers” will consist of 7 episode and will be available to stream July 25, 2024 in Japan.

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Jul 15 2024

Fumiya Takahashi and Nanase Nishino cast in movie “The Boy and the Dog”

Fumiya Takahashi and Nanase Nishino are cast in movie “The Boy and the Dog” (literal title). The film is based on 2020 short story collection “Shonen to Inu” by Seishu Hase and directed by Takahisa Zeze. The film’s screenplay adaptation will also incorporate original story elements. Over the course of several years, the film will follow a dog named Tamon and his influence on several different owners that take him in.

“The Boy and the Dog” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

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Jul 12 2024

Main trailer and poster for Disney+ drama “No Way Out: The Roulette”

Main trailer and poster added for Disney+ & U+Mobile TV drama series “No Way Out: The Roulette” starring Cho Jin-Woong, Yoo Jae-Myung, Kim Moo-Yul, & Yum Jung-Ah. The drama series revolves around a murderer played by Yoo Jae-Myung who is released from prison. A $15 million public bounty is offered for his murder. Captions for the main trailer states (0:21) “Public contract killing,” (0:34) “20 billion won as a reward for the murder,” (0:49)
“The target has been decided!,” (1:01) “Would you like to participate?,” (1:25) “Protect,” (1:27) “Kill,” (1:29) “Those who want to live,” (1:31) “War without exit.”

“No Way Out: The Roulette” will be avaialble to stream from July 31, 2024.

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Jul 12 2024

Mun Ka-Young and Choi Hyun-Wook cast in tvN drama “That Man Is Black Salt Dragon”

Mun Ka-Young and Choi Hyun-Wook are cast in tvN drama series “That Man Is Black Salt Dragon” (literal title). The drama series is based on  webcomic “Geunomeun Heukyeomryong” by Hyejinyang and directed by Lee Soo-Hyun (“Delightfully Deceitful“). For the upcoming drama series, Mun Ka-Young and Choi Hyun-Wook will play two people who meet for the first time in 16 years. Mun Ka-Young works as a planning team leader for a department store and Choi Hyun-Wook will play the director of that division.

“That Man Is Black Salt Dragon” will first air sometime in the first half of 2025.

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