Main trailer for movie “Cherry Blossom Memories” starring Maika Yamamoto, Koudai Asaka & Tomoko Tabata. Movie is directed by Atsushi Ueda (“School Girl’s Gestatio“) and based on the vocaloid song “Sakura no Ame” by halyosy.
“Cherry Blossom Memories” has its world premiere at last year’s Tokyo International Film Festival and the movie will have its general premiere March 5, 2016 in Japan.
Here’s 3 character posters of Shin Ha-Kyun, Yu Jun-Sang and Jo Yoon-Hee in upcoming tvN drama series “Pied Piper.” Each of the posters has a caption describing the characters: Joo Sung-Chan (Shin Ha-Kyun) as genius negotiator, Son Hee-Sung (Yu Jun-Sang) as a popular and ambitious anchor and Yeo Myung-Ha (Jo Yoon-Hee) as a police lieutenant with a warm heart.
In addition character teaser trailers for Shin Ha-Kyun and Yu Jun-Sang can be viewed at AsianWiki. “Pied Piper” will first air March 7, 2016 in South Korea.
Here’s teaser posters for upcoming KBS2 weekend drama series “Five Enough” starring Ahn Jae-Wook & So Yu-Jin. Shooting for the teaser posters took place January 19, 2016 at a photo studio in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. Drama series “Five Enough” will tell the story of two single parents who meet at their workplace which is a fashion company.
“Five Enough” first airs February 20, 2016 in South Korea.
Actor Kim Min-Jun is now cast for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Babysitter.” In the drama series, Kim Min-Jun will play Lee Sang-Won. His character is the wealthy husband. Meanwhile, actress Cho Yeo-Jeong has been offered the role of wealthy wife in the drama series and she is currently “positively considering” the offer.
Gu Ha-Ra, formerly of idol group ‘Kara,’ was offered the lead role of the babysitter in the drama series, but she has declined the offer.
“Babysitter” will consist of 4 episodes and first air March 14, 2016 in South Korea.
Actresses Ai Hashimoto & Aoi Miyazaki are cast as daughter & mother in upcoming movie “Birthday Card.” There’s only a 10 year age gap between the actresses, but its likely they won’t appear together in the film.
Premise for the film has Ai Hashimoto playing Noriko. She lost her mother, played by Aoi Miyazaki, when she was only 10-years-old. Meanwhile, the mother knew she would not live long enough to see her children grow up and wrote future birthday cards for her two children. Noriko receives hints and advice every year from the birthday cards her mother wrote. Movie is directed by Yasuhiro Yoshida (“Enoshima Prism“).
“Birthday Card” will be released October, 2016 in Japan.
First script reading for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Page Turner” took place back in November, 2015 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. Main cast members including Kim So-Hyun, Ji Soo & Shin Jae-Ha and attended the first script reading.
In addition, episode 1 air date has now been moved to March, 2016 from February, 2016.
Actress Hikari Mitsushima is set to make a guest appearance in ep.6 of currently airing Fuji TV drama series “Love That Makes You Cry” (English title) starring Kasumi Arimura & Kengo Kora. Hikari Mitsushima already appeared in ep.1, but voice only as Oto Sugihara’s (Kasumi Arimura) late mother. She voiced Oto Sugihara’s mother when Oto Sugihara read her mother’s letter. In ep.6, Hikari Mitsushima will appear in flashback scenes with a child playing the character of Oto Sugihara.
Ep.6 of drama series “Love That Makes You Cry” airs February 22, 2016.
Eric from Kpop group “Shinhwa” has been offered the lead male role in upcoming tvN drama series “Oh Hae-Young Again” (literal title). He is currently “positively considering” the offer. If he accepts the offer, he will play a man with the ability to see the future and his character tries to flee from two women with the same name of Oh Hae-Young.
Meanwhile, actress Kim A-Joong was offered a lead female role in the drama series, but she has now declined the offer.
“Oh Hae-Young Again” first airs this May in South Korea (takes over the Monday and Tuesday 11PM time slot after “Pied Piper“)
Teaser trailer added for movie “Haeuhhwa” (Korean title) starring Han Hyo-Joo, Yoo Yeon-Seok & Chun Woo-Hee. Movie is directed by Park Heung-Sik (“My Mother the Mermaid“/”Memories of the Sword“). Movie is set in the 1940’s and follows the relationship between two singers and a songwriter.
In addirtion, “Haeuhhwa” is now slotted for release sometime this April in South Korea.
Teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “Distraction Babies” starring Yuya Yagira, Masaki Suda, Nana Komatsu & Nijiro Murakami. Movie is directed by Tetsuya Mariko (“Yellow Kid“).
“Distraction Babies” will be released May 21, 2016 in Japan.