Jun 24 2024

Teaser trailer and poster for U+mobiletv drama series “Tarot” starring Cho Yeo-Jeong, Park Ha-Sun, & Kim Jin-Young.

Teaser trailer and poster added for U+mobiletv drama series “Tarot” starring Cho Yeo-Jeong, Park Ha-Sun, & Kim Jin-Young. The drama series features 7 omnibus horror stories that revolves around the main character discovering a tarot card and how their momentary choice brings about terror in their lives. A movie version of “Tarot” was released in South Korea on June 14, 2024 that features 3 stories from the upcoming drama series. The teaser trailer begins with Jung Young-Joo stating “It’s a picture of a hermit. That is a person who tries to gain enlightenment in a dark place of the world.”    

“Tarot” will be available to stream from July 15, 2024.

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Jun 21 2024

Sosuke Ikematsu cast in movie “Honshin”

Sosuke Ikematsu is cast for the lead role in movie “Honshin.” Also cast in supporting roles are Ayaka Miyoshi, Koshi Mizukami, Taiga Nakano, Min Tanaka, Go Ayano, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Yuko Tanaka.  The film is based on 2021 novel “Honshin” by Keiichiro Hirano (“After the Matinee“) and directed by Yuya Ishii (“The Moon“). Story for “Honshin” will examine positive and negative aspects of rapidly developing technology like AI and VR, through main character Sakuya Ishikawa played by Sosuke Ikematsu. He is unable to get past the death of his mother and asks a developer to create his mother in a virtual setting.

“Honshin” will be released November 8, 2024 in Japan.

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Jun 21 2024

Drama series “Serendipity’s Embrace” to air on tvN

Upcoming drama series “Serendipity’s Embrace,” starring Kim So-Hyun, Chae Jong-Hyeop, Yun Ji-On, and Kim Da-Som, is now set to air on tvN from July 22, 2024 in South Korea. The drama series will move into tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 8:50 PM time slot after the conclusion of “The Player 2: Master of Swindlers.” “Serendipity’s Embrace” features a romance screenplay that is based on webcomic “Wooyeonilgga?” by Nam Ji-Eun & Kim In-Ho.

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Jun 21 2024

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Sweet Home 3”

Teaser trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Sweet Home 3” starring Song Kang, Lee Jin-Uk, Lee Si-Young, and Go Min-Si. The drama series is setup as the third and final installment in the “Sweet Home” trilogy. The trailer begins with an announcement of rules for the survivors in the stadium. Favorable conditions will be given to the symptomatic people as they enter into a monsterization phase before becoming neohumans. Caption on the poster states “The final battle to protect everyone.”

“Sweet Home 3” will be available to stream July 19, 2024 in South Korea.

Jun 20 2024

Main trailer and poster or Disney+ drama “Land of Tanabata”

Main trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Land of Tanabata” starring Kanata Hosoda. The drama series is based on manga series “Tanabata no Kuni” by Hitoshi Iwaaki, who also wrote the original manga series that was turned into 2014 movie “Parasyte.” The sci-fi screenplay will have Kanata Hosoda play a young man who possesses a particular super power and must use that to save the world.

“Land of Tanabata” consists of 10 episodes and will be available to stream from July 4, 2024.

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Jun 20 2024

Ryu Jun-Yeol and Shin Hyun-Bin cast in Netflix drama “Revelations”

Ryu Jun-Yeol and Shin Hyun-Bin  are cast in Netflix drama series “Revelations.” The drama series will also have Yeon Sang-Ho as the director and screenwriter and Choi Kyu-Seok as a co-screenwriter. The duo of Yeon Sang-Ho and Choi Kyu-Seok also wrote the original webcomic “Gyeshirok,” which “Revelations” is based off of and they previously wrote the webcomic “Jiok,” which they then adapted into the 2021 Netflix drama series “Hellbound.” Story for “Revelations” will follow a pastor played by Ryu Jun-Yeol and a detective played by Shin Hyun-Bin who are both driven by their respective beliefs.

“Revelations” will be available to stream sometime next year in South Korea.

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Jun 19 2024

Teaser trailer 4 for tvN drama “The Auditors”

Teaser trailer 4 added for tvN drama series “The Auditors” starring Shin Ha-Kyun, Lee Jung-Ha, and Jin Goo. The teaser trailer that’s also titled “Catching a Rat” has dialogue that goes (0:01) Shin Ha-Kyun “I applied because I wanted to catch a rat,” (0:03) Shin Ha-Kyun “There are a lot of rats in JU Construction,” (0:05) Shin Ha-Kyun “If (the company) neglects them, they will ruin the entire company,” (0:09) Jin Goo “Don’t tackle,” (0:11) Jin Goo “You’ll be smashed,” (0:13) Shin Ha-Kyun “Because taking full advantage of faith is beginning,” (0:15) Shin Ha-Kyun “How big is the sin of using faith?,”
(0:19) Shin Ha-Kyun “I’ll do my best to show you,” (0:22) Shin Ha-Kyun “By any means necessary,” (0:25) Shin Ha-Kyun “You rat.”

“The Auditors” first airs July 6, 2024 in South Korea.

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Jun 19 2024

Ryoko Yonekura cast in movie “Gekijoban Doctor-X”

Ryoko Yonekura is cast in movie “Gekijoban Doctor-X.” The movie version follows the popular TV Asahi drama series “Doctor-X,” with Ryoko Yonekura playing highly skilled freelance surgeon Michiko Daimon. Also cast for the movie and reprising their roles from the drama series are Kei Tanaka, Yuki Uchida, Mio Imada, Masanobu Katsumura, Kosuke Suzuki, Kenichi Endo, Ittoku Kishibe, and Toshiyuki Nishida. In addition, the first teaser trailer and teaser poster has also been released to promote the film.

“Gekijoban Doctor-X” will be released December, 2024 in Japan.

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