Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for Netflix drama series “The Whirlwind” starring Sol Kyung-Gu & Kim Hee-Ae. The political thriller features a face off between Prime Minister Park Dong-Ho (Sol Kyung-Gu), who attempts to assassinate the president, and Deputy Prime Minister of Economic Affairs Jung Soo-Jin (Kim Hee-Ae). Caption on the two teaser posters states “That day, the president’s heart stopped.”
“The Whirlwind ” will be available to stream June 28, 2024.
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Fumiya Takahashi is cast for dual lead roles in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Densetsu no Head Sho.” The drama series is based on manga “Densetsu no Kashira Sho” by Takeshi Natsuhara. For the live-action drama series, Fumiya Takahashi will play bullied high school student Tatsuhito Yamada and teen gang leader Sho Ijuin. Sho Ijuin gets injured in an motorcycle accident and gets Tatsuhito Yamada, who looks similar to him, to stand in as his double. Problems will definitely arise.
“Densetsu no Head Sho” will first air July, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15 PM time slot after “JK to Roppouzensho“).
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Gianna Jun and Gang Dong-Won are cast in Disney+ drama series “Tempest” and the drama series is now set to be released sometime next year. The suspense-thriller drama series will feature an original screenplay by Jung Seo-Kyoung (“Little Women“) and directed by Kim Hee-Won (“Little Women“) and Heo Myung-Haeng (“The Roundup: Punishment“). For actor Gang Dong-Won, “Tempest” will mark his first drama series acting role since 2004 SBS drama series “Magic.” Gang Dong-Won is also credited as a producer for the upcoming drama series.
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Trailer and poster added for live-action film “Blue Period” starring Gordon Maeda. “Blue Period” is based on manga series of the same name by Tsubasa Yamaguchi and directed by Kentaro Hagiwara (“Tokyo Ghoul“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Noise” by rock band WurtS. The theme song can be heard in the main trailer.
“Blue Period” will be released August 9, 2024 in Japan.
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Motoki Nakazawa and Toranosuke Kobayashi are cast in TV Tokyo live-action drama series “I Hear the Sunspot” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Hidamari ga Kikoeru” by Yuki Akaneda, which was previously adapted into 2017 movie “Silhouette of Your Voice” starring Hideya Tawada and Akira Onodera. In the upcoming TV Tokyo version, Motoki Nakazawa and Toranosuke Kobayashi will play two university students who strike up a friendship that grows into something more.
“I Hear the Sunspot” first airs July 3, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s Wednesday 24:30 time slot after “Sukina Otoko to Wakaretai“).
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Teaser poster and release date set for movie “The Daechi Scandal” starring Ahn So-Hee and Park Sang-Nam. The film, similar to currently airing tvN drama series “The Midnight Romance in Hagwon,” is set in the Daechi neighborhood of Gangnam and at a private institute. Ahn So-Hee plays private institute instructor Yoon-Im and Park Sang-Nam plays middle school teacher Ki-Haeng. Caption on the teaser poster states “Why didn’t we be honest with each other then?”
“The Daechi Scandal” will be released June, 2024 in South Korea.
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Here’s two teaser posters for upcoming disaster-action film “Project Silence” starring Lee Sun-Kyun, Ju Ji-Hoon, & Kim Hee-Won. The film directed by Kim Tae-Gon (“Familyhood“) and co-scripted by Kim Yong-Hwa (“Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds“), takes place on a foggy airport bridge where series of car crashes strands survivors on the severely damaged bridge. The military were also secretly transporting dogs from their Project Silence. The film held its world premiere last year at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and will have its domestic premiere July, 2024.
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Haruka Fukuhara is cast in NTV drama series “Maruhi no Mitsuko-san.” The original screenplay will have Haruka Fukuhara play mysterious total coordinator Mitsuko Motomiya. She goes all out for her clients to make them successful. She then works with a client named Natsu Imai.
“Maruhi no Mitsuko-san” will first air July 13, 2024 (takes over NTV’s Saturday 10PM time slot after “Rise for the Town“).
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Ai Iinuma and Yusei Yagi are cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Minami-kun ga Koibito.” The drama series is based on manga series “Minami kun no Koibito” by Shungiku Uchida, which has been previously adapted into 1994 TV Asahi drama series “Minami’s Girl,” 2004 TV Asahi drama series “Minami’s Girlfriend,” and 2015 Fuji TV drama series “Minami kun no Koibito: My Little Lover.” The new TV Asahi drama series will change things up with the lead male character shrinking in size to 15 cm height rather than the lead female character in the original manga series and previous live-action adaptations. In addition, Yoshikazu Okada writes the screenplay adaption for the new drama series and he previously wrote the screenplay adaption for the 1994 TV Asahi drama series.
“Minami-kun ga Koibito” will be released July, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Tuesday 9PM time slot after “Destiny“).
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Main trailer and teaser posters for movie “Escape” starring Lee Je-Hoon & Koo Kyo-Hwan. The film, directed by Lee Jong-Pil (“Lee Jong-Pil“), follows North Korean soldier Im Kyu-Nam (Lee Je-Hoon) as he tries to flee the country and is chased by Officer Ri Hyun-Sang (Koo Kyo-Hwan). Caption on Lee Je-Hoon’s teaser poster states “It isn’t running away. It’s going my own way” and caption on Koo Kyo-Hwan’s teaser poster states “Accept it. This is your fate.”
Narration in the main trailer starts with Koo Kyo-Hwan stating “Kyu-Nam, you are not the kind of person that can escape” and then at the 11 second mark “I know that you accept the fate given to you.” At the 23 second mark, Hong Sa-Bin asks “You’re going to South Korea aren’t you?.” Lee Je-Hoon at the 30 second mark states “You must be crazy from starvation” and (0:34) “Now is not the right time.” The trailer ends with Koo Kyo-Hwan stating (1:19) “No one can escape from here” and Lee Je-Hoon stating (1:35) “I have decided my future.”
“Escape” will be released July 3, 2024 in South Korea.
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