May 2 2024

First teaser trailer for MBC drama “Bitter Sweet Hell”

First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Bitter Sweet Hell” starring Kim Hee-Seon & Lee Hye-Young. The human black comedy drama series is scripted by Nam Ji-Yeon (“So I Married The Anti-Fan“) and first time director Kim Seung-Woo (screenwriter for movie “Bring Me Home“). The first teaser trailer has dialogue that goes (0:01) Lee Hye-Young “Toast,” (0:03) unknown voice “Do you know everything?,” (0:08) unknown voice “About your family?,” (0:14) Kim Hee-Seon “Do you think our family is supposed to know everything about each other?,” (0:27) Lee Hye-Young “Still don’t get it? We are in a trap,” (0:34) Kim Hee-Seon “Absolute lie.”

“Bitter Sweet Hell” first airs May 24, 2024 in South Korea (takes over MBC’s Friday & Saturday 9:50 PM time slot after “Chief Detective 1958“).

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Apr 30 2024

Fuka Koshiba cast in NTV drama “Go Home”

Fuka Koshiba is cast for the led role in NTV drama series “Go Home.” The drama series features an original screenplay that is scripted by Hiroyuki Yatsu (“Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono“) & Tomoharu Sato (“Medium“). Fuka Koshiba will play warm, but eccentric Sakura Mita. She works in the unidentified bodies department at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Along with her coworker Makoto Tsukimoto, she tries to identify the deceased corpses using the clues that are left behind by them.

“Go Home” first airs July, 2024  in Japan.

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Apr 30 2024

Main trailer and poster for Disney+ drama “Uncle Sam-Sik”

Main trailer and poster for Disney+ drama series “Uncle Sam-Sik” starring Song Kang-Ho, Byun Yo-Han, & Lee Kyu-Hyung. Caption on the main poster states “In the time of chaos, everyone had different dreams.” The main trailer starts off with a converstation between Sam-Sik (Song Kang-Ho) and Kim San (Byun Yo-Han), (0:01) Song Kang-Ho “Do you know how the world works? Spring comes, summer comes, flowers bloom and flowers fall,” (0:12) Kim San “Are you talking about the rotation and revolution of the Earth?,” (0:14) Sam-Sik “Yes. I am that kind of person.”

“Uncle Sam-Sik” first airs May 15, 2024 in South Korea.

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Apr 30 2024

Teaser poster for tvN drama “The Player 2: Master of Swindlers”

Teaser poster for tvN drama series “The Player 2: Master of Swindlers” starring Song Seung-Heon & Oh Yeon-Seo. Caption on the teaser poster states “Powerful swindlers are coming! They will take back property from the people who own a lot of money from illegal method. Meanwhile, the first teaser trailer for the drama series can be viewed at AsianWiki.

“The Player 2: Master of Swindlers” will first air June 3, 2024 in South Korea.

Apr 29 2024

Han So-Hee & Jun Jong-Seo cast in drama “Project Y”

Han So-Hee and Jun Jong-Seo are cast in new drama series “Project Y” (working title). The drama series is setup as a crime noir and directed by Lee Hwan (“Park Hwa-Young“). Filming is slated to begin sometime in the second half of this year, but release date or broadcast network/ott platform has not yet been decided. Production company Climax Studio (“My Name“/”Gyeongseong Creature“) is in charge of production.

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Apr 26 2024

Bae In-Hyuk, Kim Ji-Eun, Jung Gun-Joo, & Jae Chan are cast in Channel A drama series “Check-in Hanyang.”

Bae In-Hyuk, Kim Ji-Eun, Jung Gun-Joo, & Jae Chan are cast in Channel A drama series “Check-in Hanyang.” Drama series will be directed by Myung Hyun-Woo (“The 3rd Hospital“). Story for “Check-in Hanyang” is set during the Joseon period and has the four leads playing interns at the nation’s largest guesthouse. The story develops as a coming of age story with romance.

Filming for “Check-in Hanyang” will begin soon, but airing date has not yet been decided.

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Apr 26 2024

Trailer and poster for movie “Last Mile”

Trailer and poster added for movie “Last Mile” starring Hikari Mitsushima and Masaki Okada. The film is directed by Ayuko Tsukahara and scripted by Akiko Nogi, who have previously worked together in 2018 TBS drama series “Unnatural” and 2020 TBS drama series “MIU 404.” The film “Last Mile” is set during the Black Friday shopping holiday, when a series of delivery packages explodes. Captions on the trailer states “The night before Black Friday, delivered packages explodes.”

“Last Mile” will be released August 23, 2024 in Japan.

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Apr 25 2024

Teaser trailer for movie “Drawing Closer”

Teaser trailer & poster for Netflix distributed movie “Drawing Closer” starring Ren Nagase and Natsuki Deguchi. The romance film is based on 2021 novel “Yomei Ichinen to Senkoku Sareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi” by Aoi Morita and directed by Takahiro Miki (“The Door into Summer“). The teaser trailer features 2007 pop-rock track “Wakamono no Subete” by Fujifabric.

“Drawing Closer” will be available to stream June 27, 2024.

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Apr 25 2024

Mayu Matsuoka, Minami Tanaka, & Karen Takizawa cast in Fuji TV drama “Geeks”

Mayu Matsuoka, Minami Tanaka, and Karen Takizawa are cast in Fuji TV drama series “Geeks” (working title). All three women will play employees at the Takanashi Police Station and are good friends. They gather on Fridays, to eat and drink and talk about their lives. They also begin to use their talents to solve difficult cases during their get-togethers.

“Geeks” will first air July, 2024 in Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot (replacing “Re: Revenge“).

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Apr 24 2024

Nagisa Shibuya cast in movie “Ano Ko wa Dare”

Nagisa Shibuya is cast for the lead role in horror movie “Ano Ko wa Dare.” Movie is directed by Takashi Shimizu (“Ju-on“). Also cast for the film are Ikoi Hayase, Soma Santoki, Towa Araki, Maya Imamori, Shun Aoi, Shota Sometani, Satoru Matsuo and Makita Sports. The promotional poster shows the bodies of 5 students and a teacher, but their reflection shows 6 students and the teacher. In addition, the first teaser trailer has been added on AsianWiki.

“Ano Ko wa Dare” will be released July 19, 2024 in Japan.

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