Actress Fukatsu Eri has been given her first solo starring movie role since Morita Yoshimitsu’s 1996 comedy “(Haru).”

Fukatsu Eri is taking the lead in “Onnanoko Monogatari,” an upcoming picture by director Morioka Toshiyuki (”Requiem of Darkness”) that already finished filming in October.

The movie, adapted from the manga of the same name by Saibara Rieko, features Fukatsu Eri as a failure of a mangaka who idles away her days drinking beer and bathing in the tub.

While the original comic focused on the woman’s struggle to gain the courage to regain her life.

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It was just announced on Tuesday that Fuji TV’s Monday night drama next season will be the medical series “Voice,” featuring Eita in his first starring role.

A few more details have now been revealed, including the addition of Ishihara Satomi and Ikuta Toma to the primary cast.

The show’s full title will apparently be “Voice ~Inochi Naki Mono no Koe~.”

As previously announced, the story revolves around a group of medical students analyzing corpses as part of a seminar in forensic pathology.

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After earning lots of accolades for her last movie, the Vietnam War film You’re Far Away [님은 먼 곳에], 28-year-old Su Ae is taking on a cop role for her next project.

The movie is The Miracle [기적] and will be directed by Han Hyun-seok (his previous work includes short film The Law of Reaction), and while Su Ae is cast in the lead role, the film is taking an omnibus format.

Su Ae’s character becomes a police officer because of her mother, who has searched all her life for her twin sister who was lost at a long age.

Because of her sister’s loss, Su Ae has never been able to receive the full love of her mother, who hasn’t given up hope of finding the missing girl.

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The shooting of Future Cop is currently undergoing in Beijing, the film is directed by “high box office” Wong Jing, Chan Siu-dong as arts director, “heavenly king superstar” Andy Lau, Taiwan’s popular actress Barbie Hsu and Mainland China popular actress Fan Bing Bing in the cast.

The story narrates in the year 2080, solar energy had replaced petrol to become the main source of energy for human, thus the world is in peace as human entered a generation of peace.

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Singer Sowelu is coming out with a new song titled “MATERIAL WORLD.”

It will be used as the theme of “Tsumi Toka Batsu Toka,” a comedy film directed by Keralino Sandorovich that stars Narumi Riko as an unsuccessful idol who tries to solve a crime.

“MATERIAL WORLD” was produced by Takahashi Taku of m-flo.

The song will be sold as a single, but further details such as the release date won’t be announced until next month.

“Tsumi Toka Batsu Toka” opens in theaters next spring.

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Remioromen will be providing the theme song for Zeze Takahisa’s upcoming movie “Kansen Retto” (also known as “Pandemic”).

The film stars Tsumabuki Satoshi as a young doctor trying to deal with outbreak of an unknown virus across Japan.

Remioromen’s song is a moving tune titled “Yume no Tsubomi.” There is no CD release planned yet. “Kansen Retto” will open in Japan on January 17.

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Kim Tae Hee and younger brother Lee Wan (real name Kim Hyeong Su ) was at Seoul’s Gangnam Coex mall, at the VIP preview of Lee Wan’s new movie “Boys Don’t Cry” (소년은 울지 않는다).The movie is set during the 1953 Korean war and tells the story of two boys who fight to survive.

Lee Wan and Song Chang Ee play Jong-du and Tae-ho in the movie.

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Actress Kang Hye Jung has been cast in an American film entitled “Wedding Palace.”

Kang Hye Jung’s management agency YG Entertainment said Kang has been cast in the film to be directed by Korean-American film director Christine Yoo.

The romantic comedy is about the life of a couple from two different cultural backgrounds who meet in Los Angeles and get married.

Korean-American actor Brian Tee, who appeared in “Fast and the Furious,” will also star.

The film will be produced by TU Productions, jointly founded by Yoo and Tee.

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Actress Choi Jung Won has been cast as the heroine of a new history drama series entitled “Land of the Wind,” which will begin airing on KBS in September.

The drama series will be about the life of King Muhyul of the Goryeo Dynasty, and Choi Jung Won will take on the role of a Buyeo Princess with whom the king falls in love.

Choi Jung Won’s character, who weds the king, is a dignified young woman who is highly competent in the science of medicine.

Producers of the show described Choi Jung Won’s character as a young woman who is forced to weather many storms in life and is an extremely strong person as a result of her past experiences.

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Teen actress Omasa Aya will be taking on her first starring movie role later this year.

She will appear in Ryuichi Hiroki’s “NEW TYPE: Tada, Ai no Tame ni,” based on a drama she starred in a few months ago.

Omasa Aya has primarily appeared in various BS-i dramas, though she has started getting more exposure on major networks this year with roles in “81diver” and “Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu.”

Her upcoming movie is based on an episode of BS-i’s “Koisuru Nichiyoubi NEW TYPE” in which she played a young girl with psychic powers.

“NEW TYPE” opens in theaters this November.

source : tokyograph