Asian Drama

Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that goes to trial. A lawyer is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, due to minor things, good and evil can switch sides and good people can become bad people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Takeno Seigi runs "Koi no Mi", a nearly bankrupt cake shop in a shuttered shopping street. Since he was a child, he had loved the cakes his father made, and together with his wife, Aya, he inherited the shop from his parents, whom he lost at an early age. However, he ends up resorting to committing evil deeds in order to protect his cherished shop and family.

Kuroba Miko is a mystery writer. Her books are popular and she has written bestsellers since she made her debut, but she is unable to write anymore. She currently works as a commentator for TV show. Morino Toru is a detective. Due to an incident, his arrest rate has plummeted and he is unable to solve cases anymore. Kuroba Miko and Morino Toru both suffer from the yips and they happen to meet at a sauna facility. They become good friends and solve cases together.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 58 min.

Airs On: Friday

Oba Nana is the middle child among three sisters. She is 29 years old, single, and works hard at her job. She receives a promotion at her job to become the youngest assistant manager, but she feels anxious due to her friends getting married and having children. Her two sisters are 39-year-old Narusawa Mutsuki and 19-year-old Oba Hatsumi. Narusawa Mutsuki works as a certified accountant. She is currently separated from her husband due to her husband's infidelity. Oba Hatsumi feels unease with people her age who have their own life goals and pursue their goals. In order to comfort her feelings, she meets a man from a dating app.

One day, these 3 sisters face a big situation when their father suddenly goes missing. Due to that incident, they gather together.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Friday

Season 2 of Oi Handsome depicts the ongoing struggles of stubborn father Gentaro, his wife, and their three daughters.

Space aliens from a different planet invade Earth in an attempt to expand their territory. They are confronted by 3 individuals, who have overwhelmingly mechanic technology and individual creativity.

"Alchemy" is a pseudo-science that attempts to create "gold" from various different combinations. One experiment to do so artificially brings to life a race of creatures, and the story revolves around an era where these experiments were being conducted in secret.

In the story, the artificial lifeforms known as the "Chemies", made to imitate things that exist in the world such as grasshoppers, were created from the art of the best alchemy techniques. Each and every one of them were carefully stored in "Ride Chemie Cards' until they were accidentally released all at once into the wild.

Our main protagonist, Houtarou Ichinose, is entrusted with the Gotcha Driver and the mission to recollect the Chemies that have been released into the world. Some are well suited for human companionship and if resonated with a good heart, Houtarou can fuse with them and transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard. However those that are influenced by human malice, there is a danger of them birthing monsters known as the Malgam. This is a story that explores the nature of good and evil, which are two sides of the same coin.

Will Gotchard be able to "collect them all", or will he let his carelessness mark the destruction of the world?

(Source: Kamen Rider Wiki Fandom)

Episodes: 50

`Shinsengumi'' is a story about the fictional young Shinsengumi soldiers Fukakusa Kyujuro and Kamagiri Daisaku. After his father is killed, Okajuro joins the Shinsengumi to improve his sword skills and avenge his death. At the entrance exam, I met Daisaku, a promising newcomer with excellent sword skills. Although the two develop a passionate friendship, they are at the mercy of the times and are destined to have to kill each other...

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu)

Adapted from the manga "Shinsengumi" (新選組) by Tezuka Osamu (手塚治虫).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Thursday

Honoka Asami, a pure but plain and introverted temporary office worker, is forced to work in a company where harassment is rampant and has nothing to do but endure.

Fukase Nozomi, a new beautiful employee, stands out at work, catching the eyes of senior employees, and then she becomes close to Asami also deeply resonates with each other. After meeting and becoming close to Nozomi, Honoka gradually begins to feel that every day is fun.

Meanwhile, a senior employee who had been harassing Honoka was forced to resign due to an incident that occurred in the company, causing a commotion. But that was just the beginning!

(Source: Anyyy)

Adapted from the manga series "Shanai Shokeinin: Kanojo wa Teki wo Keshite Iku" (社内処刑人 ～彼女は敵を消していく～) by Tanaka Tomo (タナカトモ) and Tsukasaki Yu (つかさき有).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

A healing drama where troubled women visit a store called 'KIRAMEKI' where handsome therapists perform treatments while behaving like a lover.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Thursday

Kariyama Riku's job is that of an architect. He works as the chief of the civil engineering design department for a large construction contractor and has dedicated his life to building bridges. He is a perfectionist at his job. Currently, Kariyama Riku is working on the construction of the Ryujin Bridge, the design of which began a couple of years ago. He soon faces unexpected difficulties.

Ikuko Shiraishi is about to turn 30 years old. She works for a company and is dating Hiroji Kurokawa. Her boyfriend is kind of a loser who lives at her house and does not have a job. Ikuko Shiraishi feels uneasy about getting married and her future. She makes the decision to break up with Hiroji Kurokawa and look for someone to marry. But, in her heart, Ikuko Shiraishi doesn't really want to break up with Hiroji Kurokawa, and she wants to be with him for good. At this time, her co-worker Aoyama confesses to her that he has always liked her.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga series "Suki na Otoko to Wakaretai" (好きなオトコと別れたい) by Fujio Ai (藤緒あい).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Thursday

Ratings: 7.3

The story follows Fushiki, a newbie employee from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who is assigned to the department to work alongside Yukimura Kai, an 88-year-old vampire detective who still looks 18 due to his immortality. Together, they will investigate a series of murders by the “Ram Killer” that have been occurring every Christmas in the year of the Ram over a period of 70 years.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Friday

Tendo Kaito is the son of the chairman of Tendo Memorial Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the nation. Due to a bad relationship with his father, he did not become a doctor. Kaito now works as a magazine reporter. He is busy with his job and he also about to propose to his girlfriend. One day, he then learns that his father got involved in an incident. He goes to his estranged father's hospital. Due to the incident, Kaito becomes to know his father’s true intentions and he remembers the precious promise made with his father in the past. Kaito learns of the various problems hidden in the hospital left by his father and of the power struggle about to take place for the chairman position. Kaito decides to fight against the power struggle to take back the precious things his father built and to protect the ones who he loves.

Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that goes to trial. A lawyer is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, due to minor things, good and evil can switch sides and good people can become bad people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Hana is a high school student. Her parents suddenly died in an accident. Since then, Hana doesn't have any hope to live. One day, a man introduces himself to Hana as an agent from a special government agency. He asks Hana to talk about a dream she. She is confused by what he talked about. On that night, Hana has a strange dream.

Kyoji Narita is a high ranking yakuza member. On a rainy day, he wanders on the street. He hears a singing sound and he walks towards the sound. There, he meets junior high school student Satomi Oka and he invites him to go to a karaoke place to teach him to sing. Kyoji Narita badly wants to improve his singing so he won't place last in his gang's karaoke competition. Meanwhile, Satomi Oka is a 3rd grade junior high school students and leads the school choral club. Satomi Oka has a sincere personality, but he often makes biting remarks. He has one problem, which is that he has difficulties with high-pitched notes due to his voice going through puberty. Satomi Oka is embarrassed by the unexpected request from Kyoji Narita.

Based on manga series "Karaoke Iko!" by Yama Wayama (published August 25, 2019 by Kadokawa)

(Source: Asianwiki)

10 years after her middle school days and now a full grown woman, Takagi-san returns to the middle school where she graduated from as a trainee trainer. There, she meets Nishikata who was one of her middle school classmates and he was frequently teased by her. Now, Nishikata works as a PE teacher at the same school.

This work is a human drama that revolves around two individuals: a doctor troubled by life’s challenges and a patient who has been given a terminal diagnosis. As they journey through various places, they seek the answer to the eternal question of why people live and what they leave behind.

The story revolves around Ogami Ryutaro aka "The Owl", a man who controls Japan from within the shadaows, and his son Ogami Ryu , who counters his father as a "dark hero." "The Owl" is Ogami Ryutaro, a mastermind who solves various scandals and sensational cases by covering them up or bringing them to light. Ogami Ryu upholds justice with a worldview very much different to his father, and he works behind the scenes in order to correct his father's actions.

Matsuoka is a teacher at a culinary school. One day, a student, Tashiro, says something strange during the lesson: “There’s a noise, it’s like a chime. Someone is sending me a message.” The people running the school warn him that Tashiro’s a little odd, but Matsuoka isn’t bothered by it at all and continues treating him normally. However, on another day, Tashiro says, “Half of my brain has been replaced with a machine,” and takes drastic action to prove it. Some days after the incident with Tashiro, Matsuoka is teaching a female student, Akemi. Matsuoka continues teaching unenthusiastically but when she complains that a whole chicken leaves her feeling uncomfortable, something incomprehensible overtakes him. Both at the school and at home, a strange dread begins to undulate in his ordinary existence…

(Source: roadstead.io)

Duration: 45 min.

Ratings: 6.6

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Sanae goes to prison after she fails in an attempt to murder her boyfriend. Six years later, she meets and marries Kenta, a forestry worker. Their marriage takes a new turn when the wife of Sanae’s ex-boyfriend shows up at the door. Sanae hasn’t gotten over her ex-boyfriend, and Kenta finds it hard to deal with her.

(Source: biff.kr)

Release dates: Oct 8, 2023 (Festival) || Feb 2, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 7 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The Tama River, where the water flows along the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa, pours into Tokyo Bay and the large sky spreads out. People who enjoy sports, lovers who are close to each other, students who practice singing, by the riverside, which is rich in nature, people who ride bicycles come and go as they please. Spring of 2020 Corona disaster of people who spend their days along such a river.

Mima Taro is a writer who has hit a slump. Tired of city life, he moves into the house he inherited from his father in the mountainous Hayabusa. When he joins the fire brigade, he becomes involved in a series of arson cases and suspicious incidents. As Taro searches for the truth, a huge conspiracy comes to the surface.

Adapted from the novel "Hayabusa Shobodan" (ハヤブサ消防団) by Ikeido Jun (池井戸潤).

About the friendship and love between 4 police officers working at a police station who each have their own problems. Shikahama Suzunosuke is suspended from work due to a mistake he made while Mabuchi Haruhi works at the general affairs department.

The story is set in a small Italian restaurant. Half-brothers Fuyuuma Amazuki and Haruyo Amatsuki, Haruyo's childhood friend, Torataro, and his friend, Sora, manage the restaurant, which is small but secretly popular but has a "secret menu" that solves the problems of customers who visit the restaurant.

In fact, the younger brother, Haruyo, is the heir to the large company Amazuki Holdings, and according to his promise to his father, he has to inherit the family when he turns 30. As the deadline passes and his father's secretary, Kaede Kusumi, urges him to return to work, it becomes clear that her father is ill and has only a short time left to live.

As if to coincide with his father's death, a mysterious man, Tsukasa Nitta, comes into contact with Fuyuma, and Fuyuma gradually changes from his previous role as an older brother. What is Touma's true purpose?

(Source: Japanese = prtimes.jp)

Airs On: Monday

Hajime Madoka is a police officer in the Special Accounts Section and has been dispatched from the headquarter to Mancho Police Station with a special order to cut costs. Madoka oversees the budget used on investigations and proposes cost-cutting measures to the detectives. At the same time, Madoka looks at cases from the angle of "money" and solves them using her unique methods.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 11

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Monday

Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

(Source: IMDb)

The story revolves around a company called “Office AIR Cleaning” that specializes in providing a unique break-up service for those who cause trouble to others due to their selfish in-house extramarital affairs.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the web comic "Onsha no Furin no Kudan: Zettai ni Wakare Sasemasu" (御社の不倫の件～絶対に別れさせます～) by Tatsuki Yuuma (樹ユウマ).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

Facing an unacceptable reality, a teacher is trying to reclaim relationships with his family, students and former friends. Reassessing his past, he contemplates how to go on with his life.