Asian Drama

Takara Keisuke was a detective who chased after a major scammer. Now, he works as a police officer at a police box located along a shopping street. He appears like an ordinary police officer who is friendly with the people in the neighborhood, but Keisuke Takara has a hidden side. He is also Scammer K who targets bad people that are able to avoid the law.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Friday

Zheng Ying, an old police officer who is about to retire, goes undercover as an overseas businessman to trade with Liu Qing's gang. However, he mysteriously disappeared after he successfully caught the gang red handed. Zheng Dong Yu, is Zheng Ying’s daughter. The once arrogant and free spirited girl, grew up over night when her father went missing. In order to find him she became a police woman. Gao Yang, a young police officer that went undercover with Zheng Ying, is also looking for him. He stayed in his undercover role, investigating the disappearance of Zheng Ying. Six years later, Lei Nai Wu, the key figure of Liu Qing's gang and the last person to meet Zheng Ying, was released from prison. At the same time a mysterious killer is on the lose, that is trying to kill Lei Nai Wu. At the time, Gao Yang ventured to save Lei Nai Wu. Lei Nai Wu told him that this killer was the real murderer of Zheng Ying. 
What has truly happened to Zheng Ying?

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)

A fractured family of four brothers and one sister confront haunting memories of their mother’s passing fifteen years ago. Fifteen years had passed, as Nicole (Summer Chan) returns home to Hong Kong to be reunited with her three brothers, clinging to the shattered memory from the night of her mother’s passing. Through hypnosis sessions with her big brother Joseph (Simon Yam), the trauma that the family sustained is unexpectedly reawakened when she desires to connect back with the memories. Then, the whole world around this family takes on a dark form and love becomes almost undefinable.

A reporter discovers the existence of a "comment unit" while reporting on online public opinion manipulation and encounters a shocking reality while covering them.

(Source: Daum)

Adapted from the novel "Daetkkeulbudae" (댓글부대) by Jang Kang Myung (장강명).

Tells the story of an investigation into a murder case that takes place on a remote seaside road.

Brave Detective 3 is a true-crime show featuring a dramatic and vivid retelling of unimaginable cases. It features the shocking crimes and the detectives' investigation stories with blood, sweat, and tears.

Saeba Ryo is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. He works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact, his only flaw is his hormones - he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check.

(Source: Mangaupdates)

Adapted from the manga series "City Hunter" (シティーハンター) by Hojo Tsukasa (北条司).

Duration: 1 hr. 42 min.

Ratings: 8.1

'Crime Scene' is a mystery game show in which six celebrity players become suspects in a murder case and they have to prove themselves innocent while at the same time try to solve the mystery of who killed the victim among them like the game 'Clue'.

Man Jae at his brink of life, even sold his name to survive. In the world of ruthless barge where no one can trust, he held out a threadlike-life with a calculation ability. One day, he decides to retire for his soon to-be-born child and takes on the big final commission. The moment he thought that everything was going smoothly, he was framed for embezzlement of 100 billion won due to his unidentified 'investor' and faced his own obituary. A political consultant, Mrs. Shim, appears to Man Jae when he is trapped in a hellish private prison and lives as a 'dead man', offering a deal with his life as collateral. Man Jae accepts the offer to regain his name, family, and life.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 49 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Respect the law and love the Yangtze River. This time, we tell the world the Chinese story of judicial protection of ecological environment.

Three young and ambitious entrepreneurs must find a way to repay a mountain of debt from their failed startup, when they stumble upon an unthinkable "business" opportunity—exploiting people's religious beliefs for money.

(Source: Netflix)

Airs On: Wednesday

A sculptor who is determined to protect a jade ornament that can overturn the fortune of the country puts up a fight against sinister forces. Li Tian Shun is a jade sculptor from Beijing Old Street. He stands up against resident gangs to protect a national treasure. Despite his grassroots upbringing, he never retreats or bows down in the face of oppression, even as he almost loses his family. The neighborhood is filled with ordinary people, from Chinese opera singer Yang Shang De, Li Lian Zhang, camel herder Ding Guang Yuan, meat seller Ma De Shan, antique dealer Jin Zhao Ji, the temple's Man Wen Kui and a woman named Huan He Xiang, they display extraordinary courage amidst countless trials. When Ding Liu Lan returns home to Old Street as a Communist revolutionary, she brings with her a ray of hope for the future.

The film tells the story of narcotics police officer Huang Mingjin and the "mysterious figure" Wei Yunzhou. Through completely different means and methods, in the process of calculating and wrestling with each other, they tear apart the facade of urban tranquility, exposing the underground drug network woven by the hidden hand "Long Wang", and ultimately eradicate the darkness with the sword of justice, revealing the dawn of light.

In the new century, the fight against drugs faces an unprecedented and difficult challenge! Under the deep and complex dark network, an invisible war is being waged in Hong Kong...... Typhoon signal was hoisted in Hong Kong. Under the cover of the fierce wind, four tons of methamphetamine were entering Hong Kong, pending to be sold on the dark network. A cyber revelry of druggies was about to be unveiled, and a storm was brewing in the quiet Victoria Harbour. Police had to arrest the “boss” behind the scenes and nip the “drug network” in the bud in no time, that pushed their undercover intelligence to the narrow road. In the center of the storm, undercover agents, police officers, drug lords, black, white, and gray entangled.

Zhuo Jia Jun is a senior cyber technician who is targeted by his brother Jason and general manager Sun Bin. He has a daughter, Bao Er, with his wife, Du Yong Shan.

Jia Jun has developed a powerful AI program, "Yi Tai". Sun Bin accuses him of being involved in money laundering activities and threatens to cooperate with him against CEO Chen Ming Zhi.

Jia Jun doesn’t know who is his enemy and who is his friend, so he launches ”Yi Tai” in the hope of finding out the truth. This move alerts Chen Ming Zhi, who sends his men to intercept Jiajun and take away the SSD. As Chen activates the ”Yi Tai” for illegal theft and money laundering, Jia Jun and Yong Shan try to stop the operation of the ”Yi Tai”.

Yong Shan, a former brilliant hardware engineer, tries to use the computer to shut down the ”Yi Tai”. At this point, Chen Ming Zhi blackmails them to stop interfering with the ‘Yi Tai’ by kidnapping Bao Er. Jia Jun blackmails Chen in return, and when Chen Ming Zhi sees the amount of money plummeting, he asks Jia Jun to return to the company immediately to deal with the situation.

Jia Jun and Yong Shan return to the company, and they risk their lives to try to shut down ”Yi Tai”. Then Sun Bin appears, and Jason also appears with Bao Er…

(Source: Cpophome)

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Producer: Cheang Pou Soi [鄭保瑞]

Cinematographer: Cheng Siu Keung [郑兆强]

Art Director: Lee Kwok Lam [利国林]

Costume Designer:Polly Chan [陳寶欣]

Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.

With each day feeling hopeless and bleak, Kang Jin's life takes a dramatic turn when he stumbles upon a lost envelope of money belonging to Rang. Using this newfound wealth, he takes a stand against Nam Young's girlfriend Da-young. But when Nam-young discovers Kang-jin's actions, he strikes back by stealing his money and issuing dangerous threats. With nowhere to turn, Kang-jin confides in Rang, who reveals a secret knowledge of the debt-collecting world. Together, they embark on a thrilling journey of power and control, as Kang-jin takes his first steps into the world of loan sharks.

Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.

A man born and raised in the outskirts of Busan gets involved in a gangster war for survival.

(Source: HanCinema)

Adapted from the novel by Kim Un Su.

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A female college student has fallen from a building. Cheng Rui, the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment who is new to his post, has been commissioned by deputy director Du Yulin to investigate the case.

During his investigation, Cheng Rui discovers that the woman's death is related to crimes like fraud masked as loans and subsequent violence from aggressive debt collectors.

Businessman An Yiming has been listed as a key target for investigation. Cheng Rui wants to look into the case further but he has been asked to close the case as soon as possible. In a city full of danger, An Yiming's wife Zhou Tong and economics professor Zhao Xianyu are caught in the fray. Cheng Rui and his colleagues are deep into the case without realizing that there is a bigger conspiracy behind it.

Duration: 1 hr. 52 min.

1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his fellow citizens.

Adapted from the manga series "Tokyo Revengers" (東京卍リベンジャーズ) by Wakui Ken (和久井健).

Remake of the Spanish movie "The Invisible Guest" (Contratiempo) [2017].

The murder of Sudo Isao, a used car dealer, occurs in Shizuoka Prefecture in 2008. Detective Kusaka Satoru of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s Susuno Precinct, checks his background. He learns that Sudo’s young son Obata Mamoru from a previous marriage, died in a kidnapping incident in Shizuoka in 1974. In 1988, with just one year before the statute of limitation on the kidnapping case ran out, a special investigation unit was formed under the instructions of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s police chief Hashibami Yasuhide. Shigeto Seiichiro, who rose to the rank of superintendent despite being a non-career officer, became the director and led a group of six capable detectives in the re-investigation. Kusaka cannot comprehend why Sudo, who lived in Tokyo more than 20 years after the death of his son, was murdered in Shizuoka Prefecture. He instinctively knows that delving into the kidnap and murder of the child will shed light on the case. Kusaka visits Shigeto who has left the police for a long time and searches for clues. He makes contact with Mamoru’s mother Saeko and her older sister Rie, and gradually draws near the real culprit.

Min Soo unsuccessfully searches for a new job after he is laid off. He keeps this a secret from his fiancé who has plans to take over a café with Min Soo’s money. But when she eventually finds out, she wastes no time showing she has no tolerance for a boyfriend with no job and no money. Pushed to the wall, his girlfriend’s younger brother tips him on how to get his hands on some easy money, and Min Soo, who has a way with opening car doors, starts stealing cars. During a substitute driver job, he discovers he has a talent for murder after killing someone in a fit of anger. Min Soo gradually becomes addicted to the pleasure of murder and crime.

Dong, an aspiring actor who is finally getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fame, wakes up with a dead woman, Meng, beside him. Unable to piece together the night before, Dong is determined not to let it stand in his way. He cleans up the scene and sets it up like a robbery went wrong, but unknowingly leaves traces of himself to be found. While the police search the apartment, it turns out all the residents have something to hide. Unravelling the cause of Meng’s death proves difficult, as everyone seems to have a motive for this murder...

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw; edited by olivestulip at MyDramaList)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Wednesday

The film is based on tens of thousands of real fraud cases, and the horrifying inside story of the entire industry chain of overseas cyber fraud. Programmer Pan Sheng and model Anna were attracted by an overseas recruitment ad and went abroad to seek wealth, but they were scammed and ended up working in a factory. In order to leave, the two are going to attack the gambler Ah Tian and his girlfriend Xiao Yu, take their money, and complete their business... Can Pan Sheng and Anna escape from the cruel leaders of the fraud group, Manager Lu and Ah Cai? Facing cross-border investigations and pursuit of the police, where can they escape to?

(Source: Douban)

The external environment and the emotions of others are huge stimuli to the "highly sensitive" policewoman Yao Zi Ru, but her keen sense of touch can help solve the case.

Before sin, most people were just "spectators." But there are more "perpetrators" than criminals in the world, because of cold violence, and emotional abuse... It's not a crime.

Until they met the restaurant owner, Wang Mi Xi, who had the same empathy, and the two fell in love.

The perpetrators who had been at large in the past were killed, and there were traces of burning sage next to their bodies. "Sage Killer" wants to purify the world. The policewoman pursued it freely, but she never thought that the killer was Mi Xi. Mi Xi does not want to be a bystander but uses extreme means. You can only make painful choices...

(Source: inf.news)

Episodes: 20

Many years ago, dressed in a suit, Zhou Ke broke into a gang den alone and rescued his brother Ba Nuo, but was eventually arrested and imprisoned. Fast forward a few years, Zhou Ke is released from prison and lives a carefree life in the city under the pseudonym Li Fei. However, the undercurrents in the calm streets are surging, and the new wave of evil is even more horrific. This time, where should Zhou Ke go?

(Source: iQIYI)

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Hinata is murdered again by the Tokyo Manjikai Gang in front of Takemichi. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi travels 10 years back in time again. Takemichi has to change a key case that can save Hinata. The key case involves a sad incident that occurred to 6 men, who later formed the Tokyo Manjikai Gang.

Adapted from the manga series "Tokyo Revengers" (東京卍リベンジャーズ) by Wakui Ken (和久井健).