Asian Drama

Running Man is a reality-variety show that stars Yoo Jae Suk and many other celebrities. In each episode, they must complete missions at famous landmarks to win the race. The missions almost always feature running, hence the title, and the name tag ripping game is filled with tension as each member struggles to survive.

Lee Hyo Shim is a skilled fitness trainer at her local gym, but, despite her top physical form, she’s bent under the weight of providing for her family. After her father walked out, it had been up to her to support her mother and three brothers. While this task might have been noble when she was younger, after years of thanklessly slaving for her family, she’s ready to finally live for herself.

(Source: Dramabeans)

Episodes: 50

This program is to recollect the daily lives of celebrities and form its unique sympathies among the singles within South Korea by showing celebrities' lives without significant filtering.

When something happens between a couple, it’s surprising how each person’s interpretation and memory of it differs from the other’s. By watching the daily life of a celebrity couple that faces challenges and conflict as we all do, the program offers a perspective from both male and female while asking viewers to reflect on the value of finding a soulmate and sharing their lives with another person.

A romantic family drama about a divorced couple who broke up 30 years ago out of hate, reuniting as in-laws through their children and overcoming long overdue conflicts and enmity.

(Source: HanCinema)

Episodes: 120

"Himawari" is a comedy that focuses on the main character, Akiko, who works in the same company as her father, Kenichi No.1 and wants to become a manga artist. Akiko's love interest is Kenichi No.2.

Adapted from the manga "Himawari: Kenichi Legend" (ひまわりっ 健一レジェンド) by Higashimura Akiko (東村 アキコ).

Remake of the British TV series "Doctor Foster" [2015].

Episodes: 16

Celebrity dads are left to care for their kids alone for 48 hours without the help of anyone, while their wives leave the home to enjoy some relaxing time off. The wives are shown leaving the home before the 48 hours begins and coming back to greet their family once the 48 hours have ended. During the 48 hours, the dads and children are either doing a task the wives have written out for the dads to complete or the dads exploring new activities with their kids. Occasionally celebrity friends of the dads will stop by to interact with the kids.

The story follows three couples in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Focus on realistic themes to fully demonstrate the "quarter" youth crisis in family and career.

There is Xu Yao, a Beijing native who lost his girlfriend after a business failure, and Yu Jia En, a Beijing single woman has maintained her life for ten years. The small-town girl Zhang Qing who lives a bright and beautiful life, Li Nian Huan who suffered a derailment during pregnancy, Hao Chen Shi, a rebellious boy, and Zhao Ang. Its protagonists faced many different crises and their growth through difficulties and uneasiness, the 'beauty' of life is redefined.

Episodes: 30

The owner of My One and Only, Ma Limin, aspires to become a real estate developer with her son Hao Renpin, offering one-stop services for property purchase and renovation with her husband Hao Haojian and interior designer Wan Defu, who run How Luck Renovation. Their interactions with their clients reveal stories about different types of families.

Celebrities’ moms observe their sons and record precious moments in “Mom’s Diary.”

A work about the delightful and heartbreaking story of a family growing up while raising a child, centering on a single dad Geum Kang San and adopted child Ok Mi Rae who is the apple of his eye.

The Tenpo period near the end of the Edo period. Katsuie's wife, Onobu, struggles to make ends meet, but never ceases to smile innocently. Her husband is Katsu Kokichi. His arms are very strong and she can't say she doesn't like it when asked. Her son, Rintaro, is clever, intelligent, aspiring to study Dutch studies, and eventually saves the people of Edo as "Katsu Kaishu."

The era is the reform of Tenpo. In addition to the noisy world, every time Kokichi brings in trouble, he is confident. Furthermore, Rintaro falls in love with Fukagawa geisha! Katsuya continues to make a fuss.

Two girls who grew up in different single-parent families, went to the same school since they were young, and entered the same workplace as colleagues when they grew up. The two have very different appearances and personalities, and they have been fighting for more than ten years without getting tired. One day, a mafia boss suddenly appeared in their lives, claiming to be their father, but the two turned out to be half-sisters...

(Source: Wikipedia)

Episodes: 60

Han Ming is afraid of ghosts. After the death of his beloved grandpa, he must work with spirits to cook the “Ghost Festival Feast” to recall the memory between them. Then, he discovers it takes effort to make friends as well. Can he conquer these challenges and grow up?

Episodes: 15

Oh Yeon Doo is a Korean language instructor who delivers online lectures – and has become something of an internet celebrity. Gong Tae Kyung meanwhile is a talented obstetrician and gynecologist from a prestigious family who specializes in infertility treatment. He has no intention of getting married. Both are happy with their lives, and think they are successful...until Oh Yeon Doo discovers she is pregnant!

The duo decides to try to engineer a “fake” contractual relationship – and Gong Tae Kyung convinces Oh Yeon Doo to become his “wife.” But this move proves to be tricky. Jang Se Jin, Gong Tae Kyung’s brash first love – now a powerful figure at a major firm – wants to have a say in all this. Also what is incredulous about all of this is the involvement of Oh Yeon Doo’s boyfriend and investment advisor Kim Joon Ha. Will Cupid be able to sort out this tangled mess of romance?

In the second semester of her junior year, 17-year-old Su Qiao welcomed her new desk mate, the "big celebrity" Lin Zi Lu. However, his appearance in her life brings misfortune to Su Qiao. What's even more absurd is that he not only costs her money but also moves into her house, taking over her bedroom.

They hadn't been on good terms since they played together as kids, and all Su Qiao can think is, "Classmate, when are you moving out of my house?" But Lin Zi Lu didn't just stay; he also becomes good friends with students like Guan Jin Jin and Fang Liang at school, leaving Su Qiao feeling isolated. Thanks to his good looks and hardworking nature, Lin Zi Lu firmly entrenched himself in Huxin Village!

But as time goes on Su Qiao begins to understand the immense pressures he has faced. As they work in the fields, face thieves, study together, and pursue their dreams side by side, they slowly come to know the other better. But as the end of junior year approaches and summer vacation begins, a new challenge arrives. What will become of their fleeting youth?

(Source: IQIYI)

Episodes: 12

Rosana is the head of her family. She works hard trying to earn money to care for her sick mother. Despite her best efforts, she's laid off. In her desperation, she's willing to do anything in exchange for the assurance of her mother's care, even take on the role of a wealthy person's fake daughter in order to inherit. In the midst of an unfamiliar family, Rosana has to deal with powerful Korn, a cousin intent on proving her true identity.

Adapted from the novel "Jam Laeng Rak" (จำแลงรัก) by Chuwong Chayachinda (ชูวงศ์ ฉายะจินดา).

Rosana is the head of her family. She works hard trying to earn money to care for her sick mother. Despite her best efforts, she's laid off. In her desperation, she's willing to do anything in exchange for the assurance of her mother's care, even take on the role of a wealthy person's fake daughter in order to inherit. In the midst of an unfamiliar family, Rosana has to deal with powerful Korn, a cousin intent on proving her true identity.

Adapted from the novel "Jam Laeng Rak" (จำแลงรัก) by Chuwong Chayachinda (ชูวงศ์ ฉายะจินดา).

Mashiro Shibutani and her family live in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture. With a minor mental disability (that doesn't effect her daily life), she spends her days by tending to her father’s bicycle store and taking care of her pet dog. One day, while visiting a shrine for her older brother's wedding, Mashiro meets photographer Keiichi Yui who came from Tokyo. She accidentally presses the shutter button on his camera, which he left with her for a short while. Keiichi is fascinated by the pictures which Mashiro took on accident. Because of this, they get closer.

When high school student Kim Eun Mi discovered that she was pregnant, her entire life changed in an instant. Determined to keep her baby, Eun Mi did just that. Raising her daughter, Jin Hee, on her own, the two have quite literally grown up together.

Now in her forties, Eun Mi works as a physical therapist while twenty-nine-year-old Jin Hee works as an officer at the Namchon Police Substation. Despite being an adult herself, Jin Hee still lives with her mother; a fact which leads to an endless stream of bickering between the two. Though both mother and daughter will agree that they love each other dearly, the two just can’t seem to find a way to get along these days.

As if struggling to find a way to deal with her daughter wasn’t enough, Eun Mi’s life takes a complicated turn when Dr. Park Jin Hong suddenly appears before her. While Eun Mi tries to make sense of the mysterious Dr. Park, Jin Hee struggles to find a way to get along with her works new director, Eun Jae Won.

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Namnam" (남남) by Jeong Young Ryong (정영룡).

Episodes: 12

On the street one early morning, Jin Wan Shi, an elderly milkman, helps Song Yi Fen, an elderly lady who collects trash. Both of them have lived through many harships - Jin Wan Shi lives with guilt over his mistreatment of his late wife, and Song Yi Fen has been alone all the way into her age after meeting many unkind people and losing her child at a young age. Now these two people meet every morning, with feelings developing quietly.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu)

Release dates: Jun 10, 2023 (Festival) || Jun 21, 2023 (Cinema)

Doctor Purim, a famous neurosurgeon, is born in a rich and well-known family. His father is a famous professor of economics and his mother is a former famous actress. With his perfect family background, his father has designed his path since he was born. Purim was never given any choice to do what he really wanted. He decides to buy a house and moves out to live alone. Since then, he has his own little peaceful space with a secret hobby that no one knows about.

One day, his peaceful life ends when a new neighbor moves in. Her name is Matalada, a strange woman who loves dressing in a Bohemian style. She is raised by a single father who is gay and the owner of a cabaret in Pattaya. She had been bullied by friends since she was young. But being around kind-hearted people in the cabaret, she has been filled with a lot of love. Her father loves her and gives her a lot of freedom.

Matalada buys a house in Bangkok and moves in with her aunt, a ladyboy in the cabaret who has raised her since she was little and loves her like a real daughter. One day, she finds something that looks like blood in the trash bin in front of Purim’s house. She enters his house and finds a bloody baby's body in his kitchen and thinks he's a murderer. Purim eats it to prove that it is not a real body. It's a Halloween cake that he made, and that is his secret hobby. Matalada tries it and finds it very delicious. She asks him to teach her how to make a birthday cake for her father.

From then on, they go from strangers to acquaintances, and become close friends. Matalada, a kind-hearted woman, brings her warm family into his life and fills his lonely heart with a love that he had never received before.

Adapted from the novel “Matalada” (มาตาลดา) by Natnara (ณัฐณรา).

On the day of their 20th wedding anniversary, a car crash changes everything. A key, which door does it unlock? A boy, what kind of troubles will he stir up? Assistance from BFF, is she solving or causing problems? Wandering between worlds of the living and dead, solving love problems of lost men and women. With a 49-day deadline, can love to arrive in time?

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw)

Episodes: 10

Eun Chae Ryung is a spoiled daughter who had always completely relied on her father. When he is involved in an accident one day, she finds herself rudely awakened from her sheltered life and forced to mature, encountering numerous hardships before she gradually becomes an independent person.

Xu Jia Fu's father devoted himself to operating paper mill, and because of that, countryside where it was placed became rich. But at the same time, his family was scattered, because of the constant separation. After becoming an adult, Xu Jia Fu personally demolished his father's paper mill in order to reunite his parents and push the whole family, to back into their hometown. After becoming the secretary of Xujia Datang Village, he was determined to lead the villagers to open up a road of rural revitalization, and after experiencing the "disaster" such as the scam of the new agricultural tourism project and the pig farm disease, the confused and helpless Xu Jia Fu regained confidence under the guidance and encouragement of secretary Zheng Ben Kun.

Xu Jia Fu's father devoted himself to operating paper mill, and because of that, countryside where it was placed became rich. But at the same time, his family was scattered, because of the constant separation. After becoming an adult, Xu Jia Fu personally demolished his father's paper mill in order to reunite his parents and push the whole family, to back into their hometown. After becoming the secretary of Xujia Datang Village, he was determined to lead the villagers to open up a road of rural revitalization, and after experiencing the "disaster" such as the scam of the new agricultural tourism project and the pig farm disease, the confused and helpless Xu Jia Fu regained confidence under the guidance and encouragement of secretary Zheng Ben Kun.

The four brothers and sisters of the Mo family responded to the call of the country and came to Inner Mongolia grasslands from Nanjing to study and live together with the herdsmen. They struggled because of cultural differences and the hardship of the environment. They also valued their love and precious friendship, and they lived their youth and life in this land. This drama shows the character development of the people who lived in a different environment.

Following their destiny, cultivator Qi Yuan Bao encounters fox fairy Chang Sha at Broken Moon Mountain. When Chang Sha reaches for the heart and soul fruit, it flies directly into Qi Yuan Bao's body. That one moment creates a deep bond between them, a bond that could grow into love.

Young and beautiful manhua artist Zhong Ling, in order to treat her son Kele's congenital diabetes, returns to the city she left six years ago due to her breakup with her ex-boyfriend Han Donglai. Unexpectedly, when Kele gets lost, he coincidentally encounters a man who resembles Han Donglai, a character that consistently appears in his mother's manhua. Mistaking him for his father, Kele is taken to Han Donglai's office, leading to their reunion and the beginning of a tumultuous love-hate relationship.

The intertwined destinies of the two unfold once again as they confront Kele's origin and his health condition. On one hand, Zhong Ling's departure for the past six years has turned her friend Chu Mo into a popular superstar, and the opportunity to adapt her manga into a film recommended by Han Donglai stirs jealousy in his heart, leading him to secretly investigate. On the other hand, Zhong Ling's return drives Lin Xiaxi, who has always deeply loved Han Donglai, to madness, resulting in repeated acts of secret revenge. Who is Kele's biological father? Will there be a chance for a reunion in the former lovers' relationship?

(Source: IQIY)

Adapted from the web novel "Er Hun Ye Feng Kuang" (二婚也疯狂) by Dan Ya Ru Feng (淡雅如疯).

The story revolves around a master of the traditional funeral play called Jindo Dasiraegi. One day, his daughter returns home years after she left, saddled with debt. Their relationship remains uneasy as she is still in agony over the death of her mother in total disregard of her father, as his heart and soul were dedicated to performing Dasiraegi.

About the life of mothers, and their relationship with their children.

The relationship between husband and wife, parent-child and intergenerational relationships in the four families has experienced tremendous challenges.

Just one year of pre-school education of their young children allowed young parents to gain important growth experiences in their lives, learning not to be entangled with competition but return to the original intention of helping children stand on the true starting point of their life.