Asian Drama

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.

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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.

A love story revolving around childhood sweethearts, Ling Chao and Xiao Tu, who journey through youth and share experiences in sadness and joy together. Since he was a child, Ling Chao always knew that his mother preferred daughters. Coincidentally, their neighbor's family has a daughter, Xiao Tu, who is the same age as him. Ling Chao eventually became her god-brother. The both of them have grown up competing with each other, so he demands perfection in everything. He is the smartest child in kindergarten with a high IQ, but his outstanding performances are not as good as Xiao Tu in the eyes of his mother. Due to the lack of love from his father, Ling Chao developed a sensitive, independent, and precocious personality. His only friend is Xiao Tu, and only Xiao Tu is in his heart. When he grows up, he understands that he can't do anything without Xiao Tu, because he has unexpectedly fallen in love with her, but he has never admitted it. ~~ Adapted from the novel “Once We Come Across Love” (兔子压倒窝边草) by Yi Jin (忆锦)

It tells a touching story about a loyal dog named Ba Tong who waited for the return of his owner for ten years even after his owner's death.

University professor Chen Jing Xiu meets a puppy on the street and secretly takes it home out of pity. However, his wife Li Jia Zhen blows up at the "family meeting" and scolds him for violating their agreement before marriage to not have dogs at home.

Given that their son Chen Xin Qiao and daughter Chen Xiao Zhou keep adding oil to the fire, the puppy seems to have become the source of a lot of trouble in the family. Nonetheless, Ba Tong also opens doors to a joyful story between the Chen family and their beloved canine.

Liu Yu Ru, daughter of a merchant, has only one hope in life: to find a good husband and marry into a good family so that she could escape from her own family composed of her very sick mother, her cruel stepmother and her neglectful father. Therefore, she trains very hard to become a perfect lady whom anyone would want as a wife and a daughter-in-law.

She thinks she's finally succeeded when she marries the rich young master Gu Jiu Si. But she realizes that her husband despises her, as he thinks she's only a gold-digger, and would rather spend his time in brothels than with his wife.

Yu Ru finally understands that she must take her destiny into her own hands and that she cannot rely on others to survive. She learns business with her mother-in-law, eventually earning her place in the family, and even succeeds in taming her husband, becoming able to stand up to him and change him from a drunken playboy into a brave, honest and righteous man.

This is the story of a weak and pitiful lady who grows up to become a strong and smart woman who no longer needs anyone to survive and can stand up for herself, even gaining the love of a husband who despised her and changing him for the best.

Adapted from the web novel "Chang Feng Du" (长风渡) by Mo Shu Bai (墨书白).

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with Rie who was his client. She asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke. After Rie got a divorce, she raised her child alone and returned to her hometown. There, she met Daisuke and married him. She enjoyed a happy family life with Daisuke and their 2 children. Suddenly, Daisuke died in an accident. While she was grieving, Daisuke’s older brother Kyoichi visited his funeral. The two brothers had been estranged for many years. When Kyoichi saw Daisuke's picture, he stated that the person in the picture was not his brother.

Adapted from the novel "A Man" (ある男) by Hirano Keiichiro (平野啓一郎).

Yang Ri Zheng, an elite in the bodyguard world, is good at risk management and is the winning team in life. However, his unhappy childhood made him refuse marriage, and fate made him meet Yu Zi Cheng, a clever woman who keeps breaking the rules of his life.

A travel program prepared for Haha and Byul's daughter, Song, who recovered after fighting a rare disease. The show will follow the family as they travel across the country, giving viewers a warm healing experience by capturing various sceneries from hidden attractions to famous family travel spots in South Korea.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 4 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Tuesday

Psychologist Li Xin, has been a victim of her abusive husband for years. Soon, Wu Yu, who also experienced domestic violence in the past, stands on her way. Together, the couple starts an unequal fight with the woman's tormentor. But is he really the savior he poses as?

Cai Zhu is a bamboo fairy who does not have a heart and does not understand human lust. She is sent into the human world by the Queen Mother and must understand the human heart before she can return back to heaven. There she met Wang Hu Po, a human with a super high "Yin Virtue" in the world, as well as the rest of his loving family. Since meeting them, Cai Zhu discovers that there can be wonderful relationships developed between humans and immortals. But can this upright bamboo fairy successfully understand the human heart?

A female high school student named Sayaka kills herself, but the reason why she killed herself is unknown. Sayaka appeared to have a normal life with her family, including her mother Rumiko. Rumiko seemed to raise Sayaka with love and care. In reality, Rumiko is a mother who is unable to give love to her daughter and Sayaka is a daughter who wants to receive love from her mother.

When mother Rumiko and daughter Sayaka think of the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell different stories.

Adapted from the novel "Bosei" (母性) by Minato Kanae (湊かなえ).

Eating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane—two brothers, many years apart in age—who ask him to teach them how to make his delicious food! Yutaka soon finds himself having a change of heart as he looks forward to the meals they share together.

Adapted from the manga "Bokura no Shokutaku" (僕らの食卓) by Mita Ori (三田織).

Qi Si Le needs to secure the Maolin planning project order in order to cover the surgery expenses for his daughter Xuan Xuan’s brain tumor. She relentlessly pursues Maolin’s boss, Song Hao Yu. Meanwhile, when Song Hao Yu is helping his son Chen Cheng choose a birthday gift, he notices that Qi Si Le is wearing a brooch identical to the one Chen Cheng has.

Following the clue of the brooch, Song Hao Yu gradually confirms the relationship between Xuan Xuan and Chen Cheng. In order to provide a complete family for the two children, Song Hao Yu proposes to Qi Si Le, and the two of them embark on marriage with an uncertain future.

A couple's life gets upside down after their daughter gets sexually assaulted.

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A story of a full-time mother's career advancement follows Shen Anan who loves life and loves food. After experiencing a marital crisis, she chooses to return to the workplace. Through continuous learning and growth, she improves her professional skills and realizes her self-worth.

Young Soon is a single mother and pig farmer who raised her son Kang Ho alone. Despite her love for him, her strict parenting caused Kang Ho to view her as a bad mother. As an adult, Kang Ho became a cold-hearted prosecutor and kept his distance from his mother. However, an unexpected accident caused him to return to his hometown and start over with Young Soon. Kang Ho's childhood friend Mi Joo, known for her warm heart and strong sense of justice, also reconnected with him after his accident, leading to a transformative experience for her.

Parenting is like a battle. Parents even call out for help from grandparents to raise children. Fathers from all around the globe who are raising kids in Korea have gathered. They observe their parenting and share childcare knowledge and troubles. And the global integration happens through empathizing. Jang Yun Jung and In Gyo Jin, the hosts, have become the master of parenting. Foreigner fathers consist of various countries, including America, Italia, China, India, Azerbaijan, and Finland. Let's take a look at their struggle during parenting that everyone would vibe on!

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 34

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Sunday

Cha Jung Sook is married to Seo In Ho, who works as a chief surgeon at a university hospital. He has a strict, sensitive and thoroughgoing personality. Cha Jung Sook has been a full time housewife for the past 20 years, giving up her career as a doctor during her medical resident years. After all those years, she decides to restart her medical resident course.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Siblings Li, Pakorn and Pawin were born into a family of Chinese traders. The three are affectionate, always taking good care of each other. Pakorn doesn't receive the equal love of their father, Ko Beng, however. He was born during the recession and is therefore branded a jinx, unlike Pawin who was born during the period of trade recovery and regarded as the family's golden child.

Two factors bring their sibling love to a turning point. The first is Rungtawan, the daughter of business owners down their same lane. The second is Asalha or Ah, a thief Pakorn mistakenly gets involved with and who incriminates him in a violent crime.

Their steadfast sibling love is transformed into a feud between outlaw and rookie cop.

In her youth, Orayanee had dropped out of University to get married to the business relative of her University classmate, Whim. She obtained two daughters from that marriage. The older was Petchroi, a sweet soft-spoken girl like her mother. The younger is Ployrung whose nature is tough and enterprising. In her entire married life, she only take care of her child and husband because he didn't let her do anything else.

However, after the death of her husband, Orayanee suddenly found herself being ignored by her daughters, Petchroi who had inherited the house, and Ployrung who had taken over the company. In fact, whenever the girls need advice, they always called over their uncle Whim. Even the household servants began to overlook Orayanee. It is at this time that Phumek, an old friend of Orayanee returns to her life.

Meanwhile, Petchroi found herself disappointed with love when her boyfriend cheated on her and got some other girl pregnant. Still, she requires the company of a man, and thus Tacha appears in her life with some hidden purpose.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Wor. Winitchaikul (ว.วินิจฉัยกุล).