Asian Drama

Shin Cha Il begins work as the leader of the audit team at JU Construction, where corruption runs rampant. Shin Cha Il doesn't have faith in other people. He has a cool demeanor and carries out his work with sharp judgment and decisive action. The audit team also includes rookie employee Gu Han Soo. He initially applied for the audit team as a stepping stone to get transferred to his company's Florida branch, but his plan was not easy because of Shin Cha Il. Unlike his boss, Gu Han Soo is a nice and warm-hearted person. Working with Shin Cha Il, Gu Han Soo grows as an audit team member.

Meanwhile, Hwang Dae Woong is the vice president of JU Construction, and he is the third son of the company's founder. His ambition is to become the president of the company by beating his two older brothers for the position.

Yoon Seo Jin is also a rookie employee on the audit team at JU Construction. She is an individualist who aims for success. She has a totally opposite personality from Goo Han Soo. She has also known Vice President Hwang Dae Woong since she was a child, but they pretend that they don’t know each other at work.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

The skeletal remains of 13 children were found in what is known as the "Haikawa Residence Incident."

A mysterious mark left at the scene reappears seven years later, a mysterious communal life, a suspect known as "Father", six survivors of the incident, and layers of hidden truths.

The unfolding mysteries lead to an unpredictable ending, the beginning of a human suspense story.

(Source: Japanese = YTV)

Adapted from the manga series "Furitsumore Kodokuna Shi yo" (降り積もれ孤独な死よ) written by Inoryu Hajime (井龍一) and illustrated by Ito Shota (伊藤翔太).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 55 min.

Airs On: Sunday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

An entertaining revenge drama follows Haibara Shoko, an ordinary high school girl who vows revenge after all of her family and friends are taken from her. Shoko, an ordinary high school girl, became an internet celebrity after she appeared in beauty streamer Tokumichi Hitoshi's video. However, her classmates, who are jealous of her success, lure her into a trap and film her being assaulted. As a result, the video goes viral and is spread across the internet - making her a target of hate.

To make matters worse, after her home address is revealed and her house is set on fire, she loses her parents as a result. And yet still, the digital tattoo remains on the internet. Suffering emotional scars, she ended up being taken in by her grandmother, where she lived a rough life. 10 years on, just as Shoko is deciding to end her life, she happens to see her former happy classmates on TV. At that moment, she vows instead to take revenge on them, and Tokumichi, regretful that he could not help in the past, lends her his support as her partner in revenge.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 29 min.

Airs On: Saturday

Seike Ichiro is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minster candidate. He has a secretary, Suzuki Toshiya, who carefully works to guide him to the prime minister position. They look like a perfect match as a politician and his secretary, but Reporter Michiura Kanae feels something is off about the relationship of these two. She begins to investigate their past and notices the mysterious deaths that have followed Seike Ichiro during his rise in politics. Her own father's death, who was also a reporter, is somehow connected to the politician's past.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Warau Matryoshka" (笑うマトリョーシカ) by Hayami Kazumasa (早見和真)

Tags: Politician Male Lead, Secretary Male Lead, Reporter Female Lead, Adapted From A Novel, Investigation, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jun 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Realtor Jung Tae’s hobby is sneaking into strangers’ homes and peeping into their lives. One day, an unfamiliar face in the area grabs his attention-an Instagram star, So Ra. Miraculously, So Ra leaves her house key at Jung Tae’s agency, and Jung Tae visits her home whenever he can, thrilled and excited.

Like any other day, Jung Tae makes another visit and finds what he hadn’t expected: the dead body of So Ra. Even worse, all evidences say that Jung Tae is the criminal. Can he find the real killer and clear his name?

(Source: K-Movie Entertainment & Studio)

Duration: 1 hr. 43 min.

A cruel fate mystery series with 3 stories revolving around someone finding a tarot card and becoming trapped in a curse due to their choice.

"Santa’s Visit" - Ji Woo is a working mom who raises her daughter alone. While she is working, some strange and eerie things happen to her daughter, who is left alone at home.

"Please Throw Away" - Dong In is a veteran delivery rider. Something bizarre things happen to him.

"Going Home" - Kyeong Rae gets in a taxi hurriedly in the middle of the night and he is engulfed in fear and anxiety.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Ratings: 6.9

While secretly investigating a case, Jiang Xin Bai, a proud prince and the head constable who suffers from face blindness, accidentally meets the unorthodox Yan Nan Xing, a female doctor who changes her appearance every month. They were at odds when they met and in order to keep their respective secrets hidden, they experience "three marriages" and "three separations" together. The two eventually join hands to eliminate the scourge of Wuxiang.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

When Neenara gets her hands on what she thinks is a pebble, she decides to keep it and forgets about it. Little did she know it was actually a priceless rough diamond that belongs to a big mafia boss. When she starts being chased by those who are after the diamond, the only person who can protect her is Nagun, the man who broke her heart three years ago.

Nagun's case requires a believable decoy, so he and Neenara must team up. Their relationship is supposed to end when the case is closed, but Neenara has a few tricks to pull.

(Source: Thaidramatic Updates on Facebook)

Adapted from the novel "Phaen Luang Buang Maya" (แผนลวงบ่วงมารยา) by Umariga (อุมาริการ์).

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Saizo Yui is a single, 29-year-old woman who works in the crime laboratory at the Takanashi Police Station as a forensics examiner. She does her job well, due to her excellent memory and analytical mind. She prioritizes efficiency at her work. She also eschews the old-fashioned and traditional ways at the police station, like, working overtime or being liked by colleagues. She does have two close female colleagues at the police station. They are Kira Masumi and Motoyama Iori.

Kira Masumi works as a physician in the medical office and Motoyama Iori works in the traffic department. Every Friday night, these 3 women gather at an izakaya pub and chat about everything including work and relationships. One Friday night, during the course of their normal conversation, they talk about a case that detectives at the police station are having trouble solving. Since then, they have talked about difficult cases and tried to solve the cases using their respective talents.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

Oda Teruasa, a gifted high school senior who is the heir of Japan's wealthy trading company Oda Group, lost everything 13 years ago when his father was murdered by a mysterious organization. The culprit was, in fact, after a weathered key which was in Seiji's possession.

Whoever acquires this key will allegedly see their fortune rise with the number of keys they collect, and with 99 keys, one can gain control over everything in this world. Entrusted with this key by his father just before the fatal incident, Teruasa managed to escape overseas, and since then, he has traveled the world, accumulating knowledge and experiences.

Returning to Japan after 13 years to avenge his father, Teruasa finds himself entangled in the "Akuma Game", a life-threatening battle of wits against rivals aiming for the demonic key.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Acma:Game" (アクマゲーム) written by Mebu (メーブ) and illustrated by Megumi Koji (恵広史).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 55 min.

Airs On: Sunday

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Episodes: 10

Airs On: Friday

Yeong Il leads a contract-killing group that includes Jackie, Wol Cheon, and Jeom Man. His job in the group is that of the designer. He designs murders into perfect accidental deaths, but he gets involved in an unexpected incident.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

"Crash" depicts the story of the Traffic Crime Investigation Team (TCI), which tracks only car crimes such as insurance fraud, retaliatory driving, self-harm blackmail, leka, call jump, and autonomous driving. Cha Yeon Ho, a rational individualist from KAIST, and Min So Hee, a traffic investigation ace with cool judgment and warm sensitivity, track unusual traffic crime cases with the traffic crime investigation team to uncover the truth behind them.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

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

A broadcasting station employee discovers a lost cassette recording gathering dust in a storage area and brings it to a radio show hosted by an idol member. On the tape, there is a faint humming sound of a girl.

Concerned about a missing group member, the idol's manager employs a private investigator to find him within three days, just in time for a big concert. The investigator interviews each individual in the hopes of solving the mystery.

As the inquiry proceeds, however, the idol members succumb to a terrible curse, falling to terror one by one. As the detective examines the identity of the mystery voice on the recording, it becomes clear that the cursed cassette tape holds the answer to their problem.

(Source: Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival; Edited by Krystale Mitaesa)

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Episodes: 26

While Nishimura Kanade was a 3rd grade middle school student, her father, who worked as a prosecutor, died in an incident. After her father’s death, she and her mother moved to her moved to her mother’s hometown in Nagano Prefecture. Nishimura Kanade wanted to become a prosecutor like her father, and she entered law school at a national university in Nagano Prefecture. There, she had 4 friends, including Nogi Masaki. They became really close friends and shared memorable experiences together. Due to a case involving a death, their relationship ended.

12 years later, Nishimura Kanade is now 35 years old and works as a prosecutor in the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors’ Office. Her boyfriend is Okuda Takashi, who works as a doctor, and they live together. One day, one of her law school classmates, who disappeared after the death case, appears in front of her. Nishimura Kanade must confront the suspicious death case from her law school days. This leads her to examine the truth behind her father’s death from 20 years ago and also the secret faces of her friends.

(Source: Japanese = TV Asahi)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Tuesday

Two years ago, Noda Tetsuya worked as a doctor. He was a medical intern trained by cardiac surgeon Terashima Koichi. One day, Koichi and his wife were murdered. At that time, Tetsuya lost his right hand. Koichi and his wife left behind their 8-year-old daughter Terashima Yui.

Now, Noda teams up with Yui to lead an illegal secret surgery team, whose ultimate purpose is to find the truth behind the death of her parents. The team consists of 7 members. Noda is called Teacher and Yui is called Dr. Chocolate. She is only 10 years old, but she is a genius in the medical field. She was strongly influenced by her father and acquired advanced medical techniques through her interest in her father's work. To hire the black market surgery team, a fee of 100 million yen in cash is required as well as an NDA requirement and chocolate. The team are able to save the lives of patients no matter the circumstances, but a newspaper reporter begins to chase after them.

The theme of "season 7" is diversity. The members of the Special Investigation Unit, including the team leader Kunikida Seiji, Asawa Naoki, Komiyama Shiho, Aoyagi Yasushi, Yazawa Hideaki, Shindo Ryo, and Takao Yuma all have strong personalities. However, their ages, careers, personal circumstances, investigative viewpoints, and approaches to their work are all very different. Therefore, clashes occur on a daily basis, but based on the trust they have built up over the years, they are a team that can honestly admit their differences in opinion and work together.

On the other hand, the crimes they face are also becoming more diverse with the times. In the new season, they will depict not only cases that reflect the "current" world, but also various human dramas lurking in the background and the detectives who face them with all their might, in a complete episode format.

(Source: Japanese = TV Asahi)

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Wednesday

Rinka is single and works as a wedding planner. She is not good at dating men. Her colleague suggested to her to try a dating app. Rinka reluctantly registers with the dating app and gets matched to a man. When they meet, the man has a totally different appearance from his picture on the dating app. He seems like an ordinary man, but Rinka feels something is not right about him. Meanwhile, a series of murder cases takes place. The victims were all users of the dating app. The man that Rinka met through the app is investigated for the serial murder cases.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Matching" (マッチング) by Uchida Eiji (内田英治).

Release dates: Oct 9, 2023 (Festival) || Feb 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 7.4

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Episodes: 24

Aired On: Friday

May is a beautiful and successful woman in many ways. However, her romantic relationships never go well. One day, May’s widowed father tells her he will marry Lan. Even more shocking is that Lan is accused of being the “Poisonous Widow” who lives a luxurious life by killing her rich husbands.

May begins to investigate Lan’s background to save her father from being a victim. Bit by bit, May is subconsciously influenced by Lan’s twisted views on love, money, and sex.

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw)

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 7.1

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

Through the "Bobble Incident" that started the revenge and ended in blood, Do Hyuk became the culprit and lost his life. However, he didn't die. Do Hyuk returns with seething vengeance to expose Matthew's true identity to everyone. Kang Ki Tak and the unknown aide who goes by "Medusa" appear to help him. Matthew has no intention of stopping. With his fake identity, Matthew has the whole world crazy about him. He endeavors to be the epitome of his phony identity and take over Sungchan Group, the company his father raised with his life. Only then will his revenge be complete.

The seven wicked associates will now regroup to play the game of revenge that has reset in desperation. Some will be out for revenge, some for power, and some will hide their true goal in a new game where they will deceive and betray each other. How will the fates of the Seven reborn from lies end?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday

The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Female journalist He Shan was invited to attend Fei Ke’s memorial service, along with five other strangers who each had an unknown connection to Fei Ke.

They soon discovered that they all knew different versions of Fei Ke, leaving them to question who he really was.

Together, they retraced their memories and gradually uncovered the truth about Fei Ke.

(Source: Cpop Home)

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa Rim and Bong Gil to save the newborn of the family. Once they arrive, Hwa Rim senses a dark shadow of their ancestor has latched on the family in a so-called 'Grave Calling'.

In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, Hwa Rim seeks help from top-notch geomancer Sang Deok and mortician Yeong Geun. To their dismay, the four find the grave at a shady location in a remote village in Korea. Unaware of the consequences, the exhumation is carried out, unleashing a malevolent force buried underneath.

(Source: showbox.co.kr)

Duration: 2 hr. 13 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A fantasy story about a man who accidentally gets drawn into a fictional world inside of a horror novel.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 1

Airs On: Saturday

Du Ruo Fei, a chemical engineering student, travels into the world of a novel and becomes the wife of Xun Chang Hao, the minister of punishment. Although Ruo Fei's modern language and industrious technology are incompatible with ancient times, she finds herself strangely compatible with her ancient-era husband. Together they fall in love and struggle to solve a strange case.

(Source: Sohu)

Adapted from the web novel "Qing Ben Wu Shuang" (卿本无双) by Jin Lai Si (今来思).

Episodes: 36

Duration: 18 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

Seo Jung Won is an investigative reporter and the host of the current affairs television program “Let’s Get Grabbed by the Collar.” Thanks to her unique and straightforward way of exposing all kinds of torts committed by culprits—all whilst making sarcastic remarks—she gains great popularity and attracts the general public’s attention.

When Jung Won is accused of murder, she joins with detective Kim Tae Hyun, and sets out to find the truth. Also helping her are her husband Seol Woo Jae and Woo Jae, respectively.

(Source: Soompi)

Adapted from the web novel "Myeoksal Hanbeon Jabhibsida" (멱살 한번 잡힙시다) by Nyureoki (뉴럭이).

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

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