Asian Drama

When heinous criminals avoid punishment from the law, all citizens over 18 years old receive a text message polling them on whether that person should receive the death penalty. If more than 50% respond in favor of the capital punishment, that person is killed by "Dog Mask" - unknown, working in virtual world persona. Meanwhile, the police chase after "Dog Mask" and three people become involved because of it:

Kim Moo Chan leader of the First Investigation Team at the Southern Police Agency, Kwon Seok Joo former famous legal scholar, who killed the rapist who attacked his young daughter and then turned himself in to the police and Joo Hyun - a police officer who has worked at the Cyber Safety Bureau at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for 5 years.

Adapted from the webtoon "Gukminsahyeongtupyo" (국민사형투표) written by Um Se Yoon (엄세윤) and illustrated by Jung Yi Pum (정이품).

Episodes: 12

While at sea, the loyal butler on a luxury cruise, Ubukata Suguru, and a mysterious woman named Banjaku Chizuru cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship.

(Source: Variety)

Watanabe Tatsuya, the falsely accused newspaper reporter decides to run for State Governor to change Tokyo. The Democratic Liberal Party Headquarters, which wants to clear its name in the next gubernatorial election, recommends political commentator Kawamoto Eita as an official candidate.

Meanwhile, Saki, the daughter of Ujihara Takumi, the president of Hamashio Construction, a major general contractor, is kidnapped. The culprit's request is to cancel the land reclamation project in Tokyo Bay, which is being promoted by Hamashio Construction under the leadership of Suzuki Ichiro, the secretary-general of the Democratic Liberal Party. Kenichi becomes a negotiator with the criminal, in order to make a hostage exchange to save Saki. Who is the culprit of the kidnapping case and what is its purpose?

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Episodes: 5

In this suspenseful story, scholar Fan Luo Luo disguises herself as a man and comes to Yecheng Yamen to work as a police officer. Unexpectedly, she met Gu Qian Mo, a young minister from Dali Temple who concealed his identity and came to investigate the theft of weapons. The two started a full-fledged daily life as colleagues. As the truths emerged one by one, love also grew and spread in their hearts...

(Source: TencentVideo)

Episodes: 24

It tells the story of a former out of date movie star in old Shanghai who gets involved in a confusing murder case. In order to prove her innocence, she joins hands with her personal female assistant to find out the truth.

This drama focuses on the two girls with extremely contrasting personalities and identities. Hu Xiaodie was originally an over-packaged commercial female star; Hua Xiaoqing is a young independent woman, who had returned from abroad to her family’s downfall. In order to clear the suspicions on them, they begin to learn the knowledge of investigation and reasoning skills, and eventually grow to become the nemesis of crime, with the help of the Central Police Station.

Episodes: 24

Fujiko is a rare bloodthirsty serial killer. The only survivor of a brutal murder that killed her whole family when she was 11 years old, she suffered massive trauma. Before she is aware of it, she has become a bloodthirsty killer who only pursues happiness. But her life starts to derail – “I can reset my life,” she would mutter as she kills over and over again. Why does she murder?

Adapted from the novel "Satsujinki Fujiko No Shoudou" by Mari Yukiko.

Episodes: 6

Kozono Yohei, secretary general of Shoto University, was found stabbed to death in his home. Hoshino Naoto, a detective at Fujimi Police Station, rushes to the scene and sees the scene of the murder in the living room. Tanimura Kaho, a lecturer at Shoto University's Department of International Studies, is trying to get ahead in life at any cost, and has been having an affair with Kozono, who holds the right to personnel affairs, for half a year. Kozono is murdered, and Kaho is arrested as a murderer. On the other hand, reporter Maruyama Sota receives information about the affair via anonymous email, and realizes that someone is trying to manipulate the impression of the incident, and begins his own investigation. In the midst of this, Hoshino feels uncomfortable with the investigative policy of the upper-level police, which concludes that Kaho is the culprit in a half-baked investigation, and eventually realizes that Kaho may have been framed by someone.

(Source: U-NEXT SQUARE)

Episodes: 8

Crime scenes are evolving day by day. However, there is always a smoking gun, the crucial piece of evidence that points to the culprit. Korea's foremost authority on forensic medicine, a 32-year veteran police officer who is now a researcher at the Institute of Criminology, and one of Korea's first-generation profilers gather to analyze the final messages left by victims, the scenes of the crime, and the psychology of criminals. We invite you to discover the importance of forensic science through vivid stories of forensic investigations and to empathize with the victims\u2019 stories.

Episodes: 30

Following the story of Ran, who confronts a mysterious organization by participating in a no-rules deathmatch after discovering her missing younger sister Yuzuki is involved in a crime. With danger at every corner, Ran must trade in her boxing gloves for brass knuckles. Will she save her sister?

(Source: Amazon)

Adapted from the webtoon "Knuckle Girl" (너클걸) written by Jun Sang Young (전상영) and illustrated by You Sang Jin (유상진).

No struggle, no youth. They are young prosecutors in the new era. They have excellent skills, work hard, and guard against fairness and justice with the help of legal supervision. No cross-border, no future. They discover, seek, explore, challenge, and empower the prosecution and propaganda. Love, concentration, and hard work are their inner voices; curiosity, imagination, and creativity are their magic weapon for success; seeking correct solutions, perseverance, and consistency are their spiritual coordinates. Follow their footsteps and experience the show time of prosecutors in the new era together!

The play is set in the turbulent period of the Republic of China in Shanghai. In a turbulent era, the forensic doctor Che Su Wei and the gentleman detective Gu Yuan are intertwined with various forces. Deputy Inspector Kang Yi Chen, and the innocent and lively reporter Cao Qing Luo worked together to crack out a number of weird and curious cases, and restore the truth.

(Source: Trakt)

Episodes: 23

Lin Wan Qing, the timid and hesitant leader of the Miduoduo Armed Escort Agency, infiltrates the supreme court as a part-time assassin to revive the agency. Su Mo Yi, the cold and ruthless official of the supreme court, plays along and gets acquainted with the kind Lin Wan Qing head-on. They join forces to investigate cases and protect the imperial city, ultimately achieving a successful love story that goes both ways.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 20

Soo Hyun buys a secondhand washing machine online, making her the latest target of some warped vigilante. Detective Na investigates to determine the identity of the culprit terrorizing Soo Hyun.

(Source: Soompi; Kdramastars)

Two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth behind the murders. Tea field owner and Golden Triangle-based intelligence officer Fang Xin Wu joins the investigation. After it was discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Kham, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launched a joint task force to apprehend the criminal. The road to justice is, however, paved with dangerous and deadly obstacles...

Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre.

Set in Seoul in the 1990s, a former DJ starts selling a new powerful drug nicknamed "Gangnam Crystal" in city nightclubs after mastering a gangster organization. Since the police know little about the origin of such drugs, in order to crack down on this rampant drug trafficking organization, rural police officer Park Jun Mu is assigned to sneak into the organization, only to discover that his wife, Yoo Eui Jung , also a detective, has volunteered to participate in this dangerous mission and seems to have an unspeakable past with the heinous underground drug king. Park Jun Mu in this drug-related mission, not only does he wholeheartedly fight the drug cartel, but also works hard to protect his wife's safety at all times.

(Source: Korean = jcw.hk.wookies.new)

Episodes: 12

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Episodes: 5

Karasawa Toshiaki stars as Shitara Kyoichi, a mysterious fixer who can resolve any disputes and problems in the political and corporate world which the law and the police cannot handle. The story begins from the point when Kyoichi has finished serving his prison sentence.

One night, a car carrying the prime minister is involved in an accident, falling off a cliff. The deceased driver is suspected of drunk driving….. Furthermore, suspicion begins to mount that there is a connection to a secret scandal surrounding the approval of a new drug. Meanwhile, a man approaches the prime minister’s secretary, who is busy dealing with the accident. His name is Shitara Kyoichi, also known as the “fixer”. Kyoichi had covered up the PM’s misconduct in the past and had talked with the PM on the phone just before the accident. Was this an accident or was this a set-up in the political world? The prime minister, who has not regained consciousness, is forced to resign and an election for a new leader begins. Kyoichi then takes on the role of kingsmaker with the ruling party’s presidential candidates.

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Episodes: 5

When a deadly infectious disease resembling the Ebola virus ravages a small village, a team of epidemiologists led by Doctor Khunkhao races against time to investigate the source of the outbreak and contain the spread.

(Source: BEC World)

Episodes: 18

In the 37th year of the Wan Li Period of the Ming Dynasty, there were successive murders in the county seat of Jiangnan County. The identities of the dead were different and unrelated to each other. The corpses were arranged in bizarre poses, and there was a sentence left at the scene of each case. As the apprentice of the first victim, Xiaohu Kuaiqu Sanren cooperated with his friends to launch an investigation. With the deepening of the investigation, the three religions and nine streams, local farmers, workers and merchants of all colors appeared one after another. Amidst the fog, an old case from ten years ago surfaced. Who would the murderer be and for what purpose?

(Source : Weibo)

Episodes: 12

When a next door neighbor mysteriously dies one day, the next day a puzzling box has been placed in front of everyone's room. The innocent ones are blamed. Because the sender listed on the box is their dead neighbor, they each have to investigate who sent these boxes to everyone and what is inside each of them.

(Sources: Thai = Bearcave Studio Twitter || Translation = Pasit0612)

Episodes: 10

Mysterious crises occur one after another in the city of Chang'an, with viruses infecting humans like zombies, strange and gloomy underground caves, and treasures that have been rumored to reach the sky for thousands of years... The Taiping people headed by Ma Long protect Chang'an, going back and forth with various forces, and are in unknown situations again and again. In the bizarre adventure, more mysteries are waiting to be solved...

(Source: TencentVideo)

Episodes: 24

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Mitazono Kaoru is a housekeeper and belongs to Musubi Housekeeper Agency. He dresses up as a woman. He is perfect at his job, but he is also full of mystery. When he is sent to a client's house to work, he is able to pick out secrets that exist in the family and reveal them. Motokariya Motoko joins Musubi Housekeeper Agency.

Set in Kumamoto, one year after Iruma Michio was transferred out of “Ichikei”. Whilst Michio is busy vigorously conducting trials at the Kumamoto District Court 2nd Branch, a case of grievous bodily harm arises, revolving around a young man named Suwa Haruto who intervened in a gang fight and is in critical condition. The suspect, Uchida Wataru, pleads guilty to the charges, and on the surface, it appears to be a cut and dry case that will result in a suspended sentence. However, as the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that Wataru initially denied the charges during his police interrogation. Sensing there is more to the story and doubting the suspects’ guilt, Michio activates his authority and begins his own investigation.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Komazawa Yoshio, the head judge of “Ichikei”, is deliberating over a personal injury case between employees of the large company "Hoshizumi Holdings." The employees belonged to factions of the next company president candidates, and the case resembles a war by proxy. The parties involved, Oyabu Shigeyuki and Shimazu Natsuko only care about ending the trial as quickly as possible, which makes Komazawa even more irritated.

From these two completely unrelated cases, an unexpected connection arises. When things finally come to trial, what dreadful heartbreak and deep darkness is hidden at the center of these cases?

(Source: Japan Program Catalog)

Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu" (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都).

Episodes: 1

They're comedians starring in a thrilling drama, but if their jokes don't land in the unscripted scenes, they're off the show. Let the mayhem begin!

“Limit” is a suspenseful thriller about a cop that goes undercover to hunt down the criminal behind a horrific kidnapping case. Lee Jung Hyun will be starring as So Eun, the police officer who gets involved in the case by taking the place of the kidnapping victim’s parents. As she fights to chase down the criminal, she finds herself caught up in tense, high-stakes mind games with the kidnapper.

Moon Jung Hee will be playing the role of Hye Jin, a character who has a connection to the kidnapping case, while Jin Seo Yeon will be playing Yeon Joo, a character who puts herself in danger in order to find the kidnapped child.

Choi Duk Moon will be taking on the role of Sung Chan, a detective who works together with So Eun to solve the case, while Park Myung Hoon will be playing Joon Yong, another character with a connection to the incident.

(Source: Soompi)

Adapted from the novel "Kiroi Jou" by Nozawa Hisashi (野沢尚).

Duration: 1 hr. 28 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

In Jinhai, China, a spy game has shot up to popularity among young people. As it turns out, the game is developed by an overseas intelligence organization known as "Night Fog". They are using players to engage in espionage activities without their knowledge and also seizing the opportunity to cultivate spies among them. The evil seeds of the game has been spreading silently throughout the city.

At this time, Gao Tian Yang, the head of reconnaissance at Jinhai National Security Bureau works together with intelligence officer Wu Xi to dive deep into the game as they investigate a case surrounding laboratory secrets that have leaked. During their investigation, the two rescue from a conspiracy Huang Zi Cheng, who is like a little brother to Gao Tian Yang, and in turn, he becomes their informant thanks to his rich experience within the spy game.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Episodes: 36

Adapted from the manga series "Gifted" (ギフテッド) written by Amagi Seimaru (天樹征丸) and illustrated by Amamiya Rima (雨宮理真).

Episodes: 8

A young woman named Ru Lan who put her reputation on the line to air her grievances dies in vain. Seven years later, nine people who are inextricably linked to the Ru Lan case get together for different reasons thus beginning a story of revenge.

Disregarding her good friend Meng Wan's objections, the young Lin Rulan risked her own reputation to sue Wu Lian who is the master of Xiu Liu. After many unsuccessful attempts, Rulan who finds that there's no place that will hear her grievances finally commits suicide to prove her innocence. Meng Wan bides her time for seven years later and assembles nine people to seek justice for her friend. In the process, the struggles of a young girl who was buried in time gradually emerges.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Adapted from the novel “Jiu Yi Ren” (九义人) by Li Bo Jian (李薄茧).

Episodes: 12

Hasebe Kaori is a rookie movie director. She consults with new screenwriter Kai Chihiro about her movie's screenplay. The script is based on the Sasazukacho Family Murder Case that occurred 15 years ago. That murder case involved a hikikomori man who murdered his younger sister at their home and then set their home on fire. The fire also killed his parents. The town where the murder took place is also the hometown of Kai Chihiro. Both Hasebe Kaori and Kai Chihiro have secrets related to the family murder case. While Hasebe Kaori and Kai Chihiro look into this murder case for their movie, a shocking truth is uncovered.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Rakujitsu" (落日) by Minato Kanae (湊かなえ).

Episodes: 4

Kujo Rina is a chemistry teacher and the homeroom teacher for the 3rd grade D class at Horai High School. She doesn't have a bond with her students. On the school's graduation day, Kujo Rina is pushed from the 4th floor and falls down. She is able to glimpse a school uniform sleeve on the person that pushed her. At that time, she wonders why she was pushed and that she does not want to die.

The next moment, Kujo Rina is standing in front of her students, and she has travelled back in time to one year earlier. She knows that one of the 30 students in front of her will try to kill her in a year. To find the truth about what will happen and to avoid her death, she approaches her students with all her heart. Meanwhile, Ugumori Kanau is one of Kujo Rina’s students in the 3rd grade D class. She is a model student, but she experiences a miserable school life due to her classmates targeting her.