Asian Drama

Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that goes to trial. A lawyer is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, due to minor things, good and evil can switch sides and good people can become bad people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Sisters Lee Hye Won and Lee Hye Ji were very close when they were children. After their parents divorced, they were separated. Lee Hye Won went to live with her father, and Lee Hye Ji went to live with her mother. Their lives went down different paths, but they both went through difficult times.

As an adult, Hye Won looks perfect, but she carries emotional wounds. Her life is dominated by her stepmother. Her fiancé is Yoon Ji Chang, and they are going to marry soon. Yoon Ji Chang is the son of Yoon Yi Cheol, who owns JY Group.

Meanwhile, Hye Ji has lived through poverty, loneliness, and domestic violence due to her mother and her stepfather. She badly wants to change her life and takes up the new name of Bae Do Eun. She then meets Yi Cheol, who is the owner of JY Group. To reboot her life, she enters into an affair with Yi Cheol. Then, she meets her older sister, Hye Won, for the first time since they were children.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 103

Duration: 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Seo Ki Joo is a photographer and runs a small photo studio. He is the 7th owner of the photo studio and the shop is only for ghosts. Ki Joo takes portraits of the ghosts that come into the store.

Han Bom is a lawyer who is passionate about her work and does not tolerate injustice. Somehow, she ends up in a partnership with Ki Joo's photo studio. The studio also has two employees: Assistant Manager Go and Baek Nam Gu. Assistant Manager Go is in charge of bringing in ghosts as customers, and Nam Gu is in charge of taking care of small chores around the store.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Ma Zhuo was born in Ya'an, Yucheng. At the age of eight, She was taken to Chengdu by her mother Lin Guoguo to live together. She grew up with Xia Gang's son Xia Ze. The two childhood sweethearts became each other's first love. Lin Guoguo and Xia Gang were accidentally involved in a strange murder. From then on, Ma Zhuo and Xia Ze were emotionally displaced, and their fate was tortuous, pursuing the truth of their fathers in danger and thorns.

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = Sher1264)

Adapted from the novel "Li Ge" (离歌) by Rao Xue Man (饶雪漫).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 35 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

A story about a lawyer who wants everyone to get justice.

Kitazawa Tatsunosuke works as an elite bodyguard for a small bodyguard protection company. He is the ace of the company, with excellent athletic abilities, and is always able to see two or three steps ahead of a situation. When he takes action, he usually manages to stay calm and collected with his judgment. His father, who was a police officer, was stabbed to death.

Tatsunosuke, who is currently trying to pursue the killer, receives a request from the law firm to protect a new client. The client happens to be Kishimura Rika, a lawyer who is potentially being targeted due to a grudge against her in regard to a case she was in charge of. Because of this, she has to be under strict security 24 hours a day. Tatsunosuke, who is serious and stoic in nature, is largely inflexible and, naturally, not a good match for Rika, who hates being restricted. However, as they start to live together, their feelings toward each other begin to change.

(Source: Drama-Okatu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

Kim Sa Ra was the daughter-in-law of the biggest law firm in South Korea, but she was betrayed by her husband and lost everything. After that, she began working as a divorce troubleshooter. She is now the team leader at the divorce settlement office Solution. She punishes bad spouses and provides help for those who find themselves in unfair divorce situations.

She works with Dong Ki Joon. He is Sa Ra’s business partner and an advisory lawyer at Solution. Before coming to Solution, he was an excellent prosecutor who had the nickname of "German Shepherd." He picked up the nickname because of his persistence and keen intuition, but Ki Joon left the prosecutors' office for an unknown reason. Sa Ra and Ki Joon work together for people who are suffering through difficult divorces.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

A legal drama about a former manager of entertainment agency who became a paralegal of a clumsy rookie lawyer.

Episodes: 11

Duration: 58 min.

Aired On: Friday

Kitazawa Tatsunosuke works as an elite bodyguard for a small bodyguard protection company. He is the ace of the company, with excellent athletic abilities, and is always able to see two or three steps ahead of a situation. When he takes action, he usually manages to stay calm and collected with his judgment. His father, who was a police officer, was stabbed to death.

Tatsunosuke, who is currently trying to pursue the killer, receives a request from the law firm to protect a new client. The client happens to be Kishimura Rika, a lawyer who is potentially being targeted due to a grudge against her in regard to a case she was in charge of. Because of this, she has to be under strict security 24 hours a day. Tatsunosuke, who is serious and stoic in nature, is largely inflexible and, naturally, not a good match for Rika, who hates being restricted. However, as they start to live together, their feelings toward each other begin to change.

(Source: Drama-Okatu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

Are Cheng Yao dreams of becoming a top lawyer about to come true? It seems so – when she is unexpectedly recruited by a leading legal firm. Excited, she moves house so she can nearer her new office. She moves in, full of hope, and soon encounters her new roommate Qian Heng. However, a surprise awaits her on her first day at work.

Qian Heng turns out to be her direct superior at the office and he proves to be incredibly hard to please! Her training period quickly turns into a baptism of fire, and she starts to feel as though he is trying to chase her out of the company. But Cheng Yao won’t be so easily deterred. She redoubles her efforts, determined to prove she’s got what it takes. Could her zeal send this duo on the path to harmony and even love?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the web novel "What Comes Around Goes Around" (你也有今天) by Ye Fei Ran (叶斐然).

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Two years after Iruma Michio left first criminal court ("Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court, he now works as a judge at Setouchi in Okayama Prefecture. He currently has an injury case involving Japan's youngest ever Minister of Defense.

Meanwhile, Sakama Chizuru works as a lawyer, following the system of judges' gain other work experience. She is currently working on a case involving a large local company. Her case is located in a neighboring town from where Iruma Michio works. Their two cases seem totally unrelated, but a secret is revealed between the two cases.

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

Lawyer Chen Zhi Qi, who excels in her work-line, unintentionally finds herself involved in an heinous conspiracy theory that involves her client who is in death row.

Facing doubts by the inmate's family members, especially by Lin Shu, Chen Zhi Qi teams up with police officer Jin Zhi Xiong to investigate the situation, but the already suspicious case is gradually growing stranger and bloodier by the day...

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Qi Heng, vice president of the Qizhou Intermediate People's Court, took over the complicated "fishing boat murder case" as soon as he took office and peeled back the survivors' testimony to find loopholes in them. At the same time, Luo Huai Gong's "Jiang Yun Chemical Group'," causes the villagers living near the factory to suffer from terminal illness. Soon, both cases will connect together in an unexpected way.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Airing on Shanghai News App (上海的新闻综合频道)

Episodes: 34

Luo Ying Wei was initially an office worker who passed the judicial examination through self study; however, she suffers multiple blows: her marriage falls apart, what's worse, her husband Liu Ming took on huge loans leaving her deeply in debt. Luo Ying Wei is not one to give up as she chooses to fight back using legal means.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 40

Ichijo Rei is an elite lawyer who works at S&J Law Office, the largest law firm in Japan. Born into a family who has worked in the legal field for generations, his education, income and looks are all perfect. And yet despite this, he is not good with romance and has no luck with women at all.

Yuki Rinko is a female lawyer who comes from a humble background, but has the skill of a hyena who will use any means necessary to win. These two individuals, who are completely different from each other, compete for survival in the cut-throat legal world and fall in love with each other along the way.

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Episodes: 10

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!

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

Shogo Kai is a partner at a law firm in Marunouchi, Tokyo. He brings back Daiki Suzuki to his law firm from Boston. Shogo Kai then assigns Daiki Suzuki to a case. The case involves a large publishing company as they are sued by a former contract worker. The former contract worker insists her idea for a novel was stolen by the publishing company.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Remake of the American TV series "Suits" [2011].

Episodes: 15

Lee Hong Jo is the lowest grade civil servant. She always does her best at work, even though she suffers from many civil complaints. In her personal life, she is used to being alone. One day, she happens to become the owner of an old wooden chest and the key to lift a curse from Jang Shin Yu.

Jang Shin Yu is a competent lawyer who is smart and good-looking. He is usually in the spotlight wherever he goes, but he suffers from an unexplained disease. His condition gets progressively worse. He is desperate to lift the curse that has run through his family for generations.

A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.

(Source: AsianWiki; Netflix)

Episodes: 16

Yoshino Hikari has a bright and friendly personality. She works at a credit association in her hometown. To pursue her dream of doing pet related work, she moves to Tokyo and begins to work at a pet salon. Unfortunately, the pet salon goes bankrupt. Bailiff Obara Itsuki carries out his work at the pet salon and becomes impressed with Yoshino Hikari. Obara Itsuki is not comfortable around dogs, but all the animals seem to like Yoshino Hikari. Due to Obara Itsuki, Yoshino Hikari begins to work as a bailiff assistant and teams up with Obara Itsuki.

Meanwhile, Kurihashi Yusuke is a clerk at the bailiffs’ office. He used to work at a bank and wants to become a lawyer. While working at the bailiffs’ office, Kurihashi Yusuke learns about the law. He develops unexpected feelings for Yoshino Hikari.

Adapted from the novel "Shikkokan Monogatari" (執行官物語) by Ogawa Junpei (小川潤平).

Kagura Ran is a former child actor-turned-lawyer who left the legal circle after her best friend was framed of murder. A year later, an article written by scriptwriter Kurosawa Jin about her ends up circulating online in which she becomes acknowledged as a capable lawyer who has never lost a case. She decides to resume her work as a lawyer once more, and attempts to regain her trust in the law by joining forces with Kurosawa in order to exonerate her friend from the accusation and resolve the case once and for all.

Serina Hirakawa (Riisa Naka) is a deputy director at a public prosecutor's office. Her father (Yukijiro Hotaru) was a police officer, but killed. Kentaro was charged for murdering her father. Serina's father was investigating Kentaro and his involvement in a string of thefts inside of cars. Kentaro was found guilty for the murder. Serina Hirakawa admired Prosecutor Ryoji Tajima (Goro Kishitani) who extracted a confession from Kentaro.

Now, Serina works for Prosecutor Ryoji. One day, Kentaro insists he is innocent of the murder charge and kills himself in prison.

Several days later, Prosecutor Ryoji meets Attorney Kuromiya (Jiro Sato). The attorney defended Kentaro in the murder case. Attorney Kuromiya tells Prosecutor Ryoji about the real killer in the murder case. Soon, Attorney Kuromiya is found dead. Doubts about the death of Serina's father is aroused. Prosecutor Ryoji is suspected in the murder of Attorney Kuromiya. Serina is dumbfounded by the recent chain of events. She soon begins to investigate the two murder cases: her father's murder and the death of Attorney Kuromiya.

In the deep of the night, Indonesian migrant fisherman Abdul-Adl brutally murders the captain and his family. The appointed indigenous public defender Bao Ju treats the case with contempt. His team also includes Jin Ping, who has a bright future but also a manipulative father, and Leena, an Indonesian nurse who is harassed by her employer. They team up, translating for and defending the murderer. Bao Ju’s team finds evidence that implicates Zhen Xiong, the owner of a fishery group. Witness collusion, a biased judge and disagreements on mental evaluation worsen the situation. Bao Ju goes to his ex-lover Qing Xue, the Minister of Justice, for help. Jin Ping and Leena become intimate. Bao Ju’s team finds the key witness, Suprianto, but he disappears after receiving death threats. Overwhelmed by setbacks, Bao Ju loses the case. To overturn the decision, Bao Ju has to regroup, but more obstacles appear. Bao Ju discovers evidence that can halt the death penalty, but Qing Xue approves the execution. With limited time, Bao Ju must come up with a perfect solution to save his client.

(Source: pavilion.taicca)

Adapted from the novel "Ba Chi Men De Bian Hu Ren" (八尺门的辩护人) by Tang Fu Rui (唐福睿).

A case of an international supermodel suspected of abusing her daughter has become a playground between the legal profession and the celebrities. Famous family, at the top of the social pyramid, use all its power and resources to protect themselves. So how can the lawyers, can achieve justice under all those difficulties?

Lee Ro Um is a genius like scam artist and has the gift of gab. She has made a fortune by committing fraud. She also doesn't have any empathy. Lee Ro Um becomes involved with Han Moo Young. Han Moo Young works as a lawyer. He is the complete opposite of Lee Ro Um in terms of their personality. He has great empathy for other people and observant of their mental state. He is sometime too immersed with others. Even he looks at people who are hurt, he is stricken with physical abnormalities.

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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).

A legal suspense drama featuring the unconventional lawyer Odagiri Wataru, who specializes in defending fraud victims. The story revolves around Wataru's choice to defend fraudsters for a specific reason, as he strives to win cases against the perpetrators who prey on the vulnerable in court, revealing his true motives along the way.

This dark medical drama examines the meaning of human life, centring on a team of unidentified black-market doctors who undertake any kind of surgery with superhuman surgical skills and exorbitant medical expenses. Hazama Eisuke, also known as "Ace", is a genius surgeon who works as a patissier during the day. He has an operating room equipped with the latest equipment in the basement of his patisserie, where he performs surgeries on patients who have been abandoned by others. Shimoyamada Jo, also known as "Joker", is a brilliant international lawyer and a negotiator with patients.

Kamizuru Ryoko, a brilliant female detective who is a master in disguises, teams up with Takayama Nobuhiko, a young man who has an IQ of 140 but is uncomfortable in the presence of women. She fulfils all manner of requests except for murder and assault cases, but her request fee is a high price at 2 million yen.

Kiyama joins the agency after a chance encounter, and though he appears perfect at first glance, he has an extreme area of weakness when talking to women. He is drawn in by the absurdly unpredictable methods of the Detective Agency and utilizes his brilliant mind to support Kamizuru, who is willing to use any means at her disposal, and the combination of the two leads them to solve cases in the most lively way.

Adapted from the novel "Goritekini Arienai: Tantei Kamizuru Ryoko no Kaimei" (合理的にあり得ない ～探偵・上水流涼子の解明～) by Yuzuki Yuko (柚月裕子).

A legal suspense drama featuring the unconventional lawyer Odagiri Wataru, who specializes in defending fraud victims. The story revolves around Wataru's choice to defend fraudsters for a specific reason, as he strives to win cases against the perpetrators who prey on the vulnerable in court, revealing his true motives along the way.