Asian Drama

Lee Joon Sung, Song Jae Hyo, and Park Min Woo graduated from high school together and are now in their twenties. Joon Sung was a rising soccer star during high school, but his dreams were shattered. After losing his way for a while, he decides to get his life back together. Jae Hyo, who went by the name Lee Jun Sung in high school, is currently attending medical school. Min Woo is the only son of a wealthy family.

The three friends meet up for drinks, and Jae Hyo, who is facing a personal crisis, enlists the help of Jun Sung and Min Woo. To avoid trouble for himself, he impulsively instigates a fake kidnapping of Min Woo with the goal of getting a billion won. After the kidnapping is staged, though, things take an unexpected turn, and the ensuing complications lead all three of them down a dark and turbulent path.

Adapted from the webtoon "Deal" (거래), that won the Excellence Award at the 2020 NAVER webtoon and webnovel competition.

Episodes: 8

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.

Kim Myung Joon is a poor man with a warm heart. He desperately needs money to pay for his sick daughter's operation. His ex-wife suggests he kidnap a child with rich parents. Kim Myung Joon is desperate enough to accept her idea.

While on his way to kidnap Choi Ro Hee, Kim Myung Joon has an accident, hitting a young girl. The victim is none other than Choi Ro Hee, who has lost her memory.

Pretending to be her father, Kim Myung Joon brings Choi Ro Hee to his home from the hospital. Whenever he contacts Choi Ro Hee’s parents for the ransom money, his calls remain unanswered. Deciding to investigate, he drives to their house, only to witness their dead bodies being carried out on stretchers.

Making matters worse, Choi Ro Hee has now uncovered his web of lies, including his not being her father.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Yoogweui Nal" by Jung Hae Yeon.

Episodes: 12

This is the story of three friends, renowned in their university. Phaphaeng, fierce and direct, is dubbed the "Queen of One Night Stands." Gale is rich, with the air of a luxurious princess. Queen is their mysterious leader.

The morning after a night of fun, when one of three friends is mysteriously murdered, the two remaining girls become suspects in her death. They soon begin searching for the truth behind the events of that night. The stress of the situation turns their friendship upside down.

Adapted from the novel "One Night Stand" (One Night Stand คืนเปลี่ยนชีวิต) by Pretty Princess (เจ้าหญิงผู้เลอโฉม) and Baison (ใบสน).

Episodes: 13

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

In the not-too-distant future, humans relying on bionics for emotional support triggers a series of cascading crises.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Episodes: 12

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Kagami Tsutako has been obsessed with Ii Azami for 20 years. While stalking him one day, she encounters Ii Azami being hit by a car. When she discovers he has lost his memory as a result of the accident, she decides to claim they are lovers in order to fulfil her lifelong desire. As a result, as Tsutako repeatedly lies one after another they begin to increasingly escalate…

(Source: Japanese = MBS || Translation = DramaOtaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Haiiro no Otome" (灰色の乙女) by Nitta Chiharu (新田チハル).

Episodes: 7

Pan Yi Ming who is in Macau, accidentally received a will from his father who had not seen him for 30 years. His father left him a huge inheritance and required Yi Ming to attend the funeral to inherit it. He obeyed his will and returned to the small town in southern China where he was born. Here, there are his former lover Lin Yue, his seemingly honest rival Hua Qi, his daughter Mu Zi, who has never met before, and some residual memories.

(Source: Douban)

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

A beautiful melon seller, Ye Liu Xi, and a shadow puppet performer, Chang Dong, join forces to venture deep into the desert. One seeks to unravel the mystery of her origins, while the other aims to retrieve the remains of his girlfriend and 17 others who perished under mysterious circumstances.

As they encounter numerous anomalies in the uninhabited area, they are led to the weathered and supernatural Yumen Pass. They navigate between the Imperial Guards, Taoist Priests, and the Scorpion-Eyed creatures, unraveling the truth amidst various enigmas, and gaining insights into true love through numerous life-and-death experiences. The answers seem within reach, but they find themselves ensnared in an even larger conspiracy. Will the truth and their love prevail?

(Source: WeTV)

Adapted from the novel "Xi Exiting Yumen" (西出玉门) by Wei Yu (尾鱼).

Episodes: 38

Ok Ju used to work as a bodyguard. She excels in physical activities like martial arts, sword fighting, gunmanship, and motorcyle riding. Ok Ju is friends with Min Hee, who is a ballerina. Min Hee asks Ok Ju for a favor. She wants Ok Ju to take revenge on Pro Choi. Ok Ju soon risks her life for Min Hee.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Release dates: October 5, 2023 (Festival) || October 6, 2023 (Online).

WORLD BUILDING A thousand years ago, a clan of men formed a secret society of girl assassins, they silently carried out executions to restore order to a world on the brink of chaos… they called themselves The Agency. The girl assassins are all code named “Kitty”, they stay in the shadows, able to disappear into our surroundings. The Agency placed them into our schools, offices, stores, into boring, 9-5 jobs, living with husbands and children, each one hidden in plain sight - until the time when they are called into action.

With the spread of the internet, social media has become a crucial part of people's daily lives. However, its helpful, informative qualities are not all that comes with it. This omnibus drama series depicts social media's destructive ability to plant darkness and fear in the people trapped in its mysterious charm.

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High school model Mieko (Mikami Ai) is a beautiful and popular girl who is loved by everyone. Her older sister Mayu (Tomiyama Eriko) is not attractive and a social recluse who is also abused by the family. Mieko cannot stand her. But one day, Mayu goes viral on social media and also among Mieko’s classmates. Wanting to hide her sister’s existence, Mieko plots to sap her popularity. However, Mayu who has experienced the pleasure of getting a large number of likes, starts to do something extreme...

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Kawamura (Okayama Amane), an employee at the ward office, is going to marry his girlfriend Shiori (Fukagawa Mai) soon. One day, he is informed by his boss that he has been flamed on the internet because a woman whom he had an argument with over her welfare application has committed suicide. Kawamura is even snubbed by the police when he seeks help. As he makes every effort to gather information on the situation, he is backed into a corner by all sorts of people. He eventually learns that the culprits are a members-only dark site called Vigilante Club. The club’s misguided sense of righteousness and the public’s curiosity gradually escalates but what is the fate that awaits Kawamura and the people around him?

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University student Imai (Suga Kenta) is invited by a classmate Kajihara (Furukawa Tsuyoshi) to jointly produce a criminal psychology report. The two of them begin playing investigators who reveal the tactics used by stalkers, based on the theme of an idol being stalked on the internet. The idol Riricchi is the subject of their report, and Imai who is also her fan uncovers her regular range of activities from a variety of information posted on social media. Presents from fans arrive for a live birthday event for Riricchi several days later. She lets out a scream when she opens a box. It contains a macabre wedding cake and a note...

Not Famous

Kamo Kousei (Isomura Hayato) is a live streamer with less than 2,000 subscribers on his channel. He extorts his ex-girlfriend Makita Asuna and dreams of being popular and successful some day. One day, Kamo live streams a threatening call made to the mother of his hometown friend Honma. He threatens to kill her son if she does not truly bring the 5 million yen ransom within 10 minutes in a malicious plan to see whether she will actually pay up. However, an unexpected development hits Kamo as he waits in the park...

This is the story of three friends, renowned in their university. Phaphaeng, fierce and direct, is dubbed the "Queen of One Night Stands." Gale is rich, with the air of a luxurious princess. Queen is their mysterious leader.

The morning after a night of fun, when one of three friends is mysteriously murdered, the two remaining girls become suspects in her death. They soon begin searching for the truth behind the events of that night. The stress of the situation turns their friendship upside down.

Adapted from the novel "One Night Stand" (One Night Stand คืนเปลี่ยนชีวิต) by Pretty Princess (เจ้าหญิงผู้เลอโฉม) and Baison (ใบสน).

Episodes: 13

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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.

Hana, the daughter of psychotherapy director Kubo Shiro, suffered a traffic accident with her mother and sister, leaving her legs badly hurt, her mother in a vegetative state, and her sister suffering from a severe burn on her face. Yotsui Jun, a high school student, appears in front of Hana, he is investigating the cause of her mother's loss of mind. Hana gradually communicates with Jun, but one day Shiro suddenly returns home with her mother who has awakened from her vegetative state after 5 years. Shiro rejoices at the family reunion after a long time, saying, "A miracle has happened," but Hana feels uncomfortable. "She's not my mom."

A mysterious letter addressed to Wu Xie's late grandfather Wu Lao Gou disrupted the retirement plan of the "Iron Triangle", i.e., Wu Xie, Zhang Qi Ling and Wang Pang Zi. The letter refers to a mysterious underground palace called "Comet" in Mongolia. So as to make up for the regret of his grandfather, Wu Xie decides to explore the Comet, only to get involved in an unimaginable adventure encountering treacherous Mongolian bandits, the countdown to escape, the invisible rules of the burial chamber and monstrous creature... Wu Xie and his sworn buddies have no choice but to thread their way through for survival...

(Source: Chinese = Douban, Baike.baidu, Sohu)

Adapted from book 1 of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" (盗墓笔记) by Kennedy Xu (南派三叔).

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Komatsu Kie, a magazine writer from Tokyo, teams up with Omine Sakura, an Okinawa native, to pursue the truth of a sexual assault case.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 5

Mok Sol Hee is a young woman with an extraordinary and supernatural ability: she is able to “hear” other people’s lies, no matter how hard they try to obfuscate the truth. But this superpower has left her jaded: She no longer has any faith in other people, and now considers them all to be morally bankrupt. But that all changes when she meets a successful music producer named Kim Do Ha.

Kim Do Ha has become embroiled in a murder case, and has gone into hiding…in the residence next door to Mok Sol Hee. The producer’s closest friend Jo Deuk Chan, the head of the talent agency J Entertainment, is the only person who knows Kim Do Ha’s secret. But Mok Sol Hee is in for a shock when she realizes that her new neighbor appears to be the only person in the world her superpower does not work on. She becomes drawn to this mystery man—but will she ever learn the deepest secrets of his heart?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

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In January 1933, the Japanese army captured Shanhaiguan and occupied Chengde in March. The anti-Japanese situation in North China was in jeopardy. Shanghai's multinational forces are glued and undercurrent. Gu Pan, Tian Qiao Jie and Tan Zhong Wen are agents of Qingshan Military Academy. Gu Pan was alone in completing the assassination of the Japanese Economic Secretary, Koji Koji. Gu Pan was wounded to complete the mission, but was rescued by Wei Dong, an outstanding soldier. Under the guidance of Wei Dong, Gu Pan has been tested and entered the secret organization "Nest" to try to find out why he was framed.

In the process of pursuing justice, Gu Pan gradually moved closer to the Red Revolution and used the "Hippo" as the codename to become a communist fighter.

Episodes: 42

This drama tells the story of Mo Su Qing, a seemingly weak orphan girl in trouble, who approaches Ye Zhong Jue, the president of the group, to avenge her family, and sets up a scheme step by step. It never occurred to her that the smooth progress of all plans was due to the many routines set up by Ye Zhong Jue. The little white rabbit VS the big bad wolf: both sides claim to control the overall situation, but they don't know that there is no hunter in this love game, both of them are prey...

In Hong Kong, a vigilante serial killer by the name "Darker" leaves death notices stating when and how he will murder a victim. Even if the victim reports it to the police and receives protection, Darker can easily break through and execute them.

Ten years ago, Darker orchestrated a mysterious explosion of Mang Wan, the girlfriend of police inspector Luo Fei, with the only survivor and witness being Wong Siu Ping, a homeless man whose was crippled and his face was severely burnt and disfigured as a result. Darker reappears again in the present sending out death notices and executing violent and brutal punishments, challenging the police to a face off with an unimaginable conspiracy behind

(Source: CHwiki)

Adapted from "Death Notice: The Dark One" written by Zhou Hao Hu.

A secret has been trapped in her heart for a long time.

It's about to be exposed.

Because of one soul's game,

a young man returns with vengeance

and with an agreement she shouldn't refuse.

"He" returns to take revenge

in the form of a haunted spirit.

Threats use her guilt as a tool.

He's confident his offer is cruel,

giving her no way out.

But this plan backfires and traps him instead.

Fake love is created by hatred.

An evil spirit holding secrets.

How will she survive?

(Source: mebmarket)

Adapted from the novel "Rak Nai Roi Luang" (รักในรอยลวง) by Prapt (ปราปต์).

Against the backdrop of three important historical events before the founding of New China, The Eve follows Lin Xi, Su Nan and other passionate youths who join the revolution and devote themselves to serving their country.

The story is set in the three historical stages of the Shanghai Concession in 1941, the Battle of Jinzhou in 1948 and the liberation of Shanghai in 1949. Gang member Lin Xi and progressive female student Su Nan represent the unsung heroes of their time. It depicts the secret battles and hidden dangers during the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance and the difficult path revolutionary workers have taken for the sake of their ideals.

(Source: Chinesedrama)

Episodes: 32