Asian Drama

A town with no future and no hope.

Seventeen-year-old Yeon Gyu was born in this place and has never been anywhere else. While enduring the repeated violence inflicted by his stepfather, he saves up money in the lone hope of moving to the Netherlands with his mother. Chi Geon, born and raised in this town, is now a mid-level boss in a criminal organization. Having learned early in life that this world is hell, he gets by in his own way.

One day Yeon Gyu gets into a fight to protect his stepsister Ha Yan. Unable to raise the settlement money, Yeon Gyu is helped by Chi Geon, and in that way Yeon Gyu comes to start a new life as a member of Chi Geon’s gang. Although scared and awkward, Yeon Gyu gradually adjusts with the help of Chi Ggeon who is like an older brother to him. Having earned Chi Geon’s trust while fighting to survive in the gang, Yeon Gyu begins to fall into more and more dangerous circumstances.

In order to escape from hell, they become a part of it.

(Source: International Festival de Cannes press kit)

Cha Se Eum used to be a violinist, but she is now a conductor of an orchestra. She has pursued her career boldly and with passion. She is now in a position where others are envious. What others don't know is that Cha Se Eum carries a secret. That secret will shake her life.

Meanwhile, mysterious cases take place within her orchestra. Cha Se Eum looks into the cases and approaches the truth surrounding her.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Remake of the French TV series “Philharmonia" [2019].

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Shen Mansion's young lady, Chu Qi, heard that her sister, Shen Shi San, who had been inseparable from her since childhood, went missing while searching for a specific medicine. In a desperate situation, she had a conflict with the medicine vendor Wang Wu. Chu Qi was rescued by Gu Yusheng, the son of a military officer and her childhood friend. Wang Wu fled, but mysteriously died that night. The investigating officer, Wu Xu, guided by clues, identified Chu Qi as the suspect. Driven by her concern for her missing sister, Chu Qi broke into the charity house at night to search for clues on Wang Wu's body. The clues pointed to a place called "Fengming Town."

Coincidentally, Wu Xu, who came to inspect the body, apprehended Chu Qi. In a struggle, Chu Qi accidentally tore her clothes. Wu Xu, in an unexpected gesture, lent her his own clothes and accidentally dropped his police badge. Chu Qi successfully entered Fengming Town under the identity of "Officer Wu." However, the village was shrouded in mystery, and villagers Chu Qi had interacted with died under strange and eerie circumstances. In a desperate situation, Officer Wu Xu and Gu Yusheng successively arrived at Fengming Town.

They experienced various bizarre and mysterious events, gradually uncovering the truth behind the villagers' deaths. The tragic fate of Shen Shi San became clearer, and subtle changes occurred in the relationships among the three individuals. However, they were unaware that they had become the targets of a hidden puppeteer.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 23

Duration: 15 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

The film tells the story of a father’s revenge after his daughter’s murder.

A fisherman, Lao Jin, finds out his daughter was murdered while studying in Japan and is determined to avenge his daughter. Meanwhile, Li Miao Miao, the victim’s boyfriend and biggest suspect, has avoided persecution by returning to China with the help of his parents.

(Source: cfensi)

Adapted from the novel "She Guo Fen Nu Di Hai" by Lao Huang.

Duration: 2 hr. 24 min.

Horror story about mysterious events happened 20 years before. It creates a story about vengeance that leads nowadays.

Heeding the words of a fortune teller, Phloeng becomes engaged to Rawi, a boy from the countryside. Both enter into it reluctantly. Disbelieving the prophecy but appeasing his parents, Phloeng agrees to the arrangement on the condition that, should six months pass without the relationship deepening, he'll call it off.

Throughout his stay with Phloeng's family, Rawi is haunted by a spirit. When he begins staying with Phloeng, however, the spirit is quiet. It soon becomes clear that whatever is haunting the house is focused entirely on Rawi.

Adapted from the novel "Dap Saeng Rawi" (ดับแสงรวี) by CEO.

A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.

Episodes: 8

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

The story is set during the late Ming Dynasty when a mysterious epidemic breaks out. It follows the thrilling journey of Chu Sijing, a member of the secret service, as he navigates a life-or-death crisis on a deserted island.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 45 min.

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

Jang Tae Sang is a wealthy man. He is known as the most attractive man around Bukchon in Gyeongseong. He is also a reliable source of information around the area. His talents, including the ability to react quickly to situations, a keen insight, and sociability, have led him to his current position. He soon gets involved with Yoon Chae Ok, which leads him to reevaluate his priorities as a person.

Yoon Chae Ok is famous as a todugun (a person who finds missing people). As a young child, she traveled between Manchuria and Shanghai, China, with her father. Her life was not easy, and she learned at that time how to survive. She developed skills with shooting guns, using knives and handling machines. Her mother went missing 10 years ago. To find her mother, Yoon Chae Ok arrives in Gyeongseong. There, she becomes involved with Jang Tae Sang. They follow a series of mysterious missing person cases, and they come upon a terrible reality.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

A real-time live chase movie in which freelance PD Dong Joo finds out that his girlfriend is being broadcast live through a link he accidentally received, and to stop it, he had a desperate confrontation with the mysterious 'Gentleman' in the hidden camera broadcast.

It tells the story of an interrogation accident that sent detective Cheng Bing of the Third Brigade to prison to serve his sentence. His teammates were implicated, dismissed from the police, and demoted. The former elite Third Brigade of the police fell apart. After ten years in prison, Cheng Bing regained his freedom. He lost everything, but Wang Da Yong, the suspect in the case, is still at large...

Wearing a police uniform for a day brings justice for a lifetime. The Third Brigade needed to explain, but unwillingness turned into persistence. The sharp blade was unsheathed again. Cheng Bing and the brothers from the Third Brigade regrouped and embarked on the road to pursue the murderer. During the lonely and long journey, they cooperated with the police to chase the murderer for thousands of miles. In the process, we rediscover the meaning of life.

(Source: Chinese = iQIYI)

Adapted from the non-fiction novel "Qing Zhuan Gao Ju Zhang, San Da Dui Ren Wu Wan Cheng Le" (请转告局长，三大队任务完成了) by Shen Lan (深蓝).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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

People face their fears hidden in their everyday life and their fears become part of their routine. Hyun Jung is a woman unable to smile. Hyun Soo is looking for a job and she wants to have a relationship. Hoon is a lonely university student. Ki Jin gives up on getting a job and he is in a shameless romance. Yeon Jin is working part-time at a convenience store and she hates people. Seung Jin is a middle school student who dreams of becoming a hero. These six people are connected by different cases.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Release dates: Jul 17, 2022 (Festival)

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

A very casually-dressed woman who even in her early 50s looks unbelievably young is preparing breakfast for her son, Dong Woo. Jin Sook suggests to Dong Woo that they go out for a drive. She unexpectedly finds out that her son has a nice girlfriend. Soo Jin dreams of having a wonderful life after her marriage but feels very uneasy about her mother-in-law's behaviour. Jin Sook wants to be a woman to her son and feels as if Soo Jin is merely a plaything for him. Jin Sook finds it impossible to stop her son's love for Soo Jin and becomes obsessed with jealousy. Then, one day, in the absence of Dong Woo, Jin Sook exposes her jealousy to Soo Jin with a tragic consequence.

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The story of a family that moves into a home situated next to a graveyard. The film starts innocently with a playful exchange between a parent and child about lizards' tails growing back. However, the child's curiosity leads him to chant a strange spell in the yard, which sets off a dangerous chain of events.

Hiroko Kurasawa, a video director and former colleague of the family's father, Naoto Ihara, visits their home and witnesses the strange occurrences. As Hiroko tries to uncover the mystery behind the family's troubles, she too becomes a victim of the malevolent forces at play.

Adapted from the novel "Kinjirareta Asobi" (禁じられた遊び) by Shimizu Karuma (清水カルマ).

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Neri and her younger brother Jo make money by perpetrating fraud cases. One night, they happen to score hundreds of millions of yen. Since that time, they are chased by various nefarious people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Keisou" (勁草) by Kurokawa Hiroyuki (黒川博行).

Duration: 2 hr. 23 min.

A detective who is solving a murder mystery and uncovers some secrets of the past. It's a thriller film about serial murders & deals with social theme of military violence.

(Source: Soompi)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Police officer Pang Hong Mei, amid the many obstacles created by U.S. and Jiang spy agents, rescued Ji Danyang, a patriotic scientist who had returned from the United States from the enemy spy. She accompanied Ji Danyang to Lumen City to participate in the "Water Drop Project". Enemy special forces formulated a sabotage plan codenamed "Operation Rock," concentrated their forces, and tried to destroy the "Water Drop Project."

Pang Hong Mei and Ji Dan Yang fought a life-and-death battle with enemy agents in Lumen, thwarted the enemy's conspiracy, protected the "Water Drop Project", and finally achieved the expected success. The couple who went through the test of life and death, also realized their dreams and firm ideals.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 38

Set in the backdrop of the mid-to-late 1980s, “The Hidden Dragon” is a suspense drama that tells the story of students at an agricultural high school in Chungcheong Province. Jang Byung Tae is a small and weak boy living in Onyang in South Chungcheong Province. He is at the bottom of the school’s social ladder so he transfers to the neighboring Buyeo Agricultural High School. There, he faces an unexpected incident that becomes a turning point in his life.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

It features three different spooky tales loosely inspired by international folklore. While attending the birthday celebration of the scion of some record company, an ex-hair model who aspires to make a comeback in the entertainment business gets her tresses burnt by a spoiled brat. She walks into a hair salon to salvage her sole pride and joy, only to meet her most macabre end.

(Source: chiswickcinema.co.uk)

Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A mystery teen drama that takes place when a class of second-year high school students is suddenly forced to play mafia games in real life during their retreat. The drama will draw out the intense psychological warfare between the students as they go into survival mode.

Students in the 2nd grade 3 class at Yooil High School go on a field trip. There they are forced to participate in a mafia game of death, and they struggle to survive. Lee Yoon Seo has excellent observation and reasoning abilities, which she uses to try to escape. Kim Jun Hee is the class president with a strong sense of justice and responsibility. Oh Jung Won ranks first at school academically, but she is an outcast and a loner. To survive, she must work with the other students.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 12

The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.

The story is set in the year 2035 when a self-aware female robot enters a human family. Throughout her journey, she fights many enemies to protect her family and friends. She becomes in tune with her humanity as she grows, matures and learns about love.

In Shehong City, a man who feels that there are too many household chores buys a robot with the model "synth 2035" to help take care of his children. He names the robot An Yi. His wife is strongly against the idea and it becomes a source of their quarrels. After a while, they notice that the robot is behaving strangely. She seems like a human rather than a robot. A young man, Li Yao, is in the city searching for the whereabouts of An Yi while at the same time avoiding the pursuit of Professor Huo. It turns out that Li Yao's father invented four "synths" with human emotions to be companions for Li Yao. They have developed a deep bond to become family to each other. Due to an accident, three synths are stolen. An Yi is one of them and her memory is erased. Will Li Yao succeed in finding An Yi? How will he evade Professor Huo's pursuits for their family to be whole again?

Remake of the Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans.

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Episodes: 26

Oh Taek works as a taxi driver. One day, he had a dream where a lot of pigs appeared. This type of dream is thought to bring about good luck. On that same day, he earns his usual amount of money. When he thinks about calling it a day, a man named Geum Hyuk Soo asks Oh Taek to drive him to the port city of Mokpo. He offers a million won (~$1,000) to drive him. Oh Taek accepts the drive, but Oh Taek is not aware that Hyuk Soo murdered a man, and he is planning to stow away on a boat. Meanwhile, Hwang Soon Kyu is the mother of the man who was murdered by Hyuk Soo. She chases after her son's killer.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Unsuojinnal" (운수 오진 날) by Aporia (아포리아).

Release dates: October 5, 2023 (Festival) || November 20, 2023 (Online)

Episodes: 10

Soo Jin and Hyun Soo are a newlywed couple. Their happy married life soon turns into a nightmare because Hyun Soo suddenly begins to behave abnormally during his sleep.

What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.

(Source: IMDb, Wikipedia)

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A young ethnic Shan man moves from the war-torn Shan State buffering Thailand and Myanmar to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Refusing to return home to fight for the military yet undocumented as a refugee in the new country, he survives through sex work. To escape this bitter reality, he projects himself into the colourful lives of his clients.

(Source: seaficlab.com)

Having lost his colleague who was also his brother-in-law to a serial murderer two years ago, homicide detective Jae Hwan is unable to contain his hatred toward the murderer and dives headfirst into hunting the brutal killer. Jae Hwan finally comes face to face with the murderer Jin Hyuk but in the heat of the chase, they get into an accident. Waking up in a hospital, Jae Hwan realizes his body has been switched with that of the murderer. To protect his family and uncover the secret of this body switch, Jae Hwan begins a desperate chase.

Tells the story of a bank contract employee who accidentally touches a customer's money and irreversibly deviates from their normal daily life.

Adapted from the novel "Kami no Tsuki"(紙の月) by Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田光代).

Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the home of Souta, a band member they have lost contact with. However, Souta's house has an eerie atmosphere with newspapers covering all the windows, and there is something strange about his behavior. Then, Nana, guided by a mysterious power, removes an ominous bill that is pasted at the back of the room. A door to another world opens...

Several months later, music producer Kousuke wakes up to find himself tied up in a bar he doesn't recognize. A stranger, Ren, was lying nearby. Kosuke desperately calls out to Ren, but... In a world where another world has opened up, Haruka and Kousuke meet and visit that house again.

(Source: JFDB)

Police detective Chu Yi Han goes undercover to infiltrate a criminal organization in hopes of finding his mother. By chance, he encounters Gu Lin Na.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 24

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

Retells of Dr. Cheon, a false exorcist who can't hear or see ghosts but solves all types of cases with his ghostly insight, receives a contract for a powerful possession case he's never seen before. (Source: JTBC News, edited by Krystale Mitaesa)