Asian Drama

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

Tells the story of Halan in Northeast in 1997, before the establishment of the Narcotics Control Bureau. Faced with a sudden drug crisis, a makeshift elite team is assembled, each with their own strengths but clueless about the new drug...

As they confront the ruthless drug trafficking syndicate and unravel their devious and bizarre drug trafficking schemes, they must also navigate the moral dilemmas of love and law, and the tests of justice and humanity. They stand by each other and overcome all obstacles and challenges, forging a heroic legend of fighting evil and upholding justice.

(Source: Youku)

Episodes:32

Duration: 40 min.

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

Ratings: 8.0

Tells the story of Halan in Northeast in 1997, before the establishment of the Narcotics Control Bureau. Faced with a sudden drug crisis, a makeshift elite team is assembled, each with their own strengths but clueless about the new drug...

As they confront the ruthless drug trafficking syndicate and unravel their devious and bizarre drug trafficking schemes, they must also navigate the moral dilemmas of love and law, and the tests of justice and humanity. They stand by each other and overcome all obstacles and challenges, forging a heroic legend of fighting evil and upholding justice.

(Source: Youku)

Episodes:32

Duration: 40 min.

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

Ratings: 8.0

The story revolves around two detectives who dig into mysterious incidents that happen in a village. The drama will reinterpret those events and the characters in the book to match Korean sentiments, and it will show the ugly side of human nature.

Go Jung Woo when was younger, he was smart enough to be on the early admission list to medical school. He went on a trip after taking his SAT (scholastic ability test) but became a murderer ever since that day. He returns to his hometown after being released from prison and comes across what happened 11 years ago.

Adapted from the novel "Snow White Must Die" by Nele Neuhaus.

Release dates: April 10, 2024 (Episode 1 premiere | Festival).

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Duration: 50 min.

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Asami Sae is a housewife, married to a doctor, and has two daughters. Her family lives within the exclusive SKY CASTLE neighborhood. She works hard to get her eldest daughter into the most prestigious high school, and she will do anything to accomplish that goal. Her neighbors in SKY CASTLE include Minamisawa Izumi, Nikaido Kyoko, and Natsume Misaki. All of these women try to send their children to the same elite high school. They hear that the son of their neighbor, Saejima Kaori, has passed the entrance exam to the high school that they desperately want their children to attend. They are eager to hear from Saejima Kaori on what was used to help her son pass the exam. Saejima Kaori reveals the existence of exam coordinator Kujo Ayaka. Kujo Ayaka only tutors two students a year and charges an extraordinary fee, but she gets her students into any school that they want. She boasts a 100% success rate.

Episodes: 9

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Moon Jung In is a highly ambitious woman. She married Dr. Baek Dong Ho for his money. He had a daughter, Baek Seol Ah, from his previous marriage. Jung In stole all of Dong Ho’s assets and then left him. Jung In became successful in life, and she now runs her own entertainment company, which produces drama series.

One day, she meets Seo Jin Ho, who looks like her first love. Jin Ho wants to become an actor, and he is engaged to Seol Ah. He first met Seol Ah at an orphanage, and they grew up together there. Due to Jung In, Jin Ho disappears completely.

Meanwhile, because of Jung In, who married Seol Ah's father, Seol Ah's life fell into a bottomless pit, and she had to grow up in an orphanage. As Seol Ah turned her life around after meeting Jin Ho, her life completely changed again because of Jung In.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 101

Duration: 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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

Su Li, a well-known screenwriter, thinks she has a wonderful husband and a wonderful marriage. However, she gets an anonymous message telling her that Zhang Shu Heng has been cheating on her, with her best friend no less! After confirming that it's true and filled with pain and hate caused by such a betrayal, she decides to divorce him... until she becomes aware that he has no assets. Rather than being fooled twice, first by being cheated on and second by giving him half her net worth, she postpones the divorce. Yet this begs the question: how will Su Li get her revenge?

(Source: Jwells)

Episodes: 16

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

The story takes place over three days and two nights and is woven together from four omnibus stories. The story begins with a novelist struggling to meet a deadline, a popular actor on a secret trip with his girlfriend, a businessman who wants to quit his job after dealing with complaints, and a kidnapper who has held a hostage in a room all gathering at a resort hotel. The drama is linked to one of the stories, "Canned Food".

Episodes: 5

Aired On: Tuesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Life was perfect for Choi Jin Hyeok, his wife Ha Eun Ju, and their beloved daughter Seon Hui – until the day the young girl came home covered in blood, saying she thinks she killed her friend… When the latter’s house burns down, suspicions at home and school begin to surface. When another kid goes missing too, family members and friends begin to point fingers at one another. Will the truth about this “perfect family” ever emerge?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Perfect Family" (완벽한 가족) by written by Nyangpa (냥빠) and illustrated by Joo Eun (주은).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

A detective trio comprised of mind-reading expert Qin Huo Le, the always composed and steadfast captain Song He and the quirky forensic doctor Fan Xiao Fan, who work together to explore 8 bizarre stories.

There are people who gradually turn into demons after experiencing injustice, stare at the abyss for too long, and the abyss stares back; there are people who tragically sacrifice themselves in order to attain justice; there are people who receive punishment for their mistakes without knowing what they did wrong, they repeat their wrongdoings even at the expense of hurting others; there are people who act respectable under the sun but turn into monsters in the moonlight who take advantage of the innocent to fuel their crazy obsessions...

Each of the eight stories depicts a confrontation between good and evil.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Tags: Chinese Republican Era, Death, Murder, Investigation, Suspense, Police Department Setting, Detective Fiction, Historical Fiction, Forensic Science, Conspiracy (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 52

Duration: 20 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Aug 13, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kisaragi Minori, who thought she had a happy family with her pure love since they were students and was married to her husband Yudai, was blessed with children, but the story begins when she finds out that her husband Yudai has been cheating on her for 15 years. Minori, who has vowed to take revenge on Yudai, who has another family, and on his lover, Riko Miyake, plots her revenge using Riko's son, Wataru.

(Source: Korean = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the manga "Otto no Katei wo Kowasu made" (夫の家庭を壊すまで) by Akaishi Mana (赤石真菜)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, Hairdresser Supporting Character, Married Female Lead, Housewife Female Lead, Single Mother/Father Supporting Character, Secret Second Family, Extramarital Affair, Infidelity, Revenge, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Monday

Aired: Jul 8, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Nonomiya Kyoko reunites with her relative Gamo Michiru after many years of separation. In the past, the two shared a deadly secret while still at school. For the past 17 years, Kyoko has been avoiding Michiru, but now it seems they are destined to meet.

Michiru takes over the company Kyoko works for, and she opens a counseling service for people who are having problems in life. Honor, wealth, ambition, unrequited love, etc. She ruthlessly manipulates the desires of those who come here and makes them fall into despair.

Kyoko, who is stuck in the position of Accomplice with Michiru, gradually worships that Evil Girl...What will be the fate of these two people linked by crime?

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Warau Shukujo" (嗤う淑女) by Nakayama Shichiri (中山七里).

Tags: Advisor Female Lead, Workplace Setting, Cousins' Relationship, Office Setting, Consultant Female Lead, Detective Supporting Character, Psychological Manipulation, Hidden Past, Secret, Miniseries (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 55 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: aturday

Aired: Jul 27, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story of the forces that inherited wealth centered around the Woowon Group headquarters in the fictional Woowon City adjacent to the sea, the voodoo cartel that dominates the lawless area, and Judge Song Pan Ho, who comforts citizens seeking justice.

(Source: HanCinema)

Remake of the American TV series "Your Honor" [2020], which in turn is a remake of the Israeli TV series "Kvodo" (כבודו) [2017].

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

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

Sanbianpo is an area with a tropical monsoon climate, where good and bad people mix, and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. Shen Xing, who has just entered the society and has been working everywhere to make a living, accidentally ends up in Sanbianpo. By chance, Shen Xing meets Uncle Cai, a peacemaker who is well-connected in both the black and white worlds of Sanbianpo.

Episodes: 21

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Sakuraba Haruma's childhood friend Inukai Shuji was a cut above him in every way imaginable, living out the glamorous life bestowed upon him. Haruma, an unassuming salaryman, has lived his every day clutching onto his inferiority complex, existing only in Shuji's shadow. One day, Haruma coincidentally meets Shuji's wife, Inukai Reika, who Haruma has always secretly admired since his high school days. With feelings of envy, jealousy, and more, a "secret" is born from Haruma's repetitive days.

Mita Sakura is considered to be weird by her colleagues at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, because she voluntarily works in the unidentified bodies department. About 20,000 unidentified bodies exist in the country and Mita Sakura works on returning these unknown deceased people to their families.

She has a colleague, Tsukimoto Makoto, who works in the same department. They are totally opposite in terms of their personalities and interests. Mita Sakura is bright and warm-hearted, but Tsukimoto Makoto is calm and cold-hearted. They do share the same desire to return these unidentified bodies to their families. To find the identities of these deceased people, they rely on the few clues that are left behind on them.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Tags: Co-workers' Relationship, Senior-Junior Relationship, Investigator Supporting Character, Researcher Supporting Character, Young Adult Female Lead, Detective Supporting Character, Investigator Female Lead, Eccentric Female Lead, Death, Investigation (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Aired: Jul 13, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Motomiya Mitsuko is a mysterious total coordinator. To get what her client wants, she changes their visuals from head to toe and also their mentality through coaching. Using any means necessary, she always makes her client successful. Her next client is Imai Natsu, who is a single mother with a string of bad luck. Imai Natsu's aim is to become the president of a large company that is run by a family. Meanwhile, Motomiya Mitsuko has a secret.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Gu Yi Zhong, the young master of the famous Gu Family in Suzhou, graduated from the architecture department of a famous foreign university. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Gu Yi Zhong insisted on staying in Suzhou, under the name of protecting cultural relics, while in fact he actually actively participated in Anti-Japanese activities.

In a rescue operation, Gu Yi Zhong was framed by the Japanese as a traitor within the party and betrayed overnight. Unable to prove his innocence and in order to find out the real traitor, Gu Yi Zhong took the initiative to infiltrate the Japanese army and became a hidden member of the Suzhou Secret Service Station. His hidden task is full of dangers.

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

Release date: First 2 episodes were prescreened on Aug 5, 2024 (Cinema)

Tags: Spy Male Lead, Historical Fiction, World War 2, Web Series, Espionage, Investigation, Crime, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Aug 6, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Sanbianpo is an area with a tropical monsoon climate, where good and bad people mix, and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. Shen Xing, who has just entered the society and has been working everywhere to make a living, accidentally ends up in Sanbianpo. By chance, Shen Xing meets Uncle Cai, a peacemaker who is well-connected in both the black and white worlds of Sanbianpo.

Episodes: 21

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story tells the story of Lei Xu (played by Zhang Yi), the director of the Airborne Juvenile Prosecution Department, and the unprosecuted prosecutor Du Ziyu (played by Qin Lan), the clerk Yang Tian (played by Xu Fan), the bailiff Xu Zhangli (played by Wang Zhener), and the assistant prosecutor Liu Liu (played by Zou Yuanqing) while handling juvenile cases, digging deep into the truth behind the case, caring for the juvenile and watering the future with love.

Tags: Web Series, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 18

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Aug 14, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

During the summer in the present day, Jeon Youn Ha runs a vacation cottage located deep in the woods. His peaceful life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman named Yoo Sung A.

In the early 2000's, Koo Sang Joon ran the same vocation cottage as Jeon Young Ha did years later. Koo Sang Joon and his family also lived there, but, during the summer, something happened at his vacation cottage and Koo Sang Joon lost everything because of that. At that time, Yoon Bo Min worked as a police officer at the nearest police substation from the vacation cottage. 20 years later, Yoon Bo Min is transferred to the same police substation where she worked before and she begins to work there as the chief. She enjoys solving things and begins to observe Jeon Young Ha closely.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Thursday

When an unprecedented heinous criminal is released from prison, a public bounty with a payout of 20 billion won is offerred for his murder. Baek Joong Sik is a detective, who must protect the killer from the citizens. Kim Kook Ho is the unprecedented heinous criminal and murderer. He is released from prison after serving 13 years. He has retained Lawyer Lee Sang Bong as his legal representative. Meanwhile, Yoon Chang Jae is a butcher who attempts to recover his missing money.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Wednesday

Si Young has been chosen to play the lead role in an experimental art film centered around her dance major. Along with her college friend Chae Yoon, they perform geometric dance routines as part of a shamanic ceremony as directed by the film's director. However, their world is turned upside down when a production team member suddenly falls from the roof, but their seemingly lifeless body begins to move and come to life.

(Source: ktalpha.kr)

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

The top star of domestic entertainment, Joy, incarnated as the goddess of revenge, and by chance "stole" the soon-to-be-scrapped robot 013 of the world's leading technology giant DeepMind, and staged a "witty" love affair of personal redemption and mutual cultivation. In addition, Xuan Siyan, the son of the head of DeepMind, was also swept in, falling in love with Joy and killing each other, abusing his body and heart. In 2029, an elaborate and shocking conspiracy will involve top female stars and cutting-edge AI bodyguards in the dangerous tech world and Vanity Fair, and people and AI will have unspeakable emotional entanglements......

Tags: Short Length Series, Web Series, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 11 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Saturday

Aired: Aug 10, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Huangsha Drum is a folk down-to-earth wood craftsman, relying on traditional crafts to make a living. Because some of the carpenters used feudal superstition legends to defraud the owner of money, Huang Shagu, who was uneven on the road, vowed to expose the deception, promote righteousness for traditional craftsmen, and was determined to pierce all the lies of feudal superstition.

Tags: Short Length Series, Historical Fiction, Urban Legend, Chinese Republican Era, Web Series, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 30

Duration: 10 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Jul 22, 2024 - Aug 5, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Motomiya Mitsuko is a mysterious total coordinator. To get what her client wants, she changes their visuals from head to toe and also their mentality through coaching. Using any means necessary, she always makes her client successful. Her next client is Imai Natsu, who is a single mother with a string of bad luck. Imai Natsu's aim is to become the president of a large company that is run by a family. Meanwhile, Motomiya Mitsuko has a secret.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

During the Republic Era of China, Shen Zhi Heng, a famous vampire who lived for hundreds of years, was almost assassinated by a group of masked soldiers and was saved by the blind girl Mi Lan and his friend, doctor Situ Wei Lian. After he was saved, he went to repay Mi Lan and found that Mi Lan's family situation was very bad, so he became more concerned about Mi Lan. After the assassination attempt failed, the cunning Li Ying Liang, the director of the military operations department who really hates Shen Zhi Heng, vows to find out the secrets of Shen Zhi Heng and kill him after what happened to his family.

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min

Aired: Jul 29, 2024

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

Minamimaru Yoji, nicknamed Nanmaru. He is a college student who has the supernatural ability that allows him to "create small holes in anything." With this seemingly useless ability, he must confront a crisis threatening the entire world. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Tanabata no Kuni" (七夕の国) by Iwaaki Hitoshi (岩明均).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A disaster movie that tells about people who are isolated on the airport bridge just before collapse in an indistinguishable thick fog, struggling to survive the unexpected threats lurking in it.

Huangsha Drum is a folk down-to-earth wood craftsman, relying on traditional crafts to make a living. Because some of the carpenters used feudal superstition legends to defraud the owner of money, Huang Shagu, who was uneven on the road, vowed to expose the deception, promote righteousness for traditional craftsmen, and was determined to pierce all the lies of feudal superstition.

Tags: Short Length Series, Historical Fiction, Urban Legend, Chinese Republican Era, Web Series, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 30

Duration: 10 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Jul 22, 2024 - Aug 5, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated