Asian Drama

A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission seems to go nowhere in the end. In the late 1970s, a mysterious woman runs a bar where a deadly situation will affect the lives of everyone. Two killers are looking for their faceless victim, who shows up at a diner every day at 6 o'clock sharp. Four incredibly talented Korean filmmakers, four intriguing cinematic visions, four astounding stories revolving around murderers for hire. (Source: fantasiafestival.com) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway. ~~ Release dates: Jul 24, 2024 (Festival) || Oct 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Episodes: 6

Aired On: Monday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It tells the story of twin brothers Guan Hong Feng and Guan Hong Yu, who were implicated in a family massacre, fighting against a criminal organization hidden in the dark, uniting forces from all sides to track down the truth of the 213 family massacre, and ultimately light defeating darkness.

(Source: Chinese = Youku)

Episodes: 30

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Pearl Hotel once stood on an execution ground from the late Qing Dynasty, shrouded in heavy, ominous energy. A blood-soaked peachwood sword was hidden within the hotel to ward off evil spirits. Rural newcomer Ma Xiao Dao takes on the role of the security guard at this infamous hotel, but he accidentally shatters the sword, drawing the scorn and anger of the building’s strange residents. Soon, bizarre occurrences begin to spiral out of control throughout the hotel…

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 21

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Duration: 10 min.

Aired: Nov 15, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024

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

Set before the Battle of Changsha, this is a story about unsung heroes during a time of warfare and follows a man who learns to fight for a greater cause in his journey to find his father's killer. In order to occupy Changsha, the Japanese resorts to using the 'black butler', a strategic agent that has been lurking in China for 15 years to carry out a long-planned deception. Yun Mu Zhi, a member of the underground party of the Communist Party of China, is killed while investigating the "black butler." Without knowing his father's true identity, his son Yun Hong Shen returns to their hometown of Changsha to track down his father's murderer. His father's friend and comrade reaches out to help him. Yun Hong Shen joins hands with Wen Ye Ming, a young woman impassioned by her sense of patriotism as they fight against innumerable odds. Setting aside his personal vendetta, Yun Hong Shen engages in a deadly game with Japanese agents to earn his countrymen a chance to win the war.

Episodes: 38

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

Duration: 45 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

Yang Zi Xiang is sent to Taiwan for business negotiations but gets attacked. He hires Jiang Shao Peng to take care of him and takes this opportunity to escape from his family responsibility while also falling for Shao Peng. Zi Xiang's assistant, Feng Jie, acts as a stand-in for his boss, and Xin Jia, the assassin hired to get rid of Zi Xiang, repeatedly fails to take out his target. While Feng Jie manages to escape, sparks of love start to bloom.

Aired On: Wednesday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story uses a time-displaced character relationship to help solve a case spanning 25 years. It blends crime suspense with warmth. Through a series of cases triggered by a building fire in the 1990s, it tells the story of Hong Kong police pursuing justice and family bonds while showcasing the changes in Hong Kong’s urban culture and human relationships before and after its return to China.

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 18

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

Cha Jeong U was an emergency medicine doctor who lost his lover in a mysterious incident. After the incident, he decided to be a worldly plastic surgeon instead of an honorable doctor.

Due to his outstanding anatomical knowledge and accurate nimble fingers, Jeong U is on a roll as a god's hand in the plastic surgeon industry. He is perfect in everything, but his one flaw is that he doesn't have emotional communication with the patients. Although he doesn't care about the patients' business, he becomes famous as a righteous doctor by accidentally intervening in the incident of a victim from homicide detective Lee Min Hyeong, who is sincerely worried about the victim.

One day, there was a patient who had been refused in getting surgery by Jeong U, and the patient's guardian left a suicide note blaming him.

By this accident, Jeong U loses his skyrocketing reputation. To overcome this, Jeong U starts 'a reconstruction plastic surgery of crime victims' as a part of a social responsibility activity with the help of the director of a hospital. During this activity, Jeong U had conflicts of opinion with Min Hyeong, who was in charge of victims' cases. Meanwhile, the convoluted relationship between Jeong U and Min Hyeong is revealed by solving the victims' cases.

The shocking truth of Jeong U's past accident, which he thought was over, is slowly revealed because of the mysterious death of the patient. Will Jeong U and Min Hyeong be able to uncover the truth of the case?

(Source: WelCon.kocca.kr)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday

Ratings: 7.8

Pearl Hotel once stood on an execution ground from the late Qing Dynasty, shrouded in heavy, ominous energy. A blood-soaked peachwood sword was hidden within the hotel to ward off evil spirits. Rural newcomer Ma Xiao Dao takes on the role of the security guard at this infamous hotel, but he accidentally shatters the sword, drawing the scorn and anger of the building’s strange residents. Soon, bizarre occurrences begin to spiral out of control throughout the hotel…

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 21

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Duration: 10 min.

Aired: Nov 15, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024

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

Kuriyama Koji is an entertainment reporter for the magazine Weekly Kindai. He is good at his job and keeps landing scoops. He feels like he is just providing stories that the world wants and uncovers truths closely held by celebrities. These celebrities usually fall from grace due to the gossip articles and they are ridiculed by the public. Thanks to Koji's scoops, sales of Weekly Kindai continue to rise, but he looks at the way the public consumes these stories for entertainment with cynicism. One day, he meets a mysterious woman who appears in a commercial for fashion brand Qros, and he gets involved in an unexpected incident. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Qros no Onna" (Qrosの女) by Honda Tetsuya (誉田哲也).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Sunday

Duration: 49 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A city where days bustling with people and nights staggering under the twinkling lights coexist. A series of disappearances occur in the middle of Gangnam. Jae Hui, an employee at an entertainment establishment who holds crucial evidence, suddenly disappears, and Yun Gil Ho, a problem solver in the entertainment district, begins to search for her. Gil Ho is not the only one looking for Jae Hui.

Detective Kang Dong U, who was demoted after exposing his colleagues' wrongdoings, is assigned to the investigation at the chief's request, and prosecutor Min Seo Jin, who is favored by the chief prosecutor, is also following the case. As club officials use every means necessary to track down Jae Hui, a series of disappearances intertwined with various desires expose the dark face of Gangnam.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Wednesday

Komori Hiroto is a kind young man who works at the city hall. Since losing his parents in an accident, he has been living with his younger brother Michito, who has autism spectrum disorder. Their restful days are changed when they meet a young boy called “Lion” who they decide to take in. Before long, they get caught up in an incident that changes their lives completely.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

Set before the Battle of Changsha, this is a story about unsung heroes during a time of warfare and follows a man who learns to fight for a greater cause in his journey to find his father's killer. In order to occupy Changsha, the Japanese resorts to using the 'black butler', a strategic agent that has been lurking in China for 15 years to carry out a long-planned deception. Yun Mu Zhi, a member of the underground party of the Communist Party of China, is killed while investigating the "black butler." Without knowing his father's true identity, his son Yun Hong Shen returns to their hometown of Changsha to track down his father's murderer. His father's friend and comrade reaches out to help him. Yun Hong Shen joins hands with Wen Ye Ming, a young woman impassioned by her sense of patriotism as they fight against innumerable odds. Setting aside his personal vendetta, Yun Hong Shen engages in a deadly game with Japanese agents to earn his countrymen a chance to win the war.

Episodes: 38

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kiichi is a former policer officer and his younger sister Yuki is a genius white hat hacker. Five years ago, their father Takashi, who worked as a police officer, was murdered by an unknown person in front of them. They had already lost their mother at an early age and their father Takashi raised them by himself. He was the most precious person in their lives. After their father’s death, Kiichi quit his job as a police officer and chased after his father's killer with his younger sister. But, they did not have any clues on the identity of their father's killer except that he had a phoenix tattoo on the back of his hand. Now, Kiichi and Yuki finally get into a criminal organization, which is the largest fraud group in Japan. At the top of the criminal organization is someone named Phoenix. They try to get close to this mysterious person.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kiichi is a former policer officer and his younger sister Yuki is a genius white hat hacker. Five years ago, their father Takashi, who worked as a police officer, was murdered by an unknown person in front of them. They had already lost their mother at an early age and their father Takashi raised them by himself. He was the most precious person in their lives. After their father’s death, Kiichi quit his job as a police officer and chased after his father's killer with his younger sister. But, they did not have any clues on the identity of their father's killer except that he had a phoenix tattoo on the back of his hand. Now, Kiichi and Yuki finally get into a criminal organization, which is the largest fraud group in Japan. At the top of the criminal organization is someone named Phoenix. They try to get close to this mysterious person.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Set in a high school senior class where students can now marry without parental consent due to the implementation of the new “18-year-old adulthood” law, this unprecedented school suspense drama explores first love, pregnancy, marriage, and even infidelity. Not only are the students of Class 3-C involved in affairs, but so are their parents and teachers…?! The protagonist of this work is Uemura Aoi, who transfers into Class 3-C at an elite high school after her parents get divorced due to her father’s affair. The story depicts how she reunites with Tachibana Iori, a male student who was her first love and is now married to another classmate, and how they fall into an illicit affair. Their romance eventually spirals into a scandal that engulfs the school and their parents, leading to a gruesome tragedy.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It follows the hunt for a serial killer who has shaken the world as the youngest detective, Park Sun Woo, joins the team of veteran detective Seo Do Cheol, a veteran who is determined to catch the bad guys.

(Source: Korean = TheQoo)

Release dates: May 20, 2024 (Festival)

Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.

Assigned to investigate various regions in Jiangnan, Detective Di Renjie becomes entangled in the mysterious disappearance of a young girl in Lin'an City. His inquiry uncovers connections to a local cult rife with debauchery and a web of intricate, puzzling clues. As a sinister monk's presence looms, Di Renjie uses his remarkable intellect to unravel the complexities of the case, inching closer to the truth in a thrilling clash between justice and evil.

Nineteen years after being dismissed over a national security leak, former officer Wu Yu has lived on the fringes, relentlessly pursuing the truth behind the betrayal that ruined his life. As he uncovers hidden layers of deception, a new officer, Guo Wei Jie, inspired by Wu Yu’s determination, grows into a leader in national security. Together, they face mounting dangers to reveal the true traitor.

Episodes: 16

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

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Jang Tae Su is a legendary criminal profiler in Korea. He was one of the first in his field and paved the way for criminal behavior analysts in the country. He has gained the absolute respect and trust within the police organization. At home, he is a single parent and raises his daughter by himself. Jang Tae Su works on a murder case and realizes that his daughter is involved in the case. The discovery shakes everything in his professional beliefs and his relationship with his daughter. To protect his daughter, Jang Tae Su struggles to reveal the truth.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Jung-yoon was approached by a random stranger named Jun-woo, who told her she'd be dead in six hours. As she follows him for answers, she begins to question whether he's her savior or the one trying to put her in danger.

Fifteen years ago, Ying He Meng's mother was unjustly accused of murder and executed by the Ye family. In order to find out the truth and get revenge, she marries into the Ye family as the heir's concubine. She and her husband, Ye Bu Han, gradually move from distrust and calculating moves against each other to joining hands to discover the truth and fight for their love.

Episodes: 20

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Ratings: 7.3

A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.

Okitama Miyabi is the director of Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu (known as Zenketsu). The company is the oldest investigation agency that tries to solve mysterious cases. Miyabi exudes an elegant aura and he possesses extraordinary knowledge, memory, and insight. With his abilities, he solves inexplicable abnormal cases that can’t be solved by even cutting-edge scientific investigations. His cases often involve the paranormal and the occult. He visits the scene and investigates in detail, putting all the facts together and deducing a hypothesis that everyone can understand. The words that he speaks are mysterious and he is a person who doesn't show people what he is in his mind.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Two old college pals, Asai and Jiyong, make their annual pilgrimage up a mountain in the middle of winter in honor of their friend Sayuri who disappeared there 16 years earlier. However, Jiyong seriously injures his leg in the middle of a violent blizzard. Overcome by cold and pain, he asks Asai to let him die here and save his own life. First, though, he confesses to a horrible secret that has been eating away at him. He was the one who killed Sayuri that fateful day, out of jealousy. The problem, if there is one, is that Asai finds a cabin nearby that they hadn’t seen because of the blinding storm. Once inside, the murderer's confession takes on a whole new dimension, and let's just say that the elephant in the room is more of a mammoth. To say that it's going to be a long night would be an understatement.

Komori Hiroto is a kind young man who works at the city hall. Since losing his parents in an accident, he has been living with his younger brother Michito, who has autism spectrum disorder. Their restful days are changed when they meet a young boy called “Lion” who they decide to take in. Before long, they get caught up in an incident that changes their lives completely.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

A street-smart girl named Lan Che, who is dedicated to protecting her neighborhood, accidentally gets involved in a serious crime and meets Lou Ming Ye, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple. Initially, their different backgrounds lead to frequent misunderstandings, but as they get to know each other better, they resolve their misunderstandings and work together to solve bizarre cases. Throughout their investigative journey, they develop feelings for each other, confirm their true identities, and ultimately find sincere love. With Lou Ming Ye's support and assistance, Lan Che overcomes many challenges and grows from a street girl into the first female Deputy Chief of the Dali Temple, achieving her life's aspirations.

Episodes: 22

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

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

~~ Adapted from the novel "Informa" (インフォーマ) by Okita Garyo (沖田臥竜).

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Okitama Miyabi is the director of Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu (known as Zenketsu). The company is the oldest investigation agency that tries to solve mysterious cases. Miyabi exudes an elegant aura and he possesses extraordinary knowledge, memory, and insight. With his abilities, he solves inexplicable abnormal cases that can’t be solved by even cutting-edge scientific investigations. His cases often involve the paranormal and the occult. He visits the scene and investigates in detail, putting all the facts together and deducing a hypothesis that everyone can understand. The words that he speaks are mysterious and he is a person who doesn't show people what he is in his mind.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 54 min.

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

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

Episodes: 25

Duration: 45 min.

Country: Hong Kong

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

Aired: Oct 9, 2024 - Oct 25, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated