Asian Drama

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 short film about the hearing and mysterious case of the former deputy mayor on atrocities and illegal activities in Taego in 1997.

Chen Yu Tong, a girl's middle school student, was bullied at school, but her mother Li Han was unable to save her daughter from the "hell". Everyone around her turned a blind eye, and a collective silence brewed greater violence...

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

Tags: Death, Middle School, Murder, School Bullying, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Country: China

Aired: Jul 3, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Yu Na is a female influencer with morals as flexible as yoga positions, ready to throw her principles under a truck for a quick buck. By giving her followers exactly what they (think they) want, she’s built an empire based on likes, donations and juicy contracts for different brands. But being successful and filthy rich can get tiring sometimes.

So tonight, at yet another launch for a cosmetics brand, she knocks back a couple of vodka shots and heads home early. But when she wakes up, her bed is a little bit harder than usual, and the ceiling’s really low. And it’s dark. And it reeks of gasoline. It is a bit like the trunk of a car, actually. And when the car starts moving, her phone rings.

On the other end of the line, a charming stranger unravels the program of the night: Yu Na has until midnight to launch a live stream from the trunk of the car and raise a million in cash on her channel. If she fails to do so, she’ll end up on the wrong side of an industrial grinder. Unfortunately, her followers seem to take the whole thing for a bad-taste publicity stunt…

(Source: bifff.net)

Release Dates: July 16th, 2023 (Festival) || June 12th, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Ratings: 7.5

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

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

Aizawa Naoya is happily married to his colleague Kana but faces temptation to cheat on his wife when a new employee Tachibana Noa joins his branch and seduces him repeatedly with all sorts of antics.

Adapted from the manga series "Anata wa Watashi ni Otosaretai" (あなたは私におとされたい) written by Miyaguchi Jun (宮口ジュン) and illustrated by Umesuzu (梅涼).

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Set in the year 712 AD during the reign of Emperor Rui Zong of the Tang Dynasty, the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty continues, but beneath the prosperity, hidden dangers lurk, and a storm is brewing. Various forces are on the move, triggering frequent mysterious incidents among the common people. What kind of supernatural mysteries will Lu Ling Feng and Su Wu Ming, the deputy minister of the Grand Court of Justice and the registrar of Qianling, encounter on their perilous journey? The road to the west is unpredictable.

(Source: iQIYI)

Adapted from the novel "Tang Shan Gui Shi Lu 2: Chang An Gui Ji" (唐朝诡事录2：长安鬼迹) by Wei Feng Hua (魏风华).

Tags: Detective Fiction, Detective Male Lead, Tang Dynasty, Investigation, Historical Fiction, Strong Male Lead, Adapted From A Novel, Supernatural, Fantasy, Martial Arts (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 50 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Jul 18, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Yeong Il leads a contract-killing group that includes Jackie, Wol Cheon, and Jeom Man. His job in the group is that of the designer. He designs murders into perfect accidental deaths, but he gets involved in an unexpected incident.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Three years after the war between humans and demons, the Xuanyuan family and the Mo family, two demon-hunter households, formed an alliance. Shi Si, the daughter of the Demon King, lost her memory and became a cute, naive woman who didn’t understand the world. In order to save the Xuanyuan family, she impersonated the oldest daughter of the family, Xuanyuan Yu, and married into the Mo family, falling in love with the eldest son of the Mo family, Mo Yan.

(Source: ynet.com)

Adapted from the manhua “Mejaz Regulus in The World” (摩耶人间玉) by Sasa Dongman.

Episodes: 24

After seven years of love with her boyfriend, Wen Liang, Jiang Yi Jing accidentally found him cheating with his business partner, Xiao Mi La. Hitting rock bottom, she discovered her consciousness is mysteriously transported into Xiao Mi La’s body through a mirror. Thus begins a tale of revenge of soul manipulation!

In a remote mountainous area at the end of the Ming Dynasty, several villagers secretly raided a tomb late at night and were killed by a Gu curse. Lu Wen Liang and Zhang Chi Yi noticed the strange aspects of the corpses and decided to venture into the "Village of Short Lives" to uncover the truth. However, it was widely rumored in the village that the curse of a Gu witch from 20 years ago caused the deaths. The two men were also blamed for breaking a Gu-exorcising ritual, making them the harbingers of disaster. Just a step away from the truth, they were unaware that they had already ventured deep into danger...

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

Tags: Web Movie, Tomb Raiding, Death, Investigation, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 26 min.

Country: China

Aired: Jul 6, 2024

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The story unveils a series of unprecedented crimes committed by a cunning group of land scammers who use real estate sales as bait to steal large sums of money.

(Source: Netflix)

Adapted from the novel "Jimenshitachi" (地面師たち) by Shinjo Ko (新庄耕).

Tags: Advisor Supporting Character, Swindler Supporting Character, Swindler Male Lead, Negotiator Supporting Character, Scheme, Fraud, Adapted From A Novel, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 7

Country: Japan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Jul 25, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Tendo Kaito is the son of the chairman of Tendo Memorial Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the nation. Due to a bad relationship with his father, he did not become a doctor. Kaito now works as a magazine reporter. He is busy with his job and he also about to propose to his girlfriend. One day, he then learns that his father got involved in an incident. He goes to his estranged father's hospital. Due to the incident, Kaito becomes to know his father’s true intentions and he remembers the precious promise made with his father in the past. Kaito learns of the various problems hidden in the hospital left by his father and of the power struggle about to take place for the chairman position. Kaito decides to fight against the power struggle to take back the precious things his father built and to protect the ones who he loves.

Detectives Jiang Guang Ming and Shi Luo investigate a case, when they discover that the crime scene bears a remarkable resemblance to the crime scene from a novel written by Gu Yu Ming. Fiction and reality get intertwined.

Episodes: 15

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

On a sunny day, Noboru murders his in-laws – chairs of the extremely wealthy Higashi Holdings – by pushing them down a cliff. What should have been a perfect crime is captured on video by a trio of junior high schoolers driven by their own troubling histories. Evidence in hand, the kids set out to blackmail the killer, unleashing an intense and unpredictable game of cat-and-mouse.

Following a diamond tycoon's mysterious death, a cutthroat battle over his estate erupts between his heirs and the housekeeper their father recently married.

(Source: Netflix)

Tags: Housekeeper Female Lead, Death Of A Father, Family Dispute, Family Relationship, Death, Web Series, Investigation, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 50 min.

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Jul 18, 2024

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Realtor Jung Tae’s hobby is sneaking into strangers’ homes and peeping into their lives. One day, an unfamiliar face in the area grabs his attention-an Instagram star, So Ra. Miraculously, So Ra leaves her house key at Jung Tae’s agency, and Jung Tae visits her home whenever he can, thrilled and excited.

Like any other day, Jung Tae makes another visit and finds what he hadn’t expected: the dead body of So Ra. Even worse, all evidences say that Jung Tae is the criminal. Can he find the real killer and clear his name?

(Source: K-Movie Entertainment & Studio)

Duration: 1 hr. 43 min.

Tetsuo Tosu is a typical father whose biggest worries are his job and his rebellious daughter, Reika. That is until he finds a bruise on her face. His worst fears come true when he finds out she has a secret boyfriend and he's part of a crime ring that's using her to steal her grandparent's wealth. If that wasn't bad enough, the thug catches Tetsuo snooping around and threatens to kill Reika as soon as she gets home. Fueled by fatherly instincts, Tetsuo murders the man. Only for his wife to walk in and witness what he's done. Now, with a corpse to hide and a crime ring hot on his tail, Tetsuo must resort to his love of detective novels and his wits to stay one step ahead of a grim fate.

(Source: MangaUpdates.com)

Adapted from the manga series "My Home Hero" (マイホームヒーロー) written by Yamakawa Naoki (山川直輝) and illustrated by Asaki Masashi (朝基まさし).