Asian Drama

Ten years ago, in the town of Yunwu, there lived a woman named Su Lian who was so beautiful that every man in town could not take his eyes off her. Su Lian had been waiting faithfully for her boyfriend, who tragically died in a foreign land. Long coveted by the local men, she was forcefully violated by them. The women of the town, unable to restrain their own husbands, instead slandered Su Lian by calling her a promiscuous vixen. Ultimately, in a town with no legal protections, this beautiful woman was destroyed by jealousy and sin and died as a victim.

Since then, the town’s collective malice has become a secret that has never been spoken of again in Yunwu. It wasn’t until ten years later when men began to die violently at their weddings or while taking concubines, always with a bride doll appearing at the scene, that the name Su Lian was mentioned again. The curse of the doll bride left the villagers in constant fear and unrest.

(Source: TMDb)

Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.

Ratings: 6.9

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Episodes: 25

Duration: 10 min.

After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa Rim and Bong Gil to save the newborn of the family. Once they arrive, Hwa Rim senses a dark shadow of their ancestor has latched on the family in a so-called 'Grave Calling'.

In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, Hwa Rim seeks help from top-notch geomancer Sang Deok and mortician Yeong Geun. To their dismay, the four find the grave at a shady location in a remote village in Korea. Unaware of the consequences, the exhumation is carried out, unleashing a malevolent force buried underneath.

(Source: showbox.co.kr)

Duration: 2 hr. 13 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

During the Republic of China, Feng Xiao, the adopted son of a wealthy businessman, and Lin Wan Xiu, the adopted daughter of a warlord, were married. But were assassins with hidden agendas. The two need to trust in love and resolve their misunderstandings and join forces to smash a conspiracy to sell national treasures.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 11 min.

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

Ratings: 7.5

Zheng Ying, an old police officer who is about to retire, goes undercover as an overseas businessman to trade with Liu Qing's gang. However, he mysteriously disappeared after he successfully caught the gang red handed. Zheng Dong Yu, is Zheng Ying’s daughter. The once arrogant and free spirited girl, grew up over night when her father went missing. In order to find him she became a police woman. Gao Yang, a young police officer that went undercover with Zheng Ying, is also looking for him. He stayed in his undercover role, investigating the disappearance of Zheng Ying. Six years later, Lei Nai Wu, the key figure of Liu Qing's gang and the last person to meet Zheng Ying, was released from prison. At the same time a mysterious killer is on the lose, that is trying to kill Lei Nai Wu. At the time, Gao Yang ventured to save Lei Nai Wu. Lei Nai Wu told him that this killer was the real murderer of Zheng Ying. 
What has truly happened to Zheng Ying?

A fractured family of four brothers and one sister confront haunting memories of their mother’s passing fifteen years ago. Fifteen years had passed, as Nicole (Summer Chan) returns home to Hong Kong to be reunited with her three brothers, clinging to the shattered memory from the night of her mother’s passing. Through hypnosis sessions with her big brother Joseph (Simon Yam), the trauma that the family sustained is unexpectedly reawakened when she desires to connect back with the memories. Then, the whole world around this family takes on a dark form and love becomes almost undefinable.

Zhou Luo, a straight-A student, is the first one from Qingshui Town to get into a prestigious university. However, he returns to his hometown before completing his degree and goes to a cram school to repeat a year of school. His decision causes quite a stir in this small town. Had he not faced criticism himself, he would never have noticed another talk of the town, Nan Ya. Nan Ya is a very beautiful clothing store owner, and there are always a lot of rumors about her. She travels between the clothing store and home every day, taking care of her sick daughter, Wan Wan. As Zhou Luo becomes more acquainted with Nan Ya, he realizes that Nan Ya's marriage is not a happy one, and her husband, Xu Yi, a businessman, has a brutal side at home. Zhou Luo has witnessed how Nan Ya was assaulted by Xu Yi. Besides, the "Bridge Case" sheds light on several issues regarding Xu Yi's business operations. All this causes Nan Ya's marriage to be in jeopardy.

Set in Harbin under the puppet Manchukuo regime in 1944, Song Zhuo Wen, an underground party member disguised as a railway police officer, is mistakenly identified by the head of the spy department, Guan Xue, as her lifesaver—but is actually Zhuo Wen's long-lost twin brother, Song Zhuo Wu. To uncover the ultimate mission of Kwantung Army officer Asano Daigo in Harbin, Zhuo Wen decides to use Guan Xue to infiltrate the spy department, but the sudden appearance of Zhuo Wu plunges him into unexpected trouble. Guan Xue is cold-blooded and suspicious, cruel and ruthless, while Zhuo Wu is impulsive by nature, often unintentionally sabotaging Zhuo Wen's operations. Only through the arrangements of their superiors do the brothers cooperate and protect each other, avoiding the overt and covert struggles among their colleagues in the spy department and eventually gaining the trust of Guan Xue and the Japanese officials. Within this short year, the underground party members endure hardships to uncover and stop a secret operation conspired by the Japanese army and the Soviet Union, root out the puppet Manchukuo spies within their party, and welcome the final victory of the war.

Adapted from the web novel "Suan Zhi" (酸枳) by Xiao Ke Bu Cai (小可不才).

Ending millions of years of humans eating animal meat, BF now dominates the genetically engineered cultured meat market. There are people inside BF and outsiders who begin to have doubts about the path taken by BF CEO Yoon Ja Yoo. Yoon Ja Yoo founded BF with On San, who has a Ph.D. in physiology.

Meanwhile, after graduating from the Naval Academy, Woo Chae Woon served in the army, but he now works as a bodyguard.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Wednesday

Matsuoka is a teacher at a culinary school. One day, a student, Tashiro, says something strange during the lesson: “There’s a noise, it’s like a chime. Someone is sending me a message.” The people running the school warn him that Tashiro’s a little odd, but Matsuoka isn’t bothered by it at all and continues treating him normally. However, on another day, Tashiro says, “Half of my brain has been replaced with a machine,” and takes drastic action to prove it. Some days after the incident with Tashiro, Matsuoka is teaching a female student, Akemi. Matsuoka continues teaching unenthusiastically but when she complains that a whole chicken leaves her feeling uncomfortable, something incomprehensible overtakes him. Both at the school and at home, a strange dread begins to undulate in his ordinary existence…

(Source: roadstead.io)

Duration: 45 min.

Ratings: 6.6

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Tells the story of an investigation into a murder case that takes place on a remote seaside road.

Story is set in the Anti-Japanese War period. It tells the story of Xia Ji Cheng, a proud son from a wealthy high-ranking political family, who originally wanted to go to the Navy to fulfill his dream of becoming a captain. However, an unexpected trip to Shanghai changes his life completely and he becomes a low-ranked police officer.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 34

Duration: 45 min.

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

Na Moon Young is married to Cha Sung Jae, but Cha Sung Jae suddenly disappears. Na Moon Young tries to find her husband and uncover the secret behind his disappearance.

Meanwhile, Ha Yeon Joo is neighbors with Na Moon Young. There is also a mysterious man named Do Jin Woo who holds a key to the secret of Cha Sung Jae's disappearance.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

An asteroid is on course to crash into Earth in 200 days and destroy the planet. The world soon learns of the news and falls into confusion.

Jin Se Kyung works as a middle-school teacher in Woongchun City. She learns about the impending end of the world. She decides to quit her job and do volunteer work at a child and youth division in city hall. She struggles to save children in danger. Her boyfriend of many years is Ha Yoon Sang. He currently works as a researcher at a biotechnology research institute in the United States. After news of the end of the world is released, he flies back to South Korea to be with Jin Se Kyung.

Woo Sung Jae is an assistant priest at a Catholic Church. The presiding priest at the church ran away after news broke out about the approaching asteroid. Woo Sung Jae now takes care of the parishioners at the church. Kang In A is a commander of a combat support battalion. She goes around Woongchun City, which has been ruined, to provide supplies, transport and security.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Shumatsu no Furu" (終末のフール / ) by Kotaro Isaka (伊坂 幸太郎).

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Cinematography: Son Won Ho [손원호]

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Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

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

Cinderella Complex is about the affair between a popular married high school teacher and his female high school student. When his wife, another teacher at the school, discovers his affair and vows revenge, things start to go awry.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Cinderella Complex" (シンデレラ・コンプレックス) by Inoue Risako (井上里彩子).

Episodes: 7

Airs On: Friday

A psychological thriller centered on Sakai Yoichi, a freelance video director, and Mitsumi Kei, a piano teacher who moonlights as a serial killer. When Yoichi, who is stuck in his current situation doing small jobs to make ends meet, returns to his office, there's a package waiting for him. Inside is a human finger, and the message for Yoichi to get in touch if he's interested to "document his activities." Yoichi was going to call the police, but after considering, he decides instead to contact the sender. The person he meets at the designated house is none other than pianist Mitsumi Kei. This encounter leads Yoichi to continue documenting the murders, but what awaits him as a result of this decision... remains to be seen.

Eun Soo Hyun is a psychology professor and a famous writer, but her life has completely changed. Her young son dies unjustly. Making things worse, the person responsible for her son’s death isn’t punished by the law. Eun Soo Hyun loses hope in this world. She decides to punish the person responsible for her son’s death by herself. Her life is still in pain and despair. Somehow, Eun Soo Hyun gets involved with other people who suffer from pain similar to hers and solves their mysterious cases. They slowly get healed in the process.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 14

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Ma Zhuo was born in Ya'an, Yucheng. At the age of eight, She was taken to Chengdu by her mother Lin Guoguo to live together. She grew up with Xia Gang's son Xia Ze. The two childhood sweethearts became each other's first love. Lin Guoguo and Xia Gang were accidentally involved in a strange murder. From then on, Ma Zhuo and Xia Ze were emotionally displaced, and their fate was tortuous, pursuing the truth of their fathers in danger and thorns.

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = Sher1264)

Adapted from the novel "Li Ge" (离歌) by Rao Xue Man (饶雪漫).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 35 min.

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

Song Yao who never misses a beat in punishing scumbags encounters the fake prince of Chengtian Group. Caught in a Smiths-like battle, the "unremarkable" girl with electrifying eyes and the liar "CEO" begin their story.

Legend has it that there's such a person who makes rich scumbags quake in their boots because she never fails to make them suffer the consequences of their actions. This girl's name is Song Yao. It's all thanks to her fantastic assets in attracting the rich.

Any person who is worth hundreds of millions will fall in love with her inextricably as long as he looks into her eyes. Yet no matter how powerful she is, there is a day when she will encounter her Waterloo. Song Yao's eyes fail to work on "Ji Chengchuan" who is the prince of Chengtian Group. Little does she know that this is entirely because the prince in front of him is an impostor named Qin Hao. The meeting of the two "actors" is destined to be explosive.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 24

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

When the illegitimate son of a Korean conglomerate owner partners with his ambitious childhood friend, the duo will stop at nothing to seize their place at the top of the societal food chain.

Born into an impoverished single-parent household with nothing but his good looks and charm, Kang In Ha is ravenous for success. Determined to make something of himself, no matter the cost, In Ha, discovers that his father is the chairman of the hugely successful Kang Oh Group and leaves his life of poverty behind.

Shunned by the rest of his new family, In Ha partners with his intellectually gifted friend Han Tae Oh, hatching a plan from a young age to take over the company and seize their spots at the top of society. Realizing success early on, the pair steadily begin their ascent until an equally ambitious woman with a similarly troubled past threatens to derail their plans forever.

(Source: butwhytho.net)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday

In the sinful city of Heyang, Pan Yue, who was throwing lots of fruit and carts, married Yang Cai Wei, whom everyone despises. On the day of the wedding, Yang Cai Wei was killed, and the suspect was Pan Yue. Yang Cai Wei, who "resurrected from the dead", returned "fiercely" under the guise of "evil girl" Shangguan Zhi and was about to expose Pan Yue's true face.

In the process of bravely fighting against the evil forces of the "Four Great Clans" and investigating old cases, the two hearts came closer again. Yang Cai Wei found out that the real murderer who killed her was someone else, and Pan Yue loved her deeply from beginning to end. Everything is about to be perfect, but the people behind the scenes once again set up a trap, trying to push the two to an end of doom.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu)

Episodes: 32

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

Three young and ambitious entrepreneurs must find a way to repay a mountain of debt from their failed startup, when they stumble upon an unthinkable "business" opportunity—exploiting people's religious beliefs for money.

(Source: Netflix)

Airs On: Wednesday

Mishima Zero is a 19-year-old mysterious transfer student who gathers a bunch of "failed" high school students to "destroy the world with him". Zero has a unique appearance and charismatic charm that allows him to penetrate people's hearts and manipulate people with his words. Led by Zero, the high school students form a group called "Mars" to break down and rebuild the society created by adults.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

Hino Misaki, a full-time housewife, has given up on her dream of being a manga artist. Her husband, Toru, is a manga editor, and their son, Yuto, has a severe allergy. When she sees a flyer recruiting new manga artists, Misaki begins drawing at night. One day, after leaving Toru to watch over Yuto, Yuto dies after a severe allergic reaction. After the funeral, Misaki learns that Yuto died due to an allergy attack from muffins from Toru's affair partner. A woman who wished for small happiness, but after realizing her wish would not come true, chose the path of revenge.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Otto wo Shakaiteki ni Massatsu suru 5-tsu no Hoho" (夫を社会的に抹殺する5つの方法) written by Mita Tatami (三田たたみ) and illustrated by Upcross (アップクロス).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

Every Thursday afternoon, once a month, students at Sarang High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. After starting at the bottom, can new transfer student Su Ji make her way to the top of the pyramid? Or will she topple the game altogether?

Adapted from the webtoon "Pyramid Game" (피라미드 게임) by "Dalgonyak" (달꼬냑).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 50 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Thursday

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Episodes: 20

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Wednesday

An ordinary urban girl who has lost part of her memory meets a wealthy, handsome and considerate CEO. From thinking that she has encountered a pig-killing plate to devoting herself wholeheartedly, she resolutely resigns and follows him to live in another city and in a big villa. Dream fairy tale days. One day, she woke up and walked to the mirror and found that there was another face standing inside, and all her identity documents suddenly changed to "her" in the mirror. In this strange city, she could no longer prove her original identity. She discovered a laboratory in the villa, in which experiments related to humans were being conducted... How should she find the truth? And what secrets are hidden behind the truth?

It tells the strange story of how a beautiful young girl, Choi Min Ah, turns into fried chicken because she happens to enter a mysterious machine. It follows Choi Sun Man, her father, and Go Baek Jung, an intern, who join efforts to turn her back to human and discover deep dark secrets in the process.

(Source: Kpopmap.com)

Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Park Ji Dok (박지독).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday