Asian Drama

It tells the story of a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" in a corner of the bustling city. Cheng Shishi, Lu Guang, and Qiao Ling work together to accept the commission, use special abilities to enter photos, help people find the truth and make up for regrets, and a cross-time and space game using photos as a medium begins...

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = Cho Na at MyDramaList)

Adapted from the animation "Link Click" (时光代理人)

Episodes: 24

Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Aired: Jun 19, 2024 - Jul 11, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Duration: 45 min.

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Le Ying has stayed at home for many years doing nothing. After graduating from college and working for a period of time, Le Ying chose to withdraw from society and not held contact with her social circle. This was the best way she believed to "reconcile" with herself. One day, due to several "tricks" of fate, she decided to change her life.She met boxing coach Hao Kun. Just when she thought her life was about to get on the right track, life tests her again.

Adapted from the 3rd book in the novel series "The Book of Mountain and Sea" (山经海纪) by Tong Hua (桐华).

Episodes: 21

Duration: 45 min.

Airs On: Monday

Negotiator expert Cheuk Man Wai (played by Sean Lau) unexpectedly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Forced into a corner, he occupies the police station, taking officers hostage, and demands negotiations with the former negotiator Tse Ka Chun (played by Francis NG). With Tse's expertise in psychological manipulation and Check's exceptional skills, they engage in a battle of wits. As the verbal sparring deepens, their positions and mindsets gradually change... This film is adapted from the American movie "The Negotiator".

The never-ending monsterization crisis. Hyeon Su, consumed by monsters, tries to regain his human self. Nam Sang Won, who entered Pyeon Sang Uk's body, visits the survivors' stadium with a group of people to achieve his goal. And unlike the previous rules, they put forward an unconventional condition to provide convenience to those with symptoms. Stadiums are no longer safe spaces, and people are confused. Meanwhile, Eun Hyeok, who was reborn from the cocoon, appears in a new form... Season 3, which will mark the finale of the desperate struggle of those who are faced with a choice between the border between monsters and humans.

(Source: Korean =Netflix Korea)

Adapted from the webtoon “Sweet Home” (스위트홈) by Kim Carnby (김칸비) and Hwang Young Chan (황영찬).

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Cheng Jie, chairman of a certain group, was instructed by a "master" to have sex with a woman to change his luck. He targeted Han Mei, a "single mother" employee of his company, and raped and injured her, leaving her in a vegetative state. Afterwards, he lied to the media that it was Han Mei who seduced him and asked his pregnant wife to cooperate in the play, successfully changing public opinion. Han Mei's sister, policewoman Qiu Yi Zhao, firmly believed that Cheng Jie was lying and started an investigation. In the process of collecting evidence, she encountered many obstacles from evil forces, and Cheng Jie's ugly face of a beast in human form gradually surfaced. For her sister's sake and justice, even if she was in danger, Qiu Yi Zhao was still determined to fight to the end with the other party!

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Ryosei Konishi, Mika Hijii, Ray Fujita, Yasue Sato, Hironobu Kageyama, and Yukijirō Hotaru reprise their roles from the original television series. Shouma Yamamoto reprises his role from the Beast of the Midnight Sun special. Mary Matsuyama and Masahiro Kuranuki reprise their roles from the Red Requiem film. Newcomers to the series include Ozuno Nakamura and Yuriko Hishimi.

Episodes: 24

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Oda Nobunaga pursues the unification of the entire country and fights against rivals on multiple fronts, including the Mori, Takeda, and Uesugi clans. In the midst of these battles, Nobunaga’s own vassal, Araki Murashige, stages a rebellion against him and then disappears. Nobunaga gathers his vassals, including Akechi Mitsuhide and Hashiba Hideyoshi, and orders them to find Murashige. He promises that the one who is successful will become his successor. Hideyoshi along with his younger brother Hidenaga and his military adviser Kuroda Kanbei devises a secret plan. They recruit storyteller Sorori Shinzaemon, who is a former ninja, to find Murashige. Beyond the capture of Murashige, Hideyoshi plans to take control over the country by removing Nobunaga and Mitsuhide.

Duration: 2 hr. 11 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Based on the Danggun myth that bears become humans after eating garlic and mugwort, it depicts the story of twin Asiatic Bear brothers, who were managed by the Pro-North Korean Institute of Technology, disappearing one day after eating mugwort and garlic.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 38 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Ratings: 7.4

Mari Sonoda heads to Keitaro's cleaning shop with his nephew Jotaro and meets Naoya and Masato, who has returned. Meanwhile, Smart Brain, which has become a governmental organization, has transformed into a company aiming to annihilate all Orphnoch life, and this operation is led by Kitazaki. In order to protect the Orphnochs from extinction, Masato Kusaka fights against Smart Brain's enforcer, Reina Kurumi. Not only that, she is assisted by none other than Takumi Inui himself, who had disappeared years ago and returned as Kamen Rider NEXT Faiz to spearhead Smart Brain...! Mari and the others are confused after being attacked by the new Faiz. Why is Takumi working with Smart Brain? What has he been up to since? Their turbulent reunion marked the beginning of a new story involving Orphnochs and humanity.

A money-stealing action drama in which the best players in each field, such as scammers, hackers, fighters, and drivers, band together to find and steal dirty money illegally collected by the rich.

(Source: HanCinema)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Thot, the killer of the gang, was released from prison. Then came back to work in a pizza shop with his brother Singha. Fah, his brother's wife, had a strong impression of Thot but got rejected by Thot. Even if Singha raised him but he doesn't like Thot at all. Sergeant Chai, a police officer nearing retirement, loses a bet at a casino. Unwilling to sell the golden revolver that he left to Simon, the owner of the casino. But Simon returned the golden revolver to Sergeant Chai because he wanted Sergeant Chai to help him transport gold from Bangkok to Pattaya.

(Source: Thai = komchadluek.net)

Duration: 1 hr. 57 min.

Lost in Tomb (2024)

A gathering of great warriors brings forth a joyful martial art world. A new tradition reboots the martial arts.

(Source: wiki.d-addicts.com)

Adapted from the novel series "The Condor Trilogy" (射雕三部曲) by Jin Yong (金庸).

Episodes: 60

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

While investigating a drug-trafficking app, “Monster Cop” Ma Seok Do and his team discover a connection between the app’s developer, who was murdered in the Philippines, and an illegal online gambling organization. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, Baek Chang Ki is controlling the Korean online illegal gambling market and spreading terror with kidnap, assault and murder. His partner, the IT genius Jang Dong Cheol, is planning an even larger scheme in Korea itself. To put an end to the escalating threat, Detective Ma expands his operation by proposing an unexpected alliance… The fourth installment in the Roundup series.

(Source: Berlinale.de)

Release dates: Feb 23, 2024 (Festival)

Duration: 1 hr. 49 min.

Oda Teruasa, a gifted high school senior who is the heir of Japan's wealthy trading company Oda Group, lost everything 13 years ago when his father was murdered by a mysterious organization. The culprit was, in fact, after a weathered key which was in Seiji's possession.

Whoever acquires this key will allegedly see their fortune rise with the number of keys they collect, and with 99 keys, one can gain control over everything in this world. Entrusted with this key by his father just before the fatal incident, Teruasa managed to escape overseas, and since then, he has traveled the world, accumulating knowledge and experiences.

Returning to Japan after 13 years to avenge his father, Teruasa finds himself entangled in the "Akuma Game", a life-threatening battle of wits against rivals aiming for the demonic key.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Acma:Game" (アクマゲーム) written by Mebu (メーブ) and illustrated by Megumi Koji (恵広史).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 55 min.

Airs On: Sunday

Meng Xiaotang (played by Ke Ying), a popular online meme author, met a romantic partner and asked her to find her original intention of writing martial arts novels with money, and revised the story about the villain heroine who cuts off love only for the superior dog. The blood novel "The Story of Nan Xi".

Meng Xiaotang randomly changed the plot for money, which angered the online literary system. He was accidentally sent to a martial arts world where the plot was completely changed, and became the villain Feng Nanxi who was hunted by the whole world.

While fleeing for her life, Feng Nanxi encounters the handsome flower-picking thief Shen Yu (played by Deng Chaoyuan), and finds that she is inexplicably bound to him. If Feng Nanxi wanted to use the cloud-absorbing method, she could only rely on Shen Yu.

Feng Nanxi is determined to find her original male protagonist Ye Wuchen and complete the task of "restoring the plot" assigned by the system - to make Ye Wuchen fall in love with her and then kill him before the day of the righteous encirclement and suppression on August 15th.

However, there are dangers inside and outside the church, so she has to firmly hold on to Shen Yu's "talisman". What Feng Nanxi didn't know was that Shen Yu's true identity was the Ye Wuchen she was looking for.

At the same time, Ye Wuchen transformed into Shen Yu and approached Feng Nanxi just to trap her and take away the secret book of the cloud-absorbing magic skill. A battle between justice and villain, survival and death, fake drama and true love, unfolds in the treacherous clouds...

(Source: Drama_capture, gmat6594 gmat6594 on Dramacool)

Episodes: 24

Aired On: Tuesday

Ratings: 7.8

In the 1980s, troubled youth Chan Lok Kwun accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist the invasion of the villain, Mr Big, in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.

With Kie and her family facing many tragedies in life, she turns to the spiritual and goes to pray at a shrine. A priest there tells her that her family is facing karma caused by her gangster ancestor.

After Kie decides to perform a ritual, she finds herself back in time in the body of a man who had been killed. She meets all the gang members including her own great grandfather, Khung. While getting to know him, Kie attempts to prevent Khung from performing the action that would lead to her family's misfortune.

(Source: Vela-Ent.com)

Duration: 1 hr. 43 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

"Crash" depicts the story of the Traffic Crime Investigation Team (TCI), which tracks only car crimes such as insurance fraud, retaliatory driving, self-harm blackmail, leka, call jump, and autonomous driving. Cha Yeon Ho, a rational individualist from KAIST, and Min So Hee, a traffic investigation ace with cool judgment and warm sensitivity, track unusual traffic crime cases with the traffic crime investigation team to uncover the truth behind them.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Minami Hinako is the company president of Office CAT, a mysterious detective agency that accepts requests from women who wish to have help with their relationship issues. The company’s objective is not just to facilitate a breakup for the client, but to “abduct” the targeted individual. Otherwise known as “Thief Cat” Minami Hinako has a 100% robbery success rate. She skilfully manipulates her appearance and personality to make the target fall for her, thus tearing apart relationships between men and women. One day, the company receives a request from a woman named Hayakawa Risa, asking for help in stealing away her abusive boyfriend.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the novel series "Dorobo Neko Hinako no Jiken Bo" (泥棒猫ヒナコの事件簿) by Nagashima Emi (永嶋恵美).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Mayo, the Black Angel in this film, has orders from cross-dressing Mama (Shingo Tsurumi from "Freeze Me") to kill a powerful Yakuza syndicate leader, but doesn't get the job done because one of his bodyguards is the same man who saved her from a rape years prior, whom she has feelings for.

Bok Gwi Joo and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi Joo is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi Joo becomes afflicted with depression, and this leads him to lose his supernatural power.

His family also loses their own powers due to modern-day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da He happens to get involved with Bok Gwi Joo and his family. She begins to live with them, and change occurs.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

The film tells the story of the male protagonist Song En (played by actor Xie Mengwei) who gave up his identity as a police officer in order to destroy the dark forces that were poisoning the local area and the deeper people behind them. At the same time, he was burdened with the revenge of his father's murder and the betrayal of a traitor in the police force. Infamy, he lurked in the dark forces and became a claw of a criminal organization. He embarked on a lonely road of competing with the dark forces alone, surrounded by dangers. In the end, he cooperated with the police inside and outside to break the dark story.

A fierce robber has plotted a major heist. But unfortunately, his plan was unintentionally foiled by two dispirited middle-aged best friends, and the stolen cash disappears. As a result, the trio has to run from the pursue of a policewoman, as well as engaging in a firearm in order to reclaim the stolen cash, putting their life on the line.

A delinquent 2nd year student becomes the chairman of the board of a prestigious high school left behind by his father.

Na Yi Soo may have grown up in an environment that others would envy, but he harbors hatred for his father and heads to Balhae High School, which his father cherished, in order to seek revenge. The process of change between Yi Soo, who has lived a rougher life than anyone else, and the nation's most elite students who have lived upright lives, as they get to know each other, and the love that blooms in the process, will be dynamically unfolded.

(Source: Korean = Daum)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Monday

Ratings: 8.3

Men San Dao, the great master of the Inner Household, as well as the imperial bodyguard of the Guangxu Emperor, was imprisoned for participating in the Hundred Days Restoration. After serving 12 years, he was released by the boss of the Xuantong Internal Affairs Office, who asked him to solve a case in exchange for a commutation of his sentence. He agreed and, when investigating, found a man who was to be arrested was the remnant of the same faction he was a part of. Zhou Bu Fan was a Jianghu swordsman and a master of high skill. He was intelligent, but unfortunately, he was very poor, so poor that he had to rent out the main altar of the Gate Sect and wander around with his disciples. Running out of options, he made a deal and secretly helped Wang Ye do something disgraceful, making himself a pawn that could be used and discarded at any time. Jianghu had changed; no one cared for his cause, and he just couldn't adapt to modernization. Zhu Yan was a small-town Confucian student. She waited 10 years to take an important exam and get the meritorious name, but the law changed, the examination was abolished, and all of her efforts were in vain. In order to make a living, she opened a shop in her town. She hated the law of change and hated all the people and things that undermined the imperial power, wanting to do something about it. She became involved in a case and chased the murderer for thousands of miles, only to find that he was protecting the interests of the revolutionaries. In 1919, three unrelated people who were stuck in a turbulent world met each other and came together with others coming from similar hardships and defended the imperial power, who longed for a constitution and to block the opposition once and for all. Would they succeed, would their ultimate goals be realized, and would they be the heroes of their generation?

Set during the Edo Period, "Sword of Desperation" tells the unforgettable story of swordsman Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years ago, Kanemi Sanzawmon killed Renko, the mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou and a woman causing corruption. Unexpectedly, Kanemi Sanzawon received a lenient punishment and was able to return to his clan in only one year. After the death of his wife Mutsue, Kanemi Sanzawon lives with and takes care of Mutsue's niece Satoo. Kanemi is unaware of Satoo's secret affections for him, but she is able to change his outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi Sanzawon's unique "bird-catching" sword fighting technique will be tested when he must battle Hayatonosho Obiya.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.

(Source: BakaUpdates)

Adapted from the manga "Golden Kamui" (ゴールデンカムイ) by Noda Satoru (野田サトル).

Duration: 2 hr. 7 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

While patrolling the Honjo area, Heizo Hasegawa encounters his old dojo companion and close friend, Samanosuke Kishii, as well as Hikoju of Sagami, a ruffian from Honjo. Samanosuke informs Heizo that the daughter they once admired, Ofusa, has been divorced and is now married into the household of the villainous lord, Jubei Matsuoka. When Hikoju investigates the circumstances surrounding this lord, it becomes clear that there are connections to the mentor of Heizo and Samanosuke from their youth, as well as revelations of wrongdoing.

In 1598, the seven-year Imjin War nears an end as Wae invaders prepare to withdraw from Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-shin leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to annihilate the Wae army. Joseon, Ming, and Wae forces clash at Noryang Strait, the deadly sea where Admiral Yi fights his last valiant battle.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 33 min.