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  • Ep 34.5 SUB

    Love Is Panacea (2023) (2023)

    Love Is Panacea (2023)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Medical, melodrama, Novel, Romance
    Country:
    Chinese

    Born into a medical family, Gu Yun Zheng is a medical genius and the youngest neurosurgeon in the country. Handsome and dignified, he is known as the most attractive doctor in the hospital and was the dream man during college.

    His ultimate goal is to be awarded the "Wang Zhongcheng award for Young Neurosurgeon of the Year". Dr. Gu meets the love of his life, Su Wei An, a fifth-year MBBS dropout while working on the African frontline. She carries the gene for a rare Huntington's disease.

    In a battle against death, Gu Yun Zheng will race against fate and time to try and save her from this incurable disease.

    (Source: OldieDevz18)

    Adapted from the web novel "Zhi Yu Zhe" (治愈者) by Ning Meng Xi Yan (柠檬羽嫣).

    Episodes: 38

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Concrete Utopia (2023) (2023)

    Concrete Utopia (2023)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    The film is about those who survived in a city that went to ruins after a massive earthquake destroyed all the concrete.

    Young Tak is a leader who works to protect Hwang Goong Apartment from outsiders. Min Sung is a salaryman who gets chosen to assist Young Tak and becomes increasingly bold as he encounters crises. Myung Hwa is Min Sung’s wife and former nurse, a warm character who cares for those who are hurt in dangerous situations.

    Adapted loosely from part 2 of the webtoon “Happy Boy” (유쾌한 왕따) by Kim Soong Nyoong (김숭늉)

  • Ep 19 RAW

    The Galloping Remaining Year (2023) (2023)

    The Galloping Remaining Year (2023)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Disaster, Drama, Friendship, Web Series
    Country:
    Chinese

    Faced with his long-time friend Alzheimer's, Zhang Xiao Yao decides not to wait any longer and together with him goes to complete the "bucket list" they made years ago and fulfil all the delayed promises he made to him.

    (Source: Tencent)

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Flash Over (2022) (2022)

    Flash Over (2022)
    Genre:
    Action, Disaster
    Country:
    Chinese
    It tells a story about rescue team members responding to a major disaster due to an earthquake. A sudden earthquake has hit the entire Guancheng County Chemical Industrial Park to trigger pipeline leaks and explosions. Thick smoke billows amidst blazing fire as disaster rapidly escalates. If it is not contained, the entire city will soon be razed to the ground... Faced with the severe test of saving people as well as fighting the fire, all members of the fire rescue station mobilize immediately, rushing to the hardest-hit areas in a race against time.
  • Ep 40 SUB

    The Long River (2022) (2022)

    The Long River (2022)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Historical, life
    Country:
    Chinese
    After a huge flood during the 15th year of his reign, the young Emperor Kang Xi conducts civil service examinations to recruit talented individuals to solve the problems plaguing the Yellow River, thus allowing the 24-year-old Chen Huang an opportunity to come to the fore.
  • Ep 6 SUB

    Ransom (2022) (2022)

    Ransom (2022)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Survival, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    A disaster-thriller that unfolds after a major earthquake hits a building where ransom bargaining for various reasons took place. It depicts the merciless struggle of human beings to survive in the chaos created by complete disconnection from the outside world.

    Based on a 2015 short film of the same title.

  • Ep 40 SUB

    Light Chaser Rescue (2022) (2022)

    Light Chaser Rescue (2022)
    Genre:
    Action, Disaster, Drama, Suspense
    Country:
    Chinese

    A devastating earthquake has occurred in Xichuan. Lawyer Luo Ben has gone to the disaster-stricken area to look for his younger sister Luo Yuan. It's there that he comes into contact with the rescue unit under the leadership of Captain Qing Shan. Luo Ben also encounters Zhan Yan with whom he's had bad blood with in the past. However, he soon changes his mind about her as he comes to admire her selflessness and brilliance as a doctor.

    Luo Ben bears witness to the people's sense of camaraderie in the face of adversity and becomes deeply inspired by the volunteer efforts. Luo Ben along with Xiong Fei, Zhou Min Ming and Ding Ding Ding are the new recruits to the team. They survive Captain Qing Shan's "training from hell" and put their lives on the line in every rescue and disaster relief operation that pits them against earthquakes, fires, floods and typhoons. At the end of the day, they finally grow into an elite rescue unit.

  • Ep 6 SUB

    Uzukawamura Jiken (2022) (2022)

    Uzukawamura Jiken (2022)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Investigation, Miniseries, Mystery, Novel, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese

    The doctor Iwamori Akira’s wife Hitomi has gone missing. He visits her hometown of Uzukawa Village together with their daughter Aiko to search for her. While the two of them are staying there, heavy rain hits the surrounding region and the village is cut off. Before long, a young person is murdered. As distrust and disquiet start to hang over the village, the complication of a power struggle in a powerful family and the generational divide between angry young people and adults gradually reaches a head. The entire village inches towards a crisis. Will Iwamori be able to come to terms with his family and his own past?

    Adapted from the novel "Uzukawamura Jiken" (鵜頭川村事件) by Kushiki Riu (櫛木理宇).

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Emergency Declaration (2022) (2022)

    Emergency Declaration (2022)
    Genre:
    Action, Disaster, Drama, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean
    Veteran detective In Ho receives a report from a man about an airplane terrorist attack and while investigating, he finds out that the suspect actually boarded the KI501. Despite his phobia of airplanes, Jae Hyuk decides to go to Hawaii for his daughter. At the airport, Jae Hyuk is distracted by a suspicious man with a threatening tone, walking around. The KI501 flight departs Incheon Airport and heads for Hawaii, but soon a man dies for an unknown reason, and the situation of fear and confusion spreads not only on the plane but also on the ground. Upon hearing the news, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Sook Hee formed a counter-terrorism countermeasure headquarters and convened an emergency response meeting to find a way to land the KI501 .
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Toxic (2022) (2022)

    Toxic (2022)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama
    Country:
    Korean
    A movie about the damage caused by the humidifier disinfectant disaster. It reveals the truth of the mysterious deaths of victims without perpetrators, and informs the world of the pain of the victims and their bereaved families, which is still ongoing.
  • Ep 12 SUB

    Sponsor (2022) (2022)

    Sponsor (2022)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Revenge, Romance, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    A romance thriller between four men and women running like a runaway locomotive toward different desires, including success, revenge, children and love.

    Lee Sun Woo, is a photographer and editor in magazine. He keeps a burning ambition and heartfelt desire for revenge hidden behind his warm exterior. Han Chae Rin is the CEO of a cosmetics company. She is greedy and ambitious despite her success. Park Da Som is a rising actress. She does anything for success. At the same time, she struggles to protect her son who has a rare disease. She’s internally struggling between motherhood and success, and despite her cold exterior, she truly loves her ill son. Hyun Seung Hoon, Park Da Som’s husband is an aspiring model. His life goals are: overcome poverty and failures. He dreams of succeeding in life.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    The Asadas! (2020) (2020)

    The Asadas! (2020)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Family, life
    Country:
    Japanese

    Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. For Masashi’s photography school graduation project, he replicates a funny family moment from his childhood as adults. The photo is a huge success, and sparks a series of humorous, staged family photos, starting with his father’s dream of being a firefighter. This success continues into cumulating into a photobook that eventually wins a huge award. Afterwards, Masashi begins to travel throughout Japan taking family portraits, leading him to the prefecture of Iwate. It's after taking several more family portraits that the Great Tohoku Earthquake strikes, and Masashi is compelled to return to Iwate in search of the first family he photographed outside of his own. During his search he encounters Ono Yosuke, who is recovering photographs found in hopes of returning these memories to their families, and Masashi joins him.

    Inspired by photographer Masashi Asada’s photography books “Asadake” and “Album no Chikara”.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito (2021) (2021)

    Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito (2021)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Novel, political, Sci-fi
    Country:
    Japanese

    In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Koichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.

    One day, Yusuke Tadokoro’s article is published in a weekly magazine. His articles warns that Kanto region will sink into the sea. Due to his article, groups begin to hold protests. To ease the situation, Keishi Amami meets with Yusuke Tadokoro, but Yusuke Tadokoro insists that in the near future, Izu Peninsula will sink and that will portend the Kanto region sinking. Around this time, Minori Shiina, who is a weekly magazine reporter, talks to Keishi Amami about possible corruption between a company and the Ministry of Environment. Keishi Amami is uncomfortable dealing with everything, but he takes part in his hobby and goes scuba diving with Koichi Tokiwa. There he faces a shocking event.

    Adapted from a novel of the same name.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Hunger (2020) (2020)

    Hunger (2020)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Sci-fi
    Country:
    Korean
    A world divided into ‘building city’ where the rich live and ‘hachon’ where the poor live. Yuji lives in the “building city” with his family, but dreams of leaving the place and going to the “river” someday. If you go there, you may meet Seojin who suddenly disappeared. Parents who are obsessed with the current life and are bothered by their obsessed brothers who cannot accept the bias. Yuji's empty daily life vanishes with a huge tornado that overlooks both the city and the village one day.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Cloudy Mountain (2021) (2021)

    Cloudy Mountain (2021)
    Genre:
    Action, Adventure, Disaster, Family, life
    Country:
    Chinese
    When a ten-year-old tunnel is about to be completed, affected by global geological changes, a series of geological disasters such as ground fissures, earthquakes, landslides, mudslides and so on are coming. The tunnel and the entire county are at stake. Lao Hong and Xiao Hong, the father and son stood up in desperate situation. How did they survive this life-and-death crisis with 160.000 people?
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Sinkhole (2021) (2021)

    Sinkhole (2021)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Disaster, Drama
    Country:
    Korean

    "Sinkhole" is about what happens when a newly built villa falls into a sinkhole with its residents trapped inside. The residents’ families and emergency services attempt to save them. The main character, Park Dong Won is a man who finally buys his home after 11 years, only to have it fall into a sinkhole within a minute. Along with Dong Won, there's also Kim Seung Hyun, who ends up getting stuck in the sinkhole with him, who is his supervisor at work.

    With them is also the Chungwoon Villa resident, Jung Man Soo, who works multiple part-time jobs to raise his son as a single dad.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Chinese Doctors (2021) (2021)

    Chinese Doctors (2021)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama
    Country:
    Chinese

    Men and women in white coats come forward one after another in a race against time. On the frontlines of Wuhan, they give their all to protect the lives of others without regard for their own safety.

    With Jinyintan Hospital during the Wuhan lockdown as the core background, the story is based on the experiences and arduous struggles of medical personnel in Wuhan and the medical teams from various provinces and cities across China that have come to their aid at the early stages of the pandemic.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Escape of Shark (2021) (2021)

    Escape of Shark (2021)
    Genre:
    Action, Adventure, Disaster, Horror, Survival, Thriller
    Country:
    Chinese
    A lively beach party had just ended, and everyone was still hungover. But an unexpected tsunami swept over them. The island hotel was immediately submerged in sea water, and a raging giant shark sneaked into the hotel. A big fight between man and shark unfolded instantly. Wang Lei led everyone to survive the shark...
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Hard Hit (2021) (2021)

    Hard Hit (2021)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Drama, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    Head of a bank center in Busan, Sung Gyu drives his daughter Hye In to her college entrance exam. A phone call comes in on Hye In’s phone with a restriction on the number display (also known by the slang "black call"). She takes the call, and a voice tells her, “There’s a bomb under your seat right now.” And as soon as you stop and get out of the car, it’s going to explode, she is told.

    In the middle of downtown Busan, the frightened run of Sung Gyu’s family begins. “Restricted Call” is an urban chase thriller about a family in an unpredictable situation due to a mysterious phone call.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Birthday (2019) (2019)

    Birthday (2019)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Family, melodrama, Tragedy
    Country:
    Korean
    Jung-il and Soon-nam were just ordinary parents who raised two lovely kids. It was not until their son Su-ho’s sudden death the family started to break apart, with all the happiness gone at once. While the pain seemed to grow every day, the bereaved families around the family try to console them at their best. Based on the true event of Sewol Ferry disaster which killed more than 300 people in Korea.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Abyssal Spider (2020) (2020)

    Abyssal Spider (2020)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Horror, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Chinese

    Rescue member A Jie and his companions rescued a reef-struck tanker in a violent storm but met the captain, who stubbornly refused to give up. At the same time, a dark shadow haunted the deep sea and dragged everyone into the sea. The surviving A Jie from then on, bearing the shadow of the death of colleagues, became decadent and disheartened.

    Years later, A Jie overcame the shadow and boarded the fishing boat again, but he was constantly provoked by crew member A Tai, deputy captain A Ding, and others. One day, everyone rescued Xiao Jing, who had fallen into the sea due to the overturning of a yacht. Subtle changes occurred on the boat due to Xiao Jing's intrusion. Accidents began to occur frequently on the boat. Because of pressure in the cabin and lack of air and food, people began to clamor and panic, turning from mutual support to self-suspicion.

    When the trapped people face the severe test of the storm, they find that the most dangerous thing is far more than this. There are unknown creatures coveting under the water... They must put aside their prejudices and work together to survive.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Peninsula (2020) (2020)

    Peninsula (2020)
    Genre:
    Action, Disaster, Drama, Horror, Survival, Zombie
    Country:
    Korean
    Peninsula takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in Train to Busan. The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung Seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Exit (KR 2019) (2019)

    Exit (KR 2019)
    Genre:
    Action, Comedy, Disaster, Terrorist, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean
    Yong Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and has to rely on his parents just to get by. For his mother’s 70th birthday, he insisted on having the party at Dream Garden because his old crush, Eui Ju works there. When a disaster strikes, covering an entire district in Seoul with mysterious white gas, he has to use all of his rock climbing skills with the help of Eui Ju to get everyone to safety.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    The Wandering Earth (2019)

    The Wandering Earth
    Genre:
    Action, Adventure, Artificial Intelligence, Disaster, Sci-fi
    Country:
    Chinese

    In a near future when the sun begins to die, humanity comes together to build thousands of Earth Engines to propel planet Earth from our solar system.

    Based on a short story by science fiction author Liu Cixin.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Before We Vanish (2017)

    Before We Vanish
    Genre:
    Alien, Disaster, Psychological, Sci-fi
    Country:
    Japanese
    Kase Narumi is on bad terms with her husband Shinji. One day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person. Shinji is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, a family is brutally murdered and an unexplained phenomenon takes place. Journalist Sakurai covers the story of the murdered family. Shinji tells his wife that he came to Earth to invade.
  • Ep 16 SUB

    Missing Nine (2017) (2017)

    Missing Nine (2017)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Disaster, Drama, Murder, Mystery, Romance, Survival, Suspense
    Country:
    Korean
    Ra Bong Hee, the only known survivor of a plane crash that was carrying famous entertainment industry figures from the agency she works at, was found on a beach in China after 4 months from the crash. Upon returning to Korea, she is put under the spotlight and the public outcries to know what happened to their beloved artists. However, Bong Hee doesn't remember anything about the crash due to memory loss. Nevertheless, she is forced to remember and re-tell the story of the other eight passengers' disappearance to silence the public's tumult.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Pandora 2016 (2016)

    Pandora 2016
    Genre:
    Corruption, Disaster, Drama, Thriller, Tragedy
    Country:
    Korean
    A nuclear power plant is built in a peaceful small town in South Korea. All residents praise the nuclear power station for bringing new jobs and life to the quiet town except Jae Hyuk who lost his father and a brother due to coolant exposure an accident while working on the nuclear power plant. But now, he is forced to work in the station against his will. The nuclear power plant gradually corrodes, and one day, with an unexpected earthquake, old pipes in the nuclear power plant break and hydrogen gas explode. To stop the atomic explosion, Jae Hyuk goes into the nuclear power plant to save his beloved people. Will he save the ones he loves from the disaster? Will he come back alive?
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Deranged (2012) (2012)

    Deranged (2012)
    Genre:
    Disaster, Medical, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    Just before dawn, gruesomely skeletal bodies surface on the Han River. More bodies are discovered all over the nation. The cause of death is determined to be a mutated parasite worm that brainwashes its hosts, ultimately making them jump into bodies of water and to their death. Further research indicates that the worms have only a short incubation period and carry a 100% fatality rate, causing a mass general panic.

    As the number of victims rapidly increases, the government sets up an Emergency Response Task Force and puts all infected citizens into quarantine. But gone insane under the influence of the parasite, the infected people penetrate the quarantine area and jump into the water to their death. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical company salesman Jae Hyuk realizes that his family is infected, and becomes desperate to find the cure. In doing so, he uncovers a frightening conspiracy behind the infection.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Train to Busan (2016)

    Train to Busan
    Genre:
    Action, Disaster, Horror, Survival, Thriller, Tragedy, Zombie
    Country:
    Korean
    Seok Woo, his estranged daughter Soo An, and other passengers become trapped on a KTX train (high-speed train) heading from Seoul to Busan during a disastrous virus outbreak in South Korea.
  • Ep 1 RAW

    Make Me Shudder 3 (2015)

    Make Me Shudder 3
    Genre:
    Comedy, Disaster, Friendship, Horror, Youth, Zombie
    Country:
    Thailand
    A group of friends go on a vacation in Phuket after their high school graduation. They build their tents next to the beach but unfortunately for them, a huge storm forces them to move indoors into a nearby hotel. They decide to sleep at the hotel for the night. However, they are all woken up by the same horrible dream of a Tsunami disaster. A gruesome sight greets them as they open their eyes; the hotel is filled with wrapped dead bodies. They crawl through the dead bodies hoping to escape from the hotel.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    The Tower (2012) (2012)

    The Tower (2012)
    Genre:
    Action, Comedy, Disaster, Drama, Survival, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Korean

    On Christmas Eve, at the luxurious Tower Sky twin tower building in central Seoul, residents and staff members busy themselves with Christmas preparation. A small fire in the restaurant kitchen attracts the attention of Tower Sky staff member Lee Dae-Ho (Kim Sang Kyung), who notices a faulty water sprinkler system. Building owner Jo (Cha In-Pyo) disregards the warning and goes ahead with the evening's Christmas party.

    Helicopters are hired to circle the building and spray the building with man made snow during the Christmas party. Residents gathered for the event are amazed by the spectacle. Their amazement soon turns into terror when a helicopter loses control and crashes into the building, setting off a chain off horrifying events that threatens the lives of all the residents.