Asian Drama

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old college student who has a wonderful girlfriend: the bright and sunny Nanami Mami. But suddenly, he doesn't. Without warning, Mami breaks up with him, leaving him utterly heartbroken and lonely. Seeking to soothe the pain, he hires a rental girlfriend through an online app. His partner is Mizuhara Chizuru, who through her unparalleled beauty and cute demeanor, manages to gain Kazuya's affection.

But after reading similar experiences other customers had had with Chizuru, Kazuya believes her warm smile and caring personality were all just an act to toy with his heart, and he rates her poorly. Aggravated, Chizuru lambastes him for his shameless hypocrisy, revealing her true pert and hot-tempered self. This one-sided exchange is cut short, however, when Kazuya finds out that his grandmother has collapsed.

They dash toward the hospital and find Kazuya's grandmother already in good condition. Baffled by Chizuru's presence, she asks who this girl might be. On impulse, Kazuya promptly declares that they are lovers, forcing Chizuru to play the part. But with Kazuya still hung up on his previous relationship with Mami, how long can this difficult client and reluctant rental girlfriend keep up their act?

Adapted from the manga "Kanojo, Okarishimasu" (彼女、お借りします) by Miyajima Reiji (宮島礼吏).

Akutsu Eiji is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Akutsu Eiji comes across a mysterious cassette tape. Meanwhile, Sone Toshiya lives in Kyoto and runs a tailor shop. He discovers a cassette tape among his late father's possessions. He plays the cassette tape and hears his voice from his childhood days.

~~ Adapted from the novel "The Voice of Sin" (罪の声) by Shiota Takeshi (塩田武士), which in turn was inspired by the extortion case "Glico Morinaga case" (グリコ・森永事件).

"Sai Roong" speaks of memories and the steadfast love of a young woman named Maythinee for a man whose name she calls out whenever she dares to feel, for her lover, Pak, who died in a car accident after her mother forced her to write him a breakup letter.

Her lover is gone and the memories of the past, no matter how beautiful, can not come back.

All Maythinee can do is drown herself in alcohol and try to forget. And perhaps also endure the heartbreak of suddenly seeing her dead lover's face in another man.

However, it is unknown to her that the man with her dead lover's face is indeed her dead lover, Pak, who is still alive and living under a new name, Ponsithon.

While Pak had loved her, Ponsithon is still burning in the flames of betrayal until his only desire is to get revenge.

Sai Roong, meaning Rainbow, speaks of memories and life lessons. It shows the value of love and prayer.

Because no matter where the end of the rainbow is, and no matter how out of reach it may be... for the feelings that are so dear to the heart, travelling till the end is nothing hard at all.

Parichat became pregnant before discovering that her partner, Trin, was already married. After forcibly having the child aborted, he abandons her. Parichat is left alone and suicidal until her sister and brother-in-law offer to help her plot revenge. The plan requires years of studying abroad, after which Parichat returns and begins slowly approaching Trin. As she creeps toward her vengance, Trin’s wife’s cousin, Payu, tries to protect his family by impeding her.

Adapted from the novel “Plerng Payu” (เพลิงพายุ) by Ploynampueng (พลอยน้ำผึ้ง).

Shen Yu, the daughter of a corrupted official, marries into the Zhou manor. However, her "groom" Zhou Yue turned out to be a girl disguised as a guy. After revealing their secrets to each other, they decide to become sworn sisters and use their fake marriage in order to protect each other's identity. At the same time, Qi Zhang and Gao Mo, who are implicated by the case of Prince Rong, also begins to secretly investigate the case. The four of them work together to find out the truth.

Cha-aim wants to win the prize to New York so she decided to do a script on being a maid, in order to get it right she must take a job as a maid to get the prize. She works as a maid at a rich people's house and takes notes while writing her script, but as she works as a maid she secretly falls in love with the owner's nephew. The owner's nephew Tam wants to know what she is up to and tries to find out the truth. She tries every way to dodge him. When both go through incidents and meet each other every time they secretly fall in love with each other.

Tells the story of a detective who is about to retire, who unfolds a breathtaking psychological warfare with a mysterious man who follows his path while hiding his identity.

Would you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seung Cheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seung Cheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping.

(Source: Webtoons.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "The Golden Spoon" (금수저) by HD3.

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday, Saturday

Ratings: 8.0

Shi Qi is a talented and good-natured artist who, during one of her painting assignments, learns of an affair between the chancellor’s cruel and exploitative daughter, Shen Qin, and the ruler of the realm, King Ning. Shen Qin, however, is engaged to marry the powerful general Xiao Han Sheng. But when Shi Qi accidentally witnesses deadly and nefarious goings-on at the court, she finds herself drawn into trouble. Shen Qin devises a way to enlist a magician to swap her face with that of Shi Qi – so that she and the painter can “switch” identities.

As such, Shi Qi ends up “engaged” to Xiao Han Sheng, while Shen Qin takes up the painter’s identity. But the “real” Shi Qi has already crossed paths with Xiao Han Sheng many years ago – even though he has no idea who she truly “is” now. King Ning, meanwhile, is still keen to continue his relationship with the woman he believes to be Shen Qin. As the two women begin to live each others’ lives, though, both King Ning and Xiao Han Sheng begin to suspect that the women they are with have undergone enormous personality changes. Could something be amiss, they ask themselves. Will the truth come out? And will Shi Qi and Shen Qin ever regain their “true” faces?

Talay is a talented new graduate. He receives a confirmation for his new job as a colorist and is ecstatic. Unfortunately, on a beach trip with his friends, Talay drowns. He wakes up in an alternate universe, inside someone else’s body. He discovers that the person is named Tess. Tess is a troublesome spoiled rich kid. In the hospital, Talay meets another nurse from his universe, who has transmigrated there as well. She explains the existence of the two parallel universes and stresses the need to find the “Portkey”. She also reiterates that there might be some deep connection between Talay and the key. As Talay reaches out to Tess’s friends, he comes across a primary school friend, Tun. On meeting Tun, Talay notices some oddities and realizes that the original Tun’s soul has transmigrated as well. Talay confesses to the new guy that he came from the other universe as well. As they both work together to find their port keys, their bond strengthens. But what will happen when they return to their own universe? Will they meet again and recognize each other?

Adapted from the novel of the same title by Jittirain.

The story revolves around a fictional boy band named A.N.JELL. The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tai Jing's voice was hurting. However, the new member, Mei Nan, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Gao Mei Nu a nun-in-training who has to pose as her twin brother and take his place in the group and to stand in for him. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mei Nu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn't want to spoil her brother's chance of fame which would make it easier to look for their mother.

Suzuki Mitsu is a talented contract engineer working for an IT company, but it wasn't their benefits package that attracted her. She's working for the company that drove her late husband to suicide, and she won't rest until she exacts her revenge on each and every person responsible.

The young Cheng Shao Shang was left behind because her parents had gone off to fight in the war. In order to protect herself from her scheming aunt, she had to be extra diligent while pretending to be the opposite. However, years of estrangement have made it difficult for them to become family again.

Lacking love her whole life, Cheng Shaoshang is both pragmatic and insecure in choosing a partner for marriage. She encounters three men - the emperor's adopted son Ling Bu Yi, the talented Yuan Shen of Bailu Mountain, and the aristocrat Lou Yao who each have their pros and cons. Although the road to love is bumpy, she never regrets every choice she makes. Through her interactions with Ling Bu Yi, she unintentionally becomes involved in the mystery surrounding his family and his identity. The two grow from their experiences and worked together, upholding the righteousness in their hearts to resolve a national crisis.

Adapted from the novel "Xing Han Can Lan, Xing Shen Zhi Zai" (星汉灿烂, 幸甚至哉) by Guan Xin Ze Luan (关心则乱).

It revolves around a man who has come to terms with his unlucky fate and a goddess who has jumped into the real world to break her curse. Gong Soo Kwang, a brewmaster who runs a craft beer store. He is full of passion in his heart, but he always manages to keep calm and collected. Also equipped with a serious demeanor, he is a charming man who is popular among women wherever he goes. Lee Seul Bi is the goddess of fortune who meets Gong Soo Kwang and fights her own fate.

Adapted from the webtoon "The Jinx's Lover" (징크스의 연인) by writer Han Ji Hye (한지혜) and illustrator Gu Seul (구슬).

In the silence of the night, many do not want to go to sleep, as they want to spend that time doing other things they want. Some want to be with those they love. Some want to have fun. Some hope to find someone special in their lives. But as for Baby-Bangs, he likes to look at the vast night sky — counting the millions of stars until daylight hits — thinking about his first love who he met when he was in high school.

One day he finds that his first love is called Nubdao and is a social media influencer, selling various things online. Between her close friend who she trusts, and Baby-Bangs, who makes her heart flutter, who will Nubdao choose?

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Marasri is the most beautiful girl in her countryside and her father is the richest man. However, she has a difficult and proud temper and is crazy about likay, which makes it difficult for people to get along with her. She's madly in love with a likay actor, Wichan, to the despair of her father who won't have a likay actor as his son-in-law. So when Lieutenant Anon comes in town on an undercover mission to secretly investigate a murder in a likay troupe, under the fake identity of Nai Mai, a simple worker, her father sees an opportunity. Marasri's father hires Anon to protect her, but in fact, he hopes to matchmake them. Like that, not only his precious daughter will stop being obsessed about likay actors and won't bring him one at home, in addition, he'll have a strong police officer as a son-in-law to protect his daughter!

Born in a family of delinquents, Nanba Tsuyoshi is expected to succeed as the strongest delinquent in school. Unbeknownst to his family however, he decides to enroll in the top high school in town to live as a normal high schooler. Can he maintain his double life as the strongest delinquent in town and as a normal high schooler?

Adapted from the manga "Number MG5" (ナンバMG5) by Ozawa Toshio (小沢としお).

One day, Tetsuro finds a young man. The young man, who was taken care of at Tetsuro's home, called himself Shinichi. Tetsuro and Shinichi gradually communicated with each other, and Tetsuro taught Shinichi his skills at his own woodworking plant, and the people around him accepted him. However, Shinichi had a secret that he could not reveal his real name, and Tetsuro also had a past that he could never forget.

The sons of two companies were engaged to each other. One doesn't want an arranged marriage while the other wants to win him over! Meet Gilayn Wang and Kuea Keerati soon.

During the war between Wei and Shu, the Shu defeated the Wei using the crossbows they make. In order to attain this powerful weapon, the Wei sent numerous spies to infiltrate the Shu kingdom and steal it. Chen Gong and Xun Xu are Shu spies who have infiltrated Wei kingdom for many years. After knowing the plan of Wei, they decided to work separately to stop it. Chen Gong continued to stay in Wei kingdom, while Xun Xu went back to Shu kingdom to investigate. In the midst of investigation, Xun Xu finds out the thief of the crossbows - Mei Chong. He also discovers a highly skilled spy named Zhu Long who is ambushed in Shu kingdom, who is waiting for the opportunity to initiate the Qing Ping plan. Xun Xu devised a scheme to hook Mei Chong, using it as an opportunity to destroy the spy network in Shu kingdom.

Despite eventually capturing Gao Chengtang, a corrupted officer, the real Zhu Long is actually someone else. Chen Gong also ends his spy career in Wei kingdom, and goes back to Shu kingdom. Together, Xun Xu and Cheng Gong investigates the Zhu Long incident and discovers the truth behind the Qing Ping plan.

Adapted from novel of the same name by Ma Bo Yong.

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Si Xiao Nian, the graceful owner of a garment shop, and Yan Wu Ming, a gentleman of the Qing Dynasty, tied the knot. However, on the day of their wedding, the two left one after another. It turned out that both of them were hiding their true identities. Facing their deep love and secrets in their hearts, the two fall into a deep entanglement...

(Source: Xiaoheimi)

Episodes: 18

After living in France, Theo comes back to Thailand to study at his father's school. Living in Thailand once again makes his surroundings new, but he does make one friend, Ak. Theo finds a book in the library that welcomes him, and the writer signs Enchanté, which means "nice to meet you" in French. Theo becomes curious about who this Enchanté guy is and tells Ak about it. Ak quickly exposes the situation, and four guys come forward claiming that they are Enchanté. Will Theo successfully guess who is the legit Enchanté among the 4 guys claiming to be him?

Panat is the oldest son of Preemsuda who works as a secretary for Piraya's father, Peeradate, a government official. Panat and Piraya are lovers who decided to get married quietly in Spain. After their honeymoon, they both returned home to find that Pasin, Panat's younger brother, had fallen in love and was staying with Pasika, Piraya's younger sister. However, Panat carries the burden of a deep dark secret that would eventually make Pasin and Pasika's romance impossible and break down his own relationship with Piraya. After the secret is revealed, things escalate. The girls' mother falls ill and loses her sanity. Piraya ends her relationship with Panat, so he and his brother go study abroad. Pasika runs away from home and Piraya is left alone to take care of her mother and the family's company.

Years later, Panat returns as a doctor. Even though he is still in love with his ex wife, he starts dating and gets engaged with Wasitha. On the day of his engagement, Piraya shows up and announces that he is her husband, since they were married in Spain, years earlier. Panat is happy to be with Piraya, but he does not realize that she is only planning on revenge towards him, his mother and her father.

After the battle of Sky City, Feng Ren declares war on the human tribe. Seeing that the human tribe has no means of retaliating, Fang Qiwu, the queen of Human tribe, tries to use a time machine device to return to the past so that she can possess the body of Nan Yinmeng, Feng Ren's beloved consort, and kill Feng Ren. However when she wakes up in another timeline, she is told that Feng Ren is dead. However, Fang Qiwu refuses to believe this and merely think this is a rumor. The body that Fang Qiwu wakes up in turns out to be Hong Luan, the top beauty of the human tribe. Ten days later, she is to marry Feng Qi, the crown prince of Yu tribe. As it is told in history that Feng Ren would play the Qin during the wedding ceremony, Fang Qiwu plans to kill Feng Ren during her wedding day. During this ten days, she is protected by a youth named Nan Feng. Fang Qiwu falls in love with Nan Feng as both share the same love for music. However on the day of the wedding ceremony, she finds out that Nan Feng's true identity is actually Feng Ren.

A fantasy drama that revolves around two characters. The first is a woman who has gone through several reincarnations over the course of 600 years and remembers all of her past lives, and the second is a man who has lived for over 600 years as a bulgasal—a mythical creature that feeds off human blood and is cursed with immortality.

Dan Hwal who used to be human 600 years ago. He turns into a bulgasal during the Joseon dynasty while working as a military official and completing a mission to erase the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Min Sang Un, who was once a bulgasal but is reincarnated as a human. After suffering the loss of her mother and twin sister at the hands of an unidentified murderer, Min Sang Un escapes with her younger sister Min Sa Ho and lives quietly in hiding. Although she works hard to conceal her name and identity, the appearance of a bulgasal alters her life of secrecy.

Ok Eul Tae, another bulgasal living in secrecy. He has enjoyed immorality for the past centuries and has accumulated immense wealth, which he uses to control politicians, businessmen, and the media. With his decadent beauty and overwhelming charisma, he has all the ingredients to be the most powerful figure in Korea.

Dan Sol is the daughter of a powerful family who ends up marrying Dan Hwal because of her father. She has something special that others cannot make sense of.

Suea Phaya's spirit (Tiger King) is a secret of the tribal people. When summoned, the moon would turn red and the person who inherited Suea Phaya's spirit would turn into a tiger to protect the forest and wild animals. Traditionally, the spirit was passed down from father to son. However, the previous chief was stabbed by an enchanted dagger that was fatal to Suea Phaya. He was unable to pass Suea Phaya's spirit to his son (Nontha), as he was not yet born. To prevent Suea Phaya from dying altogether, the previous chief passed it down to Sama, the son of the local doctor who was attending his wound.

For 20 years, Sama and the tribal people were unaware that Suea Phaya was in Sama. When Nontha was of age, a ceremony revealed this. This becomes the first time that Suea Phaya lived within an outsider. Unable to change this, the tribal people and Sama work together to protect the secret from outsiders.

Sama grew up and took on his father's practice, becoming the new local doctor. But, due to the duties of being Suea Phaya, he ended up living a lonely life with many despairs. Parichart is a teacher from the city who has come to teach at the local school. Sama and Parichart soon falls in love but their love jeopardizes the secret and the safety of everyone involved.

Liang Qu is a chic, confident, and cold but charming half-cat, half-human. He became a catman when an older catman accidentally bit him while in the form of a cat, and it needs 9 years for him to be human again, without anyone knowing his secret and without falling in-love. His first love Miao Xiao Wan, is an honest woman who's created an app that translates cats' sounds and language, but unexpectedly brought massive problems since its release to the market. She then seeks help from Liang Qu, who is now a cat researcher.

Until about two decades ago hafu (meaning “half-Japanese”) were viewed with a mixture of awe, envy, a bit of suspicion and a barrage of other emotions, some positive and some not. Now, mixed-race people are no longer that rare, and Japan has become more open about the whole thing. But have things really improved? Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi’s documentary “Hafu” takes the bull by the horns and the results are intriguing.

At the birthday party of her best friend, Ye Tao Tao, Ruan Zhi, a famous voiceover actress, accidentally encountered her university crush, Qi Zhan. Her first love is remembered, but the person in front of her is quite different. Under the quirk of fate, the two spent an awkward night together. But even more surprisingly, when they returned to the office, Qi Zhan, who knew nothing about voiceover, became her immediate superior. The two made a bet that as long as Ruan Zhi gains 100w fans in a month, she could set up her own studio, escaping Qi Zhan.

With the help of her friends, Ye Tao Tao, Mo Ru Yu, Shan Zhi, Li Lan Gong Zi, a live online concert was quietly brewing. However, in her day-to-day relationship with Qi Zhan, past feelings bloom once again. Ruan Zhi and Qi Zhan have also solved misunderstandings in the past, and the two hearts have come together again. But a bigger plot is slowly emerging, lies and truth, truth and deceit. At the road where love parts, what do they do?

When the Crown Prince's consort gives birth to twins, the twins are considered an ominous sign, and the order is sent to kill the daughter. To save her, she is secretly sent out of the palace.

A few years later, the twin son Lee Hwi dies due to a disease. To hide her twin son's death, the mother brings back the daughter and raises her as Prince Lee Hwi. Lee Hwi eventually becomes a crown prince. Fearing that her real identity will be revealed, Lee Hwi is unable to have anyone close to her and hides her emotions from others, making biting remarks. Although she distances herself, she starts developing feels for Jung Ji Woon, her teacher who comes from a noble family. Jung Ji Woon is a teacher from the Crown Prince sikangwon, a government office for the sole purpose of educating crown princes. He is described as a handsome man who is bold, persevering, and tenacious, but also tends to take life as it comes and lives free from worldly concerns as an optimist who enjoys life. As the son of a government official in the Saheonbu (an investigative government office), his future seemed clearly set out for him. However, there was a reason that he chose to go his own path and leave the easy road behind.

Adapted from the manhwa "Yeonmo" (연모) by Lee So Young (이소영).