Asian Drama

The Tenpo period near the end of the Edo period. Katsuie's wife, Onobu, struggles to make ends meet, but never ceases to smile innocently. Her husband is Katsu Kokichi. His arms are very strong and she can't say she doesn't like it when asked. Her son, Rintaro, is clever, intelligent, aspiring to study Dutch studies, and eventually saves the people of Edo as "Katsu Kaishu."

The era is the reform of Tenpo. In addition to the noisy world, every time Kokichi brings in trouble, he is confident. Furthermore, Rintaro falls in love with Fukagawa geisha! Katsuya continues to make a fuss.

Pudtarn is modern girl whose nature is that of a strong and self-confident woman who is mean to those who treat her badly.

After the demise of her parents through an accident that caused Pudtarn to lose her memories, she only has her aunt, Wiphawee, as her only living relative.

Pudtarn works as a gardner, which leads her to discover a mysterious box one day. Curious, she instructs a worker to open it. However, upon touching the thin paper in the box, Pudtarn suddenly finds herself in a very different location.

As soon as she arrives in this place, she is kicked by a strange man who claims that the paper in the box is actually a scripture called "Kritsana Kali", and it belongs to his family.

Pudtarn needs the scriptures to go back to her world and so she asks for the paper back, but is stopped by the owner of the garden, Rit, who are the sons of Phraya Wisoot and Karakade.

When she realises that she will not be able to return, Pudtarn attempts to learn how to survive in this new place. However, the longer she lives here, the more attached she feels to the place and its people, including her feelings towards Rit — despite people around her telling her that she does not deserve him.

Adapted from the novel "Prom Likit" (พรหมลิขิต) by Mun Krissanakalee.

Actress Li Wei Wei time travels to ancient times and takes the place of the silly princess Li Cai Wei, who is engaged to Shen Hua Jin. But on the day before they are scheduled to marry, he's murdered. Suddenly she finds that they are all stuck in a time loop, and so Hua Jin and Wei Wei try to save him and break the time loop by solving who is targeting him and why.

(Source: Chinese = ent.qianlong.com; ent.qianlong.com)

Episodes: 30

Chi Yue is a modern day action movie star who accidentally time travels back in time into the life of a young widow of the Li family who has a stepson and two stepdaughters. Thrust into a role completely foreign to her she begins to get closer to her children and works hard to take care of them. She punishes the vicious relatives who dare to bully the kids. She becomes able to house, clothe, and feed the kids thanks to the successful winery and business she starts. She even teaches her eldest son to hunt and encourages her second daughter to study. In turn the children grow to love and depend on her. But someone is out to harm Chi Yue, causing her to fall into crisis after crisis. Will her modern day thinking save her... or fail her?

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Episodes: 26

Sim Jung Woo is an intelligent and handsome young man. He was the youngest to place first in the state examination, but he was picked to become the princess' husband. During their wedding ceremony, the princess suddenly died. Sim Jung Woo's life changed and he became the most unfortunate man. According to the Joseon period custom, he is not able to take the government post and he can't remarry. He then becomes involved with Jung Soon Deok.

Jung Soon Deok is a widow whose late husband was the second son of the first vice-premier. She secretly leads another life under the pseudonym of Yeo Joo Daek. As Yeo Joo Daek, she works as a matchmaker and also peddler of women's items like cosmetics and accessories. She is the best matchmaker in the capital city of Hanyang. Sim Jung Woo and Jung Soon Deok become involved with each other and they try to get older single men and women to marry as matchmakers.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Ye Qing Ru is a blind girl, who by a twist of fate becomes pregnant with the child of the River God. Despite her ordinariness, Qing Ru and the River God fall in love...

A historical drama that deals with the second and third periods of the Goryeo-Khitan War. King Hyeonjong of Goryeo and his political teacher, Commander-in-Chief Gang Gam Chan, unite the people of Goryeo and lead a war against Khitan.

(Source: HanCinema, AsianWiki, NamuWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Goryeo-Khitan War: Sweet Rain in The Winter" (고려거란전기: 겨울에 내리는 단비) by Gil Seung Soo (길승수).

Episodes: 32

In the capital, Qin Chong Lou, the head of the Qinchao Tang pharmacy, and General Yun Zi Long simultaneously seek the emperor's decree to marry the daughter of the Mo Family Medical Clinic. However, the Mo family has two daughters, the legitimate daughter Mo Jing Yu and the illegitimate daughter Mo Ban Xia.

The emperor decrees that they should draw lots to determine their spouses: whoever they draw will be their marriage partner. Qin Chong Lou suffers from a leg ailment and hears that Mo Jing Yu is skilled in medicine. He hopes she can cure him.

Meanwhile, Yun Zi Long bears a deep grudge from a blood feud. His family was implicated when there were errors in transporting military supplies and medicinal materials. He is the sole survivor, and those medicinal materials were sent by Mo Xiang from the Mo Family Medical Clinic.

Yun Zi Long hears that Mo Xiang favors Mo Ban Xia and wants to use her to obtain evidence of Mo Xiang's involvement in harming the Yun family, seeking revenge for his family. To ensure they marry the right person, Qin Chong Lou manipulates the draw for the lucky bags.

However, fate has its own plans, and the draw goes awry: Qin Chong Llou ends up marrying Mo Ban Xia, while Yun Zi Long becomes the son-in-law of Mo Jing Yu. The two reluctant couples embark on married life, only to discover that they are indeed well-matched...

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 30

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In the 19th century, on the night of her wedding day, Park Yeon Woo's husband died after revealing that he had suffered from a heart condition for a long time. She is devastated, but before she can even mourn her husband, she gets kidnapped by a man and is thrown into a well. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her husband before her. Transcending time, space and death, she is now in present-day Seoul, South Korea, and the man who saves her from the swimming pool is Kang Tae Ha, who looks a lot like her dead husband from the 19th century.

Kang Tae Ha is the successor of SH Seoul Corporation. He does not like opening himself up to others due to his heart disease and the trauma that he endured in his childhood. He prioritizes logic over emotions and is uninterested in having a romantic relationship, but his ill grandfather tells him that he wishes to see his wedding before he dies. In the hopes of making his grandfather's wish come true, Kang Tae Ha asks Park Yeon Woo to enter into a contract marriage with him.

(Source: AsianWiki, MBC; edited by kyungsoosbae)

Adapted from the web novel "The Story of Park's Marriage Contract" (열녀박씨 계약결혼뎐) written by Kim Neo Ul (김너울) and illustrated by B.

Episodes: 12

Han Joon Oh is a leading South Korean celebrity. He is stunningly good-looking and tall, but is secretly plagued by an inferiority complex that leaves him permanently insecure. One day he is hired to appear in a public service video. But the shoot goes horribly wrong, and Han Joon Oh is involved in a potentially fatal car collision. He is only saved by the quick thinking of a female firefighter named Kang Young Hwa, who pulls off a heroic rescue.

Han Joon Oh’s representatives hire Kang Young Hwa to work as the star’s personal bodyguard, recognizing her incredible talents. But when Han Joon Oh awakes from his stupor in hospital, he has changed completely – as his body has now been possessed by the spirit of a nobleman from ancient Korea. This nobleman, named Do Ha, was killed by his beloved wife Han Ri Ta – and the vengeful spirit is on a single-minded quest for retribution…

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "The Moon that Rises in the Day" (낮에 뜨는 달) by Hye Yoom (헤윰).

Episodes: 14

"Wonderland to Love" follows the story of emperor's grandson Li Ni, who guards the border and is forced to take on the responsibility of quelling the rebellion. Although Li Ni is the grandson of the emperor, he was never loved by his father. He hides his identity and is content with being a carefree frontline border general who has no intention of fighting for power. During military campaigns against the rebels, he encounters the ambitious Cui Lin, who is the only daughter of General Cui Yi, the commander of the Cui family army. Cui Lin concealed her true identity and disguised herself as Lieutenant He, fighting alongside the army. They cross paths with each other many times on the battlefields. One is scheming and witty, the other is guileful and forthright. In their competitiveness with each other, from time to time they calculate and predict each other's plan and movement to fight as the winner which leads them down the path of falling in love.

(Source: Dramawiki)

Adapted from the novel “Le You Yuan” (乐游原) by Fei Wo Si Cun (匪我思存).

Episodes: 40

A fallen queen, Jiang Xue Ning, who aspired to have the highest power and authority in her life, was held hostage by rebels after the king, Shen Jie, was poisoned. In this life, she used everyone around her to reach the authority of the queen, but in the end, she remained under house arrest, and Xie Wei slaughtered the entire city. Later, she received the decree to be buried with the emperor. She got a second chance to change her fate by not entering the palace, but when she woke up after rebirth, she was already messing around. Even though she vowed not to enter the palace, a certain turn of events again entangles her with the palace and Xie Wei, whom she hated the most.

(Source: shubaow)

Adapted from the web novel "Kun Ning" (坤宁) by Shi Jing (时镜).

Episodes: 48

Kudi Liu Li and Pei Xing Jian have a harmonious marriage. When he is demoted from his position, she follows him to Xizhou where they encounter the young noble Qu Chong Yu. Qu Chong Yu is very wary of Pei Xing Jian who has suddenly been assigned an official post and purposely makes trouble for the new arrivals. The couple shares the same mind and heart in doing what's best for the people. Their sincerity eventually moves Qu Chong Yu thus turning an enemy into a friend.

Meanwhile, Su Hai Zheng who is the Anxi Grand Protectorate have detained Pei Xing Jian for their own benefit. Liu Li mobilizes the people of Xizhou to write their pleas to help her husband return home. When danger looms, she once again uses her ingenuity in ensuring the safety of the people of Xizhou.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from the novel “Da Tang Ming Yue” (大唐明月) by Lan Yun Shu (蓝云舒).

Episodes: 37

Following the life of Pierra Vejjabul, one of the first Thai female doctors.

Episodes: 9

Jang Hyun is living without purpose or desire. He's a cold-hearted man who loves no one until he gets introduced to love after meeting Gil Chae. She is charming and admired by all, but her first love, Yeon Jun, is already engaged to her best friend, Eun Ae. Yeon Jun, a Sungkyunkwan student, struggles with his feelings for Gil Chae but cannot break off his engagement due to tradition. Eun Ae does not doubt nor hate the two. As Jang Hyun becomes entangled in this unusual love triangle, Gil Chae, who has only loved Yeon Jun, is confused about her own feelings. The relationship between these four gets put into an even bigger twist at the breakout of war. Will they survive the challenges of war and find their love amidst the chaos?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 10

Xue Ling Long, a beautiful snake demon, must now go to the mortal world to fulfill a mission under the guidance of her teachers. This is how she meets Lin Hao Xuan, a human, settling some unfinished business from their last life.

Zhao Tan Tan's senior brother has a magic flower on his forehead, and it will gradually bloom if he is emotional. The magic flower will fall into the devil's hand when it blooms. From then on, Zhao Tan Tan began the hard days of persuading his senior brother to recite more scriptures and be less emotional.

Adapted from the novel "To Blossom" (师兄总是要开花) by Han Yi Shui (韩易水).

Episodes: 30

Modern girl accidentally traveled to the ancient desert country and became the frail and sickly concubine Mei Kai Shao. After experiencing several dangers after crossing time and space, she realizes that someone did it on purpose, and she works hard to reverse her fate. Everything gets even more complicated , when she falls in love with the third prince, with whom, even if started from misunderstanding, creates strong couple.

(Source: Chinese =Tencent)

Adapted from the web novel "Mei Fu You Nv Chu Cheng Fei " (梅府有女初成妃) by Mei Kai Shao (梅开芍).

Episodes: 24

Qing Lian is content to lead an ordinary life and aspires for a suitor who only has eyes for her, yet is instead forced to marry into the royal family. She discovers her husband He Lian Xin is not the heartless and stone-faced noble he presents himself to be, and secretly helps him navigate the treacherous waters, earning his affection and respect in the process.

Adapted from the web novel "Xi Fei Zhuan" (熹妃传) by Xie Yu (解语).

Episodes: 36

The story opens with the failed uprising in 1927. Foshan Communist Party members Chen and his wife died tragically to provide cover for their comrades. Years later, their three children go on to make spectacular achievements in the field of Cantonese medicine, cuisine and opera to earn fame in all of Guangzhou, staying true to their intentions even in wartime.

Due to the drastic countermeasures against the revolutionaries in Guangzhou on April 15, 1927, CCP underground members Chen and his wife died heroically and their three children were adopted by ordinary people. The eldest son Chen Shan He becomes an apprentice of medicine, the second son Chen Qing Wei becomes a chef, and the youngest daughter Chen Li Xia becomes an opera performer. Under the tutelage of their respective masters, they become legends in their own fields.

Just as they are about to take revenge on the enemy who killed their parents, war breaks out in Guangzhou causing the fates of the three individuals to also change dramatically. Chen Shan He engages in a seven-year struggle with Japanese merchants to protect the secrets of traditional Chinese medicine. He also devotes everything in the deadly fight against Japan's biological weapons.

Chen Qing Wei refuses to betray his country so he leaves for Hong Kong to promote Cantonese cuisine. He returns to Guangzhou with a successful career and helps his brother in their efforts to save the people. Chen Li Xia leads the performance troupe during the war, continuing to improve her craft and learning to find a balance between their harsh reality and the beautiful world of opera. The three siblings adhere to their national integrity amidst the severe trials of war to pass on their respective skills.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 40

In 1970s Korea, when both art and dreams are censored, a film director dreams of a masterpiece.

After his successful debut, Director Kim endures scathing attacks from critics who call him a specialist in trashy dramas. After finishing his latest feature ‘Cobweb’, he has vivid dreams over several days of an alternative ending to the film. Sensing that if he can just shoot those scenes as he envisioned them, a masterpiece will surely emerge, he tries to arrange just two days of additional shooting. However, the rewritten script fails to pass censorship, and his actors can’t make sense of the new ending. Between the tangled schedule, the opposition of the producer, and the collision between these fantastic scenes dancing before his eyes and the harsh conditions of reality, Director Kim feels he is about to go insane, but he pushes on regardless…

“If I can just change the ending, a masterpiece will emerge. All I need is two days!”

(Source: Festival de Cannes international press kit)

It tells a story of He Jiu Ling, the youngest daughter of General He Liang of Jialin Kingdom who studied at Wuhua Mountain of Xuantian Sanren. He Jiu Ling really likes to wear red clothes and has a mischievous personality. However, her life changes forever when she meets Rong Yu, the chief of the Jialin National Astrology Hall. Rong Yu is a very gentle and kind man. He also has a very handsome appearance and a cold personality.

(Source: acejoy, Weibo)

Episodes: 27

Jom is an architect responsible for the renovation of a historic house alongside the Ping River. There he discovers a wooden chest packed with old drawings, drawings that look strangely familiar. The contents are intriguing. However, Jom doesn't have time to concern himself with them; he must take a trip back to Bangkok to see his love. For years, Jom has been counting the days till his boyfriend would return from his far away studies, only to find him engaged to someone else.

Heartbroken, Jom comes to a place of acceptance as he runs his car into the river. In the cold darkness, Jom catches the sweet scent of fresh frangipani flowers coming from the stream and in the distance, he can make out a deep, gentle voice pronouncing clearly, "Pho Jom."

Jom will find himself waking up in 1920s Chiang Mai.

(Source: Goodreads)

Adapted from the novel "The Fragrance of Love" (หอมกลิ่นความรัก) by Violet Rain.

Episodes: 12

Based on the life story of Ding Bao Zhen, an official from Guizhou, China.

Episodes: 27

The play is set in the turbulent period of the Republic of China in Shanghai. In a turbulent era, the forensic doctor Che Su Wei and the gentleman detective Gu Yuan are intertwined with various forces. Deputy Inspector Kang Yi Chen, and the innocent and lively reporter Cao Qing Luo worked together to crack out a number of weird and curious cases, and restore the truth.

(Source: Trakt)

Episodes: 23

A hard-working young woman in the new era wakes up and finds that she has transmigrated into a novel she stayed up reading all night. Fine, what's done is done except she's also in the body of a vicious supporting role.

Now a character in a novel, the modern-day girl has to cope with having a traitor father and a playboy brother. What's worse, "she" has already done all sorts of bad things in the earlier parts of the story, so her intentions to ensure that her character stays alive till the end can only be described as a long and difficult road. Only after experiencing things firsthand does she realize that the heroine can easily capture one's smile without much effort. Let's see how the "vicious" supporting character without the heroine's halo and golden armor turn her pile of bad cards into a winning hand.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from the novel "The Female Supporting Role" (洗铅华) by Qi Yue Li (七月荔).

Episodes: 30

Set in the late 1920s, it follows the three daughters of Shanghai department store giant Xinghua as they go head to head against each other to determine the true heir who will ensure the family’s continued prosperity.

Lin Wan Qing, the timid and hesitant leader of the Miduoduo Armed Escort Agency, infiltrates the supreme court as a part-time assassin to revive the agency. Su Mo Yi, the cold and ruthless official of the supreme court, plays along and gets acquainted with the kind Lin Wan Qing head-on. They join forces to investigate cases and protect the imperial city, ultimately achieving a successful love story that goes both ways.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 20

The eldest princess Bao Zhu escaped from the imperial palace, and the emperor ordered Shen Yi of the Yinyao Sect to search for it with all his might. Surprisingly, after the princess left the palace, she formed a bond with a commoner named Jin Jiu.

While Shen Yi wanted to bring her back, the princess used her life as leverage, swearing to stay by Jin Jiu’s side. Shen Yi had no choice but to take Jin Jiu under the wing of the Yinyao Sect, making him a palace eunuch to accompany the princess at all times.

Under the protection of the eldest princess, Jin Jiu entered the palace in the guise of a fake eunuch but a real man.

Jin Jiu had long planned to reunite with the princess, all for the sake of an old matter from many years ago…

(Source: Cpophome)

Episodes: 12

Set in the 1940s, former lovers Zuo Shuangtao and Chen Jiaping unexpectedly reunite and regain love in a sea of spies as they pursue the same beliefs.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Remake of the American movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" [2005].

Episodes: 32