Asian Drama

The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period.

(Source: nhk.or.jp)

Episodes: 40

The story of Song Ci who is the originator of forensic medicine.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 25

Duration: 38 min.

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

The Food Fairy, Feng Li Li, was punished and sent to the mortal world to experience a calamity of love. In order to find her destined partner to help her through this tribulation, Feng Li Li entered the mansion of Shen Yu Chuan, the Lord of Jiuli City. Through a series of coincidences, she ended up marrying the Lord.

Unexpectedly, her true destined partner turns out to be someone else, prompting Feng Li Li to desperately try to escape the mansion. However, a political conspiracy was quietly unfolding. Shen Yu Chuan, in order to protect Feng Li Li, intentionally distanced himself from her. Only then did Feng Li Li realize her feelings for Shen Yu Chuan.

As she was caught in a dilemma, she unexpectedly discovered that Shen Yu Chuan's affection for her was nothing more than a carefully planned deception. Driven by love-turned-hatred, she decided to seek revenge on Shen Yu Chuan, until the identity of her true destined partner was revealed.

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 22

Duration: 10 min.

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

This drama is about the takeover of the Korean government in 1979 by Chun Doo Hwan.

Episodes: 41

Duration: 1 hr. 5 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Drama about the Yushin period.

Episodes: 30

Duration: 60 min.

Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday

N/A

Episodes: 26

Duration: 60 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Xiao Lan, the herbs elf in Herb Village, unexpectedly saved the medical officer A Jiu, who could break through the "boundary" of Herb Village. Little did she know that A Jiu, in addition to being the revered "Divine Healer Jiu", had a hidden identity - the commander of the Shangqing Bureau tasked with capturing herb elf Jiu Ming.

Xiao Lan and A Jiu, through a twist of fate, formed a special bond where they share lives and wounds, leading to a cat-and-mouse game and unveiling the intertwined destinies of their past and present lives.

(Source: Cpophome)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

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

In the bustling Guangling City, a legend suddenly began to spread. There was a place in the city called the Magic Mirror Pavilion. Its owner is a mysterious woman in red. It is said that as long as you have a wish to realize, she can help you complete it. The price of realizing the wish is to exchange it with her with this "one thought".

The door of the Magic Mirror Pavilion is open to crazy men and women who are trapped by love, while Qian Xia, the head of the Jingxie Division, is also involved in the investigation of the murder case. She embarked on a journey with the beautiful boss's wife, Man Zhu. Behind the cases, they seemed to have experienced all kinds of life. The power is priceless, and all-cause and effect is predetermined... The flowers bloom on the other side, and I will make a wish for you.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 10 min.

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

Song Zhu, the third young miss of the Song family, rebels against arranged marriages in pursuit of true love. She is the odd one out in a family of intellectuals. Meanwhile, the black-bellied Xiao Yu hides his identity to study at the academy. Song Zhu and Xiao Yu develop an immediate dislike for each other upon meeting that eventually blossoms into a sweet romance.

The Song family is well-known for producing a long line of scholars. There is no one in their family who isn't a literary prodigy except for the third daughter Song Zhu. Aside from being a pretty face, she has not inherited any of her parents' good qualities. The more it seems to be the case, the less Song Zhu seems to care about learning. Wanting to escape from everyone's shadow, Song Zhu has been trying to get herself married, that is, until she met "the womanizer" Xiao Yu who has completely disrupted her plans.

Xiao Yu is the bane to Song Zhu's existence. As long as he is around, there will be disaster. However, Song Zhu is not the type who is willing to lose, so the two always end up fighting like there's no tomorrow. The whole academy is in disarray because of them, yet they are also the ones who have rekindled the spirit of competition. Academy life in that era is the same as campuses now full of vitality and interesting stories. Song Zhu rallies her group of friends to chase for their own happiness.

(Source: iQiyi)

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Xie Jing Heng Xiang

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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

The story recounts the experiences of Zhou Wen, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy for rich kids. After killing Japanese that was there at that time he was captured and sentenced to death, but due to the fact that his dad has a lot of political power in the area, he was able to escape death and changed his name to Zhou Wei Guo. He was willing to give up fame and fortune, endure hardships, joined the military, and was very successful in combat and created the first group of soldiers to create the special operation task force known as "Snow Leopard" to fight off the Japanese during WWII.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 46

Duration: 45 min.

On the day of her wedding, Tang Wan Wan was murdered by her groom, Xiao Xuan Yi. With hatred, Tang Wan Wan found the opportunity to kill Xiao Xuan Yi and then chose to kill herself, but she accidentally returned back to three years ago. But what she didn't know was that Xiao Xuan Yi in this life also had memories of his previous life. The two of them are reborn at the same time, and an extremely sadistic love affair unfolds...

(Source: WeTV Philippines)

Episodes: 26

Duration: 10 min.

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

Set in China, during the Warring States Period. The powerful neighboring country of Zhao suddenly attacks Qin. Shin, who dreamed of becoming a great general, fights against Zhao.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Adapted from the manga series "Kingdom" (キングダム) by Hara Yasuhisa (原泰久).

Duration: 2 hr. 9 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, it follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.

(Source: Screen Daily)

Adapted from the novel Wang De Nv Ren Shei Gan Dong (王的女人谁敢) by Jin Yucheng.

Episodes: 30

Duration: 45 min.

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

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Episodes: 35

Duration: 45 min.

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

The story is set during the late Ming Dynasty when a mysterious epidemic breaks out. It follows the thrilling journey of Chu Sijing, a member of the secret service, as he navigates a life-or-death crisis on a deserted island.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 45 min.

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

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

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: 25

Duration: 10 min.

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

The story of Murong Cang hiding his enemy's daughter, Yun Jiao, and teaching her for his revenge. He wanted to use her, but instead, he gradually fell in love with this girl and thus fell into struggles of power and feelings.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 24

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

Jang Tae Sang is a wealthy man. He is known as the most attractive man around Bukchon in Gyeongseong. He is also a reliable source of information around the area. His talents, including the ability to react quickly to situations, a keen insight, and sociability, have led him to his current position. He soon gets involved with Yoon Chae Ok, which leads him to reevaluate his priorities as a person.

Yoon Chae Ok is famous as a todugun (a person who finds missing people). As a young child, she traveled between Manchuria and Shanghai, China, with her father. Her life was not easy, and she learned at that time how to survive. She developed skills with shooting guns, using knives and handling machines. Her mother went missing 10 years ago. To find her mother, Yoon Chae Ok arrives in Gyeongseong. There, she becomes involved with Jang Tae Sang. They follow a series of mysterious missing person cases, and they come upon a terrible reality.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

Adapted from the manhua "Ying You Chang Feng Yi Bi Yuan" (应有长风倚碧鸢) by Mao Jiu (毛啾) and Varney (编剧).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

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

Princess Qing Que, the orphaned daughter of prince Huai, grew up in Mu Wang's mansion, where she always received harsh treatment from the princess Mu Qing Cheng. While trying to escape from there, she meets Yun Huan. After saving each other, they promise to spend their life together. However, though Qing Que gave him all her heart, Yun Huan rewarded her with a fatal blow. Qing Que, who had escaped death, then reincarnated as Que Er, wandering in a dangerous relationship between Mu Wang and Yun Huan, playing tricks on people's hearts every step of the way.

Elderly Nun Wumei inadvertently obtained a special martial art "Yanshi's Offering", where the practitioners can control others in distance, no matter they're living or dead. At the same time, Emperor Qianlong's nephew Yonghan held a grudge since his father Hongshi died tragically after being cut from his clan status. Under the guise of killing people who had been opposing Ming Dynasty, he plundered the martial art skills of all sects and tried to usurp the throne. His new goal is the Emei secret skill "Yanshi's Offering." Bai Yuanming, who is proficient in medicine, came to Emei to relieve the malaria crisis. He met Li Erhuan, a female disciple of Emei, and was involved in disputes. Under the pseudonym Sun Ziyi, Yonghan sneaked into Emei to provoke a dispute in an attempt to profit from it, and was eventually defeated by Bai Yuanming and Li Erhuan.

Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

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?

(Source: Chinese = Baidu)

Adapted from the web novel "Chuan Cheng Si Ge Tuo You Ping De E Du Hou Niang" (穿成四个拖油瓶的恶毒后娘) by Chi Jin Yin (池金银).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

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

It follows the story of the hot-blooded youth Xiao Yan. Having completing his three-year promise with Nalan Yanran, the Xiao family is suddenly attacked and his father Xiao Zhan is taken captive.

To save his father and restore the glory of the Xiao family, Xiao Yan heeds the advice of Master Yao Chen and returns to Jianan Academy as he is determined to further his cultivation in order to gain the ability to fight against Yunlan Sect. Back at the academy, Xiao Yan is not only reunited with his childhood sweetheart Xiao Xun Er, but also meets the mysterious Zi Yan and other friends.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 27

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

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)

Police officer Pang Hong Mei, amid the many obstacles created by U.S. and Jiang spy agents, rescued Ji Danyang, a patriotic scientist who had returned from the United States from the enemy spy. She accompanied Ji Danyang to Lumen City to participate in the "Water Drop Project". Enemy special forces formulated a sabotage plan codenamed "Operation Rock," concentrated their forces, and tried to destroy the "Water Drop Project."

Pang Hong Mei and Ji Dan Yang fought a life-and-death battle with enemy agents in Lumen, thwarted the enemy's conspiracy, protected the "Water Drop Project", and finally achieved the expected success. The couple who went through the test of life and death, also realized their dreams and firm ideals.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 38

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

An Jung Geun is a fighter for the Korean independence movement. Seol Hee used to be a court lady for Queen Myeongseong, but, after Queen Myseongseong was assassinated by the Japanese, Seol Hee takes part in Korean independence activity. She becomes a geisha and gains the favor Ito Hirobumi, who is the Japanese Resident-General of Korea. He travels to Manchuria and Seol Hee accompanies him. Korean independence fighter An Jung Geun learns of Ito Hirobumi's travel plans from Seoul Hee. An Jung Geun decides to assassinate Hirobumi Ito for the Korean independence movement.

A melodrama about the story of Moo Gwang who dreams of becoming a model soldier of the division commander's house, conflicting between the wall of status and the temptation to escape due to his meeting with the commander's young wife, Soo Ryeon.

Adapted from the novel "Serve the People!" (為人民服務) by Yan Lianke (阎连科).

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

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.

In the late 20th century, lives a skilful and courageous doctor named Lin Hao. Along with his passionate and easygoing boss Wu Ren Yao, understanding and kind nurse Wu Ruo Lan, they operate a medical hall at the border of Hui Zhou Town. He also forms a friendship with Zeng Fan, who just returned from studying medicine overseas; as well as He Xin Xin, a straightforward girl who works at the martial arts art house. As the group of people work together to cure patients, a mysterious case surfaced which links to the death of Lin Hao's parents. Lin Hao decides to investigate the truth, and the perpetrator turns out to be none other than the father of someone he trusts...