Asian Drama

A man killed himself. Due to his death, three of his former classmates from art school, reunite for the first time in a long while. These three people have connections to the man in different ways, including his ex-girlfriend, the manager of a rugby club where the man played, and his ex-boyfriend. While struggling with their own lives, these three people begin to meet and have meals together.

Oda Chiharu worked as a designer for a company she has long coveted to work for, but, due to bullying by her boss, she quit her job. She finds pleasure in cooking and serving her food to other people. When she is alone, she often eats food from the convenience store.

Nakamura Seiko works in the PR department for a cosmetics company. Being influence by her family, she has grown up with the idea that marriage is mandatory and not optional. She now has a strong desire to marry, but her fiancé, who works in the same department, suddenly breaks off their engagement.

Amagai Eiji worked as a designer for an advertising agency, but he was suddenly transferred to the sales department. He doesn’t know what he wants to do anymore. He is a gay man, but he hasn't revealed his sexual orientation to his parents.

Adapted from the manga series "Kashimashi Meshi" (かしましめし) by Okazaki Mari (おかざき真里).

A strict but loving grandma solves a myriad of issues for the people around her!

Doumeki Miki lives in a small rural village surrounded by abundant nature and beautiful scenery. After becoming a widow at an early age, she’s spent many years working as a leader in her village. A beautiful, intelligent woman in her 70s, she’s incredibly spry, with perfect posture.

Whenever a problem arises, her neighbors all rush to Miki for advice.

When faced with two bickering villagers:

“Your plum tree is ruining my view!”

“Well, your cherry blossom tree is an eyesore, too!” Miki’s response is simple.

“Then, I’ll cut down both of your trees!” Strangely enough, after being reminded of how joyful it is to watch the seasons change through the blossoming of different trees, both neighbors cease their arguing and calm down.

One spring, Miki’s son moves himself and his family back to the village after living in the city and she comes face to face with her 6 year old granddaughter, Ako. Despite Miki’s severe personality and intimidating presence, the little girl seems intent on befriending her...

Adapted from the manga series "Grandma no Yuutsu" (グランマの憂鬱) by Takaguchi Satosumi (高口里純).

In Kyoto, soon after the war, Ichika strives to save her family's long established ryoten restaurant from financial crisis. In order to do so, she marries Yamaguchi Amane, who is 15 years younger, in a marriage of convenience.

Adapted from the manga series "Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourijou" (ながたんと青と -いちかの料理帖-) by Isoya Yuki (磯谷友紀).

Nan Fei and Qi Jia Yi are a pair of besties who are both over 30 years old and facing societal pressures for women. Nan Fei's boyfriend Chen Fang is going through a career change and he is hesitant about marriage. In a story that follows the lives of two contemporary women over 30, Nan Fei and her boyfriend Chen Fang are a couple whose relationship is on the rocks. He is busy with his career and hesitant to get married. Furthermore, troubles from the ex-wife and family problems exacerbate the situation. On the eve of her wedding, Qi Jia Yi suddenly realizes that marriage should be for love rather than security. She then bids goodbye to her selfish and snobbish husband, and finally meets her true love in Jiao Yue. However, she is unsure about moving forward with him because of her inferiority complex. Meanwhile, Nan Fei treks to poverty-stricken areas to help people who were born with defects or were injured but did not have the money for plastic surgery regain their confidence. Through working together on a home renovation, Qi Jia Yi and Jiao Yue gradually develop feelings for each other. After thousands of turns, Nan Fei and Chen Fang as well as Qi Jia Yii and Jiao Yue learn to see their hearts clearly and realize the true meaning of a better life.

In Shanghai in 1943, Chen Qian, a military agent, was ordered to assassinate the Japanese, but fell into the trap of Yujiro Ida, the head of Japan's plum agency. Born on the day, and accidentally learned of the Japanese conspiracy. In order to stop the sinister plan of the invaders, Chen Qian began to receive special training, disguised as a Japanese envoy to visit Mei's agency again. Chen Qian, who went deep into the enemy's camp, walked step by step in the dark, walking on thin ice, and with the help of the Communist Party member Chun Yang, he repeatedly avoided danger.

When several Communists sacrificed, Chen Qian was strongly shocked and gradually strengthened his communist belief. After that, he cooperated with the Communist underground organization and successfully smashed the conspiracy of the Japanese aggressors. After the defeat of the Japanese army, Chen Qian returned to Juntong as a secret Communist Party member, and worked hand in hand with the new Communist Party's "Flying Sky".

The five ladies on the 22nd floor of the Ode to Joy community face new challenges and opportunities in their careers, lives and relationships.

Ye Zhen Zhen and Dai Wei really hit it off but given how devoted she is to scientific research, she is inevitably caught in all kinds of criticism at work and the tug-of-war between the two families. Fang Zhi Heng gradually walks out of the shadows of her past thanks to her lovely group of friends. Zhu Zhe may have a difficult boss, but she believes there is no road that is forever blocked and there will be opportunities for ordinary people to shine. He Min Hong experiences more setbacks and under the influence of her boyfriend, she drifts away from the girls. Yu Chu Hui focuses on work and she's no longer as confused as she once was after graduation. The 22nd floor is like a safe haven. Although there will be disputes and doubts among the five ladies, they have each other's backs.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 37

Duration: 45 min.

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

Cinematographer: Sun Shao Hua [孙少华]

In this new historical entertainment, Satoh Takeru and Kamiki Ryunosuke use excavated footage to relive the unknown chains of history. The flapping of a single butterfly's wings triggers a chain of events that becomes a huge storm far away, which is called the "Butterfly Effect". What happened 60 years ago changed Europe and the fate of a young girl in Japan. It is a story of a chain of bravery.

Born in Osaka in 1937, Kawahara Kimiko is the eldest of 3 sisters. At age 9, she moves with her family to Shigaraki in Shiga Prefecture. Growing up surrounded by the local Shigaraki pottry, she decides to become a ceramics artist. Even though she is passionate, she faces many setbacks as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated industry. This drama follows her life from childhood to marriage to a pioneer career in the ceramic arts.

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Episodes: 41

Duration: 25 min.

Aired On: Thursday

Ding Ke Mang is a talented and reputable theater actor, while his student Song Yang is a popular celebrity. In order to ensure their tickets sell out, the theater troupe cast Song Yang alongside Ding Ke Mang to act in the play titled ''Father and Son''. Under Ding Ke Mang's guidance, Song Yang learned to overcome his impulsive nature and withstand the temptation of popularity, and gained an understanding and respect toward the art of performing. Finally, with his hard work, his acting skills improved and he became an actor with both popularity and skills.

A gourmet-comedy drama about an office lady who finds it troublesome to prepare food properly and so attempts to save time by utilizing mentsuyu (soup base for noodles) in order to make delicious recipes. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi" (めんつゆひとり飯) by Setoguchi Mizuki (瀬戸口みづき).

National mentor, Dr. Oh Eun Young, leads a reality-empathy talk show that observes the precarious daily life of couples who say that being together has become hell, and that they directly appear in the studio looking for advice and solutions.

Hatomi Island revisited, it now has 6 foster children. This is Ruri's 3rd New Year's day on the island. Ruri, a second-year high school student who has been living and growing up on the island, heard from Ruri's class teacher that Miyahara suddenly moved to the island with her son Shion, who is the same age as Ruri. This is an exciting story about Ruri’s first love and the residents involved in change. There are blue seas, beautiful coral reefs, and Ruri’s growth story.

In 1980, Ayuko transfers from Tokyo to a school in Okayama where she has no friends and has only her university student boyfriend Hideho to rely on for moral support. One day, one of Ayuko’s classmates, Takemi, discovers Ayuko has a talent (she likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend). Takemi is a huge manga fan and thus becomes a fan of Ayuko’s work, leading to the pair becoming close friends. However, a certain incident causes them to quarrel and part ways. 30 years later, Ayuko is a professional manga artist and returns to Okayama to give a speech at her former high school. While there, she’s reunited with Takemi (Kei Aran), who has become a teacher. Suddenly the friendship they both believed to have been long lost is rekindled in adulthood.

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, the gentle coming-of-age drama Tokyo Tower - Mom and Me and Sometimes Dad concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Saigo Ryusuke, who was born and raised in a coastal town in Tohoku, becomes the manager of the branch office of a local credit union. He builds a modest house on a small hill overlooking the sea and lives happily with his beautiful wife Asako, mother Nami and daughter Chiaki who works at the city hall. On one of Ryusuke’s days off work, the Saigos head to the house of Chiaki’s boyfriend Hamaguchi Shuichi for the first meeting between both sets of parents. The Hamaguchis have been fishermen for generations. There is Shuichi’s taciturn father Katsumi, mother Masayo, grandfather Kichiya, grandmother Iku and younger brother Mitsuhiko. Chiaki, who dreams of being active in national politics someday in the future, has given this condition in her marriage to Shuichi. Ryusuke and his wife have mixed feelings about their daughter’s marriage to a fisherman’s family, but it is also the same with the Hamaguchis. However, Chiaki and Shuichi are firm in their decision to marry and both families consent to their children’s marriage. At a dinner party, Ryusuke and Katsumi both realize that they are junior high school classmates. However, five days later on 11 March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami strikes eastern Japan and the destinies of the two families are drastically changed. The tsunami claims the lives of Masayo, Iku and Shuichi. The Hamaguchis also lose both house and boat. On the other hand, the Saigos escape harm because their house is on high ground. Chiaki is swamped with work to the extent that she has no interlude to feel sad over the loss of her fiance. Wanting to be of help to the Hamaguchis, Ryusuke and Asako make an offer to them to stay in their house. However, on the night of the visit of Katsumi, Kichiya and Mitsuhiko to the Saigos, havoc ensues.

What would the world be like in the future? Based on research that is conducting today by scientist, the documentary predicts what the world would be like in 30 years.

Zhou Yuan is a martial arts prodigy who will fall seriously ill if she starts to form emotional attachments. After disguising herself as a man to break into Qingyun Academy, she meets the young marquis who hates weddings.

Fate has forcibly tied Wei Qi and Zhou Yuan's destinies together. Wei Qi the only son of Wei Hou. On the outside, he is outstanding and carries with him an air of arrogance. In private, he is a man who hates marriage because each of his marriages have resulted in failure. Other than that, he is the overlord of Qingyun Academy.

When Zhou Yuan sneaks into the academy by pretending to be a boy, she slowly gets to know Wei Qi. She was born with a special ability that allows her to see the connections between people. However, it has a side effect that leaves her severely ill whenever she starts to have feelings. Together, Wei Qi and Zhou Yuan join hands to defeat evil forces.

The drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who had worked in the TV entertainment industry such as actors, writers, musicians and artists are allowed to live at. Kikumura Sakae, who used to be a popular scriptwriter, lives among the former stars and the problems they face are presented in a humorous manner.

Adapted from the manga series "Tonari no Otoko wa Yoku Taberu" (隣の男はよく食べる) by Minami Haruko (美波はるこ).

In the 80's of 20th century, Gao Ji Lin, a young man living in Gaojiagou in northern Shaanxi, was a well-known reading "champion" in the village. With a great talent for writing and poetry, despite coming from a poor family, the man aspired to achieve a greater goals. College entrance exams were supposed to help him with that. Unfortunately, Ji Lin unexpectedly falls off from the student list, and as if that wasn't enough, he also fails to become a private teacher in an primary school. His only ray of hope turns out to be Liu Qiao Zhen, who does everything to support him in his dream. Soon, thanks to the encouragement of the whole village, Ji Lin decides to fight for his career goal.

Adapted from the novel "Life" (人生) by Lu Yao (路遥).

Saijo is a university student with a special ability. Whenever he sees a woman in love, he can see bright sparkles around that woman.

Kitashiro is Saijo’s childhood friend. Kitashiro tells Saijo that she has feelings for him, but Saijo tells her he doesn't see any sparkles around her. This makes her frustrated. At that time, their school mate Yadorigi approaches Saijo, because she believes Saijo is Kitashiro’s boyfriend. Yadorigi has a bad habit of approaching guys who are already in a relationship and trying to seduce him.

Meanwhile, Saijo happens to meet Shinonome. They exchange a diary with writings about what love is. Kitashiro attempts to disrupt the budding relationship between Saijo and Shinonome.

Adapted from the manga series "Koi wa Hikari" (恋は光) by Akieda.

Kuraishi Ena is a high school girl in Minato Ward. She is a gifted girl who was born with the ability to see colors 100 times more than normal people. Therefore, while she was full of talent for drawing from an early age, she was a child who was obsessed with drawing to an abnormal degree, but due to events, she stopped drawing. However, she feels a special color when she first finds her favorite in the perfect boy talent Sonomiya Ren, and she starts drawing. It's also a secret from her classmate's boyfriend Takamori Yuma. Saito Marika, who created Ena's promotion, is happy to have her as a companion, in the meantime, Yuzuki Kotona learns a certain secret.

Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...

Adapted from the novel "Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku" (線は、僕を描く) by Togami Hiromasa (砥上裕將).

The story of the Sun sisters with different personalities and walk on different life trajectories.

One who dares to fight and is free-minded, the other is warm and sweet. Sun Xin is beautiful and generous, pursuing freedom and daring to fight. Elder sister has a flourishing life in an Internet company, and her life is moving forward to a future full of promise.

Sun Xiang is innocent and kind, loves to talk and laugh. The younger sister explores her own strengths and works as a food blogger, and her life is plain but tasteful. Life is full of flavors, and happiness, even though struggle are the first flavors. The diligent and kind Sun sisters tirelessly work for their dreams. They are part of the society that is full of vitality and prosperity.

Adapted from the manga series "Shomonai Bokura no Renairon" (しょうもない僕らの恋愛論) by Hara Hidenori (原秀則).

Gangi, Soyeong, and Aram are best friends who go to the same high school. Gangi appears relatively normal, compared to Soyeong who dreams of becoming a model, or Aram who is unique in her own special way. One day, they decide to run away from home. However, life does not go easy on them. What is more serious are the cracks in their relationship. After their failed attempt to run away, they return home and go back to school only to face more challenges. What had happened to Soyeong and Gangi later prompts Soyeong to intentionally leave Gangi out, and the bullying gets worse as time goes by. Aram also has a hard time along the way.

Well-meaning but socially awkward, Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed "Sadako" by her high school classmates because of her similar hair style with the main character from the horror movie "Ring." She doesn't have friends and goes about her day in quiet. She admires a fellow classmate, Kazehaya Shota, because of his easy-going and friendly nature, but unknown to her, Kazehaya has also been paying attention to her.

Adapted from the manga "Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You" (君に届け) by Shiina Karuho (椎名軽穂).

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Kotaro Yuki is a 26-year-old man. When he was a child, he played baseball with fierce determination. Since then, he hasn't given his best to anything else. After he quit his job, he just spends his days meaninglessly. He lives in a house that his parents left behind. One day, a mysterious man appears in front of Kotaro Yuki. The man introduces himself as Kotaro Yuki's former pet dog Ten. When Kotaro Yuki was a child, he did have a pet dog named Ten. The mysterious man proceeds to freak out Kotaro Yuki. He knows things only that his pet dog Ten would know. Kotaro Yuki begins to wonder if the man could really be Ten?