Asian Drama

Can friendship be formed among men and women? This is a story of four men and women who led separate lives and happen to come together while facing various relationship problems due to having friends of the opposite sex.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 10

Adapted from the manga series "What Did You Eat Yesterday?" (きのう何食べた?) by Yoshinaga Fumi (よしなが ふみ).

Episodes: 10

It tells the story of four hot-blooded senior boys from Pingjing First High School who pursue their dreams with fervor and grow up together through thick and thin.

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Adapted from the novel "Nan Xiao Dou Fu Dian" (男校豆腐店) by Guo Wang Bi Xia (国王陛下).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

"If I tell you that I like you, will this end our friendship?"

One-sided love is always a series of choices. I secretly think about you, but an invisible wall called "friend" stands in my way. I wanted to break down that wall, but I couldn't...

A manager chasing his dream, and the regulars who lost their dreams. All sorts of human dramas take place in this restaurant. Why do sweet-sounding things like love and dreams hurt so much?

A short drama series set in a peculiar café, each depicting a step forward and growing up.

(Source: Japanese = sokenbicha.jp || Translation = ECOTVSubs)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 10 min.

Aired On: Monday

Murata and Tomoka, who are both tired of their past relationships meet at an offline game meeting and end up becoming friends before heading to a love hotel. The two hit it off and as they continue to meet their relationship progresses into an unusual "loose and easy-going" one where they can talk about anything, while having a good time together. The daily life of Murata and Tomoka, who have become "freedom friends" (friends with benefits) begins...

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Kouiu no Gaii" (こういうのがいい) by Souryuu (双龍).

Kuno Totono is a college student with naturally curly hair. He is extremely smart and loves curry, but doesn't have any friends or a girlfriend. Kuno Totono loves to talk and he can often solve difficult problems simply by talking it through. One day, Kuno Totono visits the city of Hiroshima. There, he gets involved with a mystery involving the succession of the Kariatsumari family’s property.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga "Mystery to Iunakare" (ミステリと言う勿れ) by Tamura Yumi (田村由美).

The middle-aged couple at the center of this drama somehow seems to pull through despite constant quarreling. The critical husband has clearly found his match in an equally combative wife, with one hilarious encounter after another revealing the love/hate relationship which typically underlies modern marriages.

Episodes: 11

Towards the end of their summer holiday, a group of high school students’ peaceful lives are disrupted. Someone named “Admin” adds them to a chat group and forces them to play a killing game. Before they find and remove “the target”, whose identity is unknown, anyone in the chat group who does not reply to other members’ messages will die instantly. Panic strikes as students in the class suddenly die one by one. Ho Hei Yin, a gentle and simple student, fights with “Admin” to protect his precious friends. In order for the class to survive, Yeung Yuet Ying vows to uncover the identity of “Admin”, even if it means putting herself in danger. A cynical Shek Hiu Yeung aims to save as many classmates as possible by locating and removing "the target” quickly. While the trio try to save others, some people show their true colours under pressure. One of them uses the game to kill others in order to win. Another one kills his friends brutally for revenge. One uses his friends as pawns in order to survive…The place where they should enjoy their youth is turned to a scene of carnage.

Episodes: 15

Jiang Le Zhi is a medical school graduate with "Asperger's Syndrome". He has superior intelligence but is not good at expressing. After he came to Songjia Hospital to work in surgery, he did not pay attention to human feelings and proper expressions. In the process of treating patients, he was often misunderstood and complained by patients and family members, causing the hospital committee to question his medical qualifications. Jiang Le Zhi must prove himself during the inspection period before he can continue to work in surgery.

During this period, the hospital's dean Lu gave him careful instruction. His colleagues Shen Tong and Ruan Yun Duo also helped him from different aspects. Jiang Le Zhi continued to cultivate his empathy, learn the skills of communicating with others, and give full play to his medical talents, and work with colleagues, rescued patients with different conditions, and finally won the trust of the hospital, officially became an excellent attending doctor, and also gained the love of Ruan Yun Duo.

(Source: Google Translate Baidu)

Episodes: 12

Luo Ying Wei was initially an office worker who passed the judicial examination through self study; however, she suffers multiple blows: her marriage falls apart, what's worse, her husband Liu Ming took on huge loans leaving her deeply in debt. Luo Ying Wei is not one to give up as she chooses to fight back using legal means.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 40

The drama tells the story of Xiao Li Ming as the representative of the peace and security of Chinese builders, facing the complexity of social contradictions in the network fraud, investment mine, corporate compliance and other risky challenges, and interest groups to fight to protect the people's peace and happiness.

(Source: cpophome)

Episodes: 45

It tells the decades of life and growth of young people living in the Hutong, Beijing. The unique perspective shows the aggressive and innovative fighting spirit of Li Qiang, Chen Wal, Hu Meihua, and Wu Xikai in the new era where the "little people" made efforts to change their own destiny and pursue ideals and a better life.

A story about five youths Xu Weibiao, Lin Zhihua, Zhang Peng, Wang Lei and Yu Nan who grew up in Beijing in the 1980s, and later separate due to differing beliefs.

Gu Wentong, a middle-aged living alone, meets a young photographer Ouyang Wenhui at work. By chance, Gu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who has been missing for more than 40 years. With the encouragement of Ouyang Wenhui, Gu Wentong chooses to face his father and regains the long-lost father-son relationship.

Follows the story of a woman who is rescued on a deserted island after going missing 15-years ago.

Mok Ha is a girl who has always dreamt of becoming a singer. During middle school, Mok Ha goes missing and ends up on a deserted island, where she manages to survive alone for 15-years. For Mok Ha, being rescued from her solitary life is one thing; adjusting to modern society is another!

(Source: Allkpop)

Episodes: 12

Two girls with a twisted fate, born on the same day, Lee Eun Hee and Lee Keum Hee live their lives as sisters. Living a life of poverty with their family, kind and considerate Eun Hee sacrifices her educational chances to better herself for her older sister Keum Hee. Eun Hee's true identity unbeknownst to her, one day a wealthy older man comes to their home requesting the return of his long lost granddaughter. Due to an accident that caused the death of her husband, in spitefulness, the girls mother returns the wrong granddaughter to the older wealthy man and leaves the real granddaughter in a life of struggling and hardship.

Bubble up tells the stories of young university students from two competing schools, who decide to open a joint youtube channel representing the student bodies of both universities. Kim Se Woon, a second year business student at Dae Han University. The character is known for his bright and generous personality, but he feels envy toward the more confident and straightforward On Ha Young.

Zhang Pei, Gou Dan Dan, Dong Jia Xi and Wu Yun are four girls who grew up together.

Zhang Pei is a strict insurance agent, Gou Dan Dan is a brilliant beauty blogger, Dong Jia Xi works at a theater to pursue her dream and Wu Yan was admitted to become a subdistrict civil officer.

They were working towards each of their goals in different cities, but chance and coincidence caused them to reunite again in their hometown. Company development meant Zhang Pei returned to her cowtown to do business there, Gou Dan Dan moved back to give birth, Dong Jia Zi moved back because of her mother's illness, while Wu Yun looked forward to their return amidst her busy work.

In their hometown, they found a new direction in careers, gained friendship, the comfort of family and the beauty of love.

(Source: secretsforests at Twitter)

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

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

In 1999, a robber breaks into a supermarket in small town, killing an elderly woman and running away. The police identify three boys as the culprits and quickly close the investigation. Soon after, Hwang Jun Cheol, who is newly appointed as the chief of the squad, is convinced that Choi Woo Sung, a high-ranking police officer, and his team manipulated the case for a quick result. Hwang attempts a reinvestigation and retrial with his unique persistent and robust investigation capacity.

(Source: BIFF)

Miyazawa Masajiro owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Miyazawa Kenji and his daughter is Miyazawa Toshi. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he refuses to take over the store. Masajiro is soft on his son. Meanwhile, Toshi is smart and wise. She gives advice to her father and her older brother. One day, Toshi gets sick.

Adapted from the novel "Ginga Tetsudo no Chichi" (銀河鉄道の父) by Kadoi Yoshinobu (門井慶喜).

It tells the story of a woman, Ji Hye, who dreams of turning her life around, and her daughter infiltrates the house of a cultural asset broker with a fortune of 60 billion won.

(Source: Mnews.jtbc)

The story of hero So Si Min, who once ruled the nation with her top-tier hapkido skills as a high school athlete. Seven years later, after becoming a part-time teacher, So Si Min finds herself the target of the evil student Han Soo Kang.

(Source: Soompi)

Adapted from a webtoon of the same name.

11-year-old Chan Yi is looking after his lovely younger sister So Yi by himself ever since their mother left them to find her own future. Despite their desperate situation of being abandoned by family and neighbours, these kids try their best to carry on life. One day, a little puppy joins this small family as Chan Yi steals it from an old couple's kennel as a gift his sister's birthday. Especially clever, this dog, whose name is "Ma Eum", returns the love received from his new family with great loyalty and it seems as though their happiness would continue forever... only until a sudden accident brings them into collapse.

In 1976 on a remote island, school teacher Eun-young wants to take her students on a field trip to a cookie factory in Seoul. Even though the parents don't like the idea, Eun-young succeeds in convicing them. But once they arrive in the complicated city, some students become fascinated with high-tech bicycles and get lost.

A Japanese girl meet a French photographer, and they will rely on each other.

A heartwarming story between roommates Aki and Haru, two college students who have different personalities and worries but share a love for food.

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai” (アキはハルとごはんを食べたい) by Tajima Makoto (たじまこと).

For the second season, Tamura's hard-boiled attitude was toned down, turning him into more of a comical figure as he tries to juggle an affair with married woman named Sugiyama Tomoko and a simultaneous relationship with his young lover Fujisawa Ayumi .

Chino Akiko comes to New York, where she falls in love with handsome lawyer Tajima Masayuki .

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

Kilimanjaro is the highest peak an amateur climber can conquer. Here, Yoon Eun Hye, Uee, Hyo Jung and Son Ho Jun, four young people, are challenged to climb! Will Kilimanjaro allow those who are beginner mountain climbers but are willing at least to reach the top? The Dream Challenge of Sincere Mountain-climbing Youth.

(Source: Korean = tvN Entertainment on YouTube)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Aired On: Saturday

Crime scenes are evolving day by day. However, there is always a smoking gun, the crucial piece of evidence that points to the culprit. Korea's foremost authority on forensic medicine, a 32-year veteran police officer who is now a researcher at the Institute of Criminology, and one of Korea's first-generation profilers gather to analyze the final messages left by victims, the scenes of the crime, and the psychology of criminals. We invite you to discover the importance of forensic science through vivid stories of forensic investigations and to empathize with the victims\u2019 stories.

Episodes: 30