Asian Drama

The story follows Lee Tang, an ordinary college student, who gets into an argument with a customer during a part-time job at a convenience store at night, unconsciously swings a hammer, and kills him. Suffering from guilt and fear of murder, Lee Tang learns one day that the person he killed was a serial killer and slowly realizes that he has a supernatural ability to identify "bad seeds". He soon becomes a dark hero who punishes people who committed unethical evils in the past.

A cold-blooded, charismatic and persistent detective starts to chase Lee Tang.

(Source: nbntv.co.kr)

Adapted from the webtoon "Sarinjaonangam" (살인자ㅇ난감).

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

A hyperrealistic comedy-drama depicting the crisis of each generation living in the present era. It tells the story of a simpleton, Mr. A, who suddenly has to struggle to survive after being faced with a three-tier combo, being urged to resign, going from rags to riches, and facing the realities of aging.

Adapted from the essay "I'm An Old Man, It Hurts".

Dong, an aspiring actor who is finally getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fame, wakes up with a dead woman, Meng, beside him. Unable to piece together the night before, Dong is determined not to let it stand in his way. He cleans up the scene and sets it up like a robbery went wrong, but unknowingly leaves traces of himself to be found. While the police search the apartment, it turns out all the residents have something to hide. Unravelling the cause of Meng’s death proves difficult, as everyone seems to have a motive for this murder...

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw; edited by olivestulip at MyDramaList)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Wednesday

Shortly after entering college, Jian receives a call from local police informing her of her uncle’s “suicide”. Her carer, since the death of her parents, uncle Jeong Jin Man, had always been quiet and mysterious but never suicidal.

But before Jian has a chance to think, her life is turned upside down by a flurry of gunfire, murder drones and more, as a medley of highly skilled assassins inexplicably turns their focus to killing her.

Pinned down in her uncle’s home, Jian will be forced to revisit some of the bizarre training her uncle gave her throughout her formative years if she hopes to survive long enough to discover what is going on.

(Source: HelloKpop)

Adapted from the novel "Sarinjaui Syopingmol" (살인자의 쇼핑몰) by Kang Ji Young (강지영).

Episodes: 8

It centers on the relationship between foodie and expert chef Tsukuyomi, and a 27-year-old female personal gym trainer named Soyogi. They meet up regularly so Soyogi can re-energize herself on Tsukuyomi's food, but they have established an agreement that forbids any romance between them.

Adapted from the manga series "Tsukuyomi-kun no Kindan Oyashoku" (月読くんの禁断お夜食) by Asada Nikki (アサダニッキ).

Passionate dessert chef Shin runs a bakery and works hard to achieve his goal. One day, a boy named Peach joins the team.

(Source: GagaOOLala)

Episodes: 6

Yono Miyako is a single 30-year-old contract employee. She returns from Tokyo to her hometown of Ibaraki, her dream city, to take care of her mother, and while there, she meets Hashima Kanichi, a kind but financially unstable part-time clerk. They share a mutual attraction, and the relationship between the two deepens, but as they confront their realities and worries for the future, the two find themselves drifting apart. As she worries about love, work, and caring for her parents, her own environment is constantly changing. She looks like the Earth is rotating and revolving around it. Miyako, who lacks the ability to make decisions and goes back and forth between resignation and hope, single-mindedly pursues happiness while hesitating.

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Episodes: 10

Duration: 10 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

A love-hate drama series that follows Noyama Honoka as a florist shop owner who finds her comfortable life messed up by distrust and suspicion when she receives a letter that her newlywed husband Masamichi is hiding a secret from her. As time goes on, she begins to become suspicious of the women around Masamichi, and her negative emotions develop into ones of betrayal and revenge.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

A woman who inherits a gravesite under mysterious circumstances as her family's history starts to unravel.

(Source: The Swoon Netflix)

Episodes: 6

Airs On: Friday

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.

Episodes: 8

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

This work stars Akafuji Yuichiro, a popular and handsome actor, and Aoyagi Hajime, a former popular child actor who has the ability but is currently unremarkable. The story begins when they are chosen to play the double lead roles in the live-action adaptation of an extremely popular BL manga.

They start living together in order to prepare for the role and get publicity, but Akafuji has a curt attitude toward Aoyagi, and Aoyagi doesn't like Akafuji either.

However, there was a reason for his curt attitude. In reality, Akafuji was deeply in love with Aoyagi.

Akafuji tries his best to hide his feelings, and Aoyagi tries to get along with the other but mistakenly thinks that he hates him. The misunderstanding between the two leads to an unexpected slapstick comedy in this "Cohabitation Romantic Comedy".

(Source: TV Asahi)

Adapted from the manga series "BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita" (BLドラマの主演になりました) by Suzuri Machi (すずり街).

Episodes: 3

Duration: 60 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Yono Miyako is a single 30-year-old contract employee. She returns from Tokyo to her hometown of Ibaraki, her dream city, to take care of her mother, and while there, she meets Hashima Kanichi, a kind but financially unstable part-time clerk. They share a mutual attraction, and the relationship between the two deepens, but as they confront their realities and worries for the future, the two find themselves drifting apart. As she worries about love, work, and caring for her parents, her own environment is constantly changing. She looks like the Earth is rotating and revolving around it. Miyako, who lacks the ability to make decisions and goes back and forth between resignation and hope, single-mindedly pursues happiness while hesitating.

The host of a fictional and sensational news show called "THE TRUTH" uses cynicism and humor to expose the truth behind various people and society. There will be a variety of segments and events, including a discussion corner with special guests, a cooking corner, english conversation corner, and street interviews, which are all filled with surreal content that at first seems to be useful but is meaningless, and vice versa.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 4

The story centers around Sakura Meme, a masked manga artist, who can hear the "voices" of food. As a result she gets hints and ideas for her stories through a variety of dishes and ingredients.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 2

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Friday

Jade works as a graphic designer. He is always the one in the middle. Middle child. He has got average grades in school. People around him, either his siblings or his friends, are so good-looking that he has always been overlooked or becomes just a middleman for those who want to know his siblings and friends personally. Jade has been in this situation for years and has to accept it unwillingly. He has built a high wall in his heart. He does not expect a romantic relationship since he has learned that whoever comes to him just wants to get close to the people around him.

One day, his office welcomes an intern called Mai. Mai is an attractive student who is popular among the girls in the office. Jade notices that Mai often stares at him and his friend, Uea. He thinks Mai is interested in Uea, and yes- he will become a middleman for this again. But he does not know that the one Who actually catches Mai's eye is him. Let's see what will happen when the middleman is not overlooked as before!

(Source: Deep Publishing)

Adapted from a novel by littlebbear96.

Episodes: 8

"Persona: Sulli" is split into two parts: A short film titled "4: Clean Island", and a feature-length documentary film "Dear Jinri" (Sulli's real name), which includes the star's final interview.

"4: Clean Island" is a short film about a main character named Nezzi (Sulli) who dreams of immigrating to the cleanest place in the world, 'Clean Island'. In order to pass through an immigration checkpoint to the island, Nezzi needs to confess a sin. Her sin involves a story about a special pig. This narrative presents a remarkable canvas for the viewers to appreciate Sulli's profound and emotive performance.

"Dear Jinri" is a documentary which features the diverse concerns and thoughts of 25-year-old Choi Jinri (Sulli) in the form of interviews. The documentary conveys Sulli’s wish for the public to see her and like her for just the way she is.

(Source: Korea herald, Soompi, Laika Cinema, BIFF website, NME, Naver, Allkpop, Kbizoom)

Episodes: 2

Duration: 1 hr. 5 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Monday

When good-humoured Golf is tasked with scouting locations, he meets unfeeling Pond. The two end up in a situation where they're forced to share a hotel room and their differences bring about new feelings in each other.

(Source: Thai = DoubleM Studio TH YouTube)

Episodes: 2

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

At Seven Star Town, a high-class facility where Asako works as the head nurse, wealthy elderly people are elegantly living the last chapters of their lives. For Asako, who was living a humble life and taking care of her mother, it was a world far from herself. Satsuki, who works in Seven Star Town, also takes care of her parents who live with her, and her colleague Kuniko also has problems in the family over caring for her father. Asako has problems finding a facility for her mother. Both Satsuki and Kuniko face headwinds in their lives every day. Asako and her friends put into action a bold plan to break the status quo, and the drama of the people gathered in Seven Star Town begins to come alive. Will they be able to find paradise on earth?

(Source: Japanese = NHK)

Adapted from the novel "Warera ga Paradise" (我らがパラダイス) by Hayashi Mariko (林真理子).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Miyuki, a single mother and nursery teacher, meets Sri Lankan Kumara while visiting Tohoku as a disaster volunteer. A year later, the two of them who fulfilled a fateful reunion are gradually attracted to each other. Straightforward and charming, Kumara quickly becomes friends with Miyuki's daughter, Maya, and eventually, the three begin to live together like a family. Miyuki and Kumara exchange promises of marriage, but it is short-lived happiness.

Shortly after submitting her marriage registration and officially becoming a couple, Kumara is questioned by the police and placed in an immigration facility and ordered to be deported to her home country for overstaying. Kumara and Miyuki are in despair after being suspected of a fake marriage at the oral hearing. Visitation at the immigration office is only for 30 minutes through an acrylic board.

Miyuki and Maya are overwhelmed with anger at the unreasonable response and frustration that they can't help, but they visit lawyer Megumi Koichiro with a little hope. The only way to save Kumara is to file a lawsuit, win over the judgment, and obtain special permission to stay. He just wants to live with his family of three... He keeps a small wish in his heart and challenges the battle against the country.

(Source: Japanese = NHK)

Adapted from the novel "Yasashii Neko" (やさしい猫) by Nakajima Kyoko (中島京子).

Episodes: 5

Duration: 49 min.

Aired On: Saturday

The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.

"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

Kono Miri is a young lady who moved from Tokyo to Kobe after failing her dream to become pianist. While being depressed about her life, Miri meets Aoki Sora, a man who runs a kitchen car business while suffering from dissociative amnesia, a disorder that causes people to lose their memories.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

Ratings: 7.5

What if there was a subscription service that allowed people to have a "safe affair"...? An ordinary housewife who has never thought about having an affair falls into the swamp of an adultery subscription service that she started out of a little interest and finally sinks into the abyss.

(Source: LDH Entertainment)

Adapted from the manga "Sabusuku Furin" (サブスク不倫) by GIGATOON Studio, Minto Studio, and Nemeton.

Episodes: 6

He's perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he's just lost all his life savings to a bitcoin scam. Burdened by societal pressures, Yijae Choi decides to take his own life. Insulted by his flippant attitude towards dying, Death comes to punish him with her game: he must experience death over and over again through 13 other lives. But if he can find a way to survive the imminent death coming for these lives, he gets to live out their lifetime. His life was a bust, but what about the lives of others?

(Source: webtoons.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Ije God Jukseubnida" (이제 곧 죽습니다) written by Lee Won Sik (이원식) and illustrated by Gul-chan (꿀찬).

Episodes: 4

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Kaseifu no Mitazono is back for a sixth season. Mr. Mitazono is a strong housekeeper who dresses as a woman and has exceptional housekeeping skills. Whenever he is sent to a client's house in order to carry out the work, he is able to pick out the deepest rooted secrets that exist among the family.

This time, he is joined by Yaguchi Miyu, a 20 year old newbie housekeeper.

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Episodes: 9

In 1999, before people left a digital trail, a fake family is born. In an effort to make his dying father proud, Pong recruits a makeshift family. His ex-girlfriend Lily will play the role of his wife and mother to their two fake children played by pager company employee Kek and video rental shop owner Bung.

Episodes: 8

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Episodes: 7

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When Kim Ji Yong was a child, his mother was beaten to death in the street. The culprit only received three and half years in prison. Kim Ji Yong—now an adult—sees that his mother's killer hasn't changed at all. Ji Yong takes matters into his own hands and beats him brutally.

Subsequently, Kim Ji Yong begins living two entirely different lives. On weekdays, he's a model student at the police university. During the weekends, he punishes criminals who'd recieved light sentences and continue to commit criminal acts. Now called Vigilante, Ji Yong receives help from admirer Cho Kang Ok. Meanwhile, Detective Cho Heon chases after the man called Vigilante.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from a webtoon "Vigilante" ( 비질란테) written by CRG and illustrated by Kim Gyu Sam (김규삼)

Release dates: October 5, 2023 (Festival)

Episodes: 8

Yomogida Fujiko is an office worker with an academic complex. She works hard and becomes a full-time employee at an insurance company, but because of her diligence, she is unable to refuse the work she is asked to do and accepts it with a smile on her face. One day, an elite company employee, Nishina Soma, moves into the room next door. Fujiko is soothed by the time she spends with her very kind and gentlemanly neighbor. But why did Nishina, a supposedly elite man, move into this shabby apartment, and why is he so kind to Fujiko...? It seems that Nishina, who does not speak much, is a stranger to Fujiko...?

Adapted from the manga "Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru" (癒やしのお隣さんには秘密がある) written by Umezawa Natsuko (梅澤夏子) and illustrated by Shimafuku Rou (嶋伏ろう).

No hobbies, no friends, no lover. There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn’t have. The story begins when Kouki, an apathetic convenience store worker who struggles to find meaning in his daily life, is stabbed by a random thug. In his dying moments, he sees a beautiful angel with pure white wings.

Thinking he was being taken to the afterlife, he is surprised to wake up and find himself fully recovered. When he returns home, he discovers the same angel from before is already there. After learning that the angel has no memories and cannot fly, he takes pity on him and decides to let him stay with him for a while…

(Source: Japanese = Natalie.mu || Translation = Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga "One Room Angel" (ワンルームエンジェル) by Harada (はらだ).

Episodes: 6