Asian Drama

In Hong Kong, a vigilante serial killer by the name "Darker" leaves death notices stating when and how he will murder a victim. Even if the victim reports it to the police and receives protection, Darker can easily break through and execute them.

Ten years ago, Darker orchestrated a mysterious explosion of Mang Wan, the girlfriend of police inspector Luo Fei, with the only survivor and witness being Wong Siu Ping, a homeless man whose was crippled and his face was severely burnt and disfigured as a result. Darker reappears again in the present sending out death notices and executing violent and brutal punishments, challenging the police to a face off with an unimaginable conspiracy behind

(Source: CHwiki)

Adapted from "Death Notice: The Dark One" written by Zhou Hao Hu.

On an early morning, two dead bodies are found at a house. One deceased person is a senior citizen and the other deceased person is their caregiver. Shiba Munenori works for the same home health care agency that the deceased caregiver worked. Shiba Munenori is known as a kind and devoted caregiver. Yet, the police begin to target him as a suspect. While investigating the case, Prosecutor Otomo Hidemi learns that the home health care agency has an unusually high mortality rate. To uncover the truth, Otomo Hidemi confronts Shiba Munenori.

Adapted from the novel "Lost Care" (ロストケア) by Hamanaka Aki (葉真中顕).

Tells the story of an ordinary woman with the dream-walking ability to control other people's dreams and a serial killer who can control other people's dreams against the backdrop of a city bustling with serial murder cases.

A serial killer taps into the media interest over his murders and ruthlessly manipulates their victims, the police and the media like a puppet master, turning the case into a national spectacle.

Adapted from the novel 'Mohou-han' (模倣犯) by Miyabe Miyuki.

A story about a female killer.

Kill Bok Soon is a single mother. She is also a lethal killer, with a 100% success rate on contract killings. She works for M.K. Ent, which is run by Cha Min Kyu. He trained Kill Bok Soon as a killer and they hold mutual respect for each other. At the same time, Kill Bok Soon is aware that Cha Min Kyu is a dangerous person who can take away everything from her. Cha Min Hee is the younger sister of Cha Min Kyu and she works as an executive at M.K. Ent. She doesn't show her feelings to other people. Han Hee Sung is a killer for M.K Ent. He is highly skilled at his job, but he is not recognized by others for his work.

Right before Kill Bok Soon is set to renew her contract, she gets involved in a kill or be killed confrontation.

Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.

Adapted from the novel "Shikei ni Itaru Yamai" (死刑にいたる病) by Kushiki Riu (櫛木 理宇).

Murata Jo is a ruthless criminal. On the surface, he is cheerful and lively. But he emotionally controls other people, milks them for money, and makes them commit brutal crimes.

Based on a real criminal case, named Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident, taking place between 1996 and 1998, and the main culprit of it, Futoshi Matsunaga.

Su San, a witty reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell, and detective police chief Luo Yin team up to solve a serial murder case in Shencheng; fighting to protect the people, social justice, and each other.

Urashima Eiji is a university student and his father is a serial murderer. One day, he realises that he is suffering from a dual personality disorder and worries that his other personality may have committed murder. This leads him to begin investigations to find out the truth.

Adapted from the manga series "Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete "by Inoryu Hajime (Story) and Ito Shota (Art).

Kikuno Kei attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.

Adapted from the manga "Violence Action" (バイオレンスアクション) by Asai Renji (浅井蓮次) and Sawada Shin (沢田新).

In 1932, a series of bizarre murders occurred in Beihai City. During police detective Long Cong's investigation, he discovers that the murderer uses illusions to kill people under the guise of ghosts and monsters. Eventually, Long Cong, with the assistance of female reporter Hua Ling, brings the murderer to justice, but the hidden truth behind it is too much for him to accept.

After executing the perpetrator of a murder case unsolved for thirty years, the assassin nicknamed "Super Sleuth" announces he'll continue to bring his personal brand of justice to other elusive killers. The police, believing this a challenge to their crime-solving abilities, assign their own super sleuth, Wang Zhenfeng, along with retired "super sleuth" Uncle Xiangyun, to analyze long-dormant cold cases and find the killers before they're killed. A succession of successfully executed Super Sleuth-style murders leads Wang to doubt Uncle Xiangyun's true identity. Meanwhile, the three super sleuths engage in a battle of wits before the next execution takes place.

A series of black garbage bags filled with dismembered body parts begin to show up around the city: in an elevator, on a highway, at the edge of a basketball court, and rendering the victims nearly impossible to identify. The killer's motive is a complete mystery. Leading the investigation is Detective Cho, a burnt-out cop trying to redeem himself with this case. Setting up a special squad dedicated to these gruesome murders, Cho and his partner, the veteran Detective Oh, map out the order of the murders, interchanging the parts like pieces in a grotesque puzzle. Mystified by the surgical precision of the dismemberments and finding a medical antiseptic called "Hexamedrin" spread all over the bodies, the detectives start suspecting a doctor or a biologist as the killer.

A break opens up when Cho is led to a beautiful and enigmatic young artist, Chae Su Yeon, whom all the victims have had relations with. But besides this revealing breakthrough, Cho is far from solving the case. Still not having found a motive, Cho is grasping for many clues. As the murders continue, Cho is drawn closer to Su Yeon and begins unravelling her tortured past, leading to new questions and suspects. Cho and Oh subsequently discover that her father, a famous painter, mysteriously disappeared years before. Cho decides to investigate her late college classmate and current colleague Ki Yeon, and her friend, Sung Min.

While Cho questions Ki Yeon, the fragile Su Yeon is attacked but manages to escape. After being released from police custody, Ki Yeon disappears, and the next morning Detective Cho is notified of the fourth murder. Under the rainy urban landscape of Korea's capital, another garbage bag is discovered on a highway. This time, the corpse is a head-less Ki Yeon.

Lu Xiao is the captain of Haigang Police, who is wise and calm. He is considered the elite of the police force despite his young age, as he has solved multiple difficult cases. However, he was stumped by a bizarre case of a floating corpse, and the "Water Ghost" killer. In the process of investigation, the killer was able to escape multiple times with his extraordinary observational skills. Together with his new roommate Fang Yi Tong, the two team up to catch the killer. However, he also loses his beloved wife, Jiang Yi Ran in the process and was almost at the brink of giving up. With his teammates' encouragement, Lu Xiao picks himself up and finally catches the killer, returning justice to the victims.

Adapted from "Peeping for 120 Days" (偷窥一百二十天, Tou Kui Yi Bai Er Shi Tian ) by Cai Jun 蔡骏.

While asleep, Tong Xiuzhi's house catches fire. She wakes up to find herself in a hospital and was told her boyfriend died in the fire. Unable to accept the truth, she committed suicide. The rest of her family members decided to gather at the art gallery to decide how to split her inheritance. An appearance of a beautiful girl at the gallery leads to speculations. A series of murders continue to occur at the gallery. Just what are the secrets behind these murder cases?

Adapted from the novel "The Murder in Kairotei" (回廊亭の殺人) by Higashino Keigo (東野圭吾).

Lee Ho Cheol is just an ordinary guy who works as a firefighter. One day, when news about a serial killer was making headlines, Lee Ho Cheol receives a piece of information from a stranger informing him that the serial killer is his neighbour, Kwon Shi Woo.

Unknown to Lee Ho Cheol, the stranger who gave him that information is a contract/hired killer, Bae Tae Jin, and Lee Ho Cheol suddenly finds himself trapped in a situation between the two.

Adapted from the novel "Superior Day" (우월한 하루) by Team Getname (팀 겟네임).

In 1953, while the Great East Asian War was happening, there was a dreadful murder case in Bangkok. On the victim's body there were mysterious tattoos on the wrist, forehead and ankle. This incident gave birth to a series of serial killings. The investigation of the case is entrusted to the inspector of the investigation department, Waytarng Phiromruj. More murders happen and the tattoos on the bodies look different each time. The police are trying to establish a connection between the murders, but mysterious circumstances hamper the investigation.

Si Xiao Nian, the graceful owner of a garment shop, and Yan Wu Ming, a gentleman of the Qing Dynasty, tied the knot. However, on the day of their wedding, the two left one after another. It turned out that both of them were hiding their true identities. Facing their deep love and secrets in their hearts, the two fall into a deep entanglement...

(Source: Xiaoheimi)

Episodes: 18

Assassinator Jing Ke is a 2004 Chinese television series based on a semi-fictional story of the assassin Jing Ke, who, in 227 BC, attempted to kill Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Directed by Raymond Lee, the series starred Liu Ye as the titular protagonist, with Peter Ho, Zheng Jiayu, Zhang Tielin, Shao Bing and Zhai Ying playing supporting roles.

Follows an aspiring manga artist named Keigo Yamashiro who dreams of making it big. Yamashiro is extremely talented, but what holds him back is his inability to create any villains due to his overtly cheerful personality. Due to this he is currently stuck in the position of being an assistant to a manga writer.

One day Yamashiro receives an assignment from his boss to visit a home and sketch the family living there. When Yamashiro arrives at the house he finds all four family members dead, and a mysterious man. Startled by the incident, the unknown man makes his escape and Yamashiro calls the cops.

When questioned by police Yamashiro lies and says that he did not see the murderer, he does however use the murderer as a villain for his own manga titled “34”. The manga series becomes a surprise hit and Yamashiro quickly becomes a top star in the manga world. However, murders extremely similar to incidents in the “34” manga begin to happen in real life, and Yamashiro is soon confronted by the mysterious murderer.

Once famous for his quick blade, a retired assassin can no longer earn a living with his cut-throat skills. Summoned again, he partners with his chauffeur to carry out special missions – fullfilling the wishes of old people looking to kill themselves. When commissioned by a young girl who has been deserted by her parents and lover, the “Elderly’s Angel” squad finds an arresting way to complete its task.

A serial killer is victimizing the city of Linghai so criminal police investigator Ji Fan , Captain Xiong Zhen Nan, and forensic doctor Zhao Qing Yan create a task force to launch an investigation. The case becomes complicated when Ji Fan realizes that the killer might be close to him and found to be related to an old case 27 years ago that leads back to his own family - his Ji Ting Shan and older brother Ji Ping who lives with him.

Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat. The story follows a violent crimes detective named Jae Hwan, a criminal profiler named Yoo Jin, and a surgeon named Joong Yeob, as they track down the criminal and uncover the secrets between the two cases.

Kimhan and Mookarin were engaged to be married but a tragedy destroyed their happiness. Mon, Kimhan's sister, was found dead and her husband Tada, Mook's brother, was accused of killing her.

The case went to court and Tada was acquitted with Mook taking the stand as her brother's alibi and Mon's death was ruled an accident. Kimhan was furious that his sister's killer walked free and that Mook lied to help acquit her brother.

If the law could not punish Tada, Kimhan will do it himself, so he vowed to get revenge. He actively persecuted Tada and broke off his engagement to Mook. In pursuing his revenge, he caused a lot of pain to Tada, Mook and other innocent people.

Yet, through it all, neither Kimhan nor Mook could forget their love for each other. They were filled with conflicting feelings of love, hate, revenge and loyalty as they, and the people around them, get caught in Kimhan's whirlpool of revenge.

Adapted from the novel "Mia Nok Hua Jai" by Chalalai.

A hard-boiled investigative comedy drama that centers around the insurance investigator Koo Kyung Yi who investigates a murder case. Koo Kyeong Yi, an intelligent woman who solves cold cases for the thrill of cracking the case rather than for bringing justice to the world. By hook or by crook, she ferociously chases the truth behind every case.

In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation, he secretly reaches out to Jin Jinbo, an associate professor at the medical school`s genome analysis lab. Who better than a DNA expert to identify this potential serial killer?

Liu Xiang Ciang had a dream where she was in Kingdom of Chu and became assassin, and had four opportunities to assassinate the prince Mu Chun Shen. If she failed, she was poisoned to death. In order to complete the assassination mission, she turned into a maid, a guard, and a beggar boy in the prince's mansion. Every time the assassination was about to succeed, there would be unexpected surprises. In the process of fighting against Mu Chun Shen, she gradually discovered Mu Chun Shen's kindness and sense of responsibility, and gradually fell in love with Mu Chun Shen. At the same time, she realized that there was a background/history behind this assassination mission.

Set in contemporary Hong Kong, a disillusioned hitman embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome the affections of his cool, detached partner he rarely sees. Thinking it is dangerous and improper to become involved with a colleague, he tries to find a surrogate for his affections. Against the sordid and surreal urban nightscape, he crosses paths with a strange drifter looking for her ex-boyfriend and a mute trying to get the world's attention in his own ways.

Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin.

Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.

“Superpower girl” Mina, is in the top of her class, the center of attention and the envy of everyone. “No-power girl” Juri is the total opposite, as her classmates sometimes forget she even exists. One day, Mina can't seem to close her eyelids, while Juri discovers her hidden powers.

Adapted from the novel "The Pursuer" (追凶者) by Qian Yu Zhi Cheng (千羽之城).

High school freshman Akihiko has a stutter, which makes him the target of bullying by his classmates. One day he sees his beautiful and brainy classmate Hikari killing a cat. Hikari confesses her desire to murder people and proposes that they kill Akihiko's tormentors.