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  • Ep 21 SUB

    The Princess's New Clothes (2023) (2023)

    The Princess's New Clothes (2023)
    Genre:
    Betrayal, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Fashion, Romance, Time Travel, Tragic Past, Web Series
    Country:
    Chinese

    Long Meng Li, the third princess of the Liang Kingdom, was send to death after being betrayed by her childhood sweetheart. With weird twist of fate, she was saved and came to the modern society and became an unemployed young woman. Soon, she learns that she must fulfil wish to become a fashion designer in order to restart her new life. The pain that came with it, is eased by Bai Yu, who has been silently accompanying and guarding her, to fulfill her mission. But everything get's complicated, when these two, starts faling in love with each other.

    (Source: Tencent)

    Episodes: 21

    Duration: 10 min.

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

  • Ep 45 RAW

    Against the Light (2023) (2023)

    Against the Light (2023)
    Genre:
    Business, Drama, Family, melodrama, Romance, Tragic Past, Workplace
    Country:
    Chinese

    A story set in the world of fashionable jewelry that revolves around a woman who hides her identity to unravel a secret while proving herself to be an outstanding jerweler.

    When Bai Xining was ten years old, her life is turned upside down and she goes from being an heiress of a jewelry enterprise to completely penniless. She is sent to Australia to be adopted by a Chinese couple and loses all contact with her home country. However, she eventually discovers that the reason her mother was sent to prison was because she had been framed. Fifteen years later, Xining who has earned a dual degree through her own hard work and capability joins the company that was once owned by her mother. She finds herself in the center of a power struggle between Li Zhuoran and Lin Yi.

    (Source: ChineseDrama)

    Episodes: 45

  • Ep 23 SUB

    Capture Her (2023) (2023)

    Capture Her (2023)
    Genre:
    Amnesia, Drama, Romance, Tragic Past, Trauma, Web Series
    Country:
    Chinese

    Han Xi Zhou and Xu Nan Nan, ten years ago split. Now she's a a reporter, and he's a rainforest guard. However, when the two meet again in the rainforest, where the woman is send, to interview Xi Zhou, he discovers that Nan Nan suffers from amnesia. As if that wasn't enough, Nan Nan, as a result of their meeting and returning to a place from the past, begins to regain memories that she wanted to bury so much, and her psychological trauma resurface.

    Conflicted Zhou, faces a dilemma whether to help his former love, regain their shared memories, which used to be painful, or not to deepen the state of Nan Nan, who now, lost, tries desperately to piece together what she has repressed from her memory.

    (Source: Chinese = Douban; Tencent)

    Episodes: 23

  • Ep 1 SUB

    This Child Is Evil (2022) (2022)

    This Child Is Evil (2022)
    Genre:
    Accident, Family, Suspense, Thriller, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Japanese
    Hana, the daughter of psychotherapy director Kubo Shiro, suffered a traffic accident with her mother and sister, leaving her legs badly hurt, her mother in a vegetative state, and her sister suffering from a severe burn on her face. Yotsui Jun, a high school student, appears in front of Hana, he is investigating the cause of her mother's loss of mind. Hana gradually communicates with Jun, but one day Shiro suddenly returns home with her mother who has awakened from her vegetative state after 5 years. Shiro rejoices at the family reunion after a long time, saying, "A miracle has happened," but Hana feels uncomfortable. "She's not my mom."
  • Ep 12 SUB

    Numbers (2023) (2023)

    Numbers (2023)
    Genre:
    Business, Corruption, Drama, Investigation, Murder, Mystery, Revenge, Tragic Past, Workplace
    Country:
    Korean

    An intelligent young man, Jang Ho Woo is employed by the Taeil Accounting Firm. His excellent memory, sharp observational skills, and his innate sense for numbers lead him to be the firm's first high school graduate hire.

    Ho Woo soon uncovers a web of systemic corruption and injustice that can only be stopped by dismantling one of Korea's most prestigious accounting firms.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Missing You (2016) (2016)

    Missing You (2016)
    Genre:
    Drama, Investigation, Murder, Mystery, Revenge, Suspense, Thriller, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    Seven years old, Hee Joo, loses her detective, single father to Ki Beom, a notorious serial killer who is caught after murdering his cheating girlfriend and sentenced to only 15 years in prison because the court failed to find evidence linking him to the other killings. Detective Dae Yeong takes in Hee Joo and raises her.

    Fifteen years later, Hee Joo is the mascot of the police precinct, where she volunteers. When Ki Beom is released from prison, he gets complicatedly involved with the girl who has been waiting 15 years to find out who murdered her father.

  • Ep 16 SUB

    If You Wish Upon Me (2022) (2022)

    If You Wish Upon Me (2022)
    Genre:
    Drama, life, Medical, Romance, Tearjerker, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    Yoon Kyeo Re is a young man who has known nothing but misery ever since he was a child. He was abused while still a boy and had a horrid time at the orphanage where he was raised. He then spent time in a juvenile detention center. And as an adult, things got no better, leading to him serving time in prison. Beatings and misery are all he knows, and he finds himself at the end of his tether, finally facing the void…

    But when he is ordered by a court to serve his community service at an end-of-life care facility for the terminally ill, things begin to change for him. Here he meets the tireless Kang Tae Shik, a middle-aged man who leads the volunteer team at the facility. Kang Tae Shik has created a unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting dying patients their last wishes. No matter what people ask for, Team Genie will work their hardest to make those precious last wishes come true. He also meets Seo Yeon Joo, a young nurse who refuses to give up on her patients and tries to keep them physically active at all times. Will working at this facility help turn Yoon Gyeo Ree’s life around? Or is it too late to change his destiny?

    (Source: Viki)

    Episodes: 16

  • Ep 112 RAW

    Come Come Everybody (2021) (2021)

    Come Come Everybody (2021)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, life, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Japanese
    Depicts the lives of three generations of women who have close links to the English lessons on radio which began in 1925.
  • Ep 5 SUB

    Come Come Everybody (2021) (2021)

    Come Come Everybody (2021)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, life, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Japanese
    Depicts the lives of three generations of women who have close links to the English lessons on radio which began in 1925.
  • Ep 12 SUB

    Mystic Pop-Up Bar (2020)

    Mystic Pop-Up Bar
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Food, Grudge, Mystery, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean
    Ssanggab Cart Bar opens only at night on the rooftop of a building. Wol Joo runs the mysterious food cart. Customers who visit Ssanggab Cart Bar consist of normal people and the dead. While drinking alcohol and eating dishes with Wol Joo, the customers of Ssanggab Cart Bar talk about themselves and try to heal their internal wounds.
  • Ep 16 SUB

    Itaewon Class (2020) (2020)

    Itaewon Class (2020)
    Genre:
    Business, Drama, Food, life, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past, Youth
    Country:
    Korean

    On the first day of attending his new high school, Park Sae Ro Yi punches his classmate Jang Geun Won, who was bullying another classmate. The bully is the son of CEO Jang Dae Hee. The bully's father runs restaurant business Jagga where Park Sae Ro Yi’s own father works. CEO Jang Dae Hee demands to Park Sae Ro Yi that he apologizes to his son, but Park Sae Ro Yi refuses. Because of his refusal, Park Sae Ro Yi gets expelled from school and his father gets fired from his job. Soon, an accident takes place. Park Sae Ro Yi’s father dies in a motorcycle accident caused by his ex-classmate Jang Geun Won. Burning with anger, Park Sae Ro Yi viciously beats Jang Geun Won. He is soon arrested and receives prison time for violent assault. Park Sae Ro Yi decides to destroy the Jagga company and take revenge upon CEO Jang Dae Hee and his son Jang Geun Won. Once Park Sae Ro Yi is released from prison, he opens a restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul. Jo Yi Seo, who is popular on social media, joins Park Sae Ro Yi’s restaurant and works there as a manager. She has feelings for Park Sae Ro Yi.

    Adapted from the webtoon "Itaewon Class" (이태원 클라쓰) by Jo Gwang Jin (조광진).

    Episodes: 16

  • Ep 12 SUB

    Pegasus Market (2019) (2019)

    Pegasus Market (2019)
    Genre:
    Bromance, Business, Comedy, Corruption, Drama, Teamwork, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    "Cheap Cheonlima Mart" tells the story of employees at a falling-behind store where the staff is king, rather than the customer. While the manager tries to revive the mart, they’re up against the “human bulldozer” boss that aims to ruin the store.

    Moon Seok Gu is a foolish shopkeeper who wants to make Cheonlima Mart the No. 1 retailer store. Although he seems a bit dim-witted, he dreams of becoming an employee at the headquarters of Daemae Group by reviving the mart.

    Jung Bok Dong is a genius boss who tries to take revenge on Daema Group by destroying Cheonlima Mart. He was originally a board director at Daema Group and trusted by the CEO for his clear insight and fastidious personality, but he was suddenly demoted to being the boss of Cheonlima Mart. He tries to drive Cheonlima Mart to the ground by hiring people who have failed at life and are unlikely to be hired by anyone else.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Tune in for Love (2019) (2019)

    Tune in for Love (2019)
    Genre:
    Drama, life, melodrama, Romance, Tragic Past, Youth
    Country:
    Korean

    In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeol went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album', a college girl Mi Soo meets Hyun Woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their frequencies slowly come in sync; even when they're apart, the show brings them together through ebbs and flows of events arising from both pure coincidence and inevitability, until the bitter reality drives them apart.

    In 1997, during the IMF crisis, two people meet while exchanging stories on a radio program. They fall in love, but can't quite seem to get the timing right.

    The film is a romantic melodrama that will tell the love story of the optimistic Hyun Woo and the hard-working Mi Soo, who end up meeting by chance. Although the young couple’s paths keep crossing, the timing never appears to be in their favor.

  • Ep 21 SUB

    The Fallen Leaf (2019) (2019)

    The Fallen Leaf (2019)
    Genre:
    melodrama, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Thailand

    Nira is like a young leaf, which is always there beside the flowers but will never be one of them. Her name, Nira, derives from Niranam which means the anonymous one. The story of a boy who is a little girl at heart, he is shattered from not being accepted by anyone but his mother who wholeheartedly loves him. His father is not a very good man, as he loathes him and mistreats his mother. Nira wants his father to be like his uncle-in-law Chatchavee, the only one aside from his mother who is a warm man and cares for him and understands him. Until the forbidden love occurs, Chatchavee happens to notice and cannot answer back this aberrant love, he denies Nira. Nira, deeply crushed and traumatised by this rejection, decides with his mother's support to do something that changes the rest of his life. He undergoes a sex reassignment surgery which completely transforms him into a gorgeous woman. Unfortunately, her mother dies during the operation. Devastated, she runs away from the hospital. The one who finds her and helps her is doctor Benjang, who takes her home. She starts living as his sister.

    One day, Nira coincidentally meets Chatchavee. Due to her beauty, he starts to fall for her and also Nira's father. None of them recognise her. The tragedy love begins to be more and more complicated when Nira's aunt, who always looks down on Nira's love and is envious of her, discovers the truth and tries to hinder Nira in every way. How will this story end?

  • Ep 24 SUB

    Money Flower (2017) (2017)

    Money Flower (2017)
    Genre:
    Business, Corruption, Hidden Identity, Law, melodrama, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    Managing director Kang Pil Joo is envied by many inside the Chungah Group where he is known for his intelligence and high-performance. He keeps his real identity a secret from the Chungah Group founding family and serves them as an obedient servant but he is actually grooming them for his scheme. His plan was to make Mo Hyun fall in love with Jang Bu Cheon for his revenge, but he finds himself falling desperately in love with her free-spirited personality.

    The “Money Flower” portrays a story of interlinked relationships between Pil Joo who is capable of bringing down Chungah, Mo Hyun who seeks love and a young Chungah Group scion named Bu Cheon. And these characters all come to the fore as money dictates their lives in a web of desire, greed, and love.

  • Ep 32 SUB

    While You Were Sleeping (2017) (2017)

    While You Were Sleeping (2017)
    Genre:
    Childhood, Comedy, Drama, Law, Murder, Mystery, Neighbours, Romance, Supernatural, Thriller, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    A young woman with bad premonition dreams meets two people who suddenly develop the same ability.

    Nam Hong Joo lives with her mother, Yoon Moon Sun, a widow who runs a small restaurant. Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother, Seung Won, move in across the street. Since she was young, Hong Joo has had the ability to see bad events before they happen, but she is often unable to do anything about it.

    One day, Jae Chan has a strange premonition dream about an accident involving Hong Joo and Lee Yoo Beom, a ruthless attorney who used to be Jae Chan’s tutor. Jae Chan decides to interfere in the course of events and ends up saving the lives of Hong Joo and Han Woo Tak, a young police officer. When Jae Chan, Hong Joo, and Woo Tak then start having dreams about one another, they realize that their lives are now somehow entwined.

    But can the three discover the reason that they were brought together, and can they prevent the people closest to them from getting hurt?

  • Ep 54 SUB

    Nirvana in Fire (2015) (2015)

    Nirvana in Fire (2015)
    Genre:
    Corruption, Drama, Hidden Identity, Historical, Military, political, Power Struggle, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past, War
    Country:
    Chinese

    In sixth-century China, the Emperor of Great Liang orders the unjust execution of his brother-in-law Marshal Lin Xie alongside the Lin family, his 70,000 army soldiers, and Crown Prince Qi. Secretly surviving the massacre is Lin Xie's son, Lin Shu, who undergoes medical treatment that changes his appearance entirely and leaves him in a weakened state, unable to ever perform martial arts again. Lin Shu changed his name to Mei Chang Su and later became the chief of the pugilist world and established the Jiangzuo Alliance.

    Twelve years later, Mei Chang Su returns to the capital with a secret plan after being sought after by Prince Yu and Prince Xian during their fight for the throne. He decides to covertly assist Prince Jing, the unfavoured son of the Emperor, and wisely rids the court of all scheming officials.

    Adapted from the novel "Lang Ya Bang" (琅琊榜) by Hai Yan (海宴).

    Episodes: 54

  • Ep 20 SUB

    Pinocchio (2014) (2014)

    Pinocchio (2014)
    Genre:
    Bromance, Childhood, Cohabitation, Family, Fantasy, Hidden Identity, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    The idealistic Choi In Ha has her work cut out for her when she becomes a broadcast journalist, especially when she suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome,” which makes her break out into hiccups whenever she tells a lie. Her rookie colleagues include Choi Dal Po, whose shabby appearance masks his true eloquence and sharp memory; Seo Bum Jo, a wealthy heir who has had everything handed to him in life; and Yoon Yoo Rae, whose fangirl knowledge comes in handy in covering the news. The 20-something newbie reporters pursue justice as they try to discover themselves in the process.

    (Source: SBS World YouTube)

    Episodes: 20

  • Ep 24 SUB

    The Return of Iljimae (2009) (2009)

    The Return of Iljimae (2009)
    Genre:
    Drama, Hidden Identity, Historical, Martial Arts, Romance, Serial Killer, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean
    The story is about a man fighting against the selfish and corrupt government to save the ordinary peasants. Iljimae was abandoned by his birth father and adopted by a Chinese couple. He returns to Korea to find his birth family and realizes how unjust the world really is. He watched as his first love, Dal Yi, was wrongfully put to death. Iljimae then vows to help the commoners from the corrupt government officials.
  • Ep 15 SUB

    49 Days (2011) (2011)

    49 Days (2011)
    Genre:
    Accident, Coma, Drama, Fantasy, life, melodrama, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean
    A young woman named Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to be married with her fiancé, but her perfect life is shattered in a car accident that left her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store.
  • Ep 24 SUB

    Queen of Ambition (2013) (2013)

    Queen of Ambition (2013)
    Genre:
    Drama, Manhua, melodrama, political, Revenge, Romance, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean
    When you grow up in extreme poverty, the experience can instill a steely resolve to succeed at all costs. Joo Da Hae is determined to leave her life of poverty behind and will stop at nothing until she achieves the wealth and lifestyle she so desires. Ha Ryu, who loved Da Hae and would have done anything for her, is used and betrayed by her in her greedy quest. He later becomes a public prosecutor who must bring her down. But the heartless Da Hae, who rises to become First Lady, has plenty of others who will sacrifice themselves at her whim, including the smitten Baek Do Hoon. Can the ruthless Da Hae be stopped before she goes too far?
  • Ep 20 SUB

    City Hunter (2011) (2011)

    City Hunter (2011)
    Genre:
    Action, Corruption, Crime, Hidden Identity, Manga, Mystery, political, Revenge, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, Tragic Past
    Country:
    Korean

    Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father's death with his surrogate father Lee Jin Pyo and eventually becomes a "City Hunter".

    Adapted from the manga series "City Hunter" (シティーハンター) by Hojo Tsukasa (北条司).