Asian Drama

Miyamoto Ayumu is a young orthopedic surgeon. He goes back to his hometown in Nagano Prefecture and begins to work at the general hospital there. In addition to working as an orthopedic surgeon, he is ordered to join the mountain medical treatment team. The team provides treatment for patients who became sick or injured while in the mountains. The medical team members need to have knowledge about both the mountain and medicine. They are called mountain doctors because of this. Miyamoto Ayumu is not passionate about his duties on the mountain medical team. Things change as he works more with the team members. Meanwhile, Emori Gakuto is a circulatory physician who works at the same hospital and is a member of the medical treatment team. Although Emori Gakuto does his job well, he has trauma from his past that he tries to overcome.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Monday

Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this family. Somehow, she disconnects from her family in Tokyo and moves to a seaside town in Oita. There, she meets a 13-year-old boy named Mushi. He has been abused by his mother and does not speak due to trauma from the abuse. Mushi reminds Kiko of herself when she was younger.

Duration: 2 hr. 15 min

Release Date: Mar 1, 2024

The drama follows the lives of seven boys navigating their school years and personal growth, each grappling with family obligations, loss, poverty, abandonment, violence, and rejection.

After an unwanted return to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys. As an outsider and the son of Kim Chang Jun, the boys sometimes find him suspicious and misunderstand his actions, leading to conflicts. Despite these initial difficulties, they eventually become friends. It seemed awkward at first, but over time, they grow closer and open their hearts. They travel and play together, sharing their problems to help each other heal. Realizing they all have similar family issues, they become even closer. Hwan confronts his own feelings by staying with the other boys. As he spends time with them, he starts to like Songju-si and genuinely wishes for these days to continue forever.

However, Chang Jun notices the other boys and considers them useless, insisting that Hwan stay away from them. Hwan, who has always lived an obedient life, raises his voice for the first time and confronts his emotions.

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Adapted from the webtoon "Save Me". The series is inspired by BU (BTS Universe). It expands on the storyline fans have seen throughout BTS' music videos and Save Me webtoon.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Tuesday

Ratings: 8.4

When global superstar Piuno is threatened by those who wish to see him brought low, there’s only one thing he can do to save his reputation and his career: work at a pet daycare. Pushing aside his severe dislike for animals, Piuno begins working alongside the daycare’s director, Dae Byeol, who helps him find ways to overcome the trauma that first inspired his hatred of animals. As his heart begins to soften, unexpected feelings for Dae Byeol begin to arise. Could their current working relationship grow into something more?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 15 min.

Aired On: Monday

“Single in Seoul” is a melodrama about two drastically different people who meet through an essay about the single life, and in the process, they rediscover their old wounds from past loves.

Lee Dong Wook is in talks to play Park Young Ho who thoroughly enjoys the single life and lives on the borderline of being emotional and being pretentious. He’s also a popular lecturer and an influencer with 300,000 followers. Im Soo Jung is in talks to play Joo Hyun Jin, Park Young Ho’s college junior and editor-in-chief who is in charge of the essay series titled “Single in the City”.

(Source: Soompi)

It tells a story about AI engineer Gu Jiu Li, who founded Jiuqian Technology Company, that dedicated to the development of companion robots. Hao Jing, a senior in a preschool education major, likes to sing, but because of her mother’s objection, she can only secretly become a live broadcast singer blogger at night. After Hao Jing graduate, In order to avoid being discovered by her mother as the anchor, she came to Gu Jiu Li's company for an internship. When the two met, Hao Jing fell in love with Gu Jiu Li at first sight. Gu Jiu Li, who suffered 'facial blindness' didn't realize that the girl he was secretly interested in was Hao Jing. At the same time, the existence of Hao Jing in Gu Jiu Li's life warmed his loneliness due to his childhood experience.

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

In the 19th century, on the night of her wedding day, Park Yeon Woo's husband died after revealing that he had suffered from a heart condition for a long time. She is devastated, but before she can even mourn her husband, she gets kidnapped by a man and is thrown into a well. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her husband before her. Transcending time, space and death, she is now in present-day Seoul, South Korea, and the man who saves her from the swimming pool is Kang Tae Ha, who looks a lot like her dead husband from the 19th century.

Kang Tae Ha is the successor of SH Seoul Corporation. He does not like opening himself up to others due to his heart disease and the trauma that he endured in his childhood. He prioritizes logic over emotions and is uninterested in having a romantic relationship, but his ill grandfather tells him that he wishes to see his wedding before he dies. In the hopes of making his grandfather's wish come true, Kang Tae Ha asks Park Yeon Woo to enter into a contract marriage with him.

(Source: AsianWiki, MBC; edited by kyungsoosbae)

Adapted from the web novel "The Story of Park's Marriage Contract" (열녀박씨 계약결혼뎐) written by Kim Neo Ul (김너울) and illustrated by B.

Episodes: 12

At a secret monastery located in a rural area of Thailand. A music teacher is trying to help a young nun to be able to speak again.

Duration: 24 min.

Xu Nian, who witnessed her mother's death firsthand, developed mutism due to PTSD, losing her mother's care. Her father marries his lover and brings in a stepdaughter of similar age, subjecting Xu Nian to his cold indifference and the mistreatment and bullying of her stepmother Jiang Wan Li and her daughter Xu Yao. However, Xu Nian has always believed that there was a hidden truth behind her mother's death. To uncover the truth, she had to pretend to be weak and innocent, playing the role of a mute girl, while in reality, she is a kind-hearted but highly intelligent woman.

Gu Ming Yan, a stern and powerful CEO, has a paranoid personality due to childhood traumas, making him deeply suspicious of others. He has long suspected that his father's death was a conspiracy involving the Xu family and Gu Hong Yu. Upon discovering Xu Nian's true identity, he seeks to use her to uncover the truth. Gu Ming Yan manipulates Xu Nian into signing a marriage contract and "living together" with him, unaware that he is the prey of Xu Nian, a skilled manipulator. In their battle of wits, the two strong individuals move from deceiving each other to genuine emotions.

On the path of revenge, they transition from using each other to cooperating against a common enemy. Their hearts gradually draw closer, and they fall in love with each other. However, just as everything seems to be going perfectly, they discover that the true mastermind is fa

(Source: iQiyi)

Adapted from the web manhua "Zhan Zhu! Xiao Ya Qi" (站住！小哑妻) by Ake Culture (阿柯文化).

Episodes: 22

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

Talented youth Qin Ming just stepped out into society. With the help of Lin Dang and others, he slowly steps out of his childhood trauma and become a renowned medical examiner who can take charge of the whole bureau.

A new murder happened with the same M.O. as 15years ago. Did they catch the wrong person? Or the murderer had an accomplice? The nightmares and memories Qin Ming experience resurface again.

In ancient times, humans mixed with deities and demons, the world consisted of Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Gaoxin. Wandering in Dahuang, Jiu Yao from Gaoxin lost her identity and appearance. She settled in Qingshui Town and was renamed Wen Xiao Liu.

The Prince Qiang Xuan of Xuanyuan was Xiao Liu’s cousin. To find Xiao Liu, he travelled around Dahuang and came to Qingshui Town. In Qingshui Town, Xiao Liu saves Tushan Jing from danger and falls in love with him. Xiang Liu and Xiaoliu appreciated each other and became confidants. After a few twists and turns, Qiang Xuan and Xiao Liu eventually recognized each other.

After recovering her identity, Xiao Liu helped Qiang Xuan bring the whole world under his rule and retired from the rivers and lakes. The thoughtless man puts all his energy into governing the country because he knows that as long as the world is at peace, his little boy will be able to be happy and healthy.

(Source: WeTV)

Adapted from the 3rd book in the novel series "The Book of Mountain and Sea" (山经海纪) by Tong Hua (桐华).

Shoji Shoko is a 26-years-old beautiful woman who works hard and is admired by everyone. The problem she has is that she’s still a virgin. To change herself, she decides to move into a love-hunting sharehouse called “Love House", and she ends up living with six other people; three guys and three girls. Relationships in the "Love House" become complicated, and Shouko's love life takes an unexpected turn.

Adapted from the manga series "Shojo Koi. - Shojo no Shouko-san" (ショジョ恋。―処女のしょう子さん―) by Yamashina Tina (山科ティナ).

In order to take over the Xia family business, Xia Qian Ge has to marry into the Gu Family. Everybody expects her to marry the older Gu brother, Gu Cheng Feng, but an encounter with the younger brother, Gu Cheng Ze, leads Xia Qian Ge to change the groom - much to Gu Cheng Feng’s dismay.

After entering a contract marriage the two start their interesting cohabitation and inadvertently fall in love. But fate has it that the two are connected by an incident that happened 5 years earlier. What will happen to their love when the truth comes out?

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).

Moon Dong Eun's silent fury against those students that horrifically abused her during her high school years continues to burn inside of her. She meticulously executes her plan to inflict ultimate pain on her tormentors. Meanwhile, the sudden disappearance of Son Myeong Oh has gotten the attention of the police and his friends. Joo Yeo Jeong follows Moon Dong Eun and is willing to do anything she asks in her pursuit of revenge. Before Moon Dong Eun begins her final moves, she offers her nemesis Park Yeon Jin a chance to save herself if she turns in to the police, but Park Yeon Jin has her own plans to stop Moon Dong Eun. A violent and bloody game of nerves plays out between these rivals.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Team is a talented swimmer who just entered university. However, when it comes to swim competitions, he's never able to perform to the best of his abilities. When swim team upperclassman Win comes to know that the problem doesn't lie in Team's abilities or dedication, but rather his trauma and the sleeping difficulties it causes, he offers up his own room for Team to stay in. With the comfort of company, Team's performance starts to improve and feelings start to grow between the two young men. But Team isn't the only one with issues from his past preventing him from moving forward. Win struggles with how to handle receiving love and how to give special treatment to those closest to him. Occurring parallel to the events of "Until We Meet Again," this story focuses on how Win and Team come to know and inspire growth in each other.

Adapted from the novel "Hemp Rope" (เชือกป่าน) by lazysheep.

Hagino Shion is a 29-year-old beauty consultant. Although she has never had a boyfriend, Shion leads a happy and fulfilling life. However, one day, Shion participates in a blind date party and it triggers a flashback where she was rejected by her first love back in high school, who told her, "If you're going to confess, you should at least do something about your appearance". As if drawn back by her past trauma, Shion somehow goes back in time and becomes a 17-year-old high school student again. Using the makeup techniques she has honed, Shion decides to move towards a different timeline as compared to what happened 12 years ago.

Adapted from the manga "Seishun Cinderella" (青春シンデレラ) by Yuu Nozomu (夕のぞむ).

Jin Fu Zhu is a rising weightlifter. Despite her tough appearance, she has the heart of a young girl. She meets swimming prodigy Li Jun Chen, who appears cold in order to hide away his pain. Although their meeting started out as a misunderstanding, they slowly fall in love. Under Jin Fu Zhu's encouragement, Li Jun Chen overcomes his trauma, and his relationship with his parents also improves.

Parichat became pregnant before discovering that her partner, Trin, was already married. After forcibly having the child aborted, he abandons her. Parichat is left alone and suicidal until her sister and brother-in-law offer to help her plot revenge. The plan requires years of studying abroad, after which Parichat returns and begins slowly approaching Trin. As she creeps toward her vengance, Trin’s wife’s cousin, Payu, tries to protect his family by impeding her.

Adapted from the novel “Plerng Payu” (เพลิงพายุ) by Ploynampueng (พลอยน้ำผึ้ง).

A sports drama about a former national athlete who quits sports after causing a scandal and becomes a mental coach to help former professional athletes who have retired and current athletes who have fallen into a slump.

Je Gal Gil is a former national Taekwondo athlete who is known for his hard work and dorky charms. After he causes an unprecedented accident in the athlete’s village, Je Gal Gil is permanently expelled and coined the unlucky Taekwondo prodigy. Once he overcomes his past trauma and regains his mental health, Je Gal Gil returns to the athlete’s village as a mental coach.

Cha Ga Eul is a former world-class short track speed skating gold medalist who has fallen into a slump. With her pretty poker face, she’s known as the up-and-coming “Ice Princess,” but she faces the danger of fading out when she falls into a slump. Unable to confide in anyone, Cha Ga Eul begins to beat herself up until she meets mental coach Je Gal Gil.

Gu Tae Man is the director of the Human Rights Center in the Korean Olympic Committee. The former Taekwondo Olympic gold medalist has a strong desire for power and is the reason Je Gal Gil’s life was transformed overnight. With the belief that anything can be covered as long as he is No. 1, Gu Tae Min does everything he can for the top position.

Park Seung Ha is a part of the mental health support team in the athlete’s village. She is the perfect example of “a kind daughter who was raised well” but endures an unexpected hardship after meeting Je Gal Gil as her first patient. Park Seung Ha ends up leaving the hospital and applying to the athlete’s village instead where she surprisingly reunites with Je Gal Gil, this time as advisor partners.

The story of a girl who was violated when she was studying in middle school. Originally, she was a girl full of expectations and dreams for her future. But due to that incident, she was pushed into the endless abyss of trauma.

Jae Woo is a young man who lives with childhood trauma and finds himself traveling to the past where he meets Ji Hoon, a law student preparing for a bar exam and the person Jae Woo admires the most. As he travels to the past, will he be able to change each other's fate?

Yoo Se Poong’s legendary abilities as a physician are well-known in the royal palace. Nonetheless, he was expelled from the royal court when his involvement in a conspiracy against the royal family came to light. He moves and begins work in the strange, but, beautiful, Gyesu Village.

There he meets Kye Ji Han, Sorak Village’s grumpy old doctor with the heart of gold. Upon the encounter with Yoo Se Poong, Kye Ji Han is motivated to transform the young doctor into one who heals hearts.

Another resident of the village is Seo Eun Woo, who hails from a noble family and has keen observational skills and deep empathy. Now a widow, she mirrors the stories of the heartbroken. She feels wronged by her sudden marriage and is about to become an unwilling wife who stays virtuous to a deceased husband.

Adapted from the novel "Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo Se Pung" (조선 정신과 의사 유세풍) by Lee Eun So (이은소).

A youth action romance about the bloody high school lives of mysterious transfer student and killer Gyeo Wool and traumatized high school student Yeo Reum as they meet and get chased down by a criminal organization.

Seo Hee Soo is a university student and she wants to become a song lyricist. She has never had a boyfriend in her life and her self-esteem is almost zero. She happens to find a mysterious lyrics notebook that makes love come true for the writer. Her best friend Jung Shi Ho is the only one who knows about Seo Hee Soo’s lyrics notebook. Seo Hee Soo soon gets involved with different men.

Liu Ling, the domineering Princess Chang Le, meets the cold and skilled martial artist, Shen Yan, and together they embark upon a journey.

Adapted from the novel Jin Yi Wei Da Ren (锦衣卫大人) by Yi Ren Kui Kui (伊人睽睽).

Bossy and self-centered Nawee is an heir to a fortune. He suffers from serious social phobia due to his childhood trauma. But that was before he met the gentleman designer Aioun. As the two get to know each other, the mutual attraction becomes undeniable. A romance tailored for a lifetime hence begins.

Kamiya Utako has been unable to look forward to the future due to her complicated family environment since young and a trauma she received back when she was a junior high school student. When Utako entered high school in spring 2019, she got along well with five of her classmates and they formed a group called "Fanfare" to dance and talk about their future dreams. This is the story of some high school students who try to connect with each other despite various threats and barriers that were occurring around them.

Shin Ha-Ri is a single woman and works for a company. She has a male friend and she has held a crush on him for a long time, but she learns that her friend has a girlfriend. Shin Ha-Ri feels sad and decides to meet her friend Jin Young-Seo, who is a daughter of a chaebol family. Jin Young-Seo then asks Shin Ha-Ri to take her place in a blind date and even offers some money for her time. Shin Ha-Ri accepts her friend's offer. She goes out on the blind date as Jin Young-Seo, while having the intention to get rejected by her date. When she sees her blind date, Shin Ha-Ri is dumbfounded. Her blind date is Kang Tae-Mu. He is the CEO of the company where she works.

Kang Tae-Mu is the CEO of a company that his grandfather founded. One day, his grandfather informed him of an upcoming blind date that he set up for him. Kang Tae-Mu is a workaholic and he is annoyed that his grandfather sets up blind dates for him. He decides to marry the next woman whom he meets at a blind date, so he won't be disturbed from his work anymore. That woman is Shin Ha-Ri, but pretending to be Jin Young-Seo.

On the following day, Shin Ha-Ri receives a phone call from Kang Tae-Mu. He asks her to marry him.

Adapted from the web novel "The Office Blind Date" (사내 맞선) by Hae Hwa (해화).

While quarantining, the relationship between a mother and daughter takes an unexpected turn.

A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in tragedy. 4 years later they meet again, now as adults, to reveal the corruption in school and to regain one's reputation as a teacher.

Ji Yoon Soo is a high school math teacher with a bright smile and a positive impression of others. She is a hard-nosed and stubborn person who has to push ahead with the decisions she has made. She is a math geek who loves solving difficult problems and teaches students to purely love math.

Baek Seung Yoo is emotionless and has no light in his eyes. He used to be a math genius who appeared on a quiz program at the age of five and surprised the world by solving college-level math problems. He was admitted to MIT at the age of 10 but dropped out at the age of 12, and suddenly disappeared.