Asian Drama

Second Life (2024)

The story of a woman in a mountain cabin in Gangwon province who’s been possessed by an evil spirit and a priest tries to stop it. 66 years and six months later, best friends Sang Goo and Jae Pil buy the cabin and Mi Na ends up intertwined with them after coming on a trip. The movie follows the terrifying things that happen to the group, and it’s described that the film is about the “satanic” goat-headed figure Baphomet.

The character Sang Goo is said to be a man who appears intimidating but is really naive, while his friend Jae Pil is a man who seems rough on the outside but is actually warm. In contrast to the others from rich families, Mi Na grew up in a normal household in the countryside and she’s described as eccentric.

(Source: Soompi)

Duration: 1 hr. 41 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Ratings: 7.6

A short film about the hearing and mysterious case of the former deputy mayor on atrocities and illegal activities in Taego in 1997.

As long as you go through her hands, the door to a new life and success will open!

Bo Yoon is a personal statement ghostwriter who boasts a 99% passing rate and 100% customer satisfaction. Her life is a burden every day as she prepares for the civil service exam and work part-time at a supermarket. While writing personal statements for her clients Kang Min, Se Min, and Tae Ho to get a job, she encounters a complaint from a client and becomes entangled in an unexpected incident. Bo Yoon's life gradually falls into uncontrollable difficulties and she faces a new crisis...

Their story of ups and downs related to an unexpected event in their lives begins!

(Source: HanCinema)

Tags: Part-time Worker Female Lead, Ghostwriter (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 18 min.

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jun 26, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Zhao Xin Hui and Lin Han Cong, two childhood sweethearts, deeply believes that they will be together for the rest of their lives. But soon, a series of events, in the form of living distances between them, family connections and an unexpected confession of feelings, by Xin Hui's senior, tests their feelings.

The Purple Lagoon, the newest internet sensation on the resort island, has attracted many tourists, but the Purple Lagoon has swallowed several of them. When the only daughter of the richest man in a Southeast Asian country goes missing for no apparent reason, war correspondent Bai Yu investigates and biologists and "crocodile hunters" confirm that the richest man's daughter has died in the mouth of a crocodile. The richest man vows to hunt the crocodile at all costs to avenge his daughter's death.

Tamio Hakkaku works as a subsection chief for a company. He has not received a promotion in a long time. Other members including Makoto Kitagawa as the manager of the same department work very hard. One day, Manji Harashima is assigned to work as the new vice manager in the department. A secret exists within the company.

Jock, the apprentice detective whose special gadgets are created using household items, has been hired to spy on an old married guy and his new beautifully young gold-digging girlfriend. While trying to collect evidence, it is love at first sight for Jock as he focuses in on his targets with his binoculars. He cant help to think ".. damn, What a fox!" The fact that the girl has two patrons is no surprised to Jock that she also has two detectives investigating her too. Jock–the detective who's falling head over heels for the girl--is one and another is the ruthless Suthin who tries to blackmail his targets by threatening to release photos of their affairs to public if they not pay him money. How will Jock survive as a private eye if he is always breaking the rules or will the bizarre love quadrangle have a happy ending?!

Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older brother, Zhengda, is addicted as well, and then paralysed and effectively brain-dead. Zhongliang, Zhengda's brother-in-law, is a successful gigolo in Shanghai who seduces married older women and then blackmails them. When Older Master Pang dies, the clan elders makes Ruyi to take over the role as the head of the household. Zhongliang returns to the Pang family on the death of Old Master Pang, re-encounters Ruyi, and they are secretly attracted to each other. Wanting to seem sophisticated, she succumbs to Zhongliang's attempts to seduce her. But in the emotional maelstrom that follows - for the angry and jealous sister (Zhengda's wife) is also part of the picture...

Durring the Tang Dynasty, a kung-fu tournament was held once every 18 years with the winner declared the leader of the land until the next competition. But a tournament with such high stakes brings out the best, and worst, in the various competitors and leaders.

A song for my dear is a film with a similar story to The memory of you in the Korean Cinema section. The husband is teaching Korean traditional music at a university with his talent inherited from his parents, pansori singer father and Gokbi—professional wailer at the funeral—mother. His ordinary days come to a halt when his wife begins to show some strange behaviors. Diagnosed with dementia, her condition gets worse fast and he takes care of her before anything else, but he also gets weak and old. In this film, his despair is expressed with Chang (Korean opera), and the more the wife gets ill, the more heartbroken songs become.

Hong Kong, Oct 2013. Following a long period of social unrest over bank failures, property speculation and government mismanagement, crowds gather to demonstrate in front of the Legislative Council building. Panic ensues as a bomb is reported inside the LegCo building, planted by someone calling himself "Skywalker". Meanwhile, a branch of Hong Kong & China Banking Corporation is held up by two young people in masks - chemistry student Lang (Kelvin Kwan) and social drop-out Fish (Fish Liew). Among the people in the bank are disillusioned former teacher Yue Chung-tak (Teddy Robin), councilman Ho Chung-lai (K.K. Cheung), his mistress Rebecca (Maggie Chan), the bank's investment saleswoman Luk Wan-yee (Kay Tse), her philandering boyfriend Victor Lo (Wilfred Lau), and Wan-yee's onetime boyfriend, police detective Kin-ho (Paul Wong). All have their own reasons for being in the bank that day