Asian Drama

Jung Woo goes from being a successful, popular pilot to being unemployed one morning. However, he succeeds in getting a new job after accidentally taking on a newly laundered identity.

(Source: HanCinema)

Tags: Starting Over, Pilot Male Lead, Job Seeking, Unemployed Male Lead, Popular Male Lead, Fake Identity, Mistaken Identity, Stolen Identity, Double Identity (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jul 31, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

In the early days of the Republic, legendary martial artist Ye Ruzhou suffers a severe injury, losing her memory and winding up in the impoverished alley of Minfu Lane. By a twist of fate, she crosses paths with the carefree Chen Awang, and the two fall for each other. When local tyrant Zheng Juehou intensifies his hold over the neighborhood, Ye Ruzhou rises to defend her new community. Her actions, however, draw unforeseen danger, and together with Chen Awang, she faces the challenge to protect Minfu Lane’s hard-won peace.

A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission seems to go nowhere in the end. In the late 1970s, a mysterious woman runs a bar where a deadly situation will affect the lives of everyone. Two killers are looking for their faceless victim, who shows up at a diner every day at 6 o'clock sharp. Four incredibly talented Korean filmmakers, four intriguing cinematic visions, four astounding stories revolving around murderers for hire. (Source: fantasiafestival.com) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway. ~~ Release dates: Jul 24, 2024 (Festival) || Oct 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The story follows a young man who has been single for a year after his boyfriend suddenly disappeared without a formal breakup. One night, while scrolling through a dating app, he encounters someone who looks strikingly similar to his ex. After a spontaneous hookup, he discovers that this new acquaintance is actually his ex’s twin brother. As he navigates this unexpected twist, he finds himself drawn into a complicated web of emotions. Will he end up choosing between the two brothers, or will he find himself entangled with both?

Duration: 11 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The drama depicts the exploits of the “Ichigeki Hishikkitai”, a special combat unit formed by farmers to deal with the "Imperial Robbers" and the "Imperial Thieves" of the Satsuma Clan who were causing a stir in Edo at the end of the Edo period.

Adapted from the manga series “Ichigeki” (いちげき) by Matsumoto Jiro (松本次郎).

Another story from Journey to The West. Monk Tanzang’s nine-ring tin rod absorbed countless demon souls and became the key to the survival of the demon race. In the battle for the tin rod, Monkey King was accidentally severely injured by Six Ears and left the team, losing his identity. In order to prove his innocence, he had to go to heaven and earth to pray for God to worship Buddha, only to find that he was caught in a conspiracy concerning the survival of the Three Realms and killed the person he had paid for with his own hands...what should he do?

Set in the 1960's. In post war Korea, the government decides to dispatch troops to Vietnam in an attempt to rebuild the country’s devastated economy. Joo Goo, a genius sculptor and renowned figure in the art scene of the day, is diagnosed with a progressive disorder that eventually leads to total paralysis of the body. In despair, he abandons work and loses the meaning of life. His wife, Jung Sook, who could not watch her husband perish day after day, goes on a search of a nude model to encourage him to go back to work. Then one day, she comes across Min Gyung, a young mother with two children who suffered loss in the war.

The new year delivers a homicide case of a runaway migrant worker to Wu Jie, a cop grieving the loss of her husband. Elsewhere, another death occurs among a group of undocumented workers. Illicit broker You-Sheng buries the body to prevent the authorities from uncovering the clandestine migrant network. But he becomes implicated in the murders after the police receive a mysterious phone call.

(Source: SGIFF.com)

Duration: 2 hr. 8 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Tanimura Tsutomu is a 30-year-old man, living in a provincial city. He works as a private secretary for Kawashima Shohei, who is a member of the House of Representatives and he has strong support from his constituents. One day, Kawashima Shohei collapses. Around this time, the House of Representatives is dissolved. For the next House of Representatives election, Kawashima Shohei’s 45-year-old daughter, Kawashima Yumi, decides to run for office.

It's June of their third year of high school, and Takumi has an important anniversary to attend back in his hometown. He wants to invite Gii along for the trip, but time and scheduling and possibly broken promises stand in the way.

The members of the Super GUTS force, one of whom is secretly Ultraman Dyna, are in the middle of a losing battle against an enormous monster on the surface of the moon, when suddenly a spaceship appears and saves them by zapping the beast. The crew of the ship claim to members of the world peace force that originally created the Super GUTS force, and they invite the GUTS members to enter their brainwave patterns into the ship's battle computer so it can be a more effective fighting system. It sounds like a good idea, but could they have some other plan up their sleeves?

During the Korean War, a young nurse in the small town of Chunamri, North Korea, saves a wounded South Korean soldier who has been left behind during battle. Brought together by the unfortunate circumstance of war, theirs is a fateful meeting. His identity is unknown to her until he must return to South Korea. With the promise to return, the nurse waits a lifetime for him.