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.

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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

After the statute of limitation expires on the murders he has committed, Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing all his murders in great detail. Detective Choi, who investigated Lee's murders 15 years ago starts the chase once again and Han Ji-soo, who lost her daughter to Lee, pledges vengeance. Meanwhile, another killer appears, casting doubt to whether Lee is the real serial killer. The key here is how well the story juggles the truth and how solid the description of the characters' tangled relationships is. cr. Hancinema

Headhunter (2020)

Mizuki cannot readily open her heart to anyone, but she is going to turn over a new leaf in high school and change that. But how can she get along with a good-looking group of four, especially with rumors at school about how they met? Although cautious at first, she gradually gets to know their true personalities. A story about good-looking men and the insanity of youth!

The criminal group headed by Fei Ying kidnapped Liang Jinmin after learning that he could make robots and asked master to build a robot with combat capabilities to assist them in committing robbery crimes.

A Hong Kong policeman (Leslie Cheung) blames his reformed-gangster brother (Ti Lung) for the death of their father.

After completing his mission in South Korea, a North Korean spy (Park Sung-Woong) hopes to return to his motherland to see his son Myung-Hoon (T.O.P) and daughter Hye-In (Kim You-Jung) again, but he is betrayed by his own country and killed by a South Korean agent.In North Korea, his children Myung-Hoon and Hye-In are sent off to a forced labor camp. Later, high ranking North Korean military official Sang-Chul (Jo Sung-Ha) visits Myung-Hoon at the labor camp. He offers Myung-Hoon a deal. If Myung-Hoon successfully carries out a spy mission in South Korea, Myung-Hoon and his sister will be released from the labor camp. Myung-Hoon accepts the deal and undergoes 2 years of intense training.Myung-Hoon finally arrives in South Korea under the guise of a North Korean defector. He is adopted by a South Korean couple who are actually North Korean spies and enrolls at a local high school. At his new high school, Myung-Hoon sits next to a girl named Hye-In (Han Ye-Ri). She has the same name as his younger sister. Hye-In is the frequent target of bullies in their class, but Myung-Hoon falls for her. Meanwhile, Myung-Hoon finally receives his mission from North Korea. He is to locate a North Korean spy with the nickname of Big Dipper (Jung Ho-Bin) and take him out. Meanwhile, a power struggle ensues in North Korea with the failing health of dictator Kim Jung-Il and Myung-Hoon quickly becomes a liability.

In the wake of prolonged famine, the palace arranges Princess Song Hwa’s marriage in an attempt to correct the cosmic misfortune. A renowned diviner, Do Yoon, is brought in to find the perfect husband who will have the best marital harmony with the princess. From candidates all over the country, four prospective husbands with different astrological signs are shortlisted.

However, the princess refuses to accept that her life partner will be chosen solely based on fortune reading and decides to check out the candidates herself before the final decision. As she sneaks out of the palace, Do Yoon finds out about this and follows after her.

Minalini 'Milli' Chakravarty (Sonam Kapoor) is a physiotherapist who works for the IPL. Her mother Manju (Kirron Kher) hopes that she will find a man someday, stating that it will be even better if the bloke belongs to royalty. As fate would have it, her services are called for by a royal family whose King's legs are failing him. Dr. Milli travels to the Sambhalgarh palace and meets the rigid Queen, Nirmala Devi Rathore (Ratna Pathak), who is not amused by Milli's enthusiasm and clumsiness. Milli finds that her casual way of living does not appeal to the royal family whose strict disciplinary rules demand otherwise. She meets Yuvraj Vikram Singh Rathore (Fawad Afzal Khan), the prince, whose distant personality makes him similar to his parents. Milli also discovers that Divya, the youngest child of the family, has an interest in acting and is planning to run away from home. Milli befriends Divya but keeps trying to convince her to not run away. The King keeps avoiding his exercises and this troubles Milli because she is determined to cure him so she turns to Vikram for help. He gives Milli the same answer that the Queen gave her, "If she cannot handle the job, she may leave." Milli gets furious and accuses the Royal Family to be stubborn, rigid and self-centered. Vikram reconsiders but the King refuses. Just when Milli is deciding to leave, she learns the reason for the King's unwillingness to be cured from the Royal Servant Ram Sevak: ten years ago, Ambar, the family's eldest son, died in a car crash. The King had gifted a sports convertible to him and the two went for a ride. Ambar lost control of the car due to over-speeding and passed away, and the King's legs became disabled and he went into a coma for six months. Since then, the Queen changed. The Palace used to be fun and everyone would throw parties and laugh but after the accident, everybody changed. Milli shames the King into getting over his guilt and forces him to perform his exercises. The King befriends Milli and he finally agrees. Milli gets kidnapped, and when Vikram saves her, she kisses him in her drunken state, though regrets it the next morning. The two start falling for each other. Milli confesses her love for him but Vikram refuses to acknowledge it, saying that they come from two different stocks. He is also engaged to a lady of his status Kiara (Aditi Rao Hydari). Divya runs away to try out for auditions in Jaipur. Milli informs the Queen that she knew about Divya's plans. The Queen becomes furious and Milli is ordered to leave. Divya returns and tells Nirmala that she came back because of Milli. The King surprises Nirmala by standing up, and admits that he saw Divya run away. He tells her that this is what Milli has been trying to teach them; to love life as it is. Milli however is heartbroken due to Vikram's refusal. Vikram breaks off his engagement with Kiara and confesses his love for Milli and the royal couple gives him their blessings, telling him to go find her in Delhi. Vikram finds Milli, wins her mother's approval by proposing to Milli in her style, and hence, as the wife of Vikram Singh Rathore, Milli is given the title of the Royal Misfit.