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

Directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien, the movie is an adaptation of a short story from the Tang dynasty that tells of how a young girl who was kidnapped and transformed into a lethal assassin. While on a mission she is highly taken by Liu Chang Yi, and decides to provide him with her loyalty.

Kaori Fujimiya is always alone because all of her happy memories, including time spent with her friends, disappear every Monday. Deciding that he wants to be friends with her anyway, Yuuki Hase tries to get close to Kaori each week, wishing that she would one day call him "a friend."

Adapted from the manga "One Week Friends" (一週間フレンズ。) by Matcha Hazuki.

Konno moved to Iwate for his job. There, he meets his colleague Hiasa at work. They form a close bond while drinking together, fishing together and doing other activities. One day, Hiasa quits his job without saying anything to Konno. Shortly after, they meet again, but they cannot have that close feeling as they had before. They do not meet again. Time passes and Konno learns that Hiasa went missing. While looking for Hiasa, Konno learns a secret about Hiasa.

A girl who loves to sing, Nino Arisugawa experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino befriends Yuzu, a music composer, she experiences another sad parting! With music as their common ground and only outlet, how will unrequited love play out? Since both boys promised Nino that they would find her one day through her singing, she holds on to that hope and continues to reach out with her voice. Now in high school, Nino serendipitously reunites with Yuzu, but she yearns to see Momo again.

When you’re in a long-term relationship, you sometimes have to spice things up a little. Yoon Jung (Kim Ah Joong) has been dating Seung Joon (Kang Kyung Joon) for five years, and the relationship has become routine and boring. Yoon Jung decides to infuse some much-needed excitement and calls Seung Joon to have phone sex with him. But Yoon Jung accidentally calls

Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, whilst fending off angry yakuza, bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning. Ichi gets to play shogi in this one. It's a great game. Enjoy!

Makino Satoshi is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Komine Yoko. They become attracted to each other, but Komine Yoko has a fiancé.

Sad Vacation tells the story of Kenji, a boy who makes his living by doing odd jobs and being a driver for drunken customers of a local bar. Kenji has not yet overcome the pain of being abandoned by his mother when he was very young, and losing his father, who committed suicide. Despite his own bitterness and disappointment he takes great pity on the sister of one of his old friends, who is now in jail, and an illegal immigrant, and decides to take care of them both. But his life changes radically when one night he is driving home Mamiya, the owner of a dispatch company, and realises that the man's companion is Chiyoko, his mother. Mamiya uses his business as a means of getting ex-prisoners back into society, and helping those who cannot find a dignified job because of their criminal record. He tries to get Kenji involved in his projects and this allows the boy to make a plan in order to confront his mother and and enable them to finally reconcile their past. Although Mamiya and Chiyoko have an adolescent son called Yusuke, when Kenji's true identity is revealed, Mamiya's faith in the boy grows even more.