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

A spiral love story. Kouno Jun is a lively character who lives life with all his might. In kindergarten, he falls in love with Hasebe Rino, the most beautiful girl in his class, and he confesses to her. Hasebe accepts his love, but the moment she gives her answer, she vanishes on the spot. Failing to figure out what's going on, Kouno asks his friends about Hasebe, only to find out that no one remembers a single thing about her. She has just vanished, along with all memories about her, except for those of Kouno. While Kouno leads a weary and desperate high school life, Hasebe appears again as a transfer student. However, this Hasebe is not exactly the Hasebe he knows...

Jeab hears that his childhood sweetheart Noi-Naa is to be married, so he makes the trip back home to his provincial village. As he does so, the memories come flooding back to his childhood in 1980s Thailand. He remembers always being late to school, so his father would have to give him a ride on the back of the motorcycle. After school, he would always play with Noi-Naa and her girlfriends while the neighborhood boys rode their bicycles and played football and Chinese fantasy characters.

Kaori is a single mother and she raises her high-school-age daughter Futaba. Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.

Saving Mother Robot tells the story of single mother Cao Yi, whose everyday life consists of her finding ways to make money and raise her young son, Xiao Hu. However, Xiao Hu feels that his mother does not have enough time to spend with him, so he frequently acts out in response. He also fantasizes that his mother will turn into the legendary “Madeleine” robot.

Coincidentally, Cao Yi’s superior sends her to become an assistant to Xiao Tie, an eccentric photographer whose hobby is obsessively searching for UFOs. Because Xiao Tie was also raised in a single-parent home, he interacts with Xiao Hu in interesting ways and ultimately helps the young boy understand his mother’s situation.

When The Love Is Gone stars Gabby Concepcion, Cristine Reyes, Jake Cuenca, Andi Eigenmann, and Alice Dixson. It is the story of Emman (Gabby) and Audrey (Alice), a loving couple whose marriage turns cold because Audrey becomes so engrossed with her business. She eventually fails to give quality time for her husband and their daughter Jenny (Andi). This prompts Emman to seek his need for intimacy and affection from a much younger and equally beautiful woman, Cassandra (Cristine). Cassie (Cassandra's nickname) has just ended her marriage with Yuri (Jake), an aspiring politician with a dark secret. Things get out of hand when Audrey discovers Emman’s illicit affair with Cassie. Things become even more complicated when Audrey tolerates her husband’s infidelity, on the condition that the couple pretend that they are still together for the sake of their daughter..

"Even the most loyal of dogs will bite if you mistreat them."

Yong Gae is a rowdy gangster from Musan with no home, no background and nothing to lose. He's the loyal dog of Chairman Choi, his boss, and does even the dirtiest task he asks. One day he meets Soo Yeon, the daughter of a debtor. Yong Gae, who used to think being born in and dying in Musan wasn't so bad, falls for Soo Yeon and decides to leave Musan for the first time. However, Chairman Choi orders for him to be killed, and Yong Gae is provoked by his rival, Sang Cheol...

Gu Chang leads to a tragic existence. The seventh-year college student constantly fails job interviews and lives off of an allowance from his divorced sister while taking money from his little nephew. To make matters worse, the almost 30-year-old virgin has never had a girlfriend, let alone experienced his first kiss. In Korean, Gu Chang is a homonym for the word meaning "a sore in the mouth".

But springtime finally seems to have arrived for Gu Chang, defrosting the stark winters of his barren love life, when he meets the sweet and innocent Ah Ni.

All seems to be well, and Gu Chang gets a taste of heaven as he kisses his pretty girlfriend for the first time - until Ah Ni bites his tongue and gives him a nice kick, introducing herself as Ha Ni. And so begins Gu Chang's painful relationship with his split-personality girlfriend, dealing with Ah Ni's adorably childish demeanors one moment, then defending his life from Ha Ni's high kicks.