Asian Drama

Do you often feel inexplicably disturbed in this cold, unconcerned city? Those things we are used to but not specifically noticed are not caused by supernatural or spiritual phenomena but the daily, under-the-surface crises sparked by the fear, ignorance and indifference around us. This is a series without ghosts, monsters, supernatural or sci-fi components.

Every story in "Urban Horror" is happening around us...

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Release Dates: Oct 8, 2023 (Festival) || Jul 12, 2024 (Online)

Tags: Short Length Series, Urban Legend, Multiple Mains, Miniseries, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 34

Duration: 10 min.

Country: Taiwan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct 8, 2023

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Three Hong Kong girls, who are in different situations and stages of life, have decided to leave Hong Kong and try to put down roots on the island of Taiwan due to their own reasons and expectations. However, there is often an unpredictable distance between imagination and reality. Faye (27), a Hong Kong girl, had planned to travel in Taipei and temporarily live in the family of her good sister Jia Jia, who married to Taiwan. Faye saw that Jiajia's Taiwanese husband Shuhao was meticulous and completely different from Hong Kong men, and had the idea of wanting to get married in Taiwan, and the diving instructor Lydia (35+) and her husband Leo (35+) have invested in immigrating to Taiwan for several years, and the couple ran a dunwater shop on Green Island with Taiwanese photographer Jiarong (30+). Yvonne (39) worked as an art contract teacher at a technical college in Taipei for four years, happily managing her "Ivan's World" blog, enjoying life and truly living in the present! Soon after, I received a notice from the principal that the Department of Fine Arts of the Technical College was underadmitted, and the school needed to streamline its manpower, and the first thing that came to mind was of course Yvonne...

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Episodes: 15

Duration: 60 min.

Country: Hong Kong

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Aired: Jul 8, 2024 - Jul 26, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Ami, a backpacker from Japan who is four years older than high school student Jimmy, shows up at his part-time job. The two end up spending the summer working at the same store, but Jimmy gradually develops a faint crush on Ami. The two of them grew closer as they rode motorcycles together at night and went to the movies, but suddenly, Ami decided to return to Japan. Ami proposes her "one promise" to Jimmy, who can't sort out his feelings.

As time passes, Jimmy visits his parents' house for the first time in a while and finds a postcard that Ami sent him 18 years ago when she returned to Japan. Jimmy's memories of his first love come back to him, and he takes his first solo trip to Japan to confront his past and examine his present. Jimmy rides the train while listening to songs that remind him of his memories with Ami, and he heads to her hometown. Will Jimmy be able to reunite with Ami?

(Source: Japanese = happinet-phantom.com)

Adapted from the travel essay "Qing Chun 18×2: Riben Manche Liulang Ji" (青春18×2 日本慢車流浪記) by Bluefoxing (藍狐) [2014].

Co-production with Taiwan.

Duration: 2 hr. 3 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 7.9

This anthology series set during the pandemic follows 10 unique love stories of passion and heartache.

(Source: Netflix)

Episodes: 10

May is a beautiful and successful woman in many ways. However, her romantic relationships never go well. One day, May’s widowed father tells her he will marry Lan. Even more shocking is that Lan is accused of being the “Poisonous Widow” who lives a luxurious life by killing her rich husbands.

May begins to investigate Lan’s background to save her father from being a victim. Bit by bit, May is subconsciously influenced by Lan’s twisted views on love, money, and sex.

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Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 7.1

In 1949, the only daughter of the largest tea factory in Taiwan was supposed to marry a man to take over her life and her father’s huge business. After she divorced, who was her own master became a question. To prove her worth, she intervenes in the family business that was in high debt. In an era when there was no "businesswoman", she led the crumbling tea factory to the world in the "tea wars”.

The ten-episode series will feature star-crossed lovers Chang Che Kai and Sung Yuan-Yuan from their student days to adulthood, while diving into the backstories of other supporting characters.

A homebody with social anxiety and a rebellious girl find mutual healing and salvation while on the run. Through each other, they find themselves again.

Mi Chong with social anxiety originally planned to end his useless life by the river, but was interrupted when he ended up saving a drowning girl. An accident a few days later made the two embark on a tragic escape. A series of unimaginable encounters entangled their destiny. At the same time, their two hearts gradually approached, finding sunshine and hope from each other.

Based on real cases of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

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The legend of a team called MIT secretly protecting Sheng Ying University was never publicly acknowledged but nonetheless spread wildly among the student body. For some reason, the team had disappeared and evil began to wreck havoc in the school. The last remaining member of MIT, Teacher Cherry, decided to recruit the baddest of all bad students, 007, 187, 747 and Tian Mo Xing, to form a new generation of MIT who would solve the crimes and restore the school to its former glory.

The legend of a team called MIT secretly protecting Sheng Ying University was never publicly acknowledged but nonetheless spread wildly among the student body. For some reason, the team had disappeared and evil began to wreck havoc in the school. The last remaining member of MIT, Teacher Cherry, decided to recruit the baddest of all bad students, 007, 187, 747 and Tian Mo Xing, to form a new generation of MIT who would solve the crimes and restore the school to its former glory.