Asian Drama

"Sparrow" depicts the story of Cha Eun Sook, who published a book titled "Jebi," which tells a story of the past during the military regime of Chun Doo Hwan in 1983, and her son, Lee Ho Yeon, who finds himself hidden in the book.

Kim Sun Ja was born and raised in Busan, Korea in the early 20th century, while Korea was under Japanese rule. She falls in love with a man named Koh Han Su. She can see that he is a powerful person and from a different social class from her, but she is unaware of his complete background. Meanwhile, a church priest named Baek Isak comes to stay at the lodge run by Kim Sun Ja's mother. When he learns of Kim Sun Ja's situation, he tries to give her advice, but, when he experiences her unwavering conviction, he offers to marry her. Kim Sun Ja soon moves to Japan and faces difficult times as a Korean immigrant living in a unfamiliar land.

In New York in 1989, Baek Solomon is determined to succeed in the corporate world. A company wants to build a new hotel in Tokyo, but a Korean woman refuses to sell her land where the hotel is to be built. Baek Solomon offers to his bosses to travel to Tokyo and persuade the woman to sell her land to the hotel group. He also goes to see his family there.

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Adapted from the novel "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee (이민진).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday

“9.9 Billion Woman” is a story of a woman who faces the world after coincidentally getting her hands on 9.9 billion won (approximately $8.2 million) in cash. Jung Seo Yeon’s family suffers from her father’s violence, and although she temporarily finds happiness with an affectionate man after leaving her prison-like home, she becomes resigned to her fate as she continues to wander in search of happiness.

Kang Tae Woo is a nonconformist with the nickname “crazy bull” for always charging forward without caring about what other people think when he sniffs out a case. After being falsely accused of taking a bribe, he leaves his dream job as a cop, and he wanders listlessly without any hope or goals when his younger sibling, his only source of pride, dies. While trying to uncover the real reason behind his sibling’s death, he meets Jung Seo Yeon.

Hyun Woo and Sun Young go through a divorce ceremony and they are now officially divorced. Hyun Woo enjoys his single status, but his ex-wife suddenly appears in front of him one day. Sun Young is with her new boyfriend Sang Cheol. Sang Cheol is unaware that Sun Young was once married to Hyun Woo.

A widowed taxi driver raises his young daughter alone and works hard to pay back the hospital bills left behind by his late wife. One day, he hears that a foreigner is willing to pay a large sum for a drive from Seoul to Gwangju city and back. Not knowing that the foreigner was a German journalist, he takes the job and sets off on a journey together.

26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to convict the person responsible for the massacre that occurred during the Gwangju Democratization Movement. Kwak Jin-Bae (Jin Goo) is a gang member who lost his father in the Gwangju Democratization Movement. He wants to get revenge. Shim Mi-Jin (Han Hye-Jin) is a shooter from the national team. She is the shooter for the covert team. Policeman Kwon Jung-Kyuk (Im Seul-Ong) lost his family in the Gwangju Democratization Movement. He is now responsible for the cars that have access to the ex-president's house.

The story of 71 students who fight hundreds of North Korean soldiers in front of a middle school on August 11, 1950, during the Korean War. Kap Jo was formerly a student who was convicted of murder. While serving his sentence, he volunteers to fight as a soldier...

After aimlessly hopping crime scenes for five years, detective Kang Cheol Jung hands in his resignation in the face of major financial burdens. His chief, however, asks him to stay on until a high school murder case is closed. At first, it looks hopeless, but then Kang finds a fingerprint lead, and later learns that three of the dead student's friends are employed by a single company. He begins to investigate the group and its leader, Lee Won Sul.

(Source: Asianmediawiki)

Duration: 2 hr. 5 min.