Asian Drama

Set in the Joseon era during a tumultuous time in the aftermath of war, take a journey through the lives of two childhood friends-turned-adversaries: Cheon Yeong, a slave with remarkable martial prowess; and Jong Ryeo, Cheon Yeng’s master and scion of Joseon's most influential military family.

(Source: Netflix)

Duration: 2 hr. 6 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The drama follows the lives of seven boys navigating their school years and personal growth, each grappling with family obligations, loss, poverty, abandonment, violence, and rejection.

After an unwanted return to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys. As an outsider and the son of Kim Chang Jun, the boys sometimes find him suspicious and misunderstand his actions, leading to conflicts. Despite these initial difficulties, they eventually become friends. It seemed awkward at first, but over time, they grow closer and open their hearts. They travel and play together, sharing their problems to help each other heal. Realizing they all have similar family issues, they become even closer. Hwan confronts his own feelings by staying with the other boys. As he spends time with them, he starts to like Songju-si and genuinely wishes for these days to continue forever.

However, Chang Jun notices the other boys and considers them useless, insisting that Hwan stay away from them. Hwan, who has always lived an obedient life, raises his voice for the first time and confronts his emotions.

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Adapted from the webtoon "Save Me". The series is inspired by BU (BTS Universe). It expands on the storyline fans have seen throughout BTS' music videos and Save Me webtoon.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Tuesday

Ratings: 8.4

Ki Hyuk moves to a new place to overcome his broken heart. There are no people like himself, and no jobs are even available. One day, he meets Sang Woo in an application, who catches a cold. He fears that Sang Woo will leave him.

Moon Dong Eun's silent fury against those students that horrifically abused her during her high school years continues to burn inside of her. She meticulously executes her plan to inflict ultimate pain on her tormentors. Meanwhile, the sudden disappearance of Son Myeong Oh has gotten the attention of the police and his friends. Joo Yeo Jeong follows Moon Dong Eun and is willing to do anything she asks in her pursuit of revenge. Before Moon Dong Eun begins her final moves, she offers her nemesis Park Yeon Jin a chance to save herself if she turns in to the police, but Park Yeon Jin has her own plans to stop Moon Dong Eun. A violent and bloody game of nerves plays out between these rivals.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

It's a sad revenge story that begins with a high school student who dreamed of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a kid. Once the kid is in elementary school, the former victim becomes their homeroom teacher and starts her thorough revenge towards the perpetrators and bystanders of her bullying days.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 8

A “time warping” political mystery drama that tells the story of Seo Jung In, who becomes connected to reporter Lee Jin Woo from five years in the past through a phone call. Seo Jung In discovers a dangerous truth as she tries to prevent the death of her father Seo Gi Tae, who is the president.

Oh Hyun Jin has had a glittering career in her work life. She is the youngest member on the board of executives at the company she works at and is used to acing everything she does. But when she delivers her first child, she is in for a shock. Giving birth was far more difficult than she had expected, and she quickly discovers that although she is a dab hand at all things work-related, she hasn’t got the first clue about how to bring up a baby. After being discharged from hospital, she heads to a birth care center – an exclusive establishment where even A-list stars come to get postpartum care. She is dismayed to realize that she is the oldest mother in the center, and embarrassed to notice that everyone else seems to know what they are doing when it comes to looking after babies.

Fortunately, the other mothers at the center prove inspirational. Among their number is Cho Eun Jung, aka the Queen Bee – a seemingly perfect mother whom everyone wants to befriend in order to learn childcare secrets. And Choi Hye Sook is the charismatic center manager – a veritable font of knowledge about all things childcare-related.

The black comedy movie depicts the delightful battle between a corrupted assemblyman and the residents in a planned redevelopment area, while the assemblyman is trying to drive them out of their long time residential area.

The story of the investigative team Number 5 specially organized to actively combat crime through stake outs, wiretapping, communications monitoring, and deep-cover infiltration. A secret police unit that bends the limits of the law in order to fight crime, the new department comes in addition to the existing departments for criminal investigations, special investigations, criminal affairs, and white collar crime.

The members are Cha Gun-Woo, Jang Moo-Won, Jang Min-Joo and Choi Tae-Pyeong. They will hunt down criminals and investigate crimes while undercover (hence the title).

Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong, detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the same vein as "Jeong Do Jeon" (who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced Admiral Lee Soon Shin.

Oh Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight. He discovers a new hidden world of fame, power, and pleasure, but inevitably all things have a dark side, which puts everyone around him in danger.

Sang Gil is a homicide detective whose well deserved promotion is rewarded to another one of his colleges. On yet another typical day in the field, he’s assigned a simple suicide case with a rookie female detective, Eun Yeong, as his partner. Sang Gil grudgingly starts the investigation, but the case turns out to be much more complicated as it seemed. Blinded by the chance to earn a long overdue promotion, Sang Gil continues to investigate on his own without reporting to his superiors. Meanwhile, Eun Yeong questions the odd bite mark on the victim’s body, but Sang Gil ignores her discovery and continues on. But when a random wild animal attack kills another person, Eun Yeong senses a connection between the two deaths. Without realizing the seriousness of the situation, Sang Gil stubbornly continues to investigate the case alone, and Eun Yeong reluctantly follows along. When the two discover that the bite marks on the bodies belong to the same wolfdog (a crossbreed between a dog and a wolf), they begin to realize that all the victims are strangely connected to one another.

The story is about a man fighting against the selfish and corrupt government to save the ordinary peasants. Iljimae was abandoned by his birth father and adopted by a Chinese couple. He returns to Korea to find his birth family and realizes how unjust the world really is. He watched as his first love, Dal Yi, was wrongfully put to death. Iljimae then vows to help the commoners from the corrupt government officials.

Director Yoo Ha helms the period saga A Frozen Flower as a plunge into the intrigues and machinations of the Korean dynastic era. The period is the late 14th century, and the last waning gasp of the centuries-old Goryeo Dynasty. As that regime comes to a bitter end thanks to the machinations of the Yuan Dynasty, The Goryeo king responds by organizing a military force known as Kunryongwe, led by the daunting commander Hong Lim. The leader captivates the king to an alarming degree - to such an extent, in fact, that he almost completely diverts the regent's attention away from his queen, leaving her with tremendous feelings of reluctance and hesitancy about this relationship. Meanwhile, the manipulativeness of the Yuan doubles: they unsuccessfully attempt to subvert the king by placing a threatening ruler in a high position, but the king - sensing this Machiavellian scheme - adamantly refuses, much to the consternation of the top-tiered Goryeo officials. The ruler also devises a complex and wickedly clever scheme to protect the Goryeo line for future generations by appointing Hong Lim to impregnate the queen and father a new ruler with her.

A genius serial killer named Shin Hyun (Cho Seung-Woo), who murdered six women, walks into a police station carrying a bag. He dumps the bag over an officer's desk and mutilated body pieces of a woman fall everywhere. All the cops stop in their tracks, utterly surprised. Shin Hyun just laughs out loud. A year later, at a garbage dump, the bodies of a high school girl and her unborn child are discovered and Detective Kim (Yum Jung-Ah) and Detective Kang (Ji Jin-Hee) are assigned to the case. But in the meantime, another corpse of a pregnant woman is discovered, and Detectives Kang and Kim feel as if Shin Hyun's serial murders a year ago are somehow related to this case as well. The case grows more mysterious as all the suspects Detectives Kang and Kim find are killed off one by one. The last, sixth victim is left and it's a race against time to find out what evil force is behind these brutal murders.