Asian Drama

Residents of Green Home Apartments, including Cha Hyun Soo, fight against monsters to leave their base and venture out into the world. At a baseball stadium, survivors from all over begin to live together. They are threatened by the monsters outside and also by the monstrous desires of the people among them.

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Adapted from a webtoon “Sweet Home” (스위트홈) by Kim Carnby (김칸비) and Hwang Young Chan (황영찬).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 1 hr. 11 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Aired On: Friday

Detective Won Ho looks for missing person Rak and he also chases after Teacher Lee, who is the boss of a drug ring. Brian and Keunkal appear in front of Detective Won Ho. Keunkal is the the only one who knows the real identity of Teacher Lee.

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In 1970s Korea, when both art and dreams are censored, a film director dreams of a masterpiece.

After his successful debut, Director Kim endures scathing attacks from critics who call him a specialist in trashy dramas. After finishing his latest feature ‘Cobweb’, he has vivid dreams over several days of an alternative ending to the film. Sensing that if he can just shoot those scenes as he envisioned them, a masterpiece will surely emerge, he tries to arrange just two days of additional shooting. However, the rewritten script fails to pass censorship, and his actors can’t make sense of the new ending. Between the tangled schedule, the opposition of the producer, and the collision between these fantastic scenes dancing before his eyes and the harsh conditions of reality, Director Kim feels he is about to go insane, but he pushes on regardless…

“If I can just change the ending, a masterpiece will emerge. All I need is two days!”

(Source: Festival de Cannes international press kit)

In 1999, a robber breaks into a supermarket in small town, killing an elderly woman and running away. The police identify three boys as the culprits and quickly close the investigation. Soon after, Hwang Jun Cheol, who is newly appointed as the chief of the squad, is convinced that Choi Woo Sung, a high-ranking police officer, and his team manipulated the case for a quick result. Hwang attempts a reinvestigation and retrial with his unique persistent and robust investigation capacity.

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It revolves around a man who has come to terms with his unlucky fate and a goddess who has jumped into the real world to break her curse. Gong Soo Kwang, a brewmaster who runs a craft beer store. He is full of passion in his heart, but he always manages to keep calm and collected. Also equipped with a serious demeanor, he is a charming man who is popular among women wherever he goes. Lee Seul Bi is the goddess of fortune who meets Gong Soo Kwang and fights her own fate.

Adapted from the webtoon "The Jinx's Lover" (징크스의 연인) by writer Han Ji Hye (한지혜) and illustrator Gu Seul (구슬).

An Joon Ho is a soldier. He is quiet and calm, but inflexible. Sergeant Park Beom Goo notices Private An Joon Ho's tenacity and ability to observe. He transfers An Joon Ho to the D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) team. Their mission is to catch deserters. An Joon Ho works with Sergeant Park Beom Goo and Corporal Han Ho Yeol on the team. Sergeant Park Beom Goo looks tired all the time. He curses and nags at An Joon Ho and Han Ho Yeol, but he also takes care of them with his keen insight. Han Ho Yeol sometimes gives An Joon Ho investigative know-how, but he sometimes annoys him.

Meanwhile, First Lieutenant Im Ji Seob only cares about his success in the military. He does not care for the D.P. team.

Adapted from the webtoon "D.P Dog Day" (D.P 개의 날) by Kim Bo Tong (김보통).

Born a princess and raised a soldier, Pyeong Gang is a woman with big dreams and limitless ambition. Determined to become the first Empress of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang will stop at nothing to make her dream come true. Clever and level headed, Pyeong Gang is well aware of the obstacles that stand in her way and she’s more than capable of taking them on. With meticulous planning, she sets out to make her dream come true. But things take an unexpected turn, the day she meets On Dal.

A peace-loving man, whose only goal in life is to live in harmony with those around him, On Dal is the exact opposite of the ambitious princess. A peaceful calm amidst the turbulent storms of Pyeong Gang’s life, the warrior princess soon finds herself falling for gentle On Dal. Equally in love with the princess whose heart he now possesses, On Dal finds himself forsaking his principles in order to keep her safe. An endeavor that proves increasingly difficult, as players from all sides converge in a lethal battle for the throne. Forced to match both wits and strength against some of the most powerful men and women in Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang’s vie for power could very well cost her everything. Does she have what it takes to make her dreams come true or will the price she realizes she must pay prove to be too much?

Adapted from the novel “Princess Pyeonggang” (평강공주) by Choi Sa Gyu (최사규).

A love story between Ki Sun-Gyeom and Oh Mi-Joo.

Ki Sun-Gyeom was once a popular sprinter for the national team. Due to a case, he quit the sport. He then begins to work as a sports agent. Meanwhile, Oh Mi-Joo writes subtitle translations for movies. She was thrilled when she first see her name as a translator during the end credits. She meets Ki Sun-Gyeom, who just quit being a sprinter. She feels they were destined to meet.

Seo Dan-Ah is the CEO of a sports agency. She is the only child of a man who runs the Seomyung Group. Because of her gender, she is pushed back on the list of potential successors to the Seomyung Group. She lives fiercely to take back what originally belonged to her. Lee Young-Hwa then appears in her life. He is a university student, majoring in art. He likes movies and croquis drawing.

On an autumn night in 1953, famous poet Baek Doo Hwan is killed in Namsan, Seoul. The next day, Investigator Kim Ki Chae visits the Oriental Cafe. He introduces himself as Master Sergeant of the Counter Intelligence Corps to those at the cafe. Kim Ki Chae begins to inquire if anyone there were involved in Baek Doo Hwan’s death.

Wie Dae-Han is an ex-lawmaker and is a materialistic kind of politician. He wants to get elected as lawmaker again. One day, 18-year-old girl Da-Jung comes to him. She tells him that he is her real father. Her mother raised four children, including Da-Jung, alone, but she died in a hit-and-run accident. Da-Jung is the only one now taking care of her 3 younger siblings. Wie Dae-Han accepts Da-Jung and her 3 younger siblings. He carries out “The Great Show” to become a lawmaker again.

Heo Saek is a lovely young man. His mother was a gisaeng and he grew up at the gibang (place where gisaeng work). He becomes the first male gisaeng in Joseon, a time when women suffered from oppression. Hae Won is a beautiful woman with a progressive way of thinking. They try to find true love.

When Kang Bok Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo Jung and a male student Oh Se Ho.

Kang Bok Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo Jung and Oh Se Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.

Lee Soo Kyung is a 33-year-old single woman. She divorced when she was in her 20′s and now lives alone. She always wants to carry herself with dignity, but she loses self-control when she is near gourmet foods. Meanwhile, Goo Dae Young is a gourmet, especially talented with describing the taste of foods. He often lies when he opens his mouth, but he is usually considerate to others.

Detective Won Ho is trying to catch Teacher Lee, boss of the biggest drug ring in South Korea. He starts to works with a member of Teacher Lee's drug ring, Rak, to catch him.

Chun Jae In (Kang Ji Hwan) is an elite detective with a genius IQ, who guided by only facts, logic, and numbers. Meanwhile, Kim Dan (Kim Ok Bin) is a rookie detective who can see ghosts. They work together to uncover a conspiracy involving a powerful organization.

Choi Jae Hye (Go Hyun Jung) is a lawyer and Dok Go Young (Lee Jin Wook) is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.

Doo Shik runs a DVD bang (DVD screening room) in Seoul. His business is about to go bankrupt, but he tries to sell the DVD bang first. Tae Jung works part-time at Doo Shik's DVD bang. He is a poor university student on a leave of absence.

Doo Shik and Tae Jung, who hide their own secrets in room 7 at Doo Shik's DVD bang, face a twisted situation and they struggle to get away.

In 1986, Park Gwang Ho works as an excellent and enthusiastic detective. His life changes when he’s pursuing leads in a serial homicide case and then passes through a time portal, which transports him to present day Seoul. He meets a new partner Kim Sun Jae, an elite detective who happens to be a bit eccentric, but is one highly skilled investigator. The detective duo will also find help in psychology professor, Shin Jae Yi.

Set in the 1920's, during the Japanese occupation of South Korea, Lee Jung Chool was once a member of the Korean independence movement, but he now works as a police officer for Japan. He receives an order to take down the Korean independence group the Righteous Brotherhood.

Lee Jung Chool introduces himself to art dealer Kim Woo-Jin (Gong Yoo) and pretends to be interested in his Korean artworks. In actuality, Kim Woo-Jin is the regional leader of the Righteous Brotherhood. Both of these men are well aware of each other's true identities and intentions, but get closer to each other seeking out more information.

The Righteous Brotherhood learn there are spies within their group and attempt to clamp down on the moles. Soon, the identities of Righteous Brotherhood members are leaked and they flee to Shanghai, China. Meanwhile, Lee Jung-Chool and Japanese police officer Hashimoto (Um Tae-Goo) lead forces to Shanghai, China. There, members of the Righteous Brotherhood decide to acquire explosive for an attack on the Japanese government in Korea.

This drama is about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul’s Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone afterwork for their own reasons. The story also depicts the romance between Jin Jung Suk and Park Ha Na. Jin Jung Suk (Ha Suk Jin) is a good looking and professional star lecturer. Meanwhile, Park Ha Na (Park Ha Sun) is a rookie lecturer who struggles to survive in the private institute world.

Go Hwan notices that his parents and his friends are acting strangely around him. His friends Namjoon and Gap Duk have started treating him ever so nicely and his moody father has announced that he will push Go Hwan in a wheelchair in a marathon. Although he is thankful, Go Hwan can’t help but think that he is soon going to die as he has been suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He soon learns that this is the truth and when his best friends ask him what his wish is, Go Hwan tells them that he wants to have sex for the first and last time in his life.

At DMZ (De-militarized Zone) of the Korean peninsula, a group of military officers found missing or dead, brutally attacked. A special force unit of an elite squad is assigned to uncover the mysterious case in 24 hours. During the mission, officers get disappeared one by one, and they get a chilly feeling that they are being hunted by an unidentified enemy.

Homicide detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day, and the following events happen to him in less than 24 hours: He receives a divorce notice from his wife. His mother passes away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over alleged embezzlement. Then on his way to his mother's funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover-up the accident by hiding the man's corpse in his deceased mother's coffin. But someone has been watching all along, and Geon-soo gets a mysterious call from a person claiming that he was the sole witness to the crime, who now begins to blackmail him.

This is the story of two women, Seo Jung Eun and Han Yoo Kyung, who walk very different paths to achieve their desires. Seo Jung Eun is a strong and courageous woman who has suffered a difficult life, having grown up in an orphanage, but continues to embrace people around her despite longing for affection herself. Jung Eun harbours the hope that she will meet her mother if she becomes a star, striving to reach her goal and overcome her suffering with her pure and innocent nature. In contrast, Han Yoo Kyung has a birth secret for which she is willing to throw away everything in order to get revenge. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.