Asian Drama

Shin Yoon Bok, a disciplined scholar from Seongsan Village, South Korea, is entrusted with the important task of preserving the heritage of the Joseon Dynasty and recovering valuable cultural artifacts for his family. While he holds deep respect for the wisdom of his elders and diligently follows their guidance as a prominent Confucian scholar of his era, he also possesses the progressive mindset of a modern-day youth, occasionally displaying a streak of rebellion. Despite his courteous demeanor, he struggles with forming emotional connections with others and tends to maintain a certain level of distance.

When Yoon Bok decides to leave his home in Seoul to pursue his dream of becoming a webtoon writer, his journey takes a significant turn when he encounters Kim Hong Do, a woman weary of life's struggles. How will Yoon Bok, who's cautious with his emotions, navigate the whirlwind of emotions that lies ahead?

(Source: NAY)

Adapted from the webtoon "Treat Me Carelessly" (함부로 대해줘) written and illustrated by Sun Woo (선우).

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

In 1999, Young Mi, cruelly nicknamed “Ms. Apocalypse,” develops a crush on a married man who is imprisoned for embezzlement. Young Mi ends up imprisoned for aiding his crime. When she is released, her crush’s wife, Yu Jin, visits, offering to pay off her husband’s debt. Yet, because Yu Jin is physically disabled, Young Mi feels uneasy about taking her money. The two women eventually begin to live together. Their story is poignant yet consistently cheery, enlivening, and energetic.

(Source: BIFF)

Release dates: Oct 5, 2023 (Festival) || Jan 24, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 56 min.

Tells the story of a judicial trainee named Kim Yo Han. After going undercover for an investigation, Kim Yo Han experiences a crisis and ends up struggling to try to obtain a hand of cards that will change his fate as he gambles in prison. Kim Yo Han is prudent and always thinking a few moves ahead, and he keeps a poker face on. Although he gets into a dangerous situation when he becomes embroiled in an unexpected incident during the investigation, he’ll continue to fight to survive and manage to grow with his ability to turn a crisis into an opportunity.

A comedy about a best selling writer named Hyeon who's been in the slumps for 7 years meeting a wannabe writer Yoo Jin.

An emotional journey that follows a brain scientist who is obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and memories of the brain. His life goes sideways when his family falls victim to a mysterious accident, and he uses his skills to access memories from his wife’s brain to piece together the mystery of what actually happened to his family and why.

Adapted from the webtoon "Dr. Brain" (Dr. 브레인) by Hong Jac Ga (홍작가).

Skill, beauty, personality, 'Diving Diva' Lee Yeong has it all. Not being able to be with her best friend Soo Jin is the only thing that gets in her way. Just so she can help Soo Jin out, she changes her event to synchronizing swimming. While pouring everything to Olympics selection practice, Soo Jin and Lee Yeong are involved in a freak accident. Soo Jin disappears without a trace, while Lee Yeong survives but loses her memory. The memory slowly comes back to her but remembers strange side of Soo Jin. Her iron will begins to shake on the diving board.

"What's the number of the house you are living in right now?" Newspaper editor Eun Seo lives in Seoul alone. When the contract to her house is almost over, but she can't find another house she likes, she decides to live with her father in her hometown for a while. Jin Cheol, her father, is a locksmith who is on 24-hour standby in Incheon and still lives in the house where his family used to live. Eun Seo's family has left their 'home' and found their own homes. Eun Seo ends up alone with her dad and finds the traces of her family she's been forgetting while she's at home, and through her, Jin Cheol opens up to the family that he's been shunning away.

SF8 is a science fiction anthology series of single-episode special dramas created by MBC, the Directors Guild of Korea, and the OTT platform Wavve. Set in a near future, the series tackles the themes of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, robots, games, fantasy, horror, superpowers, and disasters.

SF8 was screened at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.

All the episodes were released on Wavve on July 10, 2020 while MBC TV is scheduled to air one episodes a week starting from August 14, 2020.

Jo Tae Sik was once an enthusiastic detective, but he now wants a different kind of life. He longs for a peaceful and ordinary existence. Because of this, Jo Tae Sik applies for a transfer to a police substation in a small country village without many residents. Meanwhile, Jo Tae Sik takes a case involving the death of Lawmaker Kim Seung Cheol. He died in a car accident, but Jo Tae Sik senses that the car accident is not so clear-cut. The lawmaker's son-in-law then goes missing.

Kim Seo Hee is the youngest daughter of the late lawmaker and her husband is now missing. She married her husband to benefit both of their families, but their relationship hasn't been so good. Kim Seo Hee becomes a lawmaker to find the truth behind her father's death and save her missing husband.

Jo Tae Sik and Kim Seo Hee soon uncover a conspiracy and try to reveal the truth.

On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy before it is too late.

Two identical twins, Han Soo Ho and Han Kang Ho, look exactly alike but lead entirely different lives. Han Soo Ho is a respectable judge who does everything by the book, while Han Kang Ho is not only a convicted criminal but a repeat offender. When Han Soo Ho suddenly disappears, Han Kang Ho ends up taking his brother’s place and living a new life as a judge.

In 1991, Busan, Bae Jung Gil, who had been working as a housekeeper for Moon, the owner of a leading travel agency, suddenly disappears soon after Kim Hak Soon’s confession of her experiences as a comfort woman was revealed to the world. After following rumors here and there, Moon finally finds Bae hiding in the house of her son and discovers that she was once a comfort woman. Moon sets her business aside and strives to help the victims by running a report center. After realizing that the fundamental cure for these women is the Japanese government’s official statement of apology and compensation, Moon prepares for trial at her own expense. Finally, in 1998, after 6 long years, they face the verdict of the Shimonoseki trial.

Love at first sight is such a wonderful idea. However, how many of us have experienced it in real life? The answer is “rarely”. If anything, we have mostly seen those occurrences in dramas. Why bother making another drama where a man and a woman cross paths coincidentally and suddenly fall in love? Therefore, this drama plans to show the viewers something more relatable – love that blooms in our everyday lives. This drama shows how a familiar relationship turns into a fluttering relationship, how a friendship suddenly turns into love, and how a once dull life suddenly becomes blinding due to love. This drama is about a man and a woman who have nothing more to share thanks to their completely different personalities. However, they have no idea whom they are in love with. Gradually, they rediscover themselves and reach out for love one step at a time.

A horrible date rape case shocks the whole country. High school girl Min-ah is raped by a group of boys while her boyfriend is recording the rape scene. The file is spread online being called “Marionette video”, media swarms like bees for this tabloidy topic. Min-ah becomes a victim of not only a sexual crime, but also a violent media pursuit.

Grown-up victim now lives as Seo-rin, a high school teacher after changing her everything. No one knows what she has gone through in the past. She tries to move forward, but the similar case haunts her again. She receives suspicious pictures of her on the phone. The sender claims it is her ‘Master’, and she should obey him otherwise she’ll experience the same nightmare she had before….less.

Yang Jung Kook is a veteran conman, but he has never been arrested. One day, his girlfriend suddenly runs off with the money they were going to use for their marriage. Yang Jung Kook is extremely upset and he goes out to drink. He meets Kim Mi Young. She is going through a hard time herself because of her boyfriend's cheating ways. Yang Jung Kook tells her that he runs a business and Kim Mi Young tells him that she works for a small company. Kim Mi Young is actually a detective. They find comfort with each other and they develop a relationship romantically. On their wedding day, Kim Mi Young reveals to Yang Jung Kook that she is actually a detective.

Meanwhile, Park Hoo Ja is a mysterious woman. She runs a private loan business that she inherited from her father. Her father was swindled by Yang Jung Kook. Park Hoo Ja finds Yang Jung Kook and blackmails him into running for a national assembly seat.

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.

Painter Yeong Soo's mother is in her death bed. He hears that his girlfriend Min Jeong got into a fight with a man while drinking. Yeong Soo and his girlfriend argue that night and Min Jeong leaves him telling him they should have some time apart. The next day, Yeong Soo looks for Min Jeong but she's nowhere to be found. In the neighborhood of Yeon Nam where he lives, he sees girls that are Min Jeong or girls that look like her, going around meeting men. Yeong Soo has to fight with himself that's actually fighting with the world and these Min Jeong's are looking for the perfect man that they have never met before. The day Yeong Soo and Min Jeong meet again, they stop fighting and they find it hard to believe.

Korea has been taken over by aliens, and three agents from two different timelines spearhead the war against them.

An unknown monster strikes them! One day, a single scream in an urgent phone call was heard.

A top-level national secret organization, aka BUG (Bureau of Unidentified Genes), ​​is dispatched to catch the unknown beast that appears in the city center. Veteran Jung Bong, principleist Hyo Chan, and passionate newcomer Ki Woong, the three Korea's top special agents are starting to counterattack!

Prince Yeon San becomes engulfed with insanity as he kills those responsible for his mother's death. He appoints his longtime friend Im Soong Jae and his father to the position of retainer. They are then ordered to round up beautiful women from all parts of the country to pleasure Prince Yeon San. Women are taken regardless of their marriage status or social class, which causes widespread anger.

Dan Hee is a beautiful woman, but she is a butcher from the lowest class. She saves Im Soong Jae from danger and then begs him to take her to the palace. Im Soong Jae refuses for his own personal reasons.

Nevertheless, Dan Hee soon enters the palace. Im Soong Jae becomes conflicted and the Prince lusts after the beautiful Dan Hee.

Set in the 1960's. In post war Korea, the government decides to dispatch troops to Vietnam in an attempt to rebuild the country’s devastated economy. Joo Goo, a genius sculptor and renowned figure in the art scene of the day, is diagnosed with a progressive disorder that eventually leads to total paralysis of the body. In despair, he abandons work and loses the meaning of life. His wife, Jung Sook, who could not watch her husband perish day after day, goes on a search of a nude model to encourage him to go back to work. Then one day, she comes across Min Gyung, a young mother with two children who suffered loss in the war.