Asian Drama

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

(Source: Netflix)

Episodes: 10

"Twisted Strings" follows a series of bizarre deaths happening in Taiping City. Against an eerie atmosphere, Wu Yue Nu witnesses the deaths of people around her. A funeral, a missing body, a dangerous game, a kidnapping; real and unreal, these incidents are woven in Yue Nu’s memories, converging in the mysterious Sailing Castle.

The name of the series is inspired by a popular Taiwanese nursery rhyme, which contains lyrics that tell the story of a monkey's life over seven days. Each episode is loosely based on a line from the song.

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Taking the hotel on Linsen North Road in Taiwan as the background, it is a realistic drama that describes the love and hatred between the Japanese-style hotel proprietress and Yang Jin Hua in 1988 and a group of amorous ladies under her.

Po Ching is an OCD patient, with serious symptoms of mysophobia. His “quirkiness” has isolated him. It is until he meets a weird girl Chen Ching, that his dull life begins to change. But one morning, Po Ching wakes up and learns that he has become “normal”. The perfect love of two weirdos is no longer a positive one made by two negatives.

The film is completely shot on an iPhoneXS.

Based on the speculative short stories of MirrorFiction, this sci-fi thriller anthology plunges headlong into our deepest desires -- and darkest fears.

Badass Makino has been on the run from Japan to Taiwan, looking for the cold-blooded killer Shima who is in self-imposed exile because of the death of a triad boss’ daughter. Makino knows the truth that the girl’s death wasn’t an accident, he decides to help Shima escape and hatches his own revenge.

Zhen Yu Ke is a lawyer. Suave, handsome and successful, he has never lost a case. Until now. When he loses one of his most high-profile cases, Zhen Yu Ke’s career sinks. After losing everything, the lawyer moves into a mysterious, low-budget apartment. There, he meets a new kind of roommate. Jia Le Cheng is a reporter. She lives in the same apartment as Zhen Yu Ke and meets him every dayat 10:06pm. Except they don’t even live in the same realm. The two are meeting through some kind of supernatural portal, and they have no clue what to do. Zhen Yu Ke and Jia Le Cheng soon realize something is very wrong, and the only way to fix it is to work together. To do that, however, they must keep meeting at 10:06.

Can Ming Dynasty imperial guards who are accidentally transported to the future adjust to life in the modern era? Hong Xi Dong is the leader of Emperor Zhu Yun Wen’s personal bodyguard detail during the Ming Dynasty. When a precious pearl treasure goes missing and is thought to be in Xi Dong’s possession, two imperial military guards – Peng Ze and Xu Xiao Tian – give chase. The three are accidentally transported in time to the 21st century, where Ze and Xiao Tian encounter the modern Hong Xiao Dong, who is identical to his historical counterpart. Can Ze and Xiao Tian keep themselves out of trouble as they try to adjust to life in modern times while still solving the mystery of the missing treasure?

Xiang Shu Lei (Lee Wei) comes from a family of doctors. Although he has a girlfriend Du Ke Jie (Tracy Chou Cai Shi), he also has an ambiguous relationship with Dong Xin Ni (Chloe Wang). One day, Ke Jie went to Bi Jia Mountain alone and never came back. Shu Lei and Xin Ni both felt extremely guilty over Ke Jie’s disappearance and they broke up very quickly. Since then, Xin Ni concentrated on her work and became a future star of the property development industry. After Ke Jie disappeared, her father stubbornly continues to search for her while her mother becomes obsessed with investing in share markets. Younger sister Ke Xing (Nikki Hsieh) not only lost her sister, she also lost her father’s love. When the Du family finally accepted Ke Jie is never going to come back, they start to pack her belongings. However, Shu Lei secretly takes Ke Jie’s bookcase... Due to a car accident, Shu Lei loses his memory. He moves to Yi Lan and opens a book store. One day, Ke Xing comes into his bookstore and sees Shu Lei. She realises he was her sister’s boyfriend but didn’t expect him to have amnesia. Ke Xing thought, if she can revive Shu Le’s memories, maybe she can earn the reward so her boyfriend Li Ze Xuan (Alien Huang) can start his own business. A property mogul is making development plans for Yi Lan. Dong Xin Ni is also participating in the project. Will she meet Shu Lei again? For her boyfriend, Ke Xing gets a job at the bookstore but unexpectedly, she is attracted to him... 

Xiang Shu Lei (Lee Wei) comes from a family of doctors. Although he has a girlfriend Du Ke Jie (Tracy Chou Cai Shi), he also has an ambiguous relationship with Dong Xin Ni (Chloe Wang). One day, Ke Jie went to Bi Jia Mountain alone and never came back. Shu Lei and Xin Ni both felt extremely guilty over Ke Jie’s disappearance and they broke up very quickly. Since then, Xin Ni concentrated on her work and became a future star of the property development industry. After Ke Jie disappeared, her father stubbornly continues to search for her while her mother becomes obsessed with investing in share markets. Younger sister Ke Xing (Nikki Hsieh) not only lost her sister, she also lost her father’s love. When the Du family finally accepted Ke Jie is never going to come back, they start to pack her belongings. However, Shu Lei secretly takes Ke Jie’s bookcase... Due to a car accident, Shu Lei loses his memory. He moves to Yi Lan and opens a book store. One day, Ke Xing comes into his bookstore and sees Shu Lei. She realises he was her sister’s boyfriend but didn’t expect him to have amnesia. Ke Xing thought, if she can revive Shu Le’s memories, maybe she can earn the reward so her boyfriend Li Ze Xuan (Alien Huang) can start his own business. A property mogul is making development plans for Yi Lan. Dong Xin Ni is also participating in the project. Will she meet Shu Lei again? For her boyfriend, Ke Xing gets a job at the bookstore but unexpectedly, she is attracted to him... 

The directorial debut of Joe Lee, Spin Kid, which boasts itself to be the country’s first feature film that combines the local techno culture with deity belief, made its premiere at the Miramar Cinemas in the evening on November 9. Lee, leading man Blue Lan, lead actress Nikki Hsieh, Tai Pao, Ni Tzu-chun and Yeh Tien-lun made their appearance at the cinema house to boost morale.The debut had attracted high attention, and some of Taiwan’s famed filmmakers showed up to provide support. They include Night Market Hero cast, director Wang Shaudi, director Kevin Chu, director Cheng Yu-chieh, actress Lin Chen-hsi, singer Nick Chou and Jeff Huang. Famed model Bianca Bai, undaunted over rumors about her and Blue Lan’s relationship, dressed in eye-catching backless dress and created a buzz when she appeared at the premiere. Blue Lan, who co-produced the film, told the media he felt the pressure of Spin Kid debut, saying it was much easier to be a star than a producer.

He Yun Cai, a deaf girl, fell in love with Chu Yong Xiu, a new doctor volunteering at her grandfather's small clinic in Hokkaido. When a family emergency called Yong back to Taiwan, he promised to come back for her. When he didn't, she went to look for him. She discovered that he had lost his memory in an accident. And, there was a woman claiming to be his girlfriend. Although she was saddened by the discovery, she stayed to care for him. Her selfless devotion deeply affected Yong's brother, Chu Yong Tuo, who never experienced unconditional love. He decided that he would do anything to win over her love.

Min-hsiu loves her job as a make-up artist at a funeral parlor in Taichung. When the body of her former high school music teacher Chen Ting is brought in, Min-hsiu is forced to revisit painful memories of their relationship and before she knows it, she is caught in a web of intrigue.