Asian Drama

A comic and heartwarming drama about a man who gradually comes to term with his late father while on the run in his father's wacky beat-up car, "Stellar".

Young Bae, an ace in the car loan industry, is put in a tough spot when his friend Dong Shik disappears with a supercar which he took on consignment. Not only that, a local gang starts coming after Young-bae, claiming that they put their drugs in the missing car. After hearing of his father’s death and impending inheritance, he attends the funeral, only to find his father’s beat-up Stellar, which he used to drive as a taxi. Young Bae remembered it as a big and fancy luxury sedan, but now he can barely open its door. Still, he drives it away as he looks for whereabouts of his friend. Although Stellar barely runs at times, when he’s being chased, it will run like a sports car, allowing Young-bae to escape unscathed. As he squabbles with Stellar, he recollects memories of his father little by little and starts to understand his father’s true intentions that he never put into words, and grows from a son to a father himself.

After being jobless for three years, Choi Joon Woong decides to take his own life and goes to a bridge to jump off of it. However, he finds someone else there who is also about to jump off the bridge and gets into a fight trying to save them. In the fight, the two of them accidentally fall off the bridge. A crisis management team run by grim reapers belatedly arrives at the scene, and Choi Joon Woong ends up falling into a three-year coma with his soul having escaped his body due to an error caused by the grim reapers. Now a soul who is half alive and half dead, he unexpectedly gets a job at the crisis management team at the most prominent company of grim reapers in the underworld. His job at the team involves taking special care of people with high risk of suicide and helping them want to continue living.

Adapted from the webtoon "Tomorrow" (내일) by Llama.

An elementary student name Jingu can no longer stay with his parents and comes to live in a temple of young monks, but he is shy and does not get along with the others. Then one day someone breaks in and steals a statue and the altar portrait. As the only one who witnessed the crime, Jingu sets off with the other young monks to catch the thieves.

“Baseball Girl” is a new movie created as part of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)’s advanced feature film course. It is a story about a high school girl baseball player who is going to graduate from high school and is challenging herself to enter professional baseball.

Deok Ho and his gang make ends meet by racketeering around the country. Han Myeong Hoe, King Sejo's right-hand man, thinks highly of their talents and encourages them to work for the country. Funded by the government, Deok Ho and his men use more theatrical and sophisticated devices to create incredible events, such as a pine tree lifting its branches by itself, sweet rain falling from heaven, and rainbows forming wherever King Sejo goes.

It's the story of South Korea’s first trial by jury in 2008. It follows the case of a son brutally murdering his mother, with all factors seeming to point to a guilty ruling. However, the trial does not go as smoothly as expected. The eighth juror, young entrepreneur Kwon Nam Woo questions the defendant’s self-declaration of guilt. As a result, the judge calls for a new debate to establish a guilty or not guilty verdict.

Kim Joon Gyum is the presiding judge who leads the first civil participation of a criminal trial in South Korea.

The jury consists of 8 ordinary people with different ages and personality.

Jurors: n.1 Yoon Geu Rim, a late law student, n.2 Yang Choon Ok, a nursing home caretaker, n.3 Jo Jin Shik, an unknown actor more concerned with his daily wage than the trial, n.4 Byun Sang Mi, a full-time housewife, n.5 Choi Yeong Jae, a chief secretary of a large corporation, n.6 Jang Ki Baek, unemployed, n.7 Oh Soo Jung, a job seeker, n.8 Kwon Nam Woo, an entrepreneur.

This group forms a microcosm of society, and the way in which they are swayed by the majority opinion provides further commentary on its current state.

Kwon Nam Woo stands in sharp contrast to this, sifting through investigation records and backing up his doubts on the case with determination. He repeatedly questions the defendant’s self-declaration of guilt and reminds judge Kim Joon Gyum of the importance of justice. Bit by bit, he breaks down the majority opinion by pushing for a not guilty verdict.

The jurors are ordinary people, but, after they become jurors, they seek out the truth of the case.

(Source: Soompi)

Based loosely on South Korea’s first trial by jury in 2008.

Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 8.4

Joo Ri and Yoon Ah are both second-year high school students. One day, they meet on the rooftop of their school. Joo Ri and Yoon Ah recently found out that Joo Ri’s father, Dae Won, and Yoon Ah’s mother, Mi Hee, were having an affair. Joo Ri wants to resolve the situation without her mother Young Joo knowing, but Yoon Ah isn't interested. Joo Ri's cellphone then rings and it's her mother Yeong Joo calling. Yoon Ah snatches Joo Ri's cellphone and reveals the secret to her.

Gi Seon, a high school administrator, is curious how Jinsu has been doing, a student on the soccer team. Hye Jin quits work to help remodel her mother's small restaurant. Their stories are told in parallel to one another, and the film revisits their present after much time has passed.

This drama is about Cha Geum Joo (Choi Ji Woo) who is a successful career woman but gets framed for a crime and works her way back up after serving her time. She was once an office manager with a thriving career, but that takes a major hit when she is penalized for violating the Attorneys-at-Law Act and sent to prison for it. The drama follows the success story as she comes back as an ex-con, and follows her dream to become an outstanding lawyer.

After an extremely close national assembly race, Jong Chan wins the nomination of his party. He and his wife Yeon Hong are fully committed to the campaign and when their teenager daughter Min Jin goes missing, Jong Chan convinces Yeon Hong not to notify the authorities fearing negative publicity. With the election imminent, Yeon Hong decides to look for her daughter, but instead uncovers a twisted series of conspiracy, secrets, and lies surrounding Min Jin’s disappearance.

1983: Ji Hwan, a high school music teacher, is soon to wed his colleague and girlfriend, Yoon Jeong. Yoon Jeong becomes involved in a case and Ji Hwan attempts to protect her. Moments later, he is fighting for his life after he is stabbed by a mugger.

2015: Police detective Geon Woo is shot by a suspect. The two men who live 30 years apart, fight for their lives on the same day, at the same hospital. As they come back from the brink of death, the two men begin to see through each other’s eyes in their dreams. Gun Woo learns about a case that took place in the past from Ji Hwan. Gun Woo also meets So Eun and, together, they go after the case that took place in the past.

Woo-Gon (Kim Kang-Woo) works for a talent agency as a manager. He spots Mi-Jin (Ko Won-Hee) at an audition. Woo-Gon feels that Mi-Jin is special and has the potential to become a star. Because of Woo-Gon's efforts, Mi-Jin is cast in a movie, but this also causes his company to lash out at him for pushing Mi-Jin instead another one of their talents. Woo-Gon is fired. Later, Mi-Jin comes to visit Woo-Gon who is now working as a parking attendant. Mi-Jin asks him to work as his manager. Woo-Gon accepts and works hard to land parts for her. Soon, Mi-Jin is cast as the lead female character in a television drama series. Just as things seem incredibly promising for Mi-Jin, a shady tabloid scandal breaks out. Mi-Jin is identified as the woman involved in a sexual relationship with a well known politician (Ahn Sung-Ki). The source of the leaks are completely unknown. Woo-Gon tries to explain that the tabloid rumors about his client are completely untrue, but nobody listens. A few days later, Mi-Jin is found dead in her apartment. Woo-Gon then decides to find those responsible for spreading the false rumors about Mi-Jin.

A drama about a heroine named Jeong Soon-geum who succeeds in her ginseng business around the Limjin River in the 1950s to 1970s.

A heartwarming story of a family, overcoming obstacles with the power of love. A family from the southern end of Korea has always been happy despite their poverty. However, a sudden accident strikes them and takes away the parents, leaving the five children alone. Without parents, they have to live through a harsh reality. The eldest, Yeong Sun, is only eleven years old, but she has to take care of her siblings and becomes a mother-figure. She soon focuses on nothing but family. However, irresistible love comes her way. Hesitant, Yeong Sun decides to give up on romance and live life as it used to be. Will she eventually regain her happiness? “The Eldest” depicts the very noble love of five siblings who have been abandoned by society, and the blossoming of a genuine romantic relationship.

Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father's death with his surrogate father Lee Jin Pyo and eventually becomes a "City Hunter".

Adapted from the manga series "City Hunter" (シティーハンター) by Hojo Tsukasa (北条司).