Asian Drama

Jang Tae Su is a legendary criminal profiler in Korea. He was one of the first in his field and paved the way for criminal behavior analysts in the country. He has gained the absolute respect and trust within the police organization. At home, he is a single parent and raises his daughter by himself. Jang Tae Su works on a murder case and realizes that his daughter is involved in the case. The discovery shakes everything in his professional beliefs and his relationship with his daughter. To protect his daughter, Jang Tae Su struggles to reveal the truth.

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Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Starring A-list actors Zo In Sung and Cha Tae Hyun, the reality show invites the two long-time friends to take over a larger supermarket for 10 days in a rural town. It follows the two actors' mishaps of running a business while interacting with the town's close-knitted neighbors and sharing parts of their lives.

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Episodes: 12

Jung Yeol and Na Ra fell in love with each other and got married. During their marriage, they have grown to hate each other due to their personality differences. They decide to get a divorce. A month later, their divorce will be finalized. But, on the day that they applied for a divorce, they get into a car accident. When they wake up at the hospital, they have both lost their memories and do not remember each other.

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Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

As a politician, Joo Sang Sook attempted to run for the fourth time as a member of the nationally assembly. After visiting her grandmother, Joo Sang Sook was unable to tell a lie. Now, Joo Sang Sook attempts to return to the political world.

During the Goryeo dynasty, Taoists try to take a mysterious sword. In the present day, aliens appear on Earth. A time door soon appears between late Goryeo dynasty period and the present day. Due to this, chaotic situations occur.

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Duration: 2 hr. 22 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Eo Yong Mi, Ahn In Kyung and Maeng Soo Ja work as cleaning ladies at a brokerage company.

Eo Yong Mi raises her two daughters by herself and she struggles to make a living. An In Kyung dreams of buying a food truck to run a mobile cafe business. Maeng Soo Ja seems like a very sociable person, but she is only friendly to people when she needs them. These three cleaning ladies happen to overhear insider information at their workplace. They invest their money in a stock, using the insider trading information.

Remake of the UK series "Cleaning Up".

A movie about the damage caused by the humidifier disinfectant disaster. It reveals the truth of the mysterious deaths of victims without perpetrators, and informs the world of the pain of the victims and their bereaved families, which is still ongoing.

The 'Green Mothers Club' captures the friendship, motherhood, and growth of five mothers who met in the elementary community, each with a complex that they could not overcome. It is a story that recounts the definition of a friend who meets naturally, communicates, and shares life, rather than organizational interests such as school or work. Each person lives differently, but reminds him of the 'beast realm' (instinct) called motherhood, and makes him ponder the existence of a mother and a human being.

Set in a small, rural town, the show is about two friends, actors running a supermarket for 10 days. They not only sell goods, but also operate small restaurants, where they cook and serve dishes. The two actors, who lives their whole lives in the city, experience life in the small town and blend into the neighborhood.

All of Us Are Dead is about a group of high school students who are faced with an extreme crisis situation when they become trapped in their school, while a zombie virus spreads like a wildfire.

Adapted from the Korean webtoon called Now at Our School.

Kim Woon Bum is a politician for the opposition party. He dreams of becoming the president of the country. Seo Chang Dae is an excellent strategist. He joins Kim Woon Bum's election campaign staff and Kim Woon Bum goes on to win consecutive elections. Finally, Kim Woon Bum is elected as the presidential nominee for the opposition party. During a fierce presidential election, an explosion occurs at Kim Woon Bum's home. Seo Chang Dae is suspected of being the culprit

"Crime Puzzle" is a story where a criminal psychologist is sent to prison for murdering a political candidate, and the criminal profiler who loses her father to the murder is conducting interviews with the murderer for a case that occurs within the prison. These two used to be lovers just a year ago, until they meet again as a murderer and a criminal profiler, and face the unexpected truth to a series of murders. The thriller focuses on the process of them putting the pieces together, like a puzzle.

Adapted from the webtoon "Crime Puzzle" (크라임 퍼즐) by Meen.

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

Yoon Ji Woo, the member of the organized crime ring who goes undercover as a police officer and harbors cold revenge in her heart. Choi Moo Jin, the boss of Dong Cheon Pa, the biggest drug ring in Korea. He helps Yoon Ji Woo go undercover through various methods, but his true motives are not easy to read.

Jeon Pil Do, a police detective in the Drug Investigation Unit. He is a stickler for rules who becomes Yoon Ji Woo’s partner when she joins the police. Cha Gi Ho, the team leader of the Drug Investigation Unit. He and Choi Moo Jin have long been enemies, with Cha Gi Ho vowing to take down his crime ring before he retires.

Jung Tae Joo, Choi Moo Jin’s subordinate in the drug ring. Because of his steadfast loyalty, he is Choi Moo Jin’s most trusted henchman. Do Kang Jae, a former member of the drug ring. After causing problems and getting kicked out of the gang, he vowed revenge against them.

9-year-old Da Yi knows his mother is about to depart soon, and so he secretly took a trip with his friends and made their last farewell.

Adapted from a webtoon of the same name.

A variety show in which Cha Tae Hyun and Jo In Sung transform into the bosses of a supermarket. The show will give these two men, who have lived their whole lives in the city, a chance to experience life in the countryside. They will blend into the neighborhood and experience the ups and downs of operating a supermarket that is busy at times and quiet at other times. A key point of the show is the beautiful landscapes in the countryside, as well as a look into the diverse needs of the people who come to the supermarket.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 11

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Thursday

Ratings: 8.6

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.

Jin Kang Ho is an enthusiastic and effective detective. He tries to catch criminals by any means necessary. He also doesn't get along with other detectives. Kang Moo Young is an enthusiastic PD of a TV investigative program. The program tries to catch criminals that the police could not. Kang Moo Young is upright, but she will take risks to reveal the truth. Jin Kang Ho and Kang Moo Young unexpectedly meet and they begin to cooperate on unsolved cases.

A comedy about a third term congresswoman named Joo Sang-sook who is an expert liar, but one day can’t lie anymore, with only a day to go before the elections.

Adapted from the Brazilian movie "O Candidato Honesto" directed by Roberto Santucci.

On the first day of attending his new high school, Park Sae Ro Yi punches his classmate Jang Geun Won, who was bullying another classmate. The bully is the son of CEO Jang Dae Hee. The bully's father runs restaurant business Jagga where Park Sae Ro Yi’s own father works. CEO Jang Dae Hee demands to Park Sae Ro Yi that he apologizes to his son, but Park Sae Ro Yi refuses. Because of his refusal, Park Sae Ro Yi gets expelled from school and his father gets fired from his job. Soon, an accident takes place. Park Sae Ro Yi’s father dies in a motorcycle accident caused by his ex-classmate Jang Geun Won. Burning with anger, Park Sae Ro Yi viciously beats Jang Geun Won. He is soon arrested and receives prison time for violent assault. Park Sae Ro Yi decides to destroy the Jagga company and take revenge upon CEO Jang Dae Hee and his son Jang Geun Won. Once Park Sae Ro Yi is released from prison, he opens a restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul. Jo Yi Seo, who is popular on social media, joins Park Sae Ro Yi’s restaurant and works there as a manager. She has feelings for Park Sae Ro Yi.

Adapted from the webtoon "Itaewon Class" (이태원 클라쓰) by Jo Gwang Jin (조광진).

Episodes: 16

To become one of the entertainment industry’s most sought after songwriters, you have to have talent, inspiration, and passion. But to reach the level of popularity obtained by Ha Rip, you also have to be willing to make certain sacrifices.

Ten years ago, as a struggling artist, Ha Rip found himself wondering if he would ever make his mark on the world. On the verge of giving up, he found himself face to face with the Devil himself, who offered to give Ha Rip everything his heart desired, for a price. Desperate, Ha Rip agreed to sell his soul to the Devil and so began a decade of unprecedented success.

But when those ten years are almost up and the Devil has come to collect his due, he learns that his success and fame is the result of taking Lee Kyung’s talent and life. Learning that every deal you make with the Devil comes with a hefty price, Ha Rip tries to barter with his life but will that be enough to satisfy the debt he still owes?

Inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust”.

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

"Confess” is a drama about the “non bis in idem” principle of not being allowed to prosecute an individual twice for the same offense.

A young man who earns the chance at a new life due to a heart transplant. However, he faces a new crisis when his father becomes accused and convicted of murder. Junho will showcase the power of a person who may seem weak and defenseless on the outside, but whose inner strength proves to be his biggest weapon.

Pastor Park works to expose suspicious religious groups. He's hired to look into the cult group Deer Mount. Meanwhile, Police Captain Hwang investigates a murder case and the main suspect is a member of the Deer Mount cult.

Kang Woo Hyun is a respected anchor at a broadcasting station. He has a lovely family and he is asked to enter the political field. His life seems perfect. One day, he goes on a trip with his family and a tragic situation occurs. Meanwhile, Go Dong Kook is a veteran detective. He takes Kang Woo Hyun's case and investigates.

Dong Hyeon is a high school student and Pan Soo is a member of a criminal organization. One day, Dong Hyeon falls from the rooftop and falls on top of Pan Soo. Later when the gangster wakes up in the hospital, he finds himself in the body of a teenager.

Contract worker Lee Yeon Seo daydreams about teaching her manager a lesson, but accidentally acts out her fantasy on none other than top Hallyu star Kang Joon Hyuk. Thinking she killed him but afraid to be labeled a murderer, she takes him home and prepares to get rid of the body. But Joon Hyuk wakes up and seeing her preparations thinks he has been kidnapped by a murderous psychopath. Seeing no other option, she keeps him hostage so he doesn't turn her in to the police. How long can she keep him hidden and can she ever convince him she's not an evil person?

Plastic surgeon Seok Ho and his psychiatrist wife Ye Jin host an evening dinner with their good friends. Tae Soo and his wife Soo Hyun are the first to arrive and are soon joined by Joon Mo and his wife Se Kyung. Lastly, Young Bae arrives late and by himself.

While the good friends enjoy a full-course dinner and alcohol, Ye Jin suggests that they play a game. The game requires everybody to leave their cellphones out on the table. Whatever text messages or phone calls that arrive are then shared with everybody. What secrets will be revealed among these intimate strangers?

Where Stars Land follows the lives of workers at Incheon Airport, and in particular, the interactions between a clumsy, yet bubbly, woman named Han Yeo Reum and a prickly and mysterious man named Lee Soo Yeon.

Han Yeo Reum is a first year member of the Passenger Services team and is anything but ordinary. She wants to be a perfectionist and get everything right but her very clumsy and reckless nature goes against this dream. She has a good heart and strives to do the right thing even if it means going against the rules.

Lee Soo Yeon is also a first year member of the General Planning department. He is a perfectionist who wants nothing but to be ordinary. He graduated from KAIST and dreamed of becoming a pilot. He seems cold and aloof when in fact he is lonely, but a mysterious secret he hides causes him to distance himself from everyone he interacts with.

When these two polar opposite individuals interact, they start off at the wrong foot. But over time, can a love develop?

Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant's family and travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to his homeland later as a U.S. marine officer. He meets and falls in love with an aristocrat’s daughter. At the same time, he discovers a plot by foreign forces to colonize Korea.

Because of uprisings and a power struggle surrounding King Lee Hun, Joseon is in a state of disorder. To avoid assassination, a clown named Ha Sun (who looks almost identical to King Lee Hun) is brought to the palace to take the King's place.

This drama show a love triangle between the king, the clown, and the queen. A love that transcends class and the law.

Conspiracy and war which revolves around Asia's biggest casino... "Someone who looks exactly like me suddenly appeared."

Before gang boss Jang Tae Young can open his casino 'Siesta', underground billionaire Jo Won Geun appears right before his eyes and claims ownership of the casino. Jang then looks for another investor in order to prevent his casino being taken away because of Jo's intervention.

One day, an investor who looks exactly the same as him and has the same name shows up and offers to get rid of all problems including Jo. With the arrival of this mysterious investor, Jang's war against Jo starts.

Only the real one can have everything.

Ma Yi Deum, a materialistic female prosecutor who does not hesitate to use personal attacks, fabricate evidence, and incite perjury in order to win her case is assigned to a special task force for sex crimes. Yeo Jin Wook, a newbie prosecutor also joins the task force, and together they solve crimes with a grudging chemistry.

Under the colonial rule of Japan, 400 or so Koreans who are conscripted into slave labor on 'The Battleship Island', attempt to escape for life. 1944, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, conscripted civilians head out to the Hashima island. Nicknamed 'The Battleship Island' after its resemblance to a war vessel, some are lured by false promises of high wages. LEE, a bandmaster of a jazz bigband and his only daughter, CHOI, a thug, and Mallyeon are among the workers. But upon arrival, they found that the island turns out to be an isolated hell where the workers are forced into slave labor. As the Pacific War nears its end, PARK, a Korean independence activist assigned on a mission to rescue a Korea's spiritual leader from the island. As the U.S. launches massive counterattack on Japan, the Japanese decided to blow up the island in order to bury the truth about their awful treatment of the Korean slave labors. PARK discovers the plan, and conspires with LEE and others for mass escape of all 400 Koreans.

A slice-of-life story about five college students who connect over the growing pains in their youth.

Set one year after Age of Youth (Season 1). Yoon Jin Myung (Han Ye Ri) successfully found a job after she returned from China. Jung Ye Eun (Han Seung Yeon) took a year off from school due to the aftereffects of her abusive ex-boyfriend. She is now returning to her university. Song Ji Won (Park Eun Bin) has yet to find a boyfriend. Yoo Eun Jae (Ji Woo) broke up with her first love and she is in emotional pain. The girls have a new housemate Jo Eun (Choi Ah Ra) at their sharehouse.

For 10 idyllic years, young Mija has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja - a massive animal and an even bigger friend - at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija's dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja... while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home.

"Okja" is a co-production between Korea, South Africa, and the USA.

33-year old Han Je In is a mystery novelist who is notorious for habitual false reporting to the police in town. Her only friend is police officer Rok Hwan, who has had a crush on her since childhood. One day, Je In hears a scream of help from an apartment upstairs and reports that a serial killer lives above her but no one believes her. Convinced that Jason, the handsome man living upstairs, is a serial killer, she asks Rok Hwan to help follow him around with her. But as she learns more about Jason in her pursuit to uncover the truth, she begins to fall for him. Seeing her in this state, Rok Hwan feels a tinge of jealousy.

In 1999, Korea makes its first women’s ice hockey team for the purpose of hosting the Asian Winter Games in Gangwondo. A former junior ice hockey player is appointed as the coach to lead a team of an ex-ice hockey player, an expelled ice skater, a housewife who’s bored with life, an accounting clerk at the Ice Hockey Association, an ex-figure skater, and an ambitious girl aspiring to be the youngest Olympian. Putting their differences aside, the diverse group embarks on the long journey for a chance to compete in the 5th Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan.

What does it take to form a women’s Olympic national ice hockey team? A few middle-aged women, a middle school student, and maybe even a North Korean defector? Kang Dae Woong is tasked with pulling together a women’s national ice hockey team in the hopes representing South Korea in the Winter Olympics. What he is able to assemble is a hodgepodge group of women -- Lee Ji Won, Park Chae Kyung, Go Young Ja, Jo Mi Ran, Kim Ga Yeon, and Shin So Hyun -- who can barely skate, let alone strike a hockey puck. Can this lackluster group form a team to even dream of making it to the Olympics?

Salut D’Amour is a warm, heartfelt movie that tells the story of a romantic relationship between an elderly couple, Sung Chil and Geum Nim. Sung Chil, an ill-tempered, stubborn employee working at the store owned by Jang Soo, meets Geum Nim, a flower shop owner. After meeting each other, Sung Chil begins to show changes for the better. However, numerous challenges await on the long road of love and happiness, one of which is Geum Nim’s daughter Min Jung and her disapproval of their relationship.

Dae Gil, a young man with natural born talents in gambling, makes a dazzling debut as a gambler and gets reunited with his first love, Mi Na. However, Dae Gil soon becomes the scapegoat of betrayal and conspiracy and is forced to be on the run. Dae Gil plans to get revenge and prepares for one big, fated game for Mi Na who has been helping him every step of the way.

The year is 1859, feudal Joseon is plagued with numerous natural disasters, poor harvest, poverty. hunger and death. But the rich nobles are only concerned with their own wealth and continue to exploit and persecute the poor. In this dark period, KUNDO, a righteous group of thieves, was a single shred of hope for the poor, an entity which can be the subject of fear to unjust nobles.

Joo Yoon is the son of a wealthy nobleman, but his mother is a concubine. Even though he excels in martial arts, he isn't recognized for his talents because of his lineage. After killing poor butcher Dol Moo Chi's mother and sister, millionaire Joo Yoon commands absolute power over him. Clouded by vengeance, Dol Moo Chi is accepted as a member of KUNDO and unsheathes his sword for the weak.

Jung Seok is a librarian who goes about his daily life with everything planned down to the second. Having obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, he wakes up, crosses the road, visits the convenience store and goes to bed at the same time every day. Whenever he sees anything out of place, he can't help himself but rectify it, a trait that is particularly irksome to his co-workers.

Jung Seok develops a crush for a local convenience store's cashier who demonstrates a similar attention to order and cleanliness. When he finally works up the courage to tell her his feelings, he bumps into So Jung instead, a messy musician and free spirit whose life is lived spontaneously, adventurously and impulsively.

With So Jung's help, he tries to woo his dream girl, but the only catch is that she wants someone who doesn't share her obsession for neatness. So now Jung Seok must break his routine and place himself outside of his comfort zone, as So Jung asks him to enter a singing audition program together with her.

Set during the seizure of the throne by Sejo of Joseon in the year 1455, the movie follows the life of Nae-Kyung.

Nae-Kyung (Song Kang-Ho) hails from a ruined noble family. He travels around Joseon and studies physiognomy. He is able to asses a person's personality, mental state, habits and, consequently, their future, by just studying their face. He lives in seclusion with his son Jin-Hyeong (Lee Jong-Suk) and brother-in-law Paeng-Hun (Cho Jung-Seok). Nae-Kyung hopes to one day become a public officer, even though it is virtually impossible due to his family's failed background.

Go Eun (Song Yoon Ah), a wedding dress designer and single mom, has only a limited number of days to live. Before parting from her young daughter So Ra (Kim Hyang Gi), Go Eun wants to do everything she can for her, including making a beautiful wedding dress for So Ra for the future.

As her condition worsens, So Ra finds out about the cancer and tries to fulfill her mother's wishes one by one, in secret...