Asian Drama

Gossip magazines always like to use a competitive perspective to describe Xue Ya Zhi and Zhou Fan who debuted at the same time. However, this does not hurt the friendship of these two at all, because they have always relied on each other.

That is... until the day Xue Ya Zhi decided to marry Li Zi Qi. This change of wedding plans, like a sharp blade, severely cut open the relationship between the two close friends. It also opened up the future fate of the two actresses.

"A pair of good friends in the past have now become rivals who never see each other again.” is the favorite plot of the bloodthirsty media. However, no one cared about it. The sharp blade that cut through the sisterhood was still inserted into their bodies, torturing each other.

(Source: Chinese = Cosmopolitan.com/tw || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: Actress Female Lead, Friends To Rivals, Entertainment Industry, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 52 min.

Country: Taiwan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Nov 7, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Moon Jung In is a highly ambitious woman. She married Dr. Baek Dong Ho for his money. He had a daughter, Baek Seol Ah, from his previous marriage. Jung In stole all of Dong Ho’s assets and then left him. Jung In became successful in life, and she now runs her own entertainment company, which produces drama series.

One day, she meets Seo Jin Ho, who looks like her first love. Jin Ho wants to become an actor, and he is engaged to Seol Ah. He first met Seol Ah at an orphanage, and they grew up together there. Due to Jung In, Jin Ho disappears completely.

Meanwhile, because of Jung In, who married Seol Ah's father, Seol Ah's life fell into a bottomless pit, and she had to grow up in an orphanage. As Seol Ah turned her life around after meeting Jin Ho, her life completely changed again because of Jung In.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 101

Duration: 40 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Yong Soo Jung has a refreshing charm which helps her popularity as a home shopping host. She has many females fans from various age ranges due to her honest and straightforward personality. Things are different in her personal life. When she likes a man, she can't express her feelings or even make eye contact with him. Her romantic life is difficult because of this. She has a crush on Joo Woo Jin, who is the successor of the Masung Group.

Yeo Eui Joo is a hard working man, despite his poor family background. He lives with his intellectually disabled mother. His priority is to make his mother happy. One day, he suddenly learns that he is the second grandson of the Masung Group and is stunned by the news. He gets involved with Yong Soo Jung.

Meanwhile, Choi Hye Ra is selfish and full of greed. If she wants something, she will try to get it no matter what and if anyone comes in her way, she will try to mercilessly punish them.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 35 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

A delightful family drama that asks the true meaning of 'happiness' by showing various aspects of marriage such as divorce, remarriage, and single life, and brings about empathy and laughter from all generations.

Maeng Gong Hee is a contract designer at Jayce Fashion. Having inherited her strong mother's spirit and her former detective father's athletic ability, she is a rare wild woman these days who has the guts to survive even if she were to be stranded on a deserted island.

Gu Dan Soo is the grandson of Jayce Fashion Chairman Hwang Ik Seon and born to a wealthy father and a poor mother. Dan Soo, who was living as a free spirit in a foreign country, comes to Korea according to his grandmother's plan to make a successor to the chairman out of him and he reunites with childhood friend Maeng Gong Hee once again.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

In 1996, after the collapse of Japan's asset price bubble, Shibasaki Akira works in the loan department for the Yotsubashi branch office of Aoba Bank. One day, he is sent to work at a government-run company, which is a housing financial bond management organization. The company was formed to collect non-performing loans from bankrupt housing loan companies. Workers from different banks, including Akira and ex-employees from housing loan companies, gather at the government-run company. They stand up against vicious debtors and struggle to protect the taxpayers' money. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Tokkai: Bubble no Kaijin wo Oitsumeta Otokotachi" by Hidetoshi Kiyotake.

Married for three years, Janis and Rawee remain childless. Rawee's parents really want a grandchild, but he won`t pressure Janis, as loving her is the most important thing . Janis is already feeling guilty and he does not wish to hurt her.

Janis has a chance encounter with Rita her childhood friend. Janis quite likes Rita and is keen to resume their friendship. They become close rather quickly, leaving Rawee feeling somewhat uneasy. Janis is unaware that Rita is still harboring a grudge from when they were younger. Rita feels that Janis ruined a relationship for her and she is not about to forgive Janis anytime soon.

When Rawee`s parents amp up the pressure, Janis hires Rita to be her surrogate, leaving Rita with a clear path to exact her revenge. Janis` best friend Kanda begins to question Rita`s motives. warning Janis that things are just not as they seem. But her concerns fall on deaf ears as Janis always comes to Rita`s defense.

Meanwhile, Janis's handsome brother is attracted to Rita, who refuses his advances, despite having feelings for him. Her revenge against Janis is far more important. Meanwhile Janis hatches a plan to get Rita and Rawee under the covers . What will happen when Janis finally uncovers Rita`s true agenda?

Morio Kiyomi was the subject of envy, when she married Dr. Yanagisawa Shigero, the owner of Yanagisawa Clinic. Although the marriage brought her status and wealth, Kiyomi was not blessed with children. The couple then decided to go through the In Vitro Fertilisation program, and soon Kiyomi successfully gave birth to a little baby. Unfortunately, the baby was born with an illness that can only be cured through stem cell transfer, and so the Yanagisawas decided to have another baby in order to save their existing child. However, Kiyomi's body is too weak to have another child, and so she approaches her estranged younger sister, Manami, to be the surrogate mother. Unbeknownst to Kiyomi, Manami is actually very bitter about her good fortune in landing a rich man, and is plotting vengeance on her.Kiyomi is creating another life just so she can save her child, without any consideration on the ethics of the decision. Is it maternal love? Or just plain egotism? 

Minami Ayako is a 33-year-old single, unsuccessful novelist who is struggling to find herself a lifelong partner. One day, Yamada, a scumbag she had dated in the past, appears before her as a ghost. He tells her he cannot reincarnate unless he fulfils a certain "promise". Just then, Ayako is mocked by another popular writer, who is a colleague of hers, that still being unmarried at this age means she must be a failure for having nobody who loves her. Due to this, Ayako decides to take marriage hunting seriously, and Yamada joins forces alongside her in order to support her in her quest to find a marriage partner.

(Source: Drama-Okatu)

Adapted from the novel "Konkatsu 1000 Pon Knock" (婚活1000本ノック) by Minami Ayako (南綾子).

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

Ruan Zhen Zhen has led a simple and happy life under the protection of her financial guru husband. Everything disappears in a flash after the death of her husband. Forced out of her bubble, Ruan Zhen Zhen is left to shoulder a huge amount of debt . Suddenly, lawyer Gao Jun walks into her life. Ruan Zhen Zhen may be innocent but she is not dumb. She keeps her guard up in the face of the sudden intruder and remains skeptical towards his enthusiasm to help. Will she ever open up her heart?

Yumi (Takeuchi Yuko) is a 23-year-old office worker. Out of the blue, she is fired from her job. A few days later, wearing kimono, she is rushing to an interview for some part-time work at a publishing company. She was at a friend's wedding that went on a bit longer than expected and she has no time to change from her kimono.

In another room at the publisher, popular comic book writer Reijiro Sakurai (Abe Hiroshi) is having an editorial meeting with some staff. He is planning to lock himself away at a hot spring for the next three months to concentrate on his next project. Yumi stumbles into the room, looking for somewhere to change out of her kimono. Sakurai comments that if Yumi were to join him he wouldn't mind being away for so long...

Popular musician Lu En Tong and technology firm president Song Yan Xu both suffer from chronic insomnia. They come to discover that by touching one another, sleep befalls them both in a matter of seconds.

Choi Dae Hyun runs into a group of female high school students, including Jung Saet Byeol. The girls look like troublemakers. Jung Saet Byeol asks Choi Dae Hyun to do an errand for them, which is to buy cigarettes from a convenience store. Choi Dae Hyun buys the cigarettes for them and Jung Saet Byeol gets his cellphone number, but he never gets a call from her.

4 years later, Choi Dae Hyun is now 33 years old. He runs a small convenience store after he quit his job at a large company. He is looking for a part-time worker to work the night shift at his convenience store. Jung Saet Byeol comes to his store and she soon starts to work there. She is not a troublemaker anymore. Jung Saet Byeol is now a university student and guided by her strong morals.

Adapted from the webtoon "Convenience Store Saet Byul" by Hwalhwasan.