Asian Drama

"Deep End" is a psychological crime thriller exploring the world of internet porn in Asia. In this series, "technology" is depicted as a tool that is both liberating and dangerous, filled with limitless information, images and videos that breed all kinds of ideas. The series presents sensory stimulation and outlines how the cybercrime law enforcement stays vigilant in the world of internet pornography.

Female CEO Shen Xing Yu chose to marry an ordinary security guard, Zhao Wu Di, in order to keep the company she had devoted so much effort to. From confrontation to alliance, the two work together to defeat the dark forces behind the scenes. After experiencing various hardships, they get to know each other better, develop sincere feelings, and understand the true meaning of marriage and love.

Throughout twelve stories. this series follows eleven couples, delving into friendship and romance.

Episodes: 24

This is the story of a chief inspector in the anti-narcotics unit who holds true to his beliefs as a police officer. He puts everything on the line to crack down on drugs and bring drug traffickers to justice. How will our hero resolve this “bursting point” crisis?

(Source: thefilmcatalogue.com)

Tells the story of the Japanese, puppet, and Communist Party infiltrating each other during the Anti-Japanese War in 1940, and Nanjing folded into an adult hell. CCP ace agents Jin Shen Shui and Lin Ying Ying and a group of dedicated agents.

In Nanjing in 1940, various forces were intertwined and internal fighting continued. With family sorrows, Jin Shen Shui and Lin Ying Ying join forces for survival. In the process of self-protection, they discovered the brutal "Spring Thunder Plan" of the Japanese army. In order to protect their homes and defend the country, the two of them walked on the tip of a knife with a mortal heart.

(Source: douban and IGN china)

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

Do Do Hee is the successor of the Future Group. She has an arrogant and cool-headed personality, who doesn’t trust in anyone. She is cynical about love. Do Do Hee gets involved with a demon named Jung Koo Won and makes a contract marriage with him. She faces big changes in her life.

Jung Koo Won is a demon. He can live for eternity by making dangerous, but sweet deals with humans who endure hellish lives. He looks down upon humans and he has prowled over this world like an apex predator for 200 years. He gets involved with Do Do Hee and somehow loses his power all of a sudden. He then enters into a contract marriage with her. To prevent his own extinction, he must protect Do Do Hee who has taken all of his power. Their relationship develops romantically.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Friday, Saturday

The drama tells the story of Liang Jing, a woman who is beautiful, smart, rich and capable. She helped her husband, Wang Hai, succeed in starting a business, but she quit her job at the peak of her career and became a housewife. She was willing to sacrifice for her family.

Unexpectedly, she was plotted by a gangster, implicated in a scandal, and looked down upon by her husband's family. Through investigation, Liang Jing discovered that the person who framed her was actually the person closest to her. After Liang Jing witnessed her husband cheating on her, she decided to fight back against the scumbag and confront the relationship destroyer.

With the help of her friends, she healed her emotional pain while unlocking her career blueprint and finally successfully started a new life.

(Source: Chinese = Sugou || Translation = Peachey Blossom at MyDramaList)

Episodes: 22

Duration: 11 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Three unlikely thieves break into a mansion looking for the cash they believe its owner is hiding, only to encounter unexpected complications.

(Source: Netflix)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

Guan Yu, who was a soldier, has a meticulous mind, rigorous style, and extremely hard physical and mental quality. He has solved numerous major and small cases. From a simple and fierce little white criminal policeman, he has grown all the way to a wise and experienced Lanhe County Criminal Police Team Captain. Guan Yu's physical condition went from bad to worse after being promoted to captain of the criminal police. After the 1223 major case, Guan Yu was faced with danger. Under the pressure of time, pressure from superiors, and the loss of relatives and comrades in arms, the black hand of evil is still hidden under the glacier. In the face of this case with many intertwined and implicated cases, can Guan Yu hold high the light of justice and the fire of hope in his hands?

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 12

A woman who inherits a gravesite under mysterious circumstances as her family's history starts to unravel.

(Source: The Swoon Netflix)

Episodes: 6

Airs On: Friday

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

A crime action thriller about the process of chasing and being chased by a murder suspect and a homicide detective.

It seems like a car accident by chance, but it hides a huge secret. Yang Qing, a writer oppressed by her controlling and mad husband Yin Hong, has amnesia after a car accident. When searching for memories, various clues indicate that her mind and her body wasn't her, and her every move was under her husband's supervision. Can Yang Qing escape from this trap?

(Source: Chinese = Tencent)

Episodes: 18

Duration: 7 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

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Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

A town with no future and no hope.

Seventeen-year-old Yeon Gyu was born in this place and has never been anywhere else. While enduring the repeated violence inflicted by his stepfather, he saves up money in the lone hope of moving to the Netherlands with his mother. Chi Geon, born and raised in this town, is now a mid-level boss in a criminal organization. Having learned early in life that this world is hell, he gets by in his own way.

One day Yeon Gyu gets into a fight to protect his stepsister Ha Yan. Unable to raise the settlement money, Yeon Gyu is helped by Chi Geon, and in that way Yeon Gyu comes to start a new life as a member of Chi Geon’s gang. Although scared and awkward, Yeon Gyu gradually adjusts with the help of Chi Ggeon who is like an older brother to him. Having earned Chi Geon’s trust while fighting to survive in the gang, Yeon Gyu begins to fall into more and more dangerous circumstances.

In order to escape from hell, they become a part of it.

(Source: International Festival de Cannes press kit)

Cha Se Eum used to be a violinist, but she is now a conductor of an orchestra. She has pursued her career boldly and with passion. She is now in a position where others are envious. What others don't know is that Cha Se Eum carries a secret. That secret will shake her life.

Meanwhile, mysterious cases take place within her orchestra. Cha Se Eum looks into the cases and approaches the truth surrounding her.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Remake of the French TV series “Philharmonia" [2019].

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Shen Mansion's young lady, Chu Qi, heard that her sister, Shen Shi San, who had been inseparable from her since childhood, went missing while searching for a specific medicine. In a desperate situation, she had a conflict with the medicine vendor Wang Wu. Chu Qi was rescued by Gu Yusheng, the son of a military officer and her childhood friend. Wang Wu fled, but mysteriously died that night. The investigating officer, Wu Xu, guided by clues, identified Chu Qi as the suspect. Driven by her concern for her missing sister, Chu Qi broke into the charity house at night to search for clues on Wang Wu's body. The clues pointed to a place called "Fengming Town."

Coincidentally, Wu Xu, who came to inspect the body, apprehended Chu Qi. In a struggle, Chu Qi accidentally tore her clothes. Wu Xu, in an unexpected gesture, lent her his own clothes and accidentally dropped his police badge. Chu Qi successfully entered Fengming Town under the identity of "Officer Wu." However, the village was shrouded in mystery, and villagers Chu Qi had interacted with died under strange and eerie circumstances. In a desperate situation, Officer Wu Xu and Gu Yusheng successively arrived at Fengming Town.

They experienced various bizarre and mysterious events, gradually uncovering the truth behind the villagers' deaths. The tragic fate of Shen Shi San became clearer, and subtle changes occurred in the relationships among the three individuals. However, they were unaware that they had become the targets of a hidden puppeteer.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 23

Duration: 15 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Wednesday

The film tells the story of a father’s revenge after his daughter’s murder.

A fisherman, Lao Jin, finds out his daughter was murdered while studying in Japan and is determined to avenge his daughter. Meanwhile, Li Miao Miao, the victim’s boyfriend and biggest suspect, has avoided persecution by returning to China with the help of his parents.

(Source: cfensi)

Adapted from the novel "She Guo Fen Nu Di Hai" by Lao Huang.

Duration: 2 hr. 24 min.

Set in a television newsroom, it is described as a "real-time" suspense drama, in the style of the popular American series "24." The story focuses on an incident that unfolds during the hours between late night and morning.

He Fei's wife, Li Mu Zi, disappeared mysteriously during their wedding anniversary trip. While he was searching for Mu Zi, she appeared again out of nowhere, but he insists that the strange woman in front of him is not his wife. Lawyer Chen Mai gets involved in this bizarre case, and more mysteries slowly emerge.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Release dates: Dec 25, 2022 (Festival) || Jun 22, 2023 (Online/Cinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.

Episodes: 8

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Sunday

The story is set during the late Ming Dynasty when a mysterious epidemic breaks out. It follows the thrilling journey of Chu Sijing, a member of the secret service, as he navigates a life-or-death crisis on a deserted island.

(Source: iQIYI)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Release Dates: May 17, 2023 (Festival) || June 2, 2023 (Cinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 6 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Jang Tae Sang is a wealthy man. He is known as the most attractive man around Bukchon in Gyeongseong. He is also a reliable source of information around the area. His talents, including the ability to react quickly to situations, a keen insight, and sociability, have led him to his current position. He soon gets involved with Yoon Chae Ok, which leads him to reevaluate his priorities as a person.

Yoon Chae Ok is famous as a todugun (a person who finds missing people). As a young child, she traveled between Manchuria and Shanghai, China, with her father. Her life was not easy, and she learned at that time how to survive. She developed skills with shooting guns, using knives and handling machines. Her mother went missing 10 years ago. To find her mother, Yoon Chae Ok arrives in Gyeongseong. There, she becomes involved with Jang Tae Sang. They follow a series of mysterious missing person cases, and they come upon a terrible reality.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

He's perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he's just lost all his life savings to a bitcoin scam. Burdened by societal pressures, Choi Yi Jae decides to take his own life. Insulted by his flippant attitude towards dying, Death comes to punish him with her game: he must experience death over and over again through 13 other lives. But if he can find a way to survive the imminent death coming for these lives, he gets to live out their lifetime. His life was a bust, but what about the lives of others?

(Source: webtoons.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Ije God Jukseubnida" (이제 곧 죽습니다) written by Lee Won Sik (이원식) and illustrated by Gul-chan (꿀찬)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

A real-time live chase movie in which freelance PD Dong Joo finds out that his girlfriend is being broadcast live through a link he accidentally received, and to stop it, he had a desperate confrontation with the mysterious 'Gentleman' in the hidden camera broadcast.

It tells the story of an interrogation accident that sent detective Cheng Bing of the Third Brigade to prison to serve his sentence. His teammates were implicated, dismissed from the police, and demoted. The former elite Third Brigade of the police fell apart. After ten years in prison, Cheng Bing regained his freedom. He lost everything, but Wang Da Yong, the suspect in the case, is still at large...

Wearing a police uniform for a day brings justice for a lifetime. The Third Brigade needed to explain, but unwillingness turned into persistence. The sharp blade was unsheathed again. Cheng Bing and the brothers from the Third Brigade regrouped and embarked on the road to pursue the murderer. During the lonely and long journey, they cooperated with the police to chase the murderer for thousands of miles. In the process, we rediscover the meaning of life.

(Source: Chinese = iQIYI)

Adapted from the non-fiction novel "Qing Zhuan Gao Ju Zhang, San Da Dui Ren Wu Wan Cheng Le" (请转告局长，三大队任务完成了) by Shen Lan (深蓝).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

People face their fears hidden in their everyday life and their fears become part of their routine. Hyun Jung is a woman unable to smile. Hyun Soo is looking for a job and she wants to have a relationship. Hoon is a lonely university student. Ki Jin gives up on getting a job and he is in a shameless romance. Yeon Jin is working part-time at a convenience store and she hates people. Seung Jin is a middle school student who dreams of becoming a hero. These six people are connected by different cases.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Release dates: Jul 17, 2022 (Festival)

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

A very casually-dressed woman who even in her early 50s looks unbelievably young is preparing breakfast for her son, Dong Woo. Jin Sook suggests to Dong Woo that they go out for a drive. She unexpectedly finds out that her son has a nice girlfriend. Soo Jin dreams of having a wonderful life after her marriage but feels very uneasy about her mother-in-law's behaviour. Jin Sook wants to be a woman to her son and feels as if Soo Jin is merely a plaything for him. Jin Sook finds it impossible to stop her son's love for Soo Jin and becomes obsessed with jealousy. Then, one day, in the absence of Dong Woo, Jin Sook exposes her jealousy to Soo Jin with a tragic consequence.

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Neri and her younger brother Jo make money by perpetrating fraud cases. One night, they happen to score hundreds of millions of yen. Since that time, they are chased by various nefarious people.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Keisou" (勁草) by Kurokawa Hiroyuki (黒川博行).

Duration: 2 hr. 23 min.

A detective who is solving a murder mystery and uncovers some secrets of the past. It's a thriller film about serial murders & deals with social theme of military violence.

(Source: Soompi)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Police officer Pang Hong Mei, amid the many obstacles created by U.S. and Jiang spy agents, rescued Ji Danyang, a patriotic scientist who had returned from the United States from the enemy spy. She accompanied Ji Danyang to Lumen City to participate in the "Water Drop Project". Enemy special forces formulated a sabotage plan codenamed "Operation Rock," concentrated their forces, and tried to destroy the "Water Drop Project."

Pang Hong Mei and Ji Dan Yang fought a life-and-death battle with enemy agents in Lumen, thwarted the enemy's conspiracy, protected the "Water Drop Project", and finally achieved the expected success. The couple who went through the test of life and death, also realized their dreams and firm ideals.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 38

Three years ago, in order to save his childhood friend and unrequited love Yoshino Yuki, a high school student named Mitsuishi Reiya became a nocturnal being who attacks people and slurps their blood. , he meets boys who live in the darkness of the night, hiding the fact that they are nocturnal. In order to escape the violence of night hunting, hide from the public eye, and fight back against their bloodlust without attacking others, they gather at a live house, form a band called 404 not found, and become passionate about music. Each of the members has a history of traveling at night under harsh conditions, and the members sing with a sense of force, expressing their feelings of having nowhere to go in their music. Reiya, who has become a member of such a band, is relentlessly targeted by Kurose Takumi, the leader of the night hunters who hate night hunting.