Asian Drama

It's the graduation season again in Shanghai's Lujiazui Financial City. Tao Wu Ji, a young man from a small town, was admitted to the Pudong branch of a bank. He started as a teller at the lowest level. Tao Wu Ji was diligent and determined to make progress, relying on his own abilities and emotional intelligence. He stood out and was selected by Zhao Hui, vice president of the branch, to be recruited into the "Sunshine Project" project. Zhao Hui saw the shadow of his own youth in Tao Wu Ji and cultivated him carefully; Tao Wu Ji also followed Zhao Hui's example and gradually found the meaning and direction of his work in the bank. But in the face of interests, temptations, and favors, Tao Wu Ji's spiritual mentor, Zhao Hui, made mistakes step by step and fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire. Miao Che, the head of the branch's audit department, was upright and resisted pressure from all parties to investigate Zhao Hui, an old classmate and colleague.

Seo Jung Won is an investigative reporter and the host of the current affairs television program “Let’s Get Grabbed by the Collar.” Thanks to her unique and straightforward way of exposing all kinds of torts committed by culprits—all whilst making sarcastic remarks—she gains great popularity and attracts the general public’s attention.

When Jung Won is accused of murder, she joins with detective Kim Tae Hyun, and sets out to find the truth. Also helping her are her husband Seol Woo Jae and Woo Jae, respectively.

(Source: Soompi)

Adapted from the web novel "Myeoksal Hanbeon Jabhibsida" (멱살 한번 잡힙시다) by Nyureoki (뉴럭이).

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Adapted from the web novel "Tui Hun Hou Bei Da Lao Qin Ku Ke" (退婚后被大佬亲哭了) by Su Xiao Juan (苏晓卷)

This 3 episodes drama special tells the stories about three youth, while the main motif of the drama is piano. A genius pianist and an athlete, who is bold, brave and fearless yet short-tempered, get to live a different life completely opposite to each one’s previous regular daily life, after the two got into an unexpected accident. Yoon Yoo Seul (Kim So Hyun) is a student of an art high school. She is a talented pianist and who won various contests, but she is driven by her mother. Yoo Seul’s mother wanted to become a pianist when she was younger. One day, Yoo Seul has an accident and she may never play the piano again because of the accident. With the help of her friend Cha Sik (Ji Soo) and Yoo Seul’s rival Jin Mok (Shin Jae Ha), Yoo Seul begins to live a new life.

A rich woman and former actress named Mrs. Li is losing her good looks and longs for passion with her husband, who is revealed to be having a love affair with his younger and more attractive masseuse. In order to boost her image, she seeks the help of Aunt Mei, a local chef. Mei cooks her some special dumplings which she claims to be effective for rejuvenation. From the very beginning, Mrs. Li was aware that Mei used unborn fetuses "imported" from the abortion clinic in Shenzhen, where Mei used to work. She keeps seeking more potent remedies, until one day she is in luck: Mei had just performed a black market abortion on a girl five months pregnant (Kate) who has been impregnated by her father. After Mrs. Li sneaks a look in the kitchen and sees the fetus, she is initially disgusted and runs away, but later comes back. Mei makes the fetus into dumplings, which Mrs. Li devours. This has a wondrous effect on her libido as she goes into the hospital and has sex with her husband.

During the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Zhao Da Sheng, the commander of the reconnaissance company, lost his memory due to injuries and was saved by fraternal troops. Zhao Da Sheng's comrade-in-arms Yu Zhong Jun, thought that he had died, and according to their previous promise, he took good care of Zhao Da Sheng's wife Wang Yu Lan and son Zhao Xiao Jun, and the three formed a new family. A few years later, Zhao Da Sheng, who recovered his memory, returned to his hometown, only to find that his wife had remarried a friend.

But he doesn't have much time , to deal with his personal issues - soon, he's ordered to lead a joint investigation team to investigate the Yangpu Port hazardous chemical explosion case. And as a member of Dongjiang City Discipline Inspection Commission, Da Sheng, takes the issue very seriously. Soon, Da Sheng, who is now investigating, discovers that the city is full of connections between politics and the military, and everything is not made easier by the fact that his former companion becomes the mayor of the city.

It's the year 1930. Xu Wenqiang was expelled from his university when he was captured by the police during a protest. That was the last time he saw his university love, Fang Yanyun. After he got out of prison, he went to Shanghai. He quickly got in touch with Fang Yanyun again. But soon he found out that she had changed. She was now the woman of Shanghai's mob boss, Mr. Feng Jingyao, the most powerful man in Shanghai. After Wenqiang got off the train in Shanghai, he unexpectedly saved a pretty lady, Feng Chengcheng. At that time, he didn't know that he would later fall in love with her. Chengcheng was the daughter of Mr. Feng. Mr. Feng helped Wenqiang and his best friend Ding Li become powerful men in Shanghai Bund. Wenqiang was always reluctant to follow Mr. Feng's orders, for he was extremely principled and righteous. Finally, when Wenqiang found out that Mr. Feng was helping the Japanese smuggle drugs into China, he turned against Mr. Feng. As a result, the Japanese wanted to kill Wenqiang because he'd become a danger to them. They waited for him at Fang Yanyun's house. He didn't die that day, but lost Fang Yanyun when she shielded him from a bullet. He killed the leader who killed Fang Yanyun and then destroyed all the drugs. Later Mr. Feng and the Japanese sent more assassins to kill Wenqiang and it was also the time that Wenqiang was supposed to marry Chengcheng. He let Chengcheng choose between him and her father and when he heard that Chengcheng had chosen her father for his own protection, he fled to Hongkong and started a new life there. He married a woman and almost had a child. However Mr. Feng found out about Wenqiang and his marriage he sent assassins to kill Wenqiang and his family. His family died and Wenqiang returned to Shanghai to seek revenge...

Xia Lin, a third rate actress who works hard for her dream of being a movie queen, meets Ling Yizhou, the president of Lingshi, a multinational group that controls the economic lifeline of Guangdong city. A crisis of public opinion pushes the two to the top of the netizen's wave. Whether it's an encounter of deja vu or an encounter schemed by others, the two happy enemies are still super sweet even in a situation full of accidents.

A deeply suspenseful drama in which a young lawyer who survived the murder of his family 30 years ago confronts a criminal on death row. Thirty years ago, a family of three was slaughtered. Facing the death row convict accused of the crime is young lawyer Asari Yusuke. Yusuke has been retained by a woman who wants him to request a retrial for the death row convict. The death row convict is none other than Yanase Kozo, who killed Yusuke's parents and grandfather. Yusuke thus finds himself in the difficult position of requesting a retrial for the man who killed his own immediate family... As he goes over the accident, a series of shocking facts come to light one after the other. All these facts are somehow related to Yusuke, and lead him to find the answer to the question: "Who am I?" His sense of duty as a lawyer and his emotions as a lonely man are put to the test. What awaits him once he overcomes bewilderment, conflict, and pain How strong is a person’s love for one’s family and parents? What must we do to honor those we love? What is the final destination of Yusuke Asari’s journey of self-discovery?

10 years ago, Tanioka Hatsune was a famous young violinist. She won many international music competitions and performed with prestigious orchestras. For some reason, Tanioka Hatsune decided to walk away from her career and never perform on stage again. Now, she is 28-years-old and works as a public officer in Nishi Ward, Saitama City. She still enjoys to play the violin in private, but Tokiwa Asahi becomes aware of her. Tokiwa Asahi is a rising maestro, who is based in Germany. His love for music is so much, that he is very strict on his players. One day, his father, who is the head of Nishi Ward in Saitama City, tells him to return to Japan and rebuild the local Kodama Symphony Orchestra. He returns to Japan and begins to rebuild the local symphony in Saitama City. He tries to recruit Tanioka Hatsune to play the violin on stage once again.

In the year 202X, Japan feels a deep sense of stagnation and has been branded by the world as a country on the decline. Wanting to break free of this endless situation, Prime Minister Washida sets up an experimental project Utopi-AI. Commonly known as the UA concept, leaders are selected from all over the country by AI and made to govern cities that have degenerated. It has been said that the reason why young people cannot take charge of politics is their lack of experience. AI has a massive amount of data that one person cannot possibly “experience”. In other words, AI can supplement any amount of “experience”. As if to prove it, AI chooses 17-year-old Maki Aran who is immature and wants an ideal society, to be the Prime Minister. The other members are all young people around the age of 20. Maki and his compatriots use AI to push forward reforms to regenerate the degenerated regional cities as the experimental city UA.