Asian Drama

Park Do Ra is a bright, brave woman with a challenging personality who became a top actress because her mother, Baek Mi Ja, said it was the only way to escape poverty. After earning fame and fortune as a top star, all Do Ra wants to do is rest and enjoy her riches, but her mother keeps causing trouble. Mi Ja always adorns herself in luxury, even more than any top star, thanks to Do Ra's success. However, Mi Ja wants more. Do Ra can't handle her tight schedule due to Mi Ja's desires and wants to quit her new drama "Straightforward Romance," but she can't because she met her first love, Go Pil Sung, the assistant director.

Pil Sung is passionate about his job but tries to leave "Straightforward Romance" because of Do Ra, who was very particular to him when he was young. Unfortunately, an unusual assignment to exclusively lead her falls in his lap. Will Do Ra find her happiness by escaping her mother's never-ending desires?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 50

Duration: 1 hr. 20 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

Deaf housewife Mai Ling Jing has a perfect husband Wang Shi Ming and a considerate best friend Su Xi. However, her seemingly happy life is shattered when she unexpectedly regains her hearing; it turns out that her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is planning a more terrifying conspiracy. In order to find out the truth, Mai endured the humiliation and feigned deafness, embarking on a journey of revenge against her husband and best friend.

(Source: Chinese = Tencent)

Episodes: 20

Duration: 13 min.

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

Cheng Xi Nian is a young girl who met an untimely demise in her first life. Realizing that she had been used to death after she was unexpectedly reborn, she vows to change the outcome of this new life and allies herself with Su Jing Yuan, a man who has been lurking and hidden in her family to get his revenge.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Adapted from the novel "Huang Gui Fei Ta Xiang Lai You Chou Bi Bao" (皇贵妃她向来有仇必报) by Si Yue Chu Xi (四月除夕).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

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

Ratings: 7.2

Aiba Soichiro works in the tax department at city hall. His job is to get people to pay taxes that are past due. For that, he evaluates their financial situation and visits their home. Sometimes he seizes their property and urges them to pay their tax. While dealing with tax issues, he approaches them with his heart and tries to find ways to help them. Soichiro Aiba used to be a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance, but, for some reason, he quit his job there and began working as a tax collector.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga series "Zeicho! - Nouzeika Daisan Shuunoukakari" (ゼイチョー！～納税課第三収納係～) by Shin Yui (慎結).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Saturday

A story about targeted poverty alleviation in Wanmixi village follows a second-generation poverty alleviation officer and an urban reporter from the big city who overcome numerous difficulties in their efforts to lead the villagers out of poverty.

The per capita arable land in Wanmixi Village is very small. Resources are scarcely coupled with transportation difficulties. For hundreds of years, people haven't been able to escape poverty. In 2015, a young man by the name of Pu Quansheng arrives at the village. He is well-versed in the Miao and Tujia dialects and gradually makes changes to improve the situation at Wanximi Village.

However, idealism may be beautiful but difficult to implement and the process is full of challenges. Under the guidance of the party, Pu Quansheng enforces new policies and resolutely looks into village cadres who favor their own relatives and friends. In punishing laziness, he also seeks to encourage others to fight for their own dignity and to bring out their spirit of self-reliance.