Asian Drama

In the glitzy realm of stardom, Ryu Seon Jae shines as a top-tier celebrity, captivating the spotlight since his debut. Despite the facade of a perfect life, the demanding nature of the entertainment industry has left him utterly exhausted. Im Sol, an ardent admirer, holds an affectionate love for Ryu Seon Jae. A childhood accident derailed her dreams, yet the solace found in Ryu Seon Jae's music on the radio transformed her into an unwavering fan.

The narrative takes a poignant turn when Im Sol, reeling from the breaking news of Ryu Seon Jae's tragic demise, experiences a miraculous twist of fate. Transported back 15 years into the past, she confronts Ryu Seon Jae in his 19-year-old high school self. Im Sol grapples with the formidable challenge of altering the trajectory of his future, driven by an unyielding determination to avert the impending tragedy.

Adapted from the web novel “The Best of Tomorrow” (내일의 으뜸) by Kim Bbang (김빵).

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday

At 35, Professor Zhao Dahai was a famous psychology professor and TV talent show judge. He had a happy family with a beautiful wife, Zhou Meimei, and an adorable daughter. Zhao’s success made Zhou feel insecure, but his love and wisdom kept their family strong. Zhou’s friend Yin Hehuan struggled to find love until she met Lin Dongsheng, a younger miner. Despite their differences and a love rival named Li Yaobin, Lin proved to be the perfect match for Yin in the end.

Chen Xiao Man has been working hard in the city in order to save enough for her to be able to invest shares in the family's porcelain business. However, she becomes unemployed and has no choice but to return to her hometown. At this time, Chen Xiao Man's superior, Ke Yan, also encounters an unprecedented setback. Hoping to turn things around, he has come to Chen Xiao Man's hometown to seek the help of a legendary figure in the investment community who has been living in seclusion. This leads to a reunion between Chen Xiao Man and Ke Yan. Under his guidance and encouragement, she decided to embark on the road of entrepreneurship.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

Men San Dao, the great master of the Inner Household, as well as the imperial bodyguard of the Guangxu Emperor, was imprisoned for participating in the Hundred Days Restoration. After serving 12 years, he was released by the boss of the Xuantong Internal Affairs Office, who asked him to solve a case in exchange for a commutation of his sentence. He agreed and, when investigating, found a man who was to be arrested was the remnant of the same faction he was a part of. Zhou Bu Fan was a Jianghu swordsman and a master of high skill. He was intelligent, but unfortunately, he was very poor, so poor that he had to rent out the main altar of the Gate Sect and wander around with his disciples. Running out of options, he made a deal and secretly helped Wang Ye do something disgraceful, making himself a pawn that could be used and discarded at any time. Jianghu had changed; no one cared for his cause, and he just couldn't adapt to modernization. Zhu Yan was a small-town Confucian student. She waited 10 years to take an important exam and get the meritorious name, but the law changed, the examination was abolished, and all of her efforts were in vain. In order to make a living, she opened a shop in her town. She hated the law of change and hated all the people and things that undermined the imperial power, wanting to do something about it. She became involved in a case and chased the murderer for thousands of miles, only to find that he was protecting the interests of the revolutionaries. In 1919, three unrelated people who were stuck in a turbulent world met each other and came together with others coming from similar hardships and defended the imperial power, who longed for a constitution and to block the opposition once and for all. Would they succeed, would their ultimate goals be realized, and would they be the heroes of their generation?

The story begins with an outfit clash. Two women who were born on the same month and the same day not only fell in love with the same man but also often bought the same clothes. They were rivals in love when they were young, and for 10 years, they have been using clues on Facebook to fantasize about each other's better life and feel jealous. Unexpectedly, they meet again.

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = catherine at MyDramaList)

Release dates: Nov 16, 2023 (Festival), two first episodes.

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Saturday

Kim Young Joon is a philosophy major at a university. He confesses his feelings to a female classmate, but she rejects him. He takes her rejection hard. Kim Young Joon then meets a mysterious homeless man, Kim Deuk Hwan who lives under a small bridge. Kim Deuk Hwan has also experienced rejection in love and they develop a friendship.

A touching story between an ordinary mother in a small town in northern Jiangsu and her five children from the early 1980s to the turn of the century.

Kuwano Shinsuke, a successful architect, is well-to-do, knowledgeable and good-looking. He is now 53, still lives alone in the same apartment, which has the latest gadgets, and enjoys single life. Although he fell for Hayasaka Natsumi, the doctor who treated him and changed his perspective toward marriage, and even dated, they later broke up. So Kuwano’s heart is shut firmly to love again. He is even more eccentric now, and feels a little anxious when he thinks about the future. One day, the wheels of fate start to move all of a sudden after a chance encounter with some women.

The widowed mother of three boys has fallen in love with a widower who has a daughter in junior high school. The journey of their developing romance is sensitively interwoven with their struggles to do their best for their children.

Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes by sneaking into merchant Wu Ping’s palanquin. The Wu family agreed to take her in after witnessing her remarkable business acumen, and she ends up marrying Wu Ping. The drama will chronicle the life of the Qing Dynasty's richest female merchant, and her struggles to keep the Wu family business afloat during the last years of the Qing Dynasty.

Shen Xingyi is a happy-go-lucky young sir who has never known hardship in his life. After meeting Zhou Ying, he eventually decides to change his ways and becomes a mature noble who is willing to protect his country and family from disaster. He has a seemingly unrequited love for Zhou Ying.

This drama is about entangled lives of four women, a stepmother, and daughter of a small diner and another stepmother and daughter of a nation-wide food service company, CE Group. These four women’s lives start to be entangled with a suspicious hit-and-run of a man who then is blamed for embezzlement enrages of CE Group while he in a coma from the accident. Without any money or connections, the man’s widow goes on a crusade to prove her husband’s innocence and many obstacles and hardships are encountered along her arduous journey. A suspenseful plot and a story about stepmothers and daughters bring up the rear to present a heartwarming drama to viewers.

Park Moo Jin is a former professor of chemistry and now holds the Minister of Environment position. He doesn't have ambition, personal beliefs or political sense. One day, the cabinet is gathered in the National Assembly for the president's address. A terror attack takes place, killing many government officials, including the president and ministers. Park Moo Jin is the highest ranking government official left alive. He doesn't want the position, but he must sit as the acting president for 60 days. Park Moo Jin chases after the person or group responsible for the attack as he grows as a national leader.