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Asian Drama/Movie Recommendations
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items A list of my favorite Asian dramas that I've watched over the years —no skips or fast-forwarding!
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Chinese
According to legend, Dongfang Qing Cang of the Moon Tribe became an emotionless monster to gain immense power, killing his father, seizing the title of Moon Supreme, and leading 100,000 Moon Tribe soldiers on a path of destruction. To stop him, the f...
Love Between Fairy and Devil - Cdrama
The mischievous girl, Ling Miao Miao, accidentally enters the mission system of the novel Monster Hunting and becomes a villainous supporting character. To return to the real world, she must complete the system's task—winning over the mysterious and ...
Love Game in Eastern Fantasy - Cdrama
The Nine-tailed Fox Bai Qian, the youngest daughter of the Fox King, is brought to Kunlun Mountain to become a disciple of the God of War, Mo Yuan. While studying there, a war breaks out that leads to Mo Yuan sacrificing his life to seal a demon lord...
Eternal Love - Cdrama
Qiao Jing Jing, a well-known celebrity, finds herself in hot water when a leaked video of her terrible gaming skills threatens her endorsement deal. To save her reputation, she jumps into a gaming competition and decides to spend her free time gettin...
You Are My Glory - Cdrama
In the multiplayer online game Glory, Ye Xiu is well known as the textbook-level expert and top-tier player Ye Qiu. Due to a series of circumstances, he was forcefully expelled from his professional team. After leaving the pro-gaming scene, he reside...
The King’s Avatar - Cdrama
The young painter Shen Yi resigned from the Academy of Fine Arts and entered Haicheng Public Security Bureau mysteriously. Interpol Captain Du Cheng was furious and said that he would never accept those who caused his comrade to be killed in the poli...
Under the Skin - Cdrama
The second season will continue the core of the story of the first season of "Painting Color and Seeing People's Hearts", and understand the complexity of human nature through the outline of the portrait. The Beijiang squad, composed of simulation po...
Under the Skin Season 2 - Cdrama
A university student has another identity - online she is "Sheng Sheng Man" who does music for the historical genre. Although she is still a nobody, it doesn't stop her from dreaming of the day she can collaborate with her favorite voice dubbing god ...
Love Me, Love My Voice -Cdrama
Wu Xin is a wandering immortal who has no recollection of how long he has lived or how he came to be, but he has supernatural powers where he can see and deal with spirits (good and evil) that still roam the living world. He pretends to be a travelli...
Wu Xin: The Monster Killer - Cdrama
In Dahuang, after the General Princess of Xiyan sacrifices herself to defeat Chenrong’s General Chi Chen, Xiyan conquers Chenrong. Before her death, she cared for her daughter, Xiao Yao, and nephew, Cang Xuan, but Xiao Yao is sent to Jade Mountain, s...
Lost You Forever - Cdrama
Han Shang Yan, a former legend in the CTF cyber-security esports world, had long retired to set up his own esports club, K&K, to train a group of young teenage boys as professional esports athletes. One evening, after a K&K loss at a CTF comp...
Go Go Squid! - Cdrama
Shanghai, early twentieth century. Jiang Ying, a singer at a local club, begins to be linked with a local entertainment mogul, Du Jing Chuan. However, no one knows that the woman, faking her occupation, instead of loving raptures, wants to get closer...
Provoke
Princess Feng Yuan of Yongzhao and Young Master Helian Xi of Linchuan were a pair of "Lian Lizhi" who were destined to live in harmony with each other. However, they made a private decision for life, which caused great changes in the clan. Three year...
Hard to Find
On the day when Xie Wan Yin, a noblewoman of the Xie family, married Prince Li Chi, she unexpectedly witnessed a cruel hunt: Dongfang Zui, the legendary elegant and extraordinary national teacher, shot and killed the father-in-law of the current empe...
Dawn Is Breaking
An accident happens when manga character Qi Qi, who has played antagonist female supporting roles for many years, enters the new comic "Night of Love With You" and becomes the heroine Luo Qing. In a story where the male lead has suddenly disappeared,...
Night of Love With You
Xue Fang Fei, the daughter of a wealthy magistrate, loses everything after a major upheaval. She’s saved by Jiang Li, the daughter of the Secretariat Director, and takes on Jiang Li’s identity to return to the capital. With help from Duke Xiao Heng a...
The Double
Hua Qian, the daughter of a prominent herbal medicine family, once made a terrible mistake due to her infatuation with Zhong Ye Lan, a man who didn't love her back, leading to the downfall of her family. When fate takes a turn, Hua Qian wakes up to f...
Scent of Time
Jiang Xue Ning’s obsession with becoming empress strains her friendship with Yan Lin and leads to the arrest of Official Zhang Zhe. After a brief reign, guilt takes hold as rebels, led by Yan Lin, wipe out the royal family. In her final moments, she ...
Story of Kunning Palace
Zhou Sheng Chen was raised by his brother, the Emperor, until the age of thirteen, when he set out to defend the border and establish himself as a loyal and accomplished general. Cui Shi Yi, the well-read daughter of an esteemed family, has been betr...
One and Only
After losing her mother at a young age, Dou Zhao became deeply disillusioned with love and family due to the upheavals and hardships she faced. To protect herself and her family estate, she contended with her stepmother and chose to live in a remote ...
Blossom
As a disciple of the Lei Clan, Lei Wu Jie can't wait to prove his worth as a hero, but as a novice who has only just entered the martial arts world, the path to becoming a true hero is difficult, at best. Undeterred by the challenges that lay before ...
The Blood of Youth
Xiao Nai is a gaming expert who, courtesy of his basketball skills, academic excellence, swimming talent, and game company presidency, also happens to be the most popular student on campus. When he first comes across the gorgeous computer science maj...
Love O2O
A thousand years since the battle between the demons and heavens took place, the souls of the Star of Mosha and the God of War are sent to the mortal realm to serve penance. In the mortal realm, Chu Xuan Ji, daughter of the Shaoyang Sect Leader, is d...
Love and Redemption
Ten years ago, Li Xiang Yi, the master of the Sigu Sect, dominated with his superior swordsmanship and was a symbol of light in the martial arts world. However, he suddenly disappeared along with Di Fei Sheng, the leader of the Jinyuan Alliance, afte...
Mysterious Lotus Casebook
Ling Bu Yi, the foster son of Emperor Wen and a talented & ruthless general of the Black Armour Army, was on a personal mission to uncover hidden truths about the past, which had led to the massacre of an entire city and of his clan when he met C...
Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1
After a series of twists and turns, Cheng Shao Shang and Ling Bu Yi are engaged to be married by Imperial consent and decree. However, they still have many hurdles to overcome. Cheng Shao Shang, having been neglected and abandoned from a young age, h...
Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2
In sixth-century China, the Emperor of Great Liang orders the unjust execution of his brother-in-law Marshal Lin Xie alongside the Lin family, his 70,000 army soldiers, and Crown Prince Qi. Secretly surviving the massacre is Lin Xie's son, Lin Shu, w...
Nirvana in Fire
Xia Ling, is a senior college student and looking for jobs. After a freak accident where she is the only survivor, she continues to live her life, however when many misfortunate events start occurring she realizes she is now cursed. She is then told ...
Rakshasa Street
Zhang Chu Lan, an ordinary young man, gets entangled in an unprecedented world of "Outsiders" when his grandfather's body mysteriously disappears. Facing unexpected pursuit from the Sinister Pleasure, a relentless organization, and the sudden appeara...
I Am Nobody
Lu Xia is a tennis prodigy who lived overseas since he was a child with his parents. He has inherited his father's outstanding strength and tennis talent. However, trapped under the shadow of his father, Lu Xia only sees tennis as a tool to win over ...
The Prince of Tennis
Xiao Yan is a genius child who suddenly loses all his powers. In a world governed by strength and power, Xiao Yan’s lack of talent is an embarrassment to his family. At 15, Xiao Yan accidentally summons Yao Lao from his mother’s ring. With the elder’...
Fights Break Sphere
Many years ago, the plant-alien hybrid Si Teng was hunted down by a Xuanmen hunter. Chased across Shanghai, Si Teng fled for her life, but escaping the relentless hunter proved impossible. In an act of cruel piety, the hunter killed Si Teng and burie...
Rattan
Liu Ling is a young member of the royal family who has been granted the auspicious title of Princess Chang Le by the Emperor – who has a soft spot for her (and thinks little of her father). She is aged 20, and until now she has lived a pampered and p...
My Sassy Princess
Yan Xing, a concubine’s daughter from the Yan family, was trained from a young age by the Ministry of Justice’s chief inspector, acquiring exceptional investigative skills and the ability to find answers hidden within evidence. Yan Xing passes the ex...
Melody of Golden Age
Because of a marriage selection, girls from all over the world gather in Xin Chuan. Yin Zheng, one of the six young masters of Xin Chuan, who keeps a low profile, and Li Wei, who just wants to work hard and not get selected, live comfortably in this ...
New Life Begins
Liu Yu Ru is the only legitimate daughter of a former cloth merchant living a stoic life with her mother in a household where they're mistreated despite their status. Due to a misunderstanding, she is married off to Gu Jiu Si, the notorious son of Ya...
Destined
An unexplainable phenomena finds college-going student, Li Shi Qing, trapped in a never-ending time loop where she is always stuck on a public service bus which is due to explode, bringing death and destruction to not only herself but to all on board...
Reset
Freshly graduated doctor Mi Ka was at a jewellery store to purchase a gift for her parents when a jewel heist by armed robbers occurred. A special SWAT team was deployed to take control of the situation and this was how Mi Ka met Special Forces Capta...
You Are My Hero
Fan Xian is born in the ancient empire of Southern Qing with memories of the 21st century. He lives in a rural town as the illegitimate son of the Minister of Finance, raised by his grandmother. His mother, Ye Qing Mei, was once a celebrated inventor...
Joy of Life
Fan Xian, the illegitimate son of the finance minister found love with Lin Wan Er, the daughter of the Princess Royal. They wanted to live peaceful lives, but a scheming prince plotted his demise. Fan Xian was forced to fake his death to escape certa...
Joy of Life Season 2
In the turbulent interregnum following the collapse of the Tang dynasty, a young daughter of a herbalist is tricked and sold to a brothel. After a harrowing escape from death, she finds herself in a city of female assassins. Assuming the name Wan Mei...
Bloody Romance
Korean
Kim Shin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died a tragic death. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim Shin has searched for his bride, a mortal who can pull o...
Goblin
"True Beauty" is a romantic comedy about a high school girl, Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her b...
True Beauty
A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. Kang Mo Yeon is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung Hospital. She isn't afraid to admit her mistakes and believes that capability ove...
Descendants of the Sun
Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. For generations in her family, the women have been gifted Herculean strength to use for the greater ...
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer" by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his clients whatever they want, as long as it doesn't involve murder. His latest job leads him t...
Healer
Kim Sa Bu was once a famous surgeon at the peak of his career at a major hospital. But he suddenly gives it all up one day to live in seclusion and work as a neighborhood doctor in a small town. He now goes by “Teacher Kim” and refers to himself as t...
Dr. Romantic
Do Min Joon is an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty period. He possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing and speed. Later, he discovers that he has three months l...
My Love from the Star
As a young girl, Hye Jin was impossibly cute and lived a comfortable life with her wealthy parents. Since entering her teens, both her looks and fortunes have drastically changed. She currently lives rent-free with a friend and is a part-time clerk a...
She Was Pretty
Do Gi has lived more honestly than anyone else as an officer in the Special Forces. Yet, when a serial killer murders his mother, he spends his days in agony. While feeling wronged and broken, Do Gi meets Jang Sung Chul, who recruits Do Gi to work fo...
Taxi Driver
Despite disbanding after Do Gi's successful revenge, the Rainbow Deluxe Taxi crew, including Seong Cheol, Go Eun, Gyeong Gu, and Jin Eon, can't resist the call to reunite with their former leader. Though each attempts to live a regular life with a ty...
Taxi Driver Season 2
In the heart of Seoul stands a mysterious, ancient hotel, managed by the greedy and resentful Jang Man Wol, who has spent a thousand years running it. Bound by a deity to prevent her from self-destructing due to her anger and thirst for revenge, Man ...
Hotel del Luna
Jang Bong Hwan is a South Korean chef who has risen up the ranks to cook for the country’s top politicians in the Blue House’s presidential residences. After a serious accident, he finds himself in the body of the young queen, Kim So Yong, when whisk...
Mr. Queen
Yoo Hye Jung was a tough bully in school with a prickly personality and always goes wayward. She had many scars from her childhood and through self-preservation, Hye Jung keeps her heart shut away from other people. However, she changes after meeting...
Doctors
Seok Woo, his estranged daughter Soo An, and other passengers become trapped on a KTX train (high-speed train) heading from Seoul to Busan during a disastrous virus outbreak in South Korea.
Train to Busan
Kim Gi Woo is a young man who lives with his unemployed, poor family of four in a semi-basement. One day, his friend Min Hyuk tells him that he is leaving to study abroad and that he should replace him as the tutor of a rich family. Ki Taek then meet...
Parasite
When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes up in the body of the 16-year-old Hae Soo and finds herself living in the house of the ...
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Whatever gets the job done. Bong Sang Pil grew up living the gangster life, full of tough physical fights and evading the law. When his mother dies a tragic death, he is determined to avenge her death. Sang Pil becomes a lawyer and begins to go after...
Lawless Lawyer
Although Baek Hui Seong is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and a doting father to his young daughter. But his perfect façade begins to crumble ...
Flower of Evil
Kim Hee Woo came from an inauspicious start as a low-grade high schooler to work his way up through university and finally pass the bar examination. His relentless hard work has finally paid dividends, and he has become a public prosecutor. During th...
Again My Life
Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He is excellent at his work but does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a bright personality, and she comes from a wealthy family. The forensic scientist with...
Partners for Justice
In crime and in life, all contact leaves a trace. There is no perfect crime and our hero and heroine have the ultimate cooperation. This drama continues the tale of a forensic scientist and a prosecutor who make the best of teams.
Partners for Justice Season 2
Japanese
Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a Death Note which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detect...
Death Note -J Movie
Arisu Ryohei—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. In this strange world, Arisu meets U...
Alice in Borderland - Jdrama
A group of five medical students take on the task of conveying the "voices of the dead." Kaji Daiki fails to get into a popular heart surgery seminar but is somehow accepted into a seminar on forensic pathology. When he approaches professor Sagawa an...
Voice -Jdrama
Unnatural is a case-of-the-week medical mystery show; its main theme is the change of reality brought upon by imminent death of a loved one. Mystery and exhilarating human drama unfold against the backdrop of the “unnatural death institute”, or “UDI”...
Unnatural - Jdrama
Sakuraba Junko, an English language school teacher, has had no boyfriend even before her 29th birthday and dreams of working in New York. But one day, she encounters a handsome monk in the worst moment when she attends a funeral service at a temple. ...
5-ji Kara 9-ji Made - Jdrama
Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation’s most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head w...
Mr. Brain -Jdrama
Megumi Noda or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths...
Nodame Cantabile - Jdrama
Taiwan
In the red-light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese nightclub navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship, love, and betrayal.
Light the Night
Secrets and lies come to light as the women of Light Bar try to identify who killed one of their own.
Light the Night Season 2
Following the crash, the women at Light Bar continue their search for answers — but the truth is more complicated than expected.
Light the Night Season 3
A perfect crime, a serial murder case with no suspect, is investigated. Police and criminals are forced to collaborate, diving into the crime scenes to seek justice. As the two heroes clash, a dangerous undercurrent threatens to spark an even greater...
Danger Zone: The Dark Night
A perfect crime, a serial murder case with no suspect, is investigated. Police and criminals are forced to collaborate, diving into the crime scenes to seek justice. As the two heroes clash, a dangerous undercurrent threatens to spark an even greater...
Danger Zone Season 2: The Silver Lining