Asian Drama
by triggergirl | created - 25 Jul 2013 | updated - 8 months ago | PublicList of all Asian dramas I've watched so far, according to the order I watched them (it's still updating!)
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1. 1 Litre of Tears (2005–2007)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Ryô Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Takanori Jinnai
Votes: 2,900
2. Boys Over Flowers (2005)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Makino Tsukushi is an ordinary student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged which is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families.
Stars: Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shôta Matsuda
Votes: 3,632
3. Boys Over Flowers 2 (2007)
45 min | Drama
After a year of separation, Makino and Domyoji see whether their love can triumph over the many obstacles placed in their path. F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to their journey.
Stars: Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shôta Matsuda
Votes: 1,997
4. Hana yori dango: Fainaru (2008)
131 min | Drama
Makino and Domyoji have decided to marry, but are they really ready to take that step? F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to helping them determine if they are ready to make a lifetime commitment to each other.
Director: Yasuharu Ishii | Stars: Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shôta Matsuda
Votes: 1,569
5. Koizora (2008)
45 min | Drama, Romance
An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a "pure love" story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly.
Stars: Erena Mizusawa, Kôji Seto, Akiko Kikuchi, Nao Matsushita
Votes: 308
6. For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise (2007–2008)
54 min | Comedy, Drama
Mizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete that gave up on the sport, attends. In between the antics of their classmates, she'll try to get him to jump again.
Stars: Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri, Tôma Ikuta, Ryohei Suzuki
Votes: 2,032
7. Kimi wa petto (2003– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home... See full summary »
Stars: Koyuki, Jun Matsumoto, Satomi Ishihara, Eita Nagayama
Votes: 891
8. Gokusen (2002–2008)
54 min | Comedy, Drama
Gokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
Stars: Yukie Nakama, Katsuhisa Namase, Ken Utsui, Ken Kaneko
Votes: 1,770
9. Lucky Seven (2012)
54 min | Drama
7 detectives, each with their own unique style in problem solving, work at the same detective agency. Each detective is in charge of their own case file until one day, the cases somehow ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Riisa Naka, Nanako Matsushima, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 131
10. Natsu no koi wa nijiiro ni kagayaku (2010– )
Drama
Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Taiga, only get to appear in variety shows, most of the time. One ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Yûko Takeuchi, Kento Nagayama, Yutaka Matsushige
Votes: 85
11. Il Ji Mae (2008)
60 min | Action, Romance
During the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acted as a hooligan in the marketplace by day but at night he was a thief who robbed corrupted government officials to give to the poor.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Kim Sung-ryung, Ahn Kil-kang, Lee Won-jong
Votes: 1,181
12. Mai geol (2005–2006)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With a perpetually indebted father, Joo Yoo Rin learned to lie on the spot and get herself out of tricky situations, which gets Seol Gong Chan, a rich heir to a company, to hire her to impersonate his long lost cousin.
Stars: Lee Da-hae, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Joon-gi, Park Si-yeon
Votes: 1,758
13. Gaewa neukdaeui sigan (2007)
60 min | Thriller
The Time Between Dog and Wolf (L'heure entre chien et loup) is the twilight hour when it's difficult to distinguish good from evil, friend from foe. Lee is a model NIS officer, admired by ... See full summary »
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Nam Sang-mi, Jung Kyung-ho, Choi Jae-sung
Votes: 459
14. Binbô danshi (2008– )
Drama
Koyama Kazumi is an optimistic and generous college student that will go as far as indebting himself to help others. Yet this becomes a problem when he asks a money lender for a loan, which endangers his possibilities of getting a job.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Norito Yashima, Yû Yamada, Haruma Miura
Votes: 136
15. City Hunter (2011)
TV-Y | 60 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Lee Yun-seong was trained by his father's best friend in order to get revenge on the government for killing everyone in his father's unit.
Stars: Lee Min-ho, Park Min-Young, Kim Sang-jung, Chun Ho-jin
Votes: 6,654
16. Tale of A-rang (2012)
TV-Y | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Lee Eun Oh, a noble's son, arrives at a small village in search of his missing mother. There, Arang, the ghost of a young woman that lost her memories of her past life, asks him to help her to figure out her identity and how she died.
Stars: Shin Min-a, Lee Joon-gi, Yeon Woo-jin, Han Jeong-su
Votes: 915
17. Liar Game (2007–2010)
36 min | Drama
Trusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out... See full summary »
Stars: Erika Toda, Shôta Matsuda, Michiko Kichise, Kazuma Suzuki
Votes: 2,368
18. Ricchiman Puauman (2012)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Satomi Ishihara, Saki Aibu, Arata Iura
Votes: 1,083
19. Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York (2013 TV Movie)
144 min | Comedy, Drama
Makoto who is working in Brazil is back in Japan for a short stay. However, not having a place for the week she stays over at Toru's house. Their lifestyles though are not exactly good matches and soon the tension begins to simmer.
Director: Masaki Nishiura | Stars: Saki Aibu, Yôsuke Asari, Brandon Francis, Shô Ikushima
Votes: 331
20. xxxHOLiC (2013)
60 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Kimihiro Watanuki high school pupil and loner has a secret, he can see ghosts, a gift or curse he could well do without. One day he is drawn to the house of Yuko ichihara, a self styled ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Watanabe, Shôta Sometani, Karen Miyazaki, Naoto Takenaka
Votes: 162
21. Shinui (2012)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
When the queen-to-be of medieval Korea is badly wounded, Captain Choi Young uses a wormhole to "heaven," which is actually 21st-century South Korea, to bring back the spoiled Dr. Yoo Eun-Soo who becomes a pawn in a game of human chess.
Stars: Lee Min-ho, Kim Hee-seon, Yoon Kyun-Sang, Park Se-young
Votes: 3,123
22. Hieoro (2009– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Korea's top reporters and ordinary citizens fighting against the inequalities between society's masses and its very elite.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Yoon So-yi, Baek Yun-shik, Uhm Ki-joon
Votes: 166
23. Ties of Shooting Stars (2008)
Drama
"When we grow up - We'll kill him together". Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just in elementary school, and they ... See full summary »
Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryô Nishikido, Erika Toda, Jun Kaname
Votes: 535
24. You Are Beautiful (2009)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Go Mi-Nyu, a girl about to become a nun, is asked to cover for her indisposed twin brother, Mi-Nam, who's on the verge of becoming a k-idol. To do so, she disguises herself as a boy and joins A.N.Jell, a really popular boy band.
Stars: Park Shin-hye, Jang Keun-suk, Jung Yong-hwa, Hong-ki Lee
Votes: 5,311
25. Hong Gil Dong, the Hero (2008)
Action, Comedy, Drama
Hong Gil Dong the korean Robin Hood. Unsatisfied with the current custom of the Joseon Kingdom. Decided to change the world by himself with his friends and his lover.
Stars: Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yu-ri, Jang Keun-suk, Park Sang-wook
Votes: 249
26. 2 Weeks (2013)
65 min | Crime, Drama
The drama spans exactly two weeks, and tells about Tae San's desperate struggles to save his daughter. He is on the run after being falsely accused of murder and discovers that he has a daughter who is now suffering from leukemia.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Park Ha-seon, Ryu Soo-young, Kim So-yeon
Votes: 835
27. Bridal Mask (2012)
60 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1930s Korea, during the Japanese colonial era, a man who is a Korean police officer assigned to aid the Japanese in the annihilation of the local rebellion, secretly dons the 'Bridal Mask' and fights the unjust regime.
Stars: Joo Won, Park Gi-woong, Jin Se-yeon, Jeon Gook-hwan
Votes: 728
28. Love Rain (2012)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love Rain is a story which takes place in two time periods, the first is in the 1970's which tells the love story of two university students Seo In-ha and Kim Yoon-Hee. After a series of ... See full summary »
Stars: Jang Keun-suk, Im Yoon-ah, Oh Seung-yun, Shi-hoo Kim
Votes: 1,682
29. Good Doctor (2013)
65 min | Drama, Romance
Park Shi Ohn, who is an autistic savant, aspires to become a pediatrician. He overcomes societal discrimination and uses his exceptional abilities to achieve his dreams.
Stars: Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, Joo Sang-uk, Kim Min-seo
Votes: 2,286
30. Pretty Boy (2013–2014)
Comedy, Romance
Dok Go Ma Te is good looking and he uses this to his advantage. He begins a journey where 10 women affect his life. Through his journey he grows up and realizes what is important and who is the right woman for him.
Stars: Jang Keun-suk, IU, Lee Jang-woo, Han Chae-young
Votes: 598
31. Devil Beside You (2005)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Devil Beside You, originally a Japanese manga turned Taiwanese drama, basically revolves around a typical love triangle.
Stars: Rainie Yang, Mike Ho, Kingone Wang, Hsiao-fan Fan
Votes: 492
32. Mary Stayed Out All Night (2010)
65 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic girl who finds herself reluctantly being set up in an arranged marriage by her father. In order to avoid it, she enlists help from an indie rocker Kang Moo Kyul who pretends to be her husband.
Stars: Moon Geun-young, Jang Keun-suk, Kim Jae-Wook, Kim Hyo-jin
Votes: 858
33. Warrior Baek Dong Soo (2011)
65 min | Action
Childhood friends Baek Dong Soo and Yeo Woon are both prodigies in combat. But while Baek Dong Soo became the top swordsman in the land, Yeo Woon would go on to serve a group of clandestine assassins whose aim is to overthrow the throne.
Stars: Shin Hyeon-bin, Jun Gyu Park, Sung Ji-ru, Ji Chang-wook
Votes: 667
34. The Last Cinderella (2013)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
39-yo Sakura Toyama is a hairdresser and salon assistant manager, who is concerned by her stagnant life. She decides to at least do something about her love life. She accepts a party invitation from Chiyoko Ogami and confusion develops.
Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Haruma Miura, Naohito Fujiki, Nanao
Votes: 498
35. Boys Over Flowers (2009)
TV-14 | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Poor girl attends the elite Shin Hwa High and is bullied by the leader of F4 (the four richest boys). He becomes attracted to her; however, she has a crush on his best friend. Whom will she choose?
Stars: Ku Hye-Sun, Lee Min-ho, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Bum
Votes: 14,434
36. Betoben baireoseu (2008)
TV-Y | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kang Gun Woo is a world renowned orchestra maestro who is a perfectionist in his work. He is not an easy person to work with and is feared by all his players. By chance, he comes across Du ... See full summary »
Stars: Kim Myung-min, Lee Ji-ah, Jang Keun-suk, Kim Young-min
Votes: 359
37. Gunman in Joseon (2014)
Not Rated | Action, History, Romance
Based in the time of enlightenment of 19th-century Joseon, This drama tells the story of Joseon's last swordsman named Park Yoon Kang who grabs a gun ditching his sword and grows to become ... See full summary »
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Yu Oh-seong, Lee Dong-hwi, Jeon Hye-bin
Votes: 416
38. Missing You (2012–2013)
65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two middle schoolers, Soo-yeon and Jung-woo, become friends and grow close. However, an unforeseen tragedy strikes, separating them from each other. 14 years later, they are reunited as adults, but the past still lingers on their minds.
Stars: Park Yoo-chun, Yoon Eun-hye, Yoo Seung-ho, Yeo Jin-goo
Votes: 948
39. Rooftop Prince (2012)
65 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Crown Prince Lee Gak transports 300 years into the future following the death of his wife; in 21st century Seoul, he meets Joo Se-Na, a woman with an uncanny resemblance to the deceased princess.
Stars: Choi Woo-sik, Han Ji-min, Lee Tae-ri, Park Yoo-chun
Votes: 3,012
40. Absolute Boyfriend (2008–2009)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Unlucky in love office lady Riiko Izawa is ready to give up on relationships when a mysterious man who offers her the perfect boyfriend.
Stars: Miki Maya, Hiro Mizushima, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Eisuke Sasai
Votes: 698
41. Ashita, mama ga inai (2014)
54 min | Drama
A human drama about children living in an orphanage and their search for love.
Stars: Mana Ashida, Rio Suzuki, Fumino Kimura, Shôhei Miura
Votes: 114
42. The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015)
Action, Fantasy, History
Set in an alternate Joseon dynasty, Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yu Bi) is the daughter of a nobleman whose family loses everything when her father is framed for treason. To make ends meet, Yang-sun ... See full summary »
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kim So-eun, Lee Yoo-bi
Votes: 1,131
43. The Royal Gambler (2016)
75 min | Drama, History
Dae-Gil and King Yeongjo enter a match. Dae-Gil bets his life and King Yeongjo bets the entire Kingdom of Joseon on the outcome.
Stars: Jang Keun-suk, Yeo Jin-goo, Jun Kwang-ryul, Choi Min-soo
Votes: 308
44. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Ha-jin travels 1000 years back in time and lands in the era of Goryeo Dynasty as a young girl named Hae-soo. She, now trapped in another person's body, becomes involved in a power struggle against various vicious contenders to the throne.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, IU, Kang Ha-neul, Nam Joo-hyuk
Votes: 11,554
45. Legend of the Blue Sea (2016–2017)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A mermaid from the Joseon period ends up in present-day Seoul, where she crosses paths with a swindler who may have ties to someone from her past.
Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Min-ho, Lee Hee-joon, Shin Won-ho
Votes: 12,550
46. The Bride of Habaek (2017)
TV-14 | 70 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The Water God Habaek visits earth to fulfill his mission with the help of his servant in the human world, named psychiatrist Yoon So Ah, whose ancestor have promised to serve The Water God for generations.
Stars: Nam Joo-hyuk, Shin Se-Kyung, Lim Ju-hwan, Bae Noo-ri
Votes: 3,954
47. I'm Not a Robot (2017–2018)
TV-14 | 35 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Kim Min Gyu has wealth and success, but lives an isolated life due to his allergy of people. He then meets and falls in love with a girl who is pretending to be a robot for her ex-boyfriend, a genius robots professor.
Stars: Hwang Seung-eon, Park Se-wan, Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin
Votes: 7,422
48. Remember: War of the Son (2015–2016)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Jin-Woo is a young man with the condition of Hyperthymesia, which allows him to remember everything in details. In order to prove that his father is innocence, he becomes a lawyer and make a team to solve different cases using his memory.
Stars: Yoo Seung-ho, Park Min-Young, Min Nam-koong, Park Sung-woong
Votes: 1,221
49. Lawless Lawyer (2018)
60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Sangpil had witnessed the death of his mother, a former human rights lawyer. Brought up by his gangster uncle, he became an unprecedented gangster lawyer to avenge his mother's death.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Seo Ye-Ji, Lee Hye-yeong, Choi Min-soo
Votes: 2,692
50. The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017)
Drama, History, Romance
Set in the 18th-century Joseon, it tells the story of Crown Prince Lee Sun and his fight against a powerful and wealthy organization Pyunsoo hwe, who controls the country behind the scenes.... See full summary »
Stars: Yoo Seung-ho, Kim So-hyun, Shin Hyun-soo, Kim Myung-soo
Votes: 752
51. Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019)
TV-Y7 | 35 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Dan is a care-free angel who always gets into trouble. In order to return to heaven, he is tasked with a mission to find true love for a cold and single-minded ballerina Lee Yun Seo, but ends up falling for her himself.
Stars: Shin Hye-sun, Kim Myung-soo, Lee Dong-geon, Kim Bo-mi
Votes: 3,742
52. One More Time (2016)
Fantasy
The singer of an indie band has to save his girlfriend from a dark destiny, despite his constant memory gaps.
Stars: Go Gyu-pil, Kim Myung-soo, Yoon So-hee, Kim Gi-du
Votes: 671
53. Heirs (2013)
55 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.
Stars: Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Ji-won
Votes: 13,446
54. Squid Game (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Dylan Besseau, Yasushi Iwaki
Votes: 544,312
55. Flower of Evil (2020)
TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Although Baek Hee Sung is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life. But his facade begins to crumble when his wife, a homicide detective, begins investigating murders from 15 years ago.
Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Moon Chae-won, Seo Hyun-woo, Choi Dae-hoon
Votes: 13,816
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