Top 25 Best Asian Dramas
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- StarsGong YooYoon Eun-hyeLee Sun-kyunA tomboy, mistaken for a lad, maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation becomes complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy."
- StarsKu Hye-SunLee Min-hoKim Hyun-joongPoor 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?
- StarsShin Min-aLee Seung-giNo Min-wooChae Dae Wong, an aspiring actor, unwillingly releases a Gumiho, a legendary nine-tailed fox, from her centuries-old prison. He runs away terrified and ends up injuring himself badly, but she saves his life and asks to stay by his side.
- StarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-hoKim Nam-gilA straight-laced architect falls in love with a furniture designer while pretending to be gay.
- StarsHa Ji-WonHyun BinYoon Sang-HyunA rich young CEO falls for a poor stuntwoman despite class differences, cultural traditions and the man's firmly objecting mother.
- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen 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.
- StarsHan Eun-jeongJang Hyun-sungKim Yoo-jungThe legendary gumiho or nine-tailed fox, Goo San Daek, leaves her husband after his betrayal renders her unable to shape shift. She takes her nine-year-old daughter, Yeon Yi, who has yet to gain the ability to use her gumiho powers, to a village in order to protect her. As Yeon Yi turns ten, her physical transformation begins, putting her in increasing danger of being discovered by her neighbors.
- StarsMark ChaoVic ChouIvy ChenPolice officers Pi Zi and Ying Xiong are as different as day and night. One lives a luxurious lifestyle and does nothing but drink coffee and wait for information from dubious sources to crack his cases. Another believes that law and justice are the pillars of society and is constantly on the street catching criminals. When a case brings these two top crime-solvers together, sparks fly and light creeps into the dark city of Taipei.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino 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.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriAfter 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.
- StarsMisaki ItôAtsushi ItôMiho ShiraishiWith the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaA popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
- StarsJ.Y. ParkBae SuzyKim Soo-hyunThe story of six students at Kirin Art High School who work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. Along the way, they discover the true meaning of friendship, love and life.
- StarsTakashi SorimachiNanako MatsushimaYôsuke KubozukaOnizuka, a former delinquent finds himself in the role of a high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to. Using unusual methods, he manages to reach through to his students and help them with their problems.
- StarsIvy ChenChoi SiwonDong-hae LeeHigh-school graduate Gon Xi gives up her university chances in order to support her childhood friend and romantic goal, Bu Po Shang, in his pop-idol career. Upon arriving in Taipei, Gong Xi stars working at multiple jobs to support Shang, whose popularity quickly rises; he soon becomes one of Taiwan's top idols. One day, Gong Xi catches Shang flirting with his manager and realizes that he only used her so she could help with his living expenses. Heartbroken and betrayed, Gong Xi vows to get revenge by becoming a bigger star than Shang. Gong Xi auditions for L.M.E., Taiwan's largest talent agency, and joins L.M.E.'s new-found department "Love me" with fellow new recruit Jian Nan Qin. At L.M.E famous actor Sun He Lian, disgusted by Gong Xi's reasons for joining the show business, consistently finds ways to annoy and taunt her. As Gong Xi's acting career stars to take off, she discovers a new sense of identity and purpose separate from her initial plans of revenge. Lian also eventually warms up to her and finds himself falling more and more in love with her.
- StarsPark Shin-hyeJang Keun-sukJung Yong-hwaGo 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.
- StarsHiroshi AbeTakashi TsukamotoMitsuko KusabueA 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?
- StarsHideko HaraTetsuya TakedaAya UetoKinpachi Sakamoto is the homeroom teacher for a group of third-year students known as the "B-Group". The students are from a wide range of backgrounds, and have an equally wide range of hopes, plans and problems. Mr. Sakamoto sticks by every one of his students, doing his best to help all of them realize their dreams. This series is frequently restarted, with a new class of students each year.
- StarsYeon Jeong-hunLee Young-ahLee Won-jongHead Prosecutor, Min Tae-yeon, was bitten by a vampire. Now he uses his new supernatural powers to solve crime.
- StarsAkiraYu ShirotaRyôsei TayamaOnizuka, an ex-biker gang leader, has decided to become the world's greatest teacher for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. But he just found himself teaching a class of delinquents and everyone tries to find a way to fire him.
- StarsTetsuji TamayamaCharlotte Kate FoxYouko MatsuokaMassan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad. American actress Charlotte Kate Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama opposite Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama as Masaharu Kameyama in a fictionalized account of Rita's travels to Japan and Taketsuru's attempts to begin the Nikka Whisky Distilling company. The story starts in Taisho era year 9, 1920 and the storyline develops for the next 50 years : The son and heir to a sake brewery in Hiroshima has discovered a passion for making whiskey. Blessed by his employer, he travels alone to Scotland to learn how to make the finest Whiskey. After two years, he returns to Japan with his expertise and dream of making Whiskey and his new foreigner wife. Massan is a Japanese television drama series, the 91st Asadora (morning drama) broadcast on NHK. It premiered on September 29, 2014, and will be broadcast daily until March 28, 2015. It is the first time that NHK's Asadora series has featured a non-Japanese actor in a lead role The drama shows a unique way of viewing Japanese virtues, and cross-cultural hospitality, while gaining an understanding of the differences between Scotland and Japan. The drama offers a unique view of growing up "Japanophile."
- DirectorKyu-dong MinStarsJu Ji-hoonKim Jae-WookYoo Ah-inJin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.
- StarsLee Min-hoKim Hee-seonYoon Kyun-SangWhen 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.
- StarsLee Min-hoPark Min-YoungKim Sang-jungLee 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.
- CreatorYayoi OgawaStarsKoyukiJun MatsumotoSatomi IshiharaA dejected woman finds an unconscious man resembling her former dog and takes him in as a "pet", forming an unexpected bond as they overcome obstacles together, raising the question of whether such love can exist.