Favourite Underrated Dramas in MDL
This is a list of dramas which are rated lower than 8.0 in MDL but deserve more than that, or rated more than 8.0 but not very popular or don't get enough attention among drama fans. Hope this list can attract more viewers to watch the following dramas.
Gundabad Oct 27, 2023
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![anone]()
The story begins with a girl who has no family, strayed from the right path and lost her perspective in life, meeting a much older woman. Both of them were deceived, betrayed ...more -
![One More Happy Ending]()
This drama focuses on the story of former singer Han Mi Mo who was in a band called “Angels,” and her friends in their 30’s. As the divorce rate and second marriages ...more -
![Fated to Love You]()
Mi Yeong is a typical office clerk who is rather plain, somewhat awkward and has her good nature taken advantage of by her co-workers on a daily basis. While on vacation, she ...more -
![Psychopath Diary]()
Yook Dong Shik is a 34-year-old office worker who is so weak and timid that he is used by everybody around him. After an incident, he becomes the scapegoat of his company, ...more -
![Start-Up]()
Set in one of the world’s most advanced tech sector, “Start Up” tells the tale of the razor-thin margins between ultimate success and abject failure. The story takes place in the fictional ...more -
![Osozaki no Himawari]()
The drama is set at the beautiful Shimanto River in the Kochi prefecture and revolves around a group of seven men and women and the unfolding of their lives. Ikuta plays a ...more -
![The Wolf Princess]()
Constantly switching between a gentle human and the savage wolf that woke within her, Ling Long can’t seem to control either. With both personalities dueling for control, she often appears manipulative or ...more -
![Hotarugusa]()
Nana is a servant of the Kazahaya family, She is from a samurai family. Her father was about to reveal wrongdoings within the domain but had to commit ritual suicide for a ...more -
![One More Time]()
Yoo Tan is the leader and vocalist of an indie band called One More Time, a band he started with his childhood friends ten years ago. The indie band flourished for a ...more -
![Marry Me!]()
The story follows 28-year-old civil servant Akiyasu Shin as he's chosen to take part in a new government program under the so-called "NEET protection law". This project pairs government employees with NEETs ...more -
![The Dark Lord]()
Ye Xiao Tian works as a prison guard at the Ministry of Justice in the capital city. During his time of service, he takes on an assignment to deliver a message to ...more -
![Love for a Thousand More]()
Pyeon Mi Jo is an immortal woman who does not wish to fall in love anymore. Nearly a thousand years old, her experiences in love tells her all men are "bastards" one ...more -
![Asa ga Kita]()
In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life ...more -
![Order of the Sommelier]()
Bai Qi, the owner of the Demon Tavern, is good at bartending, and the wine he concocts can bring guests into a dream. Sommelier Fu Yu came to the tavern. Just as ...more -
![My Love Eun Dong]()
“We were together for too short and separated for too long.” Eun Ho is an A-list South Korean actor, and for 20 years, he is searching for his first love, Eun Dong. ...more -
![Iribito]()
Naho is the deputy curator of the art gallery established by her grandfather, an avid art collector. Naho's husband is the managing director at a different art gallery in Ginza which his ...more -
![Okaeri Mone]()
Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to ...more -
![Shizuka-chan to Papa]()
Shizuka lives with her deaf father, Junsuke, who owns a photo studio in a local shopping district. Her mother, also deaf, passed away when she was young, making Shizuka her father's communication ...more -
![Bromance]()
Because of one simple word from a soothsayer, Pi Ya Nuo has been raised as a boy all her life. By chance, she saves underworld mob boss Du Zi Feng and his ...more -
![Suika]()
34-year-old Motoko, an employee at a credit union, is stunned when she learns her best friend and co-worker, Mariko, has embezzled 300 million yen and disappeared. Motoko, still un-married, lives at home ...more -
![Saimdang, Light’s Diary]()
Seo Ji Yoon is an art history lecturer who has devoted the best years of her life to earning her Ph.D. and working under her mentor, department chairman Min Jung Hak, in ...more -
![The Rational Life]()
Shen Ruo Xin is a professional career woman in her 30s and she has to navigate through many things in her life. From swimming through the cesspool of office politics with its ...more -
![Lovely Us]()
A coming-of-age story of a group of youths who grew up together. The story takes place in 2007; five children from Shu De Residential Compound enter high school together, welcoming the youth ...more -
![Dong Lan Xue]()
The maid in charge, Shen Yan, has assisted the Seventh Prince Chu Ning Yuan in seizing the heir since she was a child. The two, who also had tragic experiences, became cold-hearted ...more -
![Flower Boy Next Door]()
This is a drama about a girl, Go Dok Mi who is a shut-in Miss Lonelyhearts type, who spends her days spying on the man living in next building. She is caught ...more -
![Dr. Tang]()
A female surgeon who has practiced medicine abroad for many years returns to China. She is appointed as the director of the Heart Center of Ankang Hospital, where she establishes a critical ...more -
![Into the Ring]()
Seo Gong Myung is an efficient and hard-nosed elite civil servant who can multitask with ease and is titled the ‘Number One Handsome Man’ on the District People's Committee. However, he is ...more -
![Love in Between]()
Zuo Qing Ci, a Marquis's son posing as a physician, seeks the elusive Mountain River Painting scroll for the Imperial Courts. He encounters Fei Kou Er, a mysterious bandit with a hidden ...more -
![Bump Off Lover]()
Xu Yi Jing and Xu Yi Zhen were identical twins who grew up always relying on one another. When Xu Yi Jing is murdered, the suspected killer commits suicide just prior to ...more -
![The Magician on the Skywalk]()
It is a magical and realistic story set in the Zhonghua Shopping Mall. In the summer of 1985, Xiao Bu Dian, a fourth-grade elementary school student, was the youngest son of a ...more -
![The Dream of Red Mansions]()
Jai Bao Yu is a male heir who grew up in a wealthy feudal clan dominated by women. His love affairs with his cousins Lin Dai Yu and Xue Bao Chai happened ...more -
![Live Up to Your Name]()
Heo Im, who is born in a concubine family in the Joseon era and has very outstanding medical skills, is frustrated about his career as he fails to climb to higher positions ...more -
![Be with You]()
Legend has it that there are many Jiang Hu forces hidden in Mu Yun City. Meng San Xi, a martial arts master, is investigating the case of a friend who was murdered ...more -
![Wild Bloom]()
During the 1990s, Xu Ban Xia was a woman with vision and strength who overcame many obstacles in the male-dominated steel industry to carve out a place for herself. Xu Ban Xia's ...more -
![Royal Feast]()
Set during the Ming dynasty during the rule of the Yongle Emperor, it tells the story of a young girl named Yao Zi Jin, who entered the palace to become a maid ...more -
![Palace of Desire]()
The drama chronicles the life of Princess Tai Ping, a daughter of China's only female emperor, Wu Ze Tian. -
![Priest]()
Oh Soo Min is a spirited young Catholic priest affiliated with the 634 Regia, a group known for unofficial exorcisms. His mother's tragic possession and death left a lasting impact on him. ...more -
![Beyond]()
Set against the backdrop of Beijing’s successful bid in 2015 to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the story follows a young woman who has made short-track speed skating her lifelong goal. She ...more -
![Scent of Time]()
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 ...more -
![The Nokdu Flower]()
Set during the Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895), two half-brothers find themselves on opposing sides of the conflict. Baek Yi Kang is the first son of a prominent family whose wealthy father is ...more -
![My Unfamiliar Family]()
Is blood thicker than water? Kim Eun Hee, is about to find out. She is the middle child in a family that is slowly starting to drift apart. Her older sister is ...more -
![Bread and Soup and Cat Weather]()
Akiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant there's only two items ...more -
![We Are All Alone]()
Mo Xiang Wan is known as the iron-willed agent of showbiz and she has helped many young talents rise to stardom. Ten years ago, she dated Mo Bei, a hotshot lawyer who ...more -
![Fight Song]()
Kisara Hanae, a girl who retired from karate due to an accidental injury and was at the lowest point of her life. She meets Ashida Haruki, the songwriter of a song she ...more -
![Haha ni Naru]()
In the spring, when Kashiwazaki Yui and her 3 years old son were coming back home from kindergarten, she let go of her son's hand for a moment and then he was ...more -
![Koisuru Hahatachi]()
"Mothers in Love" follows the lives of three mothers who have sons that attend the same school. Ishiwatari An lived with her husband and son. Her husband worked at a travel agency, ...more -
![The Stage]()
Diao Shun Zi leads a team behind the scenes that engage in a stage production. He has a gentle and virtuous wife in Cai Su Fen and a hoarder of 'worrisome' family ...more -
![Animals]()
Shikamori Umi is an overwhelmed office worker. Her boss always pushes Umi to the limits saying that she is essential to the company, and makes her not able to get enough sleep ...more -
![Faithful]()
A young woman named Ru Lan, who put her reputation on the line to air her grievances, dies in vain. Seven years later, nine people who are inextricably linked to the Ru ...more -
![Sisterhood]()
In the 1930s, Ouyang Tian Qing and several other young women from the Sanshui area of Guangdong came to Singapore by boat to work on construction sites in order to survive. They ...more -
![Hilarious Family]()
Du Ru Yu has a been a widowed single mother for the past 18 years, raising four daughters with very different personalities. This is a warm story of family full of laughter ...more -
![Atsu Hime]()
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the ...more -
![Captivating the King]()
Lee In is a prince. His older brother is King Lee Sun, who cares about him a lot. Vowing loyalty to his older brother, Lee In is taken hostage by the Qing ...more -
![Shichinin no Hisho]()
Toto Bank President Ichihara is in a hotel suite romancing his secretary Nana when he suddenly loses consciousness. Four women arrive to perform CPR, but their efforts to save him are in ...more -
![Legend of the Undercover Chef]()
At the end of some dynasty, wokou pirates run amuck and the eunuchs had the imperial power in their hands. Eunuch Cao of the Eastern Bureau colludes with the pirates to slaughter ...more -
![The Power Source]()
Litsun is a state-owned heavy manufacturing company that's in deep financial trouble. They are about to go bankrupt, and the only way out that Litsun's chairman Fang Rui Zhou sees is to ...more -
![Touching You]()
Do Jin Woo has a special ability: every time he touches someone, he can see into their future. One day, he meets and falls in love with aspiring makeup artist Jin Hee ...more -
![Your Fukubukuro]()
A story revolving around individuals who bought the same Fukubukuro online. Upon receiving a mysterious delivery, their lives take a spectacular turn. Even as modern men and women have different experiences and ...more -
![Thirteen Years of Dust]()
It tells the story of a series of serial homicides in Nandu, thirteen years ago. Wei Zheng Rong, an old policeman who is at the bottom of his life, led Lu Xing ...more -
![Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite Iru]()
This drama is an adaptation of the manga by Junko Karube about a deaf woman and her struggles with love, family and everyday life. This is made of 5 special episodes, aired ...more -
![Toumei na Yurikago]()
17-year-old Aoi came to Yui Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic as a part-time nurse apprentice in Summer 1997. Right after her entry, she is shocked after witnessing an abortion surgery. However, she also ...more -
![Kanojo wa Kirei datta]()
Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete ...more -
![Time Seems to Have Forgotten]()
Legend has it that there is a mysterious pawn shop that only people who are too greedy can enter. Pawnee's dream can come true with love but if the pawn is redeemed ...more -
![Taira no Kiyomori]()
The story follows the 12th-century general and politician, Taira no Kiyomori. Taira no Kiyomori (1118–1181) was born as the first son of Taira no Tadamori (Head of the Taira clan). During his ...more -
![Lady Tough]()
Liu Lian is a 30-year-old single woman who has a tendency to not go by the book. She is contended in simply enjoying her own life. Her mother's sudden passing leaves her ...more -
![Yell]()
In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Koyama Yuichi ...more -
![Winter Night]()
Zheng Da Qian was hit by double blows in her career and love life as she struggles in the big city. By chance, she becomes the recipient of a relocation package. After ...more -
![Grandma's New World]()
In order to find grandmother who left home many years ago, a granddaughter and her grandma's older twin sister embark on an uplifting journey together. Five years ago, grandma suddenly ran away ...more -
![The Great Show]()
Wie Dae Han is an ex-lawmaker and is a materialistic kind of politician. He wants to get elected as lawmaker again. One day, 18-year-old girl Da Jung comes to him. She tells ...more -
![Rock It, Mom]()
Peng Lai has a very unconventional relationship with her daughter Bai Tian and that's because Peng Lai left her young daughter with her father in order to pursue her own dreams of ...more -
![My Marvellous Fable]()
By chance, best-selling author Wang Pu Tao and rookie editor Feng Tian Lan have become colleagues. The story unfolds through their marvellous adventures in their journey home. After being attracted by a ...more -
![Marvelous Women]()
As China becomes a major commercial economy, the silk, embroidering, and weaving trade is booming – and a few influential families have risen to the top. The industry’s powerhouse is the Gusu ...more -
![Be Your Own Light]()
He Huan has had to deal with a lot of things such as her husband fleeing and leaving her with huge debts, setbacks in her career, and her mother falling seriously ill. ...more -
![Maids]()
Kook In Yeob is the only child in a noble family. She is famous for her beautiful and stylish appearance. Due to an incident, her status falls to the lower class. As ...more -
![Spy Game]()
In Jinhai, China, a spy game has shot up in popularity among young people. As it turns out, the game was developed by an overseas intelligence organization known as "Night Fog." They ...more -
![His and Her Secrets]()
Su Man, a seemingly happy housewife, accidentally discovers her husband Deng Wen Liang's secret affair while he is taking a shower. Su Man endures the betrayal and humiliation and begins a spy-like ...more -
![The Lord of Losers]()
The hilarious episodes that unfold within Wanshou Group's Loser Department. (Source: iQiyi) -
![The Little Nyonya]()
A story set in the 1930s, the drama spans across several generations of a wealthy Straits-born Chinese family in Malacca, and revolves around the feuds surrounding it. Yue Niang, a strong-willed Nyonya ...more -
![Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo]()
19-year-old Saeki Rei (Takei Emi) comes to Tokyo. Rei’s redeeming traits are her cheerfulness and distinctive positivity, but everything she does is always unheard of and unsuccessful. Because this foolhardiness causes trouble ...more -
![Chuushingura no Koi]()
Kiyo is a lady-in-waiting who serves the Asano family’s Edo mansion in the Genroku Period. She has fallen in love with Isogai Jurozaiemon, a samurai of the Ako domain. Kiyo sets her ...more -
![Carnation]()
The story is based on the life of fashion designer Koshino Ayako, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 92. Although she was a successful designer in Japan, she also ...more -
![Churasan]()
The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa, on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was ...more -
![Lost Track of Time]()
The moment she opened her eyes, ten years of bloody wind stirred Lu An Ran's heart. In this world, the peach blossoms are still there, but she is reborn with hatred and ...more -
![The Bride of Habaek]()
What would you do if you had to continue a strange family legacy? Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her ...more -
![Never Too Late]()
Underwear designer Jiang Xile reunited with her 10-year crush Ding Ran in an "awkward" way. But the awkwardness doesn't stop there, as soon as she returned home, her mother makes the big ...more
