Age gap romances

Teacher/student relationship (university, older woman)

Korean drama

Sun Jae, a twenty-year-old piano prodigy working as a delivery man due to his humble background, stumbles upon a concert hall one day. Upon playing the piano there, he captures the attention of Hye Won, an elite art director married to a piano professor. Recognizing his raw talent, she arranges for him to receive lessons from her husband to groom him into a young musical sensation. Born into poverty and without formal training, Sun Jae is overwhelmed by Hye Won's support, which becomes his lifeline. Their connection deepens, and he confesses his longing for her. Hye Won, drawn to his charisma and passion, grapples with her feelings, torn between preserving her life's work and pursuing this intense romance.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese drama

Trigger warning : suicide and mental health themes

Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Jin Haiba, the physics teacher known for being a slacker and the butt of students' jokes. Rather than dissuade her from killing herself, he makes a request—will she enter into a romance with him before she dies? Together, the two gradually ponder why they should keep living and why they should not love each other in earnest.

Teacher/student relationship (university, older man)

Chinese drama

Ph.D. candidate in Physics Mu Cheng He catches a third-year student in English Xue Tong cheating on an exam. When he even becomes the substitute teacher in her elective course Russian and makes her study with him after classes, her hatred for him only grows. Over time, however, Xue Tong discovers Teacher Mu’s true character and comes to secretly love him.

The age gap is not the focus, but the actors have a 10 years age gap, which is pretty obvious

Korean drama

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 Dynasty. King Lee Sun soon views his younger brother's loyalty as betrayal and begins to hate him. Lee In endures deep emotional pain because of this.

Lee In then meets an unknown baduk player who wagers on her games. He is completely fascinated by the baduk player. Through circumstances, Lee In becomes the king. He holds the highest position and is a strong person, but he is sad and weak internally.

When Kang Hee Soo was gaining fame as an unknown baduk player, she met Prince Lee In and fell in love with him. Through a vortex of fate, she becomes a spy. She approaches King Lee In to get her revenge.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older woman)

Korean drama

Fatal love strikes us out of a sudden and helplessly takes us deep down into the sea of fervor, giving us no choice but to yield. This drama beautifully unfolds the forbidden passion between a teacher and a student. Chae Won and Kwan Woo meet for the first time at a rural seaside village flower festival. They fall in love at first sight, not in their dreams have they known that Chae Won is the teacher at Kwan Woo's high school. The second time they meet is at the classroom where they realize the situation and become bewildered and embarrassed. The love story between the two young people is overlapped with Kwan Woo's tearful success story and this inspire the viewers with high emotion.

Teacher/student relationship (university, older man)

Chinese drama

This story revolves around the cold and icy "male god" professor Zhang Si Nian and the calm and sunny Yun Shu. After a fractious first meeting, where Yun Shu dressed down the especially finicky Si Nian, she was shocked to find out that he was her university lecturer. Through a series of coincidental encounters, the two agreed to engage in a contractual marriage. As the feelings between them grow, how will they keep their relationship a secret from those around them?

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese movie

Kururugi Yuni is a smart high school student. She excels in all subjects except for English. A new English teacher begins work at Yuni's high school. His name is Sakurai Haruka and he is very handsome. Yuni begins to receive one-on-one tutoring from Mr. Sakurai Haruka. Soon, Yuni develops feelings for her teacher and she realizes that she is now in love. Yuni then confesses to her teacher.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese movie

Sophomore and representative of the archery club, Shimada Hibiki is a 17-year-old student who has never been in love. During her high school's entrance ceremony she sees Kosaku Ito, her 26-year-old world history teacher, who is well known to be a stern and cold person. Hibiki, rescued by Ito after a minor incident, discovers that their teacher is actually compassionate towards others and starts to develop romantic feelings for him. Hibiki confesses, and her honest and young love begins to slowly melt Ito's heart.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese movie

Yosano Suzume is a naïve country girl who transfers to a high school in Tokyo. When she gets lost on her first day in the big city, a man named Shishio comes to her rescue. He turns out to be her homeroom teacher. Suzume begins to develop feelings for Shishio that she has never felt before… “I’m in love with you.” Suzume’s straightforward confession of love places Shishio in an awkward situation as her teacher. While Shishio grapples with how to respond, Suzume’s classmate Mamura, who supposedly has an aversion to girls, tells her he’s in love with her. What will become of Suzume’s first love…?

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese drama

Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love.

Teacher/student relationship (high school)

Japanese drama

Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever? 

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older woman)

Japanese drama

This is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 15-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher. One fated summer, Akira begins to realize he has feelings for Hijiri, but Hijiri has a long distance fiancee. The story follows the pair over the course of several years.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older woman)

Japanese drama

Junko Harumi was once a model student during her middle school and high school days. However, she, unfortunately, failed to enter the prestigious Tokyo University, and her life has not gone smoothly since then. Now, at the age of 31, she works as a teacher in a private tutoring institute, hoping to help other high school students succeed where she has failed in getting into their university of choice. 

She was not having much success until one day, a high schooler with bright pink hair and his father enter the institute. The father believes his son is a delinquent and wants the institute to help him enter a good university. Junko decides to take on the challenge. Will she be able to succeed, and will she be able to also finally have a romance when 2 other men appear in her life?

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older woman)

Japanese drama

Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru is a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother. After being expelled from many high schools for bad behaviour, he enters Michi's class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows, they realize they both feel they've lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Korean movie

Jun Gi teaches physical education at a girls' high school where he comes to take an interest in one of his more forward students. She openly expresses her interest in him, and an intimate relationship develops.  He feels guilty for betraying his pregnant wife and decides to end this relationship. But the girl refuses, as the rumours around the two intensify.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Japanese movie

Samaru Ayuha is a high school student. She is honest and works hard at everything, no matter what. One day, she has trouble at a gyudon restaurant due to money. A man at the restaurant, Hiromitsu Yoshitaka, helps her out. The next day, she finds that Yoshitaka has come to her school as a substitute teacher for her ill homeroom teacher. Ayuha now believes that Yoshitaka is her fate in love. She keeps expressing her feelings to him. 

Teacher/student relationship (high school)

Japanese drama

This drama is a bit weird, not everyone's cup of tea!

Rintaro Aida is a handsome teacher. One of his students, Sachiko Sakurai endures unpleasant situations every day. The identity of the person who causes the unpleasantness is not known. Rintaro Aida always saves her from those situations. Because of this, Sachiko Sakurai begins to have feelings for her homeroom teacher. What Sachiko Sakurai does not know is that Rintaro Aida likes her very much and he is behind the unpleasant situations and he does this to save her.

Teacher/student relationship (high school, older man)

Chinese drama

Lin Xia is a 17-year-old high school student who crosses paths with 35-year-old Zhou Yu Teng, and their initial meeting ends in a rumble. To her surprise, Lin Xia finds out that Zhou Yu Teng is actually her class advisor.  

Older man, high school girl

Japanese drama

After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But what happens when Hana meets Takane is an unexpected pairing of utter opposites!

Older man, high school girl

Japanese movie

Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta, who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him, as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time, he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested... or is he?

Arranged marriage (older man, high school girl)

Korean movie

Bo Eun is an ordinary high school girl who worries about SAT's and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, named Jung Woo. One day, Bo Eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang Min. When they were very young, Bo Eun's and Sang Min's grandfathers had promised that they would become in-laws. Despite their opposition, they are forced to marry because of the strong influence of Bo Eun's grandfather. Bo Eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung Woo. Bo Eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang Min visits Bo Eun's school as a student teacher.

Arranged marriage (older man)

Korean drama

Kwon Hyuk Joon's grandfather, the head of the traditional Kwon family agrees to an arranged marriage between his grandson, Hyuk Joon, and Yoon Jung Sook when Yoon Jung Sook is born. Eventually, the two families lose contact with each other, because soon after the contract is signed, Jung Sook's family encounters financial issues and is forced to run away. 18 years later, Jung Sook has grown up to be a rebellious and strong-willed girl who just wants to live her life as she sees fit. With little aspirations, she is the direct foil of her achievement-bound counterpart, Hyuk Joon. When the two meet again, they clash horribly; Jung Sook thinks her fiancee is nothing but boring, and Hyuk Joon believes Jung Sook to be nothing but an immature child. Despite this, they marry. What follows is the story of their new life living together as a couple, and the obstacles they are faced with.

Older man, high school girl

Japanese movie

Four high school classmates Aki, Shun, Kaoru and Teppei form the band called Crude Play. However, just before their debut, Aki suddenly quits the band and is replaced by Shinya. The band achieves a new-found popularity on the music scene. Meanwhile Aki, who now composes, continues to provide his music for them but finds himself feeling increasingly tired and somewhat jaded from the music business.

Older man, high school girl

Korean drama

A love story about a depressed genius music composer Kang Han Gyeol who meets the high school student Yoon So Rim when he’s living under a hidden identity. With her courageous honesty and beautiful singing, So Rim draws Han Gyeol back to her again and again. They meet love obstacles along the way as So Rim finds out that Han Gyeol was actually Crude Play's producer K.

Older man, high school girl

Korean movie

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha Young meets a college guy named Hyung Joon whom she accidentally hits in the face with a can causing him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot, but she escapes, leaving her wallet behind. Hyung Joon, not satisfied with this, stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since Ha Young is a poor high school student, Hyung Joon writes up an "Enslavement Agreement" to ensure she pays for the damage to his car. Through this agreement, Ha Young finds herself thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days; cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework, even cleaning his car.

Older man, high school girl

Korean drama

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 out the sword and end his life. One day, he encounters Ji Eun Tak, a positive, upbeat high school student who can see the dead and has gone through tragic events, yet still stays strong. She claims to be the Goblin's bride who can end his immortal life, but what appears to be an easy task, only gets complicated, as the two fall in love.