Recommendations

- Thai show
- really good horror/mystery elements
- Shaman as male lead
- not a BL, but a little bit of romance

A series of mysterious cases erupt across the Jianghu. To safeguard peace, the Wu Wang Pavilion takes charge of the martial world, armed with a method said to cure blindness.

Both focus on the connection between food and community, and have their main protagonists living in rural northern Japan. The male main character is played by the same actor (Oizumi Yo).

Perosnally, I liked Restaurant from the Sky better, as it was slightly more realistic.

In this series the roles are reversed but are still solid representation. The only difference is that Daughter of Lupin is a Japanese Drama

Sugihara Kohei is a college student who has distanced himself from others unconsciously because he is hard of hearing and it keeps causing one misunderstanding after another. One day, his classmate Taiichi stumbles into him and notices his delicious bento. Kohei gives Taiichi part of his lunch, to Taiichi's delight, but leaves without saying a word to Taiichi.

Taiichi only later finds out from others that Kohei is hard of hearing. Taiichi makes Kohei a deal. If Taiichi writes up Kohei’s notes for him in class, he can have part of Kohei’s bento everyday. Taiichi has a bright personality to the point of foolishness, and he tells Kohei, "It's not your fault that you can't hear!" Those words save Kohei, and he begins to change. Taiichi and Kohei begin a relationship that's more than friends but less than lovers.

Hard working FL that owns a business with a "corrupted" official ML. The story is filled with moments of joy and suspense. FL is capable of getting out of trouble herself but ML tends to lend a helping hand regardless.

It is actually the remake of Beautiful Life. The man is a hairdresser and the girl has cancer. They end up falling in love together. She gives him the confidence to follow through w/ his dreams & ambitions. The endings are a bit different b/c China likes the golden ending while Japan likes the bittersweet.

In his Chinese film, "Scent," Park Shi Hoo plays Kang In Joon, a Korean interior designer...who finds love when he meets an innocent Chinese girl...it's directed by Jessy Tseng who directed award-winning art house film Big Blue Lake.

Two reserved strangers form an unspoken mutual crush as they share their daily elevator rides to work, but misunderstanding ensues as they dare not talk to each other.

Two reserved strangers form an unspoken mutual crush as they share their daily elevator rides to work, but misunderstanding ensues as they dare not talk to each other.

Left alone on a trip to Hong Kong, Tomoko, a sales woman from Japan finds herself the victim of a purse-snatching. The police arrest the man she points out, but it turns out to be the wrong person: a young Korean man named Ji Hoon. Despite his anger and humiliation, he takes her out to dinner since she has lost all her money, and in return, she agrees to model for his amateur film. What follows is a magical and romantic two days. Upon returning to their respective countries, Tomoko must return to her nine-to-five job and Ji Hoon must resume studying to join the family business rather than pursuing his dream of becoming a film director. But soon the two begin to email each other and rekindle their relationship despite the distance and obstacles between them. Marking the very first time in television history that a drama has been co-produced between Japan and South Korea, the story shows us that love has no borders.

Fantasy love story between FL Japanese woman & ML Korean man. This is the remake of 90s Demi Moore Ghost movie.
Korean potter Jun Ho meets successful young entrepreneur Nanami in Tokyo. The couple falls in love and soon marry. A year after their marriage, tragedy strikes when Nanami is killed on her way home. Nanami, not ready to leave this world, remains in this world in spirit form. During this time she learns that her death wasn't an accident and her husband Jun Ho is in imminent danger. Unable to contact any humans except a psychic named Unten, can Nanami warn Jun Ho before harm comes his way?

A romantic film about a man struggling with a painful past as he tries to move forward, only to discover that the woman in his present life has an uncanny connection to his past. Together, they navigate the complexities of love, heartbreak, and healing, all against the backdrop of cultural and identity differences in the foreign city.

Jamie just called off her engagement from the one person who was supposed to. Makoto ran away to the Philippines to escape the wife who cheated on him two years ago. Their paths cross in Bacolod where they work together and create Ilonggo subtitles for Makoto’s film. Together, as they go through the filmmaking process, they find solace in a friendship they never knew they needed.

Mizushima is an aspiring picture book writer. He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and has an overwhelming fear of germs as well. This makes it impossible for him to touch anything and anyone directly, even his girlfriend Kirimoto. They have been in a romantic relationship for a long time, and they care deeply about each other, but Mizushima is unable to touch Kirimoto or hold her hand. Finally, Mizushima decides to seek treatment for his disorder. At the hospital, he meets a woman named Chiharu, who suffers from the same disease as him. Meanwhile, Kirimoto works at a bookstore as a clerk. She understands her boyfriend's disease, but she still agonizes over her relationship with him. She then meets a man named Lee.