Yagyuu Renyasai: Hiden Tsukikagesho

6.7

Increased competition between two samurai brothers, threatening to tear their clan apart, eventually leads them to a duel to death in the early Edo Period. One of them is trained in the famous Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, while…

A Girl Isn’t Allowed to Love

A man and a woman fall in love with each other at first sight, but each of them is to be married off to someone else. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~Adapted from a novel written by Koyama Itoko (小山いと子).

Sing, Young People!

6.0

A college student receives a surprising offer to be a movie star in this unlikely Kinoshita film, sort of college film by the veteran director including even semi nude scene, but eventually the same themes of dreams…

I Like You

There are three Park Kwang Hos in the 2nd class of 3rd grade in Seokwang High School. Each of them is called as Artist, Enlightened Man, and Doctor. Eun Kyeong, who met Enlightened Man at the training institute of…

Ikiteita Otoko

~~Special is very loosely adapted from "Chase a Crooked Shadow", British movie from 1958. It's more like an inspiration for some suspense tricks and themes, than literal adaptation of it. Asako gets a telegram on her…

A Sketch of a Rainy Day

The story of Ji Su, whose life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister, and the other is a barroom dancer named Gyeong Ja. (Source: MyDramaList)

Moving Pictures: Sex in the New Chinese Cinema

Note the date. Much will have changed since this programme. Another interesting piece from the much-missed Moving Pictures, this one looks at the emergence of sexual themes in the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers.…

I Hear Your Voice

8.4

Jang Hye Sung, a bold and materialistic public defender, becomes a lawyer after a difficult childhood. She encounters Park Soo Ha, a 19-year-old who can read minds and considers her his first love for helping convict…

New Journey to the West Season 2

8.6

In this season, Lee Seung Gi, who is enlisting for his mandatory military service, is replaced by actor Ahn Jae Hyun. The members visit Chengdu and Lijiang, China, where each one of them is assigned a character from…

Nirvana in Fire Season 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin

8.6

Xiao Ping Zhang and Xiao Ping Jing are the talented sons of Xiao Ting Sheng, the Prince of Changlin and general of the Liang dynasty’s most powerful army. Ping Zhang is the eldest and heir of Changlin, while Ping…