Suan

Suan, formerly known as Lao Suan (老算), is a Chinese director and screenwriter born in Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. His real name is Mou Xin Cen (牟芯岑). (Source: MyDramaList)

Anzai Kalen

Anzai Kalen is a female singer, songwriter, and composer under Avex Entertainment. She is known for having an underground debut and rumored to have been a new-age digital idol before being confirmed to be a real person. She made her acting debut as Ayumi Hamasaki, in "M Ai Subeki Hito ga Ite".

Kaga Takeshi

Kaga Takeshi is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is Katsuta Shigekatsu. Kaga was born in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture,…

Kim Eul Boon

The 78-year-old villager and non-actress 'Eul-boon Kim' had not only never performed in a movie before 'Jibeuro', but she had never before *seen* a film. She was found during an extensive talent search among real rural village people by director Lee Jeong-hyang to play the lead role of the stoic, heroic…

Leesong Hee Il

Leesong Hee Il is a South Korean film director whose first feature film, "No Regret", is regarded as "the first real Korean gay feature." The film won him Best Independent Film Director at the 2006 Director's Cut Awards. He is openly gay.

Abe Sadawo

Abe Sadawo is a Japanese actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and his real name is Abe Takashi. His popularity started as the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Group Tamashii. He was nominated for best actor in the 31st Japanese Academy Award for Maiko Haaaan!!!. (Source: Wikipedia)

Akashiya Sanma

Sanma Akashiya, born in Kushimoto, Wakayama, is a Japanese TV comedian and actor simply known as Sanma. His real name is Takafumi Sugimoto .His talent agency is Yoshimoto Corporation. Together with Beat Takeshi and Tamori, Sanma is said to be one of the "Big Three" tarento of Japan. Sanma's nickname…

Fujiwara Shiori

Buruzon Chiemi is a Japanese actress and comedienne. In 2020, she announced that she would drop the stage name Buruzon Chiemi and go by her real name, Fujiwara Shiori. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ahn Hyun Ho

Ahn Hyun Ho is a South Korean actress. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Theatre from the Korea National University of Arts. In 2021, she changed her stage name from her real name, Lee Ji Won, to Ahn Hyun Ho. (Source: Wikipedia)

Maya Miki

Miki Maya born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture is a Japanese actress, and also a former top star of the Takarazuka Revue. Her real name is Miki Sato. During her childhood, she lived in several different cities because of her father's job. It was Toyonaka, Osaka, where she had spent most of her teen…

Cryptocurrency

Depicts the real world where jobs are lost and life becomes more difficult due to the pandemic virus. (Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = MyDramaLit)

Hassha Orai Hashire! K100

~~ Inspired by real story of the railway locomotive K100 that worked at the Yubari Coal Mine in Hokkaido.

Tawan Yor Saeng

After finding her real father, Tawan changes her name to Yor Saeng. She meets Lek, whose older sister is married to her father. Lek is a nice man who treats Yor Saeng as his niece but eventually, he falls in love with…

Announcer Puttsun Monogatari

Set in a real Fuji TV, some of the announcers of the same station, appeared in the role of themselves. (Source: MyDramaList)

Kin no Senso

~Based on real crime story, named in media "Kwon Hyi-ro Case" aka "Sumata Gorge Incident" . And journalist Yasuharu Honda book about it, names "Private Battle"". Kwon Hyi Ro was charged with the murder of two mobsters.…

Ghost for Sale

A trio finds real ghosts when they are shooting a movie at a cemetery. They capture one and take it back to the city where they try to sell it to anybody who can pay the highest bid. (Source: IMDb)

Special Fight

~~ Based on real cases.

Ripples Across Stagnant Water

With few other real options, when the young village woman in this story is offered an arranged marriage with a kindly but mildly retarded shopkeeper who lives in a nearby town, she readily accepts. Once she has settled…

Elite League Season 2

8.5

Season 2 will feature real brain battles on an even bigger scale and is expected to target the tastes of viewers by providing missions to properly check the imaginable brain power of the performers with an expanded…