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Plot Summary:
Itsuki Shinonome is sent to the internet media department from a major newspaper. Chief Editor Kanji Usami assigns her a story involving green caterpillars being found in instant food. A man who posted about the caterpillars in his instant food on social media appears in front of her. A fight between companies eventually draws in Itsuki Shinonome.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
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LADY - The Last Criminal Profile (2011)
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Rookie investigator Shoko Kazuki has just returned from the U.S. after being trained by the FBI in the art of criminal profiling. Recruited by a newly-formed Crime Profiling Support unit (CPS) within the Metropolitan Police Department, Shoko gets to work cracking the department's most frustrating cases which offer only scanty clues and no apparent motives. Still, she must apply all the behavioral and analytical tools of her trade to painstakingly build the criminal profiles that will lead her and her team on the right trail. A realistic depiction of the profiling process and forensic analysis, LADY exposes the sinister underbelly of society and sheds light on the murky landscape of the criminal mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
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Mount Royal (1988)
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Mount Royal was a Canadian prime time television soap opera that aired on CTV. It premiered January 3, 1988 with a two-hour episode. The series starred Patrick Bauchau and Domini Blythe. It is said to be Canada's answer to the American soap opera Dynasty.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 52 min
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010)
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After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: detective
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Poisoned Love (2020)
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The story revolves a dubbing genius Fang Yan, who suffers from sleepwalking due to a trauma; and a film producer Shi Meng. Shi Meng helps Fang Yan walk out of her traumatic experience, but Fang Yan recognized the wrong person, and thought his brother Shi Yi was the one who helped her. The three of them grew through misunderstands, and untied the knot in their heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: China
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Good Every Day (2021)
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He Da Ye has always focused more on her career rather than her love life, and has, therefore, been seen by her peers as an old leftover-woman. She did once walk down the aisle with Luo Chang, but the marriage didn't last long and the two divorced and remained as close friends. Both of them cared and helped each other out, but never tried to get closer than that. That is, until the angry model Zhang Meng came into Da Ye's life who has his own problems with his career experiencing a stagnation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
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Secrets of a Small Town (2006)
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The mysterious murder of a teenage girl and the disappearance of her sister shake up a small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Wonder Woman (2020)
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An ace in the world of marketing, Du Ai Sha has spent her entire career fighting her way to the top. Setting her eyes on the goals ahead, she is known for her fierce tenacity and unwavering determination. Never allowing herself to be sidetracked by anything that might come her way, Ai Sha uses whatever means necessary to get the job done.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
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Seventh Avenue (1977)
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A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min
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A Scholar Dream of Woman (2015)
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In 1927, during the Early Republic of China times, a smart young woman wants to continue expanding her knowledge. This beautiful and elegantly-made drama focuses on her struggle and story within the Xuan family and events in China during this turbulent period in history.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
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Love's Lies (2018)
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She wants to save the drug-dealing, money-laundering boyfriend who abandoned her. But is he really the one who needs saving?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
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Mosaic Japan (2014)
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After being retrenched from his job at a Tokyo securities firm, Tsunezue Riichi decides to return to his hometown to work. He soon lands a job at the company GALAXYZ, a job that his parents highly recommended. GALAXYZ is a newly set up company, with young entrepreneur Kui Yoshiaki at its helm. Unbeknownst to Riichi, the company actually handles AV (Adult Videos i.e. Porn) projects. Even the OL's at the company's premises are actually all aspiring AV actresses. Throughout the entire company, everything is AV-centric, with even filming taking place within the office! Amidst all these, Riichi finds himself fascinated by a sweet charming girl, Momoko, another OL/AV-wannabe.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: erotic, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Chaser Game (2022)
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Tatsuya Shindo (Keisuke Watanabe) has worked as a game creator for Dynamic Dream for the past 9 years. He dreamed of holding that job since he was a middle school student. Now, Tatsuya Shindo gets promoted to a middle management position within the company. He is excited to work in his new position as a manager, but what awaits for him are team members who are hard to deal with. A new project is also assigned to him. While working on the project, Tatsuya Shindo encounters various problems. Can he complete the project successfully?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
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dele (2018)
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Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client’s death, they cannot help getting involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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You Complete Me (2020)
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Gao Shan is a dangerous lover scheming revenge for the sake of his father. Lin Wo is his girlfriend with high IQ. Was their meeting due to an ulterior motive or an uncontrollable romance? Gao Shan's father went bankrupt during the 1990's after Qin Sheng Sheng withdrew investment in his company at the most critical moment.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Carmen Curlers (2022)
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In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Money Wars (2015)
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The story begins with an inventor and entrepreneur's suicide. Despite his company being on the brink of a breakthrough he is out of money and out of time. All is lost. His son vows to put things right, but he first has to pick himself up and that is not a simple concern.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating
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The Drive of Life (2007)
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The Drive of Life is a 2007 grand production drama by TVB and CCTV as a joint production. It was specially filmed to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong back to China from Britain during the period of 1997-2007. The theme of the series revolves around the automobile industry in China. Told in flashback from 1994, the ups and downs and transformations that Hong Kong has been experiencing before and after the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong is used as a narrative device. The series was filmed in Hong Kong, Beijing, Ningbo and Vancouver from early October 2006 until May 2007. The automobiles featured in the series are from Geely Automobile, as a fictional brand name "Hua-Zhe". This film ties with TVB drama "War and Beauty" for the record of having the most "Best Actress" winners, where Jessica Hsuan, Charmaine Sheh, Sheren Tang and Myolie Wu won their respective "Best Actress" awards in 1999, 2006, 2009/2010, and 2011.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating
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The Legendary Tavern (2019)
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Chen Huaihai leads his fellows to explore new lives in northeast China by running a tavern. They experience different situations and make a whole new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Talent Agency (2023)
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Four artist managers at a talent agency company in Jakarta call themselves agents who are very passionate about their work above their personal lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 45 min
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Don't Think Twice, Love's All Right (2020)
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Moon Lovers (2010)
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Rensuke Hazuki, the president of Regolith, a rapidly growing interior manufacturer in Japan, is planning to expand into China. Rensuke boarded the bustling city of Shanghai . What awaits Rensuke there is an encounter with Maemi Ninomiya, an interior designer who has worked with him, Yuzuki Onuki, a popular model who is the daughter of a wealthy family, and Ryu, a Chinese woman who has a girlfriend Shuumei. The meeting with these three women brings a turning point in Rensuke's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Top Knife (2020)
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Yoko Miyama works as a doctor at Touto Hospital. She specializes in brain aneurysms in the neurosurgery department. Yoko Miyama becomes involved with her colleagues, including Kengo Kuroiwa, Sachiko Kozukue, and Takuma Nishigoori. Meanwhile, she suffers from guilt for abandoning her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: medical drama
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The After-Dinner Mysteries (2011)
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"The After-Dinner Mysteries" is a daring mystery with unique characters, play on words and witty conversations. Reiko Hosho is the only daughter to the CEO of a major enterprise, "Hosho Group," known worldwide. Hiding her true identity behind her day time job as a rookie police officer, Reiko comes home to Kageyama, her butler whenever she is faced with a complex case. Being a perfectionist, Kageyama is flawless when it comes to serving meals full course from hors d'oeuvre to dessert. He sharply points out the lack of reasoning on Reiko's side by making cutting remarks, but keeping the comment a fine line away from being offensive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Choco Bank (2016)
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Choco Bank is about a guy named Kim Eun Haeng, who is a college graduate entering the workforce. His father made sure he had a lucky start in life by giving him a name that meant money. Eun Haeng (meaning Bank in Korean) will deal with the concerns many in their 20s struggle with when they start working for the very first time.And a girl named Ha Cho Co who is getting ready to start a business. The story plays out as the two meet and finds out more about the financial service industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 17 min
Plot tags: dorama, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Fashion King (2012)
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A story of young people who make their start in the Dongdaemun market and try to succeed as world-class designers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Heart of Greed (2007)
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An abalone that has been passed on for generations. A legacy of a hundred million dollars that everybody wants a share. "Heart of Greed" is a story of a renowned sea-products retailer and a big traditional family, in which there are those who manage to endure to the end, those who consider themselves superior to everyone else, those who love and respect their brothers, those who seek every opportunity to fulfill their ambition, those who stay loyal to their beloved, and those who remain grateful for whatever they get. But when hatred is stirred up among the family, the family will inevitably break down.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Older Sister (2005)
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Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future. --NTV.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Dame Chocolate (2007)
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Dame Chocolate is a 2007 Spanish-language telenovela, which was produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and aired from March 5 until October 5, 2007. This limited-run serial stars Génesis Rodríguez as a sweet, simple girl who leaves rural Mexico for Miami in the US to fulfill her destiny in the chocolate business. Elements of this romantic soap opera resemble Ugly Betty, the Tammy films, The Beverly Hillbillies and No Holds Barred. Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Xenon Pictures released a four-disc DVD set of Dame Chocolate in the US on November 27, 2007. The abridged version runs over 13 hours. It includes English subtitles and carries a TV-PG rating.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Press (2018)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist tabloid.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, political
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Hotelier (2007)
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An incident in the past causes Ogata Kouhei (Tanabe Seiichi) to resign his position and leave the country in shame. Now, at the hotel's 30th anniversary, the hotel is facing a crisis; the president has just been submitted to the hospital, and the hotel is facing a potential takeover. Under his request, assistant manager Odagiri Kyoko (Ueto Aya) goes to Korea in order to convince Kouhei to return. Kyoko is caught up in an incident when her purse is stolen when she meets Mizusawa Keigo (Oikawa Mitsuhiro), who tries to help her. Ultimately, Kyoko comes back to Japan unsuccessful. However, under the advice from Korean hotel manager Shin Dong Hyuk (Bae Yong Jun), Kouhei returns to Tokyo Ocean Hotel as the position of the new general manager. Upon his return however, Kyoko once again meets Mizusawa Keigo. Little does Kyoko know, not only does Keigo want to take over the Tokyo Ocean Hotel, but he also carries affections for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, realistic