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Plot Summary:
Haruto Narusawa, the president of a video game company, enjoys life in the affluent seaside town of Kamakura with his wife and daughter, who attends an elementary school. However, tragedy befalls this happy family when his daughter is kidnapped. Haruto must now face numerous hardships as he navigates through the complex web of human nature that begins to show its ugliness. The only way to save his beloved daughter is to take matters into his own hands without the police's involvement and, together with his wife, stand against the kidnappers. Can this family's story reach a happy ending? Or will theirs be a tragedy? This non-stop family suspense-thriller tests the bonds of a family facing life's worst nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Vechtershart (2015)
Plot Summary:
A kickboxer is trying to make his comeback after a few years in jail.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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Recipe for Farewell (2022)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of writer Kang Chang-rae. Da-jung used to be a sweet working mom, but as colorectal cancer strikes her, she gradually becomes unable to eat. Da-jung's husband, Chang-wook, has never cooked before, but he begins cooking to take care of his wife's health and meals. Chang-wook handpicks decent ingredients and tries to develop healthy recipes to make a precious meal for his ill wife. Although he may be clumsy sometimes, he begins to realize how to treasure the time cooking and having a meal together with his family.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 32 min
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The Flamingo Rising (2001)
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When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Incomplete Life (2014)
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Jang Geu Rae played the board game “baduk” (a strategy game somewhat like chess) since he was a child. Playing the game was everything to him, but he failed to become a professional baduk player. Now he is thrown out into the real world. By an acquaintance’s recommendation, He is able to begin to work at Wonin International as an intern and struggles to adapt working at a company. Meanwhile, Ahn Young Yi is a competent and intelligent new intern and Jang Baek Ki is another co-worker. Oh Sang Sik will play their boss.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, inspirational, feel good, captivating
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Remote (2002)
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Locked away deep in his home and hiding a secret that keeps him there, Detective Kozaburo Himuro remains ever vigilant in his duties of police work. But how does the wunderkind detective investigate crime scenes without ever stepping out of his home? Enter traffic cop Kurumi Ayaki. She's a young lady who's about to marry and resign from the force when tasked with being Himuro's eyes and ears on the beat. While on the scene of the crime their only means of communication is via mobile phone. Together they investigate a series of mind-boggling murder mysteries that put them, particularly Kurumi, in constant danger. Can Kurumi keep up with Detective Himuro, and the fast-paced and dangerous work of criminal investigation?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter? (2017)
Plot Summary:
Akiko and her 25-year old daughter Mizuki are best friends and are closer than most mother and daughters. Akiko feels that Mizuki is growing distant from her due to her new boyfriend and decides to seduce him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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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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The Legend of Dugu (2018)
Plot Summary:
“He who has Dugu, has the world”. Daughters of a court official, Dugu Banruo, Dugu Mantuo, and Dugu Jialou were always destined for greatness. Blessed with beauty, intelligence, and connections, the Dugu sisters grew up knowing they were the subjects of a prophecy that could someday tear them apart. Determined to remain loyal to each other, they vowed to always put their relationship first. But time has a way of changing things, and vows are easily broken.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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ROOKIES (2008)
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Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room (2021)
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TOKYO MER is formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo. The name of the group stands for TOKYO Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals and they are to go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters by ER car. Their ER car is a large vehicle equipped with the latest medical devices and an operating area. There, TOKYO MER saves lives of the injured. Kōta Kitami is a doctor for TOKYO MER and its leader. He holds a strong conviction that, regardless of the dangers, he will go to accident sites to save lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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StartUp (2014)
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Fifteen young ambitious people are all working together in an empty building, some also live there. They try to achieve the same goal: having a selfmade business. Despite having the same goal, they're different people with different opinions about how to reach their goal. One of them is Sterre de Vries, who initiated the whole thing. Her father (Bert de Vries) is the owner of the building. It's all there: ambitions, arguments, secrets, intrigues, friendship, family ties, romance, lust.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense
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99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016)
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Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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The Mountain (2004)
Plot Summary:
Boundary Mountain is an escapist playground for wealthy tourists and extreme sports enthusiasts, but to the Carver family, it's home. "The Mountain" chronicles the larger-than-life saga of the Carvers, whose colorful patriarch, David Carver, Sr., founded the town and its internationally famous ski resort after winning the land in a poker game. When this legendary man unexpectedly dies, his choice of an heir sends shockwaves throughout the community.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, romantic, scenic
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Dynasty (2017)
Plot Summary:
The reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: artsy, captivating, soap opera, cynical
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Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
There are over 600 orphanages across the nation, housing approximately 30,000 children; Most of them had been abused by their parents. Maki, was placed into the orphanage "Kogamo no Ie", after her mother, Ryoka, was arrested and jailed. There she was handed over to the care of Kana, and also Sasaki, the eccentric caretaker of the home. Under Sasaki's management, the home is a calm and safe haven from all the madness of the real world. At the home, Maki befriends 3 other little girls, who all go by their nicknames instead of their real names. Piami who plays the piano really well, Bombi who came from a very poor family, and Post, who is the leader of all the kids.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspenseful, tear jerker, tearjerker
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I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kaseifu no Mita is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. The story revolves around a family who is grieving over their mother's recent suicide. They hired Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, who is played by actress Nanako Matsushima, will do anything that her employer orders her to do, except smiling or revealing her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Black Pean (2018)
Plot Summary:
Seishiro Tokai (Kazunari Ninomiya) works as a surgeon at a university hospital. He possesses excellent technique with suture and carries a surgery success rate of 100%. Due to his arrogant attitude and personality, he comes into conflict with those around him. A new doctor tries to introduce the latest medical device for surgery, which doesn't need a surgeon's hand. Seishiro Tokai is skeptical of the device. He faces the university hospital administration and reveals corruption and hidden past behind the medical device.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, medical drama
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Code Blue (2008)
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Four young physicians are assigned to the “Doctor Helicopter” system, the latest medical system where a medical team is dispatched to the patients via helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, and witness the fragility of life, all while growing personally and professionally.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating
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Radiation House (2019)
Plot Summary:
Iori Igarashi is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT and MRI images. He and radiologist An Amakasu work at a hospital’s radiology department where they determine the causes of patients’ illnesses and injuries.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Great White Tower (2003)
Plot Summary:
A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, medical drama
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Bitter Love (2015)
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Bulut is working for Ferman Köklükaya, the owner of a big construction company. A successful and ambitious man, Bulut is also married to Ferman's spoiled daughter Sude. Ferman caused the death of Bulut's father working as the site manager; but Bulut does not know about this yet. Sude and Bulut have an unhappy marriage and one day, at a hotel opening, Bulut meets the young and beautiful promising violinist Melek. It is love at first sight.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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C.P.W. (1995)
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Central Park West is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Melrose Place's Darren Star. As the title suggests, CPW was set in New York, in the affluent Central Park West area of Manhattan. Actresses Mariel Hemingway, Lauren Hutton, and Raquel Welch portrayed three of the central characters on the show. The program represented CBS's attempt to reestablish itself after a disastrous 1994-95 television season where the network lost a heavy amount of established affiliates due to affiliation switches related to Fox acquiring NFC football rights, and an attempt by the network to attract younger viewers. It was the network's most-promoted new show in many years with a promotional campaign exclusively produced to appeal to younger viewers, and attempted to recapture the network's past nighttime soap glory from the years of Dallas and Knots Landing. The series was not successful and was removed from CBS' schedule mid-season, returning some months later with new additions made to the cast. The retooling was not enough to save the show, which was canceled in June 1996. The failure of the series returned the network quickly back to their traditional broadcasting focus and repairing relations between both the network's new affiliates and their older stations which were frustrated by the network's moves in programming rights and programming within the Laurence Tisch era, which would end shortly thereafter with Westinghouse's purchase of CBS Corporation in 1995.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
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BOSS (2009)
Plot Summary:
Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Lucky Seven (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Little Giants (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shinichiro Kosaka is a detective of the major cases unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and on the path to become captain of the unit when he makes a mistake during an investigation. Kosaka was subsequently demoted to precinct duty, where he finds his new colleagues taking on small cases tirelessly with a sense of justice untinged by workplace politics and internal disputes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Negotiator (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site just as a crime is being committed. They are on the front-line of risky missions, facing off against criminals; tenaciously conducting negotiations with criminals. As a result of the rigid police hierarchy that can curb the conduct of negotiators, the SIT is also a male-dominated society controlled with strict discipline. There is one female negotiator, Usagi Reiko, who bravely fights at the frontline. She is isolated in the male world of the SIT but courageously fights against crime as well as her organisation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hotelier (2007)
Plot Summary:
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
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Guilty: The Woman Who Made a Pact with the Devil (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pet groomer at a salon in Shirogane, Nogami Meiko has a lot of celebrity dog-lovers as customers. She cheerfully serves customers with care, and her skills are tried and tested. The salon's owner, Kotomi, has a strong faith in her, and she is admired by her colleagues. Meiko leads a quiet and fulfilling life... however, there is another side to her. She has a plan for revenge that she must accomplish. In truth, when she was 19, she was imprisoned for murder but there was also another side to this case. And just as she's about to execute her plan, she meets a man named Mashima Takuro. She acts mysteriously around him and for some reason, he makes her feel better. Is he the only miscalculation to her? Or a reckoning?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Ties of Shooting Stars (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino, Ryūsei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing