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Sonoba Shinogu is the owner and chef of a modern-day French restaurant called ‘Heaven’s Door’. He has topnotch culinary skills but a flawed personality. Ever since he took over the restaurant from his late father its turnover has declined....
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A historical drama about the conflict between father King Young Jo who wished to strengthen the King′s rule and his son Crown Prince Sado who dreamt of making his country one where all are equal. This drama will tell the discovery of the truth behind the mystery surrounding Sados death which was sentenced to death by his own father King Young...
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The drama depicts the efforts by the main character Lee Seo Won Jin Se Yun born in prison who helps people unfairly accused using Waeji-bu the private litigation system in...
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The story focuses on three main characters who become sworn brothers at different times in the story: Din Yee the mild mannered prince of Da Li who gets tangled up in several love relationships and ends up learning a...
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Troublemakers Mok-won Ryu and Hak-moon are far from passing the state examinations. Three female students enter the school during a new spring term and the atmosphere changes. Then one day Mok-won and Ryu are taken to around the back of the school and molested by an unknown woman. The three of them start an investigation. They start suspecting the three female students and start searching for...
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Known as the greatest samurai novel in Japan this drama is based on the novel. The tragic romance of a princess and the adventure of eight heroic...
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When the Qi Kingdom becomes dangerously overrun with political strife ancient guardian spirits attempt to restore order by pairing incompetent King Chai Roger Kwok with Chung Mo Yim Fala Chen a smart and skilled shaman. Meanwhile a rebel faction attempts to pair the king with Ha Ying Chun Sharon Chan — resulting in King Chai naming both Mo Yim and Ying Chun queens. But as disaster...
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When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord he is cast into exile his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi’s dazzling direction this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces a monumental empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of...
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The sudden death of the young Shunzhi Emperor Sunny Chan shocked the whole kingdom. The second prince Fuquan Kenneth Ma was originally the successor for the throne but Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Ching changed the successor to the third prince Xuanye who subsequently becomes the Kangxi Emperor Chan. Angry with this Fuquan dispatches a spy Nip Dor-po Steven Ma and instructs him to...
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The drama is based on the historical background of King Sejo 1455-68 and the six loyal subjects known as sayuksin. The story tells the tale of six royal officals of the court who try to help restore Danjong of Joseon to power and fight against the coup led by Sejo of Joseon. It is a story of six loyalists who were killed in an attempt to restore the dethroned King Danjong after the...
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King Goujian of Yue was once imprisoned by King Fuchai of Wu after a defeat in war and Yue later became a tributary state to Wu. Secretly planning his revenge Goujians minister Wen Zhong suggested training beautiful women and offering them to Fuchai as a tribute knowing Fuchai could not resist beautiful women. His other minister Fan Li found Xi Shi and Zheng Dan and gifted them to Fuchai...
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The legendary rise of a lowly singer to the prestigious status of an...
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In the mid-fourth century BC during the Warring States period groundbreaking political changes occur in the Qin state in western China. Qin weakened by poverty and internal conflict is in peril of being annexed by the six other states in the east. Duke Xiao the young new ruler of Qin seeks to restore his state to its former glory and retake the territories lost by Qin in its earlier...
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The Story of Han Dynasty is a re-enactment of one of the most fascinating periods in the grand river of Chinese history when during the latter days of the crumbling of the Qin Empire the Han armies led by warlord Liu Bang contended for supremacy against the more powerful forces led by Xiang Yu the Conqueror of West Chu. Mainland actor Hu Jun Red Cliff stars as Xiang Yu while this historical...
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Set during the Spring and Autumn Period this drama revolves around famous historical figures of the era like Sun Wu Wu Zi Xu and Wu Jiu as well as the victories and defeats of the individual kingdoms of Qi Chu Wu Yue Jin et al. In a time of disorder and uncertainty this is the story of how Sun Wu author of The Art of War came to prominence as one of the most renowned military...
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After having been reunited briefly with his wife Orie Hikoma is desperately trying to locate his wifes whereabouts prior to his departure. Missing her husband Orie decides to retire as a ninja...! What is destined for the lovestruck...
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The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era one mans life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen Noto and...
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The story centers on a witty and sly protagonist Wei Xiaobao. He makes his way from his hometown in Yangzhou to Beijing where he is kidnapped into the Imperial Palace and he impersonates a eunuch. Wei Xiaobao meets the young Kangxi Emperor by chance and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Through sheer luck and cunning Wei Xiaobao manages to accomplish a series of seemingly impossible tasks...
Director: Au Yin Yuan, Ngai Hong Yee
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The drama is a fictional account of Song dynasty poet Su Shi also known as So Tung Po family life. Unable to forget his late wife So Tung Po Bobby Au Yeung refuses to remarry until he meets talented...
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Prince Alexander son of King Philip and heir to the Macedonian empire must fend off political saboteurs assassins and the jealousy of his own father to ascend to the position of king. Once there he begins his quest to conquer all nations and become known as the Great King though an ancient prophecy foretells that he will be the destroyer of the world and forever remembered as the Devil...
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Story is about the girl Jang Geum who wants to be a cook. She gets accepted as a palace servant. Clever and cheerful Jang Geum quickly finds friends. But all to soon she encounters intrigue and...
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Mirai an improved Kongou-class Aegis guided missile destroyer is one of the newest and most advanced ships in the entire Japanese Self Defense Force SDF. Her crew also one of the newest is lead by Capt. Umezu Saburo and Executive Officer Kadomatsu Yosuke. While running scheduled training exercises one day Mirai encounters a fierce storm that throws their navigation systems into temporary...
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The third and fourth seasons of the Hetalia Axis Powers anime. A continuation of the first 2 seasons under a new name still adapting the online webcomics drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz.Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya this has been described as a cynical gag story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 1915-1939 using exaggerated caricatures of the...
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The third and fourth seasons of the Hetalia Axis Powers anime. A continuation of the first 2 seasons under a new name still adapting the online webcomics drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz.Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya this has been described as a cynical gag story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 1915-1939 using exaggerated caricatures of the...