Asian Addicts Anonymous

The Fall Drama Season is upon us! Right now I don’t have all the fall dramas listed, just the ones I could manage to find information for and I tried to find as many trailers or videos as possible.

I know that I am definitely looking forward to Gloomy Salad Days, Juui Dolittle, Mary Stayed Out All Night, and Fugitive: Plan B.

September 29

Fugitive: Plan B starring Rain, Daniel Henney, Lee Na Young
60 years ago a large amount of money went missing. It has now resurfaced causing a crazy game of cat and mouse as different parties pursue it. Caught up in the thick of action are Ji Woo, Jin Yi, and Kieko (who, of course, form a love triangle as well).

October 2

Flames of Ambition starring Jo Min Ki, Shin Eun Gyung, Yoo Seung Ho
A fierce fight to become the successor to a conglomerate forces one woman to sacrifice it all and manipulate her own husband and son to gain what she desires.

October 4

Smile, Donghae starring Ji Chang Wook, Park Jung Ah
A young man is raised by his beautiful but mentally deficient mother (who was adopted out to the US). He moves to Korea with his mother to be with the woman he loves, only to be betrayed. He then searches for the father he has never known, finds a new love and  builds a family of his own.

October 6

Dae Mul/Big Fish starring Kwon Sang Woo, Ko Hyun Jung
The story revolves around a former announcer who becomes the first female president of Korea.

October 7

FACE MAKER starring Nagai Masaru
A plastic surgeon who used to work for the US Witness Protection Program sets up shop in Japan. He doesn’t charge his client’s money, but instead asks for their original faces in return. Creepy!

October 8

God’s Quiz starring Ryu Duk Hwan, Yoon Joo Hee, Park Da An, Na Yoon
Korea’s top medical examiner leads a team of experts to investigate a murder and strange happenings at a hospital. He clashes with the female detective also investigating the case, but the two soon begin to help each other out while nursing a growing attraction.

October 9

Gloomy Salad Days/Death Girl starring Aaron Yan, Serena Fang
A series of stories revolving around a young man with a brain tumor who can see Death Girl. As the young man watches the dead get ferried, he comes to understand life and death while falling in love with Death Girl.

October 12

The Guilty: Akuma to Keiyaku Shita Onna starring Kanno Miho, Tamaki Hiroshi
Nogami Meiko was falsely imprisoned for the murder of her brother and nephew. Now that she is released, she throws everyone around her into darkness in her pursuit of the truth.

October 14

Second Virgin starring Suzuki Kyoko, Fukada Kyoko, Hasegawa Hiroki
A divorcee falls in love with and starts an affair with a married man 17 years her junior and even becomes good friends with his wife! Talk about complicated.

October 16

Q10 starring Sato Takeru, Maeda Atsuko
Fukai Heita has no interest in love until a mysterious transfer student shows up. He soon learns that she is actually a robot! What will happen to the school and Heita’s love?

October 17

Juui Dolittle starring Oguri Shun, Inoue Mao, Narimiya Hiroki
Tottori Kenichi is a gifted, frugal veterinarian who becomes involved in a love triangle between his assistant and a rival vet who is his complete opposite.

October 18

Mori no Asagao starring Atsushi Ito, ARATA, Kashii Yu
Based on the manga of the same name, this drama follows the friendship between a prison guard and a prisoner on death row.

Nagareboshi starring Ueto Aya, Takenouchi Yutaka, Matsuda Shota
An aquarium worker with a secret that he would do anything to protect enters into a contract marriage with a woman working in the sex trade to support her brother. As they overcome obstacles, they slowly begin to fall in love.

Queen of Reversals starring Kim Nam Joo, Jung Joo Ho, Chae Jung Ahn, Park Shi Hoo
Hwang Tae Hee is the daughter of a chaebol family and a team leader at her work. Soon two new workers enter her life: one a rival in the workplace and love, the other the man she comes to love. Besides challenges at work, she also helps guide her boss to become a warmer, better person.

October 19

Freeter, Ie wo Kau starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Karina
Seiji Take quits his job, fights with his father and becomes a shut-in until his mother’s depression forces him into a part-time job as a construction worker where he meets a girl who is the complete opposite of himself.

October 20

Ogon no Buta starring Shinohara Ryoko, Okada Masaki, Oizumi Yo
Shinko, a swindler, get scouted into a special investigation team that deals with corrupt government officials. She is paired with a University of Tokyo graduate who comes from a family of officials.

November 6

King Geunchogo starring Kam Woo Sung
The drama revolves around the warrior king of Baekje whose conquests covered much of the Korean peninsula and who reigned during the glory days of that particular kingdom.

November 8

Mary Stayed Out All Night starring Moon Geun Young, Jang Geun Suk, Kim Jae Wook
Based on the manhwa of the same name, Mae Ri ends up in a contract marriage with two very different men: an indie rocker and a young businessman. Who will she end up with in the end? (Personally rooting for Kim Jae Wook just cause I want him to get the girl for once.)

November 21

Genya starring Tsukamoto Takashi, Fukada Kyoko
Mizuhara Masaya kills his uncle in desperation when he demands immediate repayment of Mizuhara’s father’s debt. When he comes to his senses, he is with a beautiful young woman. They run away together and start a new life, but when she starts gaining attention and popularity in the beauty world, their past comes under investigation.