Coming Soon to Netflix: January 2020
2019 ends after Tuesday. So hard to believe. Netflix is starting out 2020 strong with a lot of Korean dramas coming early in the year. What releases are you looking forward to?
January 1
Movies
- Aruna & Her Palate [Indonesia, 2018] – An epidemiologist tries to satisfy her food obsession while investigating a case of bird flu.
- Posesif [Indonesia, 2017] – A young woman risks her future and relationship with her father when she begins dating a moody transfer student obsessed with their romance.
Television
- Because This is My First Life [South Korea, 2017] – A woman struggling financially becomes roommates with a man who owes a lot on his mortgage. The two eventually decide to marry out of convenience. Will it turn to love?
- The Bride of Habaek [South Korea, 2017] – Water god Habaek must travel to the human world to accomplish a mission to become king only to have things go awry as he ends up powerless and needing the help of a floundering psychiatrist.
- Cells at Work [Japan, Anime, 2018] – A new red blood cell who just wants to do her job must contend with bacteria intrusions and a certain while blood cell.
- Chhota Bheem Kun Fu Dhamaka [India, Anime, 2019] – Chhota Bheem and his buddies face everything from kung fu battle to run-ins with bandits in a kingdom far from home.
- Live Up to Your Name [South Korea, 2017] – Heo Im is a talented doctor who is held back due to his low birth. He travels to the present day and meets a modern young doctor who he somehow brings back to Joseon with him.
- Oddbods Season 2 [Singapore, Anime, 2017] – Seven furry friends in Oddsville like to play and get into all sorts of mischief.
- Reply 1988 [South Korea, 2015] – Another popular drama in the Reply series, this drama follows five childhood friends as they struggle to find themselves and realize their dreams while finding love and maintaining their friendships.
- Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac Season 4+ [Japan, Anime, 1986] – Multiple seasons starting with season 4 of this popular anime series is coming!
- Save Me [South Korea, 2017] – Four young men come to the aid of a former classmate who is trying to rescue her family from the clutches of a religious cult.
January 10
Television
- Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame) Season 1 [Japan, 2020] – A lawman must travel to London as he tries to track down his assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to erupt in Tokyo.
- Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega [India, 2020] – Small-town young men who run a lucrative phishing scheme finds themselves over their heads as a dirty politician wants a cut and a copy will do everything to fight them.
- Scissor Seven Season 1 [China, Anime, 2017] – Formerly known as Killer Seven, this show follows a bungling scissor-wielding assassin as he struggles to regain his memories while getting caught in a power struggle between factions.
January 16
Movies
- NiNoKuni [Japan, Anime, 2019] – Love complicates the journey of two teens on a magical quest to save their friend and her counterpart from another world.
Television
- Handsome Siblings [China, 2020] – Hu Yitian, Chen Zheyuan, and Liang Jie start in this martial arts drama which follows twins who must face villains, romantic woes, and each other.
January 20
Movies
- Motichoor Chaknachoor [India, 2019] – An unmarried and unemployed man catches the eye of a Bhopal belle who sees him as her ticket out of India.
January 21
Movies
- K.D. (a) Karuppudurai [India, 2019] – An aging patriarch leaves home as his children plot his death to claim his inheritance. He comes across a spunky young boy who adds direction to his life.
January 23
Television
- The Ghost Bride [China, 2020] – In 1890 a young woman is forced to marry a dead man in exchange for her family’s debt to be erased. While trying to escape her fate, she uncovers a conspiracy larger than she thought possible.
- Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac Season 2 [Japan, Anime, 2020]
January 24
Movie
- A Sun [Taiwan, 2019] – A family must reckon with the aftermath of their younger son’s incarceration and a greater misfortune which follows.
January 27
Movies
Shimla Mirchi [India, 2020] – A man who finds himself tongue-tied around women lands himself in a pickle when he writes a love letter to his crush only to have it mistaken as a love letter to her mother.
January 28
Television
- Find Yourself [China, 2020] – Victoria Song plays an accomplished career woman dating a young man. She faces societal pressure because of her non-traditional relationship and work pressure as her work may be acquired by a different company. Enter an older man who acts as her mentor. Which choice will she make?
January 30
Television
- Ainori Love Wagon: African Journey Season 1 [Japan, 2019] – On a journey to find romance, seven strangers leave Japan to embark on a journey through Africa.
- What the Love! with Karan Johar [India, 2020] – Filmmaker Karan Johar mentors six people as they look for love.
January 31
Movies
- 37 Seconds [Japan, 2019] – A young manga artist with cerebral palsy finds herself trapped by society and family obligations. She goes on an unconventional journey for sexual freedom and personal liberation.
Television
- Itaewon Class [South Korea, 2020] – An ex-con and his friends try to make their dream of a street bar a reality.
Leaving Netflix in January
January 1
- Aajcha Divas Majha [India, 2013]
- Aata Pita [India, 2010]
- The Age of Shadows [South Korea, 2016]
- Badha [India, 2006]
- The Damned Rain [India, 2009]
- Devrai [India, 2004]
- Gunslinger Girl Seasons 1-2 [Japan, 2008]
- Hridaynath [India, 2012]
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun [India, 1994]
- Hum Saath-Saath Hain [India, 1999]
- Ideachi Kalpana [India, 2010]
- Kay Dyache Bola [India, 2005]
- Maine Pyar Kiya [India 1989]
- Maza Pati Karodpati [India, 1988]
- Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy [India, 2009]
- Radiopetti [India, 2015]
- Saheb Bibi Golaam [India, 2016]
- Sanai Choughade [India, 2009]
- Shahanpan Dega Deva [India, 2011]
- Time Please [India, 2013]
- Yanda Kartavya Aahe! [2006]
January 2
- Chittagong [India, 2012]
- Fandry [India, 2014]
January 15
- Operation Chromite [South Korea, 2016]
- Thong Dee Fun Khao/Broken Sword Hero [Thailand, 2017]
- Twisted Trunk, Big Fat Body [India, 2015]
January 23
- Iceman [China, 2014]
January 30
- The Lady in Dignity/Woman of Dignity [South Korea, 2017]
Good stuff coming that I really liked. I know when Save Me came jut, I swear I was the only one watching!!!
I’d also like to point out that the Chinese language drama “The Ghost Bride” is due to begin January 23 – this is an adaptation of the novel by Yangzee Choo, set in Malaysia in the original book