Japanese and Korean dramas have long been the benchmark of Asian dramas.
I have to admit -
Although domestic dramas have made great progress in recent years, there is still a big gap between excellent Japanese and Korean dramas.
Whether it is in the fineness of production or in the bold creativity of the subject matter, it is worth learning from us.
Not only that, but Thai dramas have always been able to launch surprise hits in recent years.
Let the current Asian drama market become more and more abundant and lively.
Today, Uncle Fish's list of plays summarizes a total of 10 classic masterpieces from Japan, South Korea and Thailand in 2020.
Interested aquarists, don't miss it -
NO.1 The Life of a Witty Doctor
Director: Shin Won-ho
Starring: Cao Zhengyi / Liu Yanxi / Zheng Jingtao / Kim Daung-dae / Tian Meidu
Douban score: 9.4
Medical care is the most beautiful figure in the epidemic.
Uncle Yu still remembers the scene of their late-night expedition in the news.
And medical dramas originally belonged to a popular category in the TV drama market.
This one, launched in South Korea last year, has become one of the most well-received works in Asia.
Director Shin Yuanhao + screenwriter Li Youting, the production team of this drama is top-notch.
The Korean drama god "Please Answer 1988" in the hearts of countless people is from the hands of their group.
This "Witty Doctor Life" also continues the style of simplicity and warmth, laughter and tears.
In order to write a good story script, the screenwriter was even sent directly to medical school.
Spend time with the students day and night, observing every bit of their daily lives.
Therefore, the portrayal of several medical graduates in this drama is so delicate and vivid.
In the face of life and death, they have times when they can't calm down.
After seeing the patient pass away in front of his eyes, he could not do anything, and could only use wine to dispel his sorrows:
"I'm not a doctor at all, I don't want to be a doctor."
They are human beings, and there will be times when they want to retreat.
Outside the hospital, they took off their white coats and returned to the lives of ordinary people.
There are joys and sorrows, full of life.
The show aired in March this year, which coincided with the outbreak of the epidemic in South Korea.
Virtual and real are intertwined, and this drama also reveals the ordinary and greatness of doctors for us.
Seeing such a group of good doctors, no matter who it is, is the best comfort.
The second season is already in the works, and Uncle Fish will continue to look forward to it.
NO.2 Naoki Hanzawa 2
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa / Kenta Tanaka / Sasuke Matsuki
Starring: Masato Sakai / Aya Kami , Haruka Ikawa / Ryoto Karai / Minei Imada
Seven years later, this man named Naoki Hanzawa has returned.
This is the well-deserved drama king of Japanese drama in recent years.
Remember the night in 2013, when Naoki Hanzawa season 1 finale.
With a rating of 42.2%, it set a record for the ratings of Japanese TV dramas in the Heisei era.
The highest instantaneous reach of 50.4%!
As soon as the second season began, the ratings were as high as 22%, and the Douban score rushed to 9.4.
It is still a workplace drama.
All the recipes are so familiar, but still so effective.
Ask your boss to apologize and kneel, then say the following:
for tat, double what you give back.
How cool.
This scene should resonate with many workers.
Naoki Hanzawa is like the ideal self in the eyes of a worker.
Work hard and do what you need to do, but at the same time you can say "no" to the unspoken rules of the workplace.
In the second season, Naoki Hanzawa faces more difficult problems and more powerful opponents.
But after all, it is a god-like man, who will only become more and more frustrated and courageous, and jedi will be born.
Although it is almost impossible for a real office worker to be as capable as he is.
But it can really be inspired by the spirit of Naoki Hanzawa.
Working hard doesn't have to be about getting rich.
It's about fighting for a breath —
Hitting workers is also dignified.
This is the charm that belongs to "Naoki Hanzawa".
NO.3 365: A Year of Reversal of Fate
Director: Kim Kyung-hee
Starring: Lee Jun Hyuk / Nam Ji Hyun / Kim Ji So / Yang Dong Geun / Lee Shi Ya
Douban score: 9.1
In the past two years, many Korean dramas have not been able to get rid of the curse of "rotten tail".
But the show maintains a high-open,high-going rhythm, rising from 8.6 to 9.1.
It tells the story of 10 people who travel back a year together and change their lives against the sky.
It sounds like a cool drama, just like when you take an exam, the teacher goes through the questions with you in advance.
Criminal Police Officer Ji Hyung-joo, in order to save his partner, chose to join the adventure.
But after bringing people over, he realized that he still had to face death threats.
Of the 10 people who once crossed together, three of them died unexpectedly.
Who knows their secrets and kills them again?
A tense and exciting reasoning unfolds.
This is also the most exciting part of the play.
Especially in the last two episodes, the identity of the real murderer is exposed, and Chi Hyung-joo uses his scheme to start a chase battle with the murderer.
But after the real culprit was caught, his life still did not return to peace.
He received a death notice letter.
Reversal and reversal, behind the scenes there are big bosses.
Just this one moment is enough to make Uncle Fish creepy.
Reboots, especially this year, have become so important.
But can our lives get better after the restart?
None of us know.
Maybe in the end, we find that the present is the last life.
Behind the suspense, this drama also has a deep portrayal of human nature.
Everyone was suspicious of each other and framed each other.
There is the smell of "all evil people".
Not reasoning for reasoning's sake.
Human nature and reasoning come together to deserve the best suspense drama of the year.
NO.4 The Secret Forest 2
Director: Park Hyun-seok
Starring: Cho Seung-woo / Bae Doo-na / Lee Joon-hyuk / Yoon Se-ah / Choi Moo Sung
Douban score: 9.2
The big hit three years ago is now back.
After the first season of "The Secret Forest" exposed corruption as a visible black hand, the second season began to target the judicial system.
This is the dark side that many people in South Korea do not see.
South Korea's judicial system is particularly dependent on its prosecutorial office system.
Prosecutors are extremely powerful and can lead all cases.
Up to the president, down to the common people, he is in charge.
But the power is greater, and some people in the system are not happy.
This man is the policeman.
I charge in the front, you eat and drink spicy in the back, and the credit goes back to you in the end.
Is there any other reason?
As a result, after Moon took office, the judicial system was reformed, and the police could finally sit on an equal footing with prosecutors.
The story of "The Secret Forest 2" is staged in this context.
The original male and female protagonists have thus changed from partners who fight side by side to rivals.
An invisible war spread between the two men.
Of course, Secret Forest 2 doesn't stop there.
This season's cases are no longer so big and so intricate.
Drowning cases of college students, cases of villa removal... It's all small compared to the prosecutorial bribery cases that shocked the nation last season.
But the small size of the case does not mean that the case is meaningless.
As one case after another unfolds, it targets practical problems such as campus bullying, chaebol control, and protection of officials and officials.
This is the wish of The Secret Forest —
For a better world, tear the illusory beauty to pieces.
NO.5 "17.3 On Sex"
Director: Hiroshi Kanai
Starring: Riko Nagaki / Rika Tanori / Shiori Akita / Rintaro Mizuki / Yoshiki Fujieda
This is almost a TV series dedicated to girls.
Girlish feelings are always poetry.
Girls' generation will always have all kinds of fantasies, which must include sex.
But both parents and teachers avoid such topics.
Whenever a girl plucks up the courage to ask, the answer is always:
"You're still young."
This play explores all things related to sex from the perspective of a young girl.comprehension.
Underwear, condoms, masturbation, STDs...
But these topics are not discussed to attract attention or curiosity.
It is to correct the sexual cognition of young girls and help them find their true selves.
Why do girls wear makeup, hair removal, and miniskirts?
Why cater to boys?
This soul question is not only for young girls, but also for many people to think about.
This drama is also not a boring educational drama, but is full of delicate depictions of feelings.
The girl's first experience of uneasiness, accidentally breaking her mother's surprise and entanglement in using a massage stick...
All of them are vividly expressed in the play.
Compared with the large-scale depictions of sex in other dramas, "17.3 About Love" is much pure and interesting.
Such a plot is also more in line with the traditional concepts of many Asian countries.
It is a sugar wrapped in the coat of school, and every adolescent child should not refuse.
And for adults, this is the lesson we have left behind.
Now, it's time to make up.
To be continued...