2025 MDL Asian Drama Challenge Watchlist Part 1

Short Film

Duration: 8 minutes

Completed 01/22

Drama with less than 10 episodes

Episode Count: 6

Completed: 01/21

Movie that is more than 180 minutes

Duration: 267 minutes (4 hours and 45 minutes)

Completed: 01/20

Drama with more than 25 episodes

Episode Count: 40

Completed: 02/09

Drama that has more than 1 season

Number of seasons: 2 seasons and 1 special

Completed: 02/05

Watch a drama

Compeleted: 01/19

Watch a Movie

Completed: 02/12

Watch a Special

Completed: 01/08

Watch a TV Show

Note: Re-watched episodes 1-2

Completed: 01/05

Watch an Anthology

Completed: 02/06

Watch a title with less than 1000 watchers

Number as of watchers: 120 as of completion

Completed: 01/22

A Title that was rated below 6.0

Rated: 5.9 as of completion

Completed: 01/19

A Title with a lead that is in the top 50 on the Leaderboard

Who?: Xiao Zhan was #2 as of completion

Completed: 01/22

A Title with a lead who is not in the top 50 on the Leaderboard

Who?: Kang Ta was not on the Leaderboard at all as of completion

Completed: 01/29

A Title at is in the top 100 popularity in its country

Popularity Rank: #20 in Japan as of Completion

Completed: 02/05

A title that has not been reviewed as of starting/completion

Completed: 01/09

A title that has more than 100 reviews

Number: 146 as of 02/02

Completed: 02/12

A title that was mentioned in an article or editorial

Article/edit title: 21 Best Korean Movies of 2024

Completed: 01/09

A title that was mentioned in a game

Title: Which ThamePo Character are You?

Completed: 03/07

A Title with a Lead that has a Fanguide on MDL

Who?: Chae Jung Hyeop

Completed: 01/10

A title with a City or the word City in its name

Completed: 01/07

A title with a Cityscape on its poster

Completed: 01/05

A title that features a city views in its intro

Completed: 01/03

A title that was filmed in a city you wish to visit

Where?: Tokyo, Japan

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 02/14

A title that was filmed in a city in the continent you live in

Where?: New York City, New York, USA, North America

Completed: 02/13

A title that a lead/supporting character is/was/training as a Doctor/Nurse/Ambulance Worker

What: Most of the leads are in university to be a doctor

Note: Re-watched episodes 1-13

Completed: 01/27

A title that a lead/supporting character is a firefighter

What: Most of the leads are firefighters

Completed: 02/13

A title with a lead/supporting character who is a cop/detective

Who?: ML is a detective

Completed: 02/13

A title with a lead/supporting character is a teacher

Who?: ML is a North Korean Studies teacher

Completed: 01/15

A title with a lead/supporting character who is a maintenance Worker/park attendant/ traffic director

Who?: ML was a traffic director in the beginning of the movie

Completed: 01/20

A title who a main/supporting character is a sex worker or a host

Who?: Most of the leads are host

Completed: 01/05

A title who a main/supporting character is a convenience/night market worker

Who?: FL's grandma is a convenience store worker

Completed: 01/09

A title with a main/supporting character who is a court official or office worker

Who?: ML is a Duputy Minister

Completed: 04/10

A title with a main/supporting character who is a performer or celebrity

Who?: Most of the leads are from a former boy band (one is a idol-turned-actor)

Completed: 01/18

A title with a main/supporting character who is a lawyer/advisor/politician 

Who?: ML is a lawyer

Completed: 01/07

An Architect spotted

Who?: Male lead

Completed: 01/02

A Construction Worker spotted

Who?: Male lead worked as a construction worker. It was one of many job that the ML gets fired from because he would fight back against harassment from his bosses

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 01/21

A Bank Attendant spotted

Who?: a random character since the plot is a Bank heist

Completed: 01/22

A truck driver spotted

Who?: Female lead's father

Completed: 01/02

A real estate agent spotted

Who?: One of the female leads was one before moving to the penthouse

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 03/10

Group of delinquents or gang members spotted

Who?: Random gang gangs up on one of the MLs in the US

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 03/22

A person sitting alone spotted

Who?: The female lead was sitting alone as she does her live streams

Completed: 01/06

A politician or victim handing out flyers

Who?: Parents of FL's friend handed out flyers of her when she was a kid because she was missing

Completed: 04/28

A group of people dancing or exercising in a park

Who?: FL lead and her co-worker friends dance the Zumba at the end of the movie

Completed: 01/18

Students in uniforms spotted

Who?: Both leads  since it takes place in high school

Completed: 01/07

Dead body spotted

Who?: A lot of dead bodies 

Completed: 01/01

A person hiding from the law or debt collectors

Who?: Both female leads ran from the Japanese Military (takes place during the Japanese Occupation in Korea)

Completed: 01/18

A Main character playing hide and seek

Who?: All main cast (they are kids)

Completed: 01/23

A Main/Supporting Character burying something (body, evidence, treasure, etc.)

What was buried: Peonies

Completed: 01/23

A spy or secret agent spotted

Who?: Spoiler**** The Male Lead

Completed: 01/27

A Main character attending a prayer ritual

Who?: Both leads were at the same temple praying before they officially met

Completed: 01/27

A Main lead trying new food

Who?: FL tries new food at a fancy restaurant during a date

Completed: 01/23

A main lead seeing the view through a moving vehicle

Who?: Both leads in a car

Completed: 01/23

A main lead stargazing

Who?: The Male Lead and his cat

Completed: 01/22

A Main character on the rooftop

Who?: Both leads were having a conversation on the rooftop

Completed: 01/08

A Main character involved in a wedding

Who?: The Male Lead is a wedding planner

Completed: 01/27

A Main character involved in a festival

Who?: Both leads were at the Gion festival

Completed: 01/15

A Main character involved in a graduation or inauguration 

Who?: The Male Lead was in an inauguration as he was introduced to his new work place

Completed: 01/24

A main character involved in a funeral

Who?: It is the female lead's stepfather's funeral. The ML is a funeral makeup artist who handled the funeral

Completed: 02/01

A main character involved in a date

Who: various contestants in various episodes

Completed: 01/07

Food in bag spotted

Where: various episodes

Completed:  02/14

Food cart or truck spotted

Where: food/coffee truck in various episodes because it was the concept

Completed: 01/10

dine-in restaurant spotted

Where: the leads meet in a cafe for book exchanges

Completed: 01/27

Rice or Noodle dish spotted

What: Noodles

Completed: 01/22

traditional food spotted

What: various like kimchi and I think army stew

Completed: 04/10

Inter-country relationship

Completed: 02/05

Long distance relationship

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 02/24

Friendship relationships

Completed: 01/07

Family Relationship

What: Family Relationship tag

Completed: 01/04

Heterosexual or same-sex relationship

Which one?: Heterosexual

Completed: 01/02

street or public music performance spotted

How?: The ML does a public dance to help out with the FL's job

Completed: 01/18

Athletic Competition spotted

Which one: Various competitions that test the strength of the competitors. Running to  courses to lifting heavy objects

Completed: 01/06

A club, saloon or bar spotted

What: A person was interviewed in a bar

Completed: 01/15

A tradtional performance spotted

What type: Kabuki

Completed: 01/11

Someone shopping spotted

Who: All leads in AN.Jell were grocery shopping to make the FL better. Also the female lead goes shopping with the 2nd ML paying for everything.

Note: 3rd time re-watched

Completed: 02/02

Globe or map spotted

What: Globe

Completed: 01/08

A postcard or letter spotted

What: postcard

Completed: 01/22

Souvenir spotted

what: Fl got a souvenir to remember her date with then her fake-husband

Completed: 01/20

Photograph or picture spotted

What: Photos. 

Completed: 01/09

Suitcase or trunk spotted

What: One of the female leads had a suitcase by her side as she was calling someone.

Completed: 01/07

Cityscape or Skyline spotted

What: Cityscape in the beginning of the movie (in view of a window)

Completed: 01/15

A Historical Monument spotted

What: Hachiko Memorial Statue

Completed: 01/08

Signage spotted

What: One of the characters gets thrown against one during a fight

Completed: 01/19

Other Languages or Dialects have been spoken

What: One of the MLs spoke German and English

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 02/07

City light spotted (it can be neon lights, laterns, etc.)

What: Neon lights (I believe it was episode 3)

Completed: 01/05

A Main character going out of town 

Who: Both leads going on a date

Completed: 01/07

A main character has an item of passage (a badge for an office, plane ticket, letter of introduction, etc.)

What: Main FL has a badge to enter her job (entertainment industry)

Completed: 01/23

A main character riding some type of public transportation (bus, taxi, rukruk, train, subway, etc.)

What: a couple of the main characters rode a bus

Completed: 02/05

a main character asking for directions or getting lost

who: almost all of the main characters got lost because they had to use a hand-drawn map, not GPS during the whole trip

Completed: 02/09

A goodbye scene before a main character leaves

Who: the Male lead's family says goodbye to the female lead and her father as they leave the house

Completed: 02/10

A main/supporting character is a flight attendant

Who: The female lead

Completed: 01/23

A main/supporting character is a tourist guide

Who: The female lead

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 05/24

A main/supporting character is a taxi driver/tuktuk driver/bus driver/Rickshaw driver

Who: The female lead is a bus driver

Completed: 01/08

A main/supporting character is a hotel concierge 

Who?: Female lead

Completed: 02/22

A main/supporting character who is/did study abroad

Who?: Female lead was from America, who studies in high school in South Korea

Note: Re-watched

Completed: 01/10

Main character spotted in a village

Completed: 01/15

Main character spotted at a beach

Completed: 01/29

Main character spotted in a mountain or desert

Where?: various scenes in the mountains

Completed: 01/16

Main character spotted in space

Completed: 01/30

Main character spotted out at sea

Completed: 01/15