topic: babies raised by others. In this drama the ML receives her 5 years old daughter. He didn't know about her existence. The mother left her to be raised by him. He's a famous actor and he doesn't care about his daughter. He pays a caretaker to raise her and they fall in love.
I add this drama because of the topic of babies raised by others that maybe family or not. In My Lucky Star, the FL was raised by his uncle because her parents died.
His ex-boyfriend betrayed her: he got married and his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The wife died and the ex-boyfriend became a widower. The baby needed a heart transplant and he committed a crime to get money. He went to jail and the FL decides to raises her as her daughter.
His ex-boyfriend betrayed her: he got married and his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The wife died and the ex-boyfriend became a widower. The baby needed a heart transplant and he committed a crime to get money. He went to jail and the FL decides to raises her as her daughter.
Lovers who decided to break up their relationship due to a conflict of interest get reunited after 10 years of being apart. They both love each other and were each first love but the wounds of the past were too painful: he felt guilty because of what he did in the past to the female lead and she was angry at him.
Another biographical film about the writer Xiao Hong, one of China's most famous essayists and novelists,
A drama about revenge service done by specialists: they help victims to seek revenge on their offenders.
Women who take the blame for their boyfriends, end up in prison being falsely accused and also pregnant. They give birth and bring up their sons in prison.
Based on a highly popular webtoon, “Strangers from Hell” tells the story of Yoon Jong Woo, an aspiring novelist who moves to Seoul and unexpectedly finds himself caught in a hell created by other people.
Sorum is a horror movie about a poor taxi-driver that moves into a creepy apartment. His apartment was formerly occupied by a writer who burned to death in his room.
Another story about cross star lovers between different countries. "Apolitical Romance" is about a Chinese granddaughter looking for his Grandmother first love in Taiwan.
Peppermint Candy shares the same structure and tone as Cities of Last Things. In the Korean film, major events in Korean history influenced his central character’s tortured soul.
In Ash is Purest white, film director Jia Zhangke uses the same narrative technique : going backwards in time to the most important moments of main female protagonist.
If you want to see another film that uses the same technique -a film that moves back in time in a triptych of pivotal days- but sequentially you can watch Jia Zhangke's Mountains may depart.
