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The film centers on Iwao Shishido, who at age forty suddenly leaves his rural village, but returns with a foreign bride during his father's funeral. What follows is a descent into intercultural marital conflict, lechery, satyriasis, cheating and tragedies.

~~ Adapted from the manga series "I Love Irene" by Arai Hideki.

With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from opposing countries. The film is a love story set in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture on the Japanese island of Shikoku against the historical backdrop of the Russo-Japanese War. The movie is centered around the romance between a Russian officer, a war prisoner in Matsuyama, and a Japanese nurse who find themselves on opposing sides of the war. It is a kind of "Romeo and Juliet story of the Russo-Japanese War". The movie is a Japanese/Russian co-production and also features Russian actors. The Russian prisoner of war is played by Rodion Galyuchenko, while the Japanese nurse is played by Abe Junko.

Kanami, an office worker, and a cram school teacher were planning to go on a trip to Taiwan together, but due to influenza at their workplace, there were not enough teachers and the trip was canceled. Kanami travels to Taiwan alone. Then she meets Woo Shun in a taxi. After that, when her passport was stolen, she meet Woo Shun again and stays at his guest house.

A dusty diary forgotten for half a century ties Chen, a Chinese expat in Indonesia, to a local woman named Nova. As a buried love affair from 50 years ago is unveiled, so is that of the increasing intimate young couple. Both relationships cross boundaries of nation, religion and culture. Chen and Nova may look every bit the perfect pair, yet their affair is fraught with obstacles and challenges of all kinds. Will they be able to transcend the differences? Will love win?

In the age of globalization, where mobility is often accompanied by rootlessness, many couples struggle to find a way to stay connected, both with each other and with whatever place they once called home. Such is the case with Arthur and Vivian. A Parisian immigrant, whose visa is set to expire soon, Arthur has spent the past four years with Vivian, a once-famous actress who moved to Paris to escape the hectic life of a celebrity. With his time in the city drawing to a close, Arthur would love nothing more than to have Vivian join him as he begins his round-about journey home. Committed to her own career, Vivian isn’t eager to agree to Arthur’s request; leaving them both to ponder their own desires, both as individuals and as a couple.

Just as Arthur and Vivian struggle to define the terms of their relationship, Amanda, a recently married American step-mom struggles to find her place within her new family. Trying to find a way to cope with the emotional ups and downs that come with marrying a Japanese widower, Amanda isn’t sure if she’ll ever find a way to step out of the shadow of her husband’s late wife. While Amanda tries to find ways to fit into her new life, June and Palm, contemplate starting a new life of their own. Currently living in Bangkok, the couple have an opportunity to relocate to America but June isn’t sure if leaving home is really the best idea.

Each faced with their own struggles of identity and belonging, three different couples must decide what it is they want most and where in the world they truly feel at home.

An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
1952 Japan a former American Army Captain Nick Lowell is in an Osaka prison where he saves Kiyoshi, a yakuza, from being hung to death. This meeting starts Nick down the path of becoming a fellow brother in the Shiromatsu yakuza family.

Hyunhaetan Marriage War is co-production between South Korea and Japan. Dae Cheon and Takako are lovers who decide to get married. However, Dae Cheon's father, who is a fishing boat captain, dislikes the Japanese while Takako's father has an unfavorable opinion of Korea. So Dae Cheon teaches Takako how to talk in a heavy, folksy Korean accent and tells her to limit what she says to his father to only four words. He then introduces Takako to his father under the name "Choi Do Ja", which is a girl's name in Korea. Thinking that Takako is Korean, his father approves of their marriage. But later on, Dae Cheon's father learns that Takako is Japanese and becomes infuriated...

In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating rights for the Taiwan High-Speed Rail. Tada Haruka has been working at the general trading company for 4 years and she is sent to Taiwan for work. When Tada Haruka was a university student, she visited Taiwan for the first time during the summer. During that time, she happened to meet a young Taiwanese man Eric and he showed her Taiwan for a day. She lost contact with him after that and she could not find him again. She then sealed away her thoughts about him in her mind. 6 years later, Tada Haruka arrives in Taiwan again.

~~ Adapted from the novel "Ru" by Shuichi Yoshida.

It's a 13-episode CTS adaptation of a Japanese manga called Gangster Patisserie. The adaptation will involve a female Japanese college student who runs away to Taiwan and gets involved with a reformed young hoodlum who just got out of jail after five years. Turns out his old gangster boss lost his wife to an illness and has decided to turn over a new leaf and become a legit businessman by starting a bakery that employs all his former gang members. His beloved deceased wife's daughter from her previous marriage is the Japanese girl and she arrives in Taiwan looking for her mom, and ends up living with her step father, who dreams of being a master baker but sucks big time at baking. The entire gang of misfits all live and work together, and heartwarming hilarity ensues

The story is centered on the love between a musically gifted South Korean man, Yoo Sung Jae, and a Japanese woman, Misaki. Misaki, who feels guilty over her boyfriend's death, is transferred to Korea and meets Seong Jae who helps her cure her wounds of the past memories with love.

'Lia' is an Indonesian university student who studies in Korea. 'Yong' is a Korean boy who loves cook and has a crush on 'Lia'. Yong's especial way to win 'Lia''s heart is now available on our webdrama, 'Lunch Box'!

Japan and Korea's biggest names star in this big-scale drama. Nishijima Sho is a Japanese detective whose father was murdered in Korea when he was still a boy. In hopes of discovering the truth behind his father's death, Sho is working undercover in a huge secret organization. Choi Yuna is a Korean woman who visits Japan in search of her missing father. She opens a Korean restaurant with her younger sister, but soon faces the mercy of fate. The couple meets in a corner of Tokyo and falls in love. But what waits ahead of them. A "rondo" of fate, love, and history is about to begin.