Nam Sang-mi plays widowed police officer Lee Sun-ae who finds herself suddenly immersed into international espionage by Han Yoo-il (Dennis Oh), an undercover agent. Lee Joo-hyun plays Kang-Jun, who's recently transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department. He opens an old case involving Sun-ae's past that leads him to an entanglement between the current political/economic powers and their secrets. One of them, oddly enough, being Han Yoo-il. Who is this man? Why is he here?
These two are just weirdly similar. Most obvious similarity is of course the actress who plays the FL, Yoo In Na.
These two also feature a love triangle with the FL, the ex-husband, and the current flame (husband, in the case of TSWLM). In both, reason for the divorce of the FL and ML was somehow a misunderstanding/communication error, and the second male lead is really a good person as well, and shows that he really does care about the FL.
There is also some degree of mystery to both, since there is a murder that they need to solve and a criminal that they need to pursue. The FL in both is a strong woman who handles her own business/department and gets things done, although how she deals with her love life is a bit questionable.
These two also feature a love triangle with the FL, the ex-husband, and the current flame (husband, in the case of TSWLM). In both, reason for the divorce of the FL and ML was somehow a misunderstanding/communication error, and the second male lead is really a good person as well, and shows that he really does care about the FL.
There is also some degree of mystery to both, since there is a murder that they need to solve and a criminal that they need to pursue. The FL in both is a strong woman who handles her own business/department and gets things done, although how she deals with her love life is a bit questionable.
Welcome to the next generation of POLICE STORY! The once famous but now disgraced Inspector Chan and his new rookie partner, Frank, are headed towards an action-packed showdown with a sadistic punk gang. It's a new breed of criminal for sure, but never count out an old pro when it comes to solving the twists and using his fists!
Yuri Maroev is a secret agent and assassin from the Ural Republic sent along with his brother on a mission to Japan. Once in Japan, he meets systems analyst Mashiro Rieru and uses her high-level security access to get top-secret information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His pretense of romance turns into genuine feelings of love, as Rieru falls deeper into the intricacies of Yuri's fateful covert operations.
Funny man Nick Cheung Ka Fai and heartthrob Louis Koo Tin Lok are teamed up by producer Wong Jing in action filled comedy film spun out from the gambling genre he helped to create. Internationally acclaimed director Tony Ching Siu-Tung does excellent job making Cheung and Koo look like highly skilled martial artists. Cheung plays a low rent gambler with a typically huge ego who seeks out a legendary gambler, played by Koo, who dropped out of sight several years earlier. Involvement of Japanese production funding and the casting of Yasuaki Kurata mandates that various Tokyo locations are used for international flavor while the various plot intrigues play out.
Tadaomi is a former yakuza boss, but he now works as the CEO of Rasuto Finance. He works with Tsukasa and they spend their days giving hard time to debtors. One day, Minami Irabu appears in front of Tadaomi. She is his ex-girlfriend from 10 years ago. Her husband went missing after falling into debt. She turns to Rasuto Finance to help find her husband.
In both shows:
> The ML has a secret identity.
> There's a focus on company espionage.
> The Main Leads where in a relationship but something happened that made them separate at the start of the drama.
> The FLs are actively trying to seek the truth about the "dire fate" of someone they loved.
> There's a love triangle between the ML x FL x 2ML.
> The ML has a secret identity.
> There's a focus on company espionage.
> The Main Leads where in a relationship but something happened that made them separate at the start of the drama.
> The FLs are actively trying to seek the truth about the "dire fate" of someone they loved.
> There's a love triangle between the ML x FL x 2ML.
In both shows:
> One of the leads is an undercover agent. In TSWLM it's the ML and in Vagabond it's the FL.
> The leads team up to uncover the truth of a tragedy that affected one of them. In TSWML the tragedy involves the loss of a loved one for the FL, in Vagabond the ML loses a loved one.
> The lead with the hidden identity comes clean to the other lead, allowing them to work together.
> There are plenty of action and fight scenes.
> There is a love triangle involving the ML x FL x 2ML.
> One of the leads is an undercover agent. In TSWLM it's the ML and in Vagabond it's the FL.
> The leads team up to uncover the truth of a tragedy that affected one of them. In TSWML the tragedy involves the loss of a loved one for the FL, in Vagabond the ML loses a loved one.
> The lead with the hidden identity comes clean to the other lead, allowing them to work together.
> There are plenty of action and fight scenes.
> There is a love triangle involving the ML x FL x 2ML.
In both shows:
> The ML has a secret identity and meets the FL under false pretenses.
> There's a past connection between the leads.
> The ML is a prominent fighter and wants to keep the FL safe.
> The ML's job always puts him in danger.
> The ML feels lonely and seeks solace in the FL.
> The FL decides to help the ML with his case/job/objective.
> The ML has a secret identity and meets the FL under false pretenses.
> There's a past connection between the leads.
> The ML is a prominent fighter and wants to keep the FL safe.
> The ML's job always puts him in danger.
> The ML feels lonely and seeks solace in the FL.
> The FL decides to help the ML with his case/job/objective.
Shoji Taishi is a new third-generation lawmaker who comes from a family of politicians and had a sheltered upbringing. The womanising and not particularly intelligent Taishi and his actress wife, Kurosawa Yui, who got her big break through a drama series, have been married for five years. They act like a happily married couple for the sake of their work and public image, but their marriage has already broken down. Taishi and Yui barely have a conversation except when live streaming on social media and do not even see each other at home. Although they have grown disenchanted in their marriage, they cannot get divorced immediately due to pressure from their families and endorsement deals. The couple have no choice but to unite with the unshakeable goal of breaking up.
