Best Mystery Asian Dramas | Oppadrama

Oldboy

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In 1988, businessman Oh Dae-su is intoxicated on his daughter’s birthday and abducted from the street. Imprisoned in a hotel-like room for fifteen years with only a television for company, he is suddenly released without explanation and given five days to discover the identity and motive of his captor.

Decision to Leave

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Detective Jang Hae-joon investigates the suspicious death of a man who fell from a mountain peak. The prime suspect is the dead man’s enigmatic Chinese wife, Song Seo-rae. As Hae-joon conducts surveillance, an intricate psychological game of mutual attraction and suspicion develops between them.

Shoplifters

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In Tokyo, a poverty-stricken makeshift family relies on shoplifting to make ends meet alongside grandmother Hatsue’s pension. After discovering Yuri, a shivering girl locked out on an apartment balcony in freezing weather, they take her into their cramped home, until an unforeseen incident tests the fragile bond holding them together.

Drive My Car

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Two years after the unexpected death of his wife, theater director Yusuke Kafuku receives an offer to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. Assigned a quiet 20-year-old chauffeur named Misaki Watari to drive his vintage red Saab 900, Kafuku gradually confronts painful unresolved mysteries from his marriage.

The Medium

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In the rural Isan region of Thailand, a documentary crew follows Nim, a local shaman possessed by the benevolent goddess Ba Yan. When Nim’s young niece Mink displays bizarre, increasingly violent symptoms, what began as a study of heritage turns into a horrifying battle against ancient malevolence.

The Untamed

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Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are two talented young cultivators from different prominent sects. While Lan Wangji upholds strict righteousness, Wei Wuxian turns to dark demonic cultivation to protect the innocent. Reborn sixteen years after his tragic death, Wei Wuxian reunites with Lan Wangji to unravel the sinister mystery behind his downfall.

Word of Honor

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Zhou Zishu, leader of an elite imperial assassination window, quits by driving seven Nails of Torment into his own body, leaving him with three years to live freely. Wandering the martial world disguised as a beggar, he meets Wen Kexing, the enigmatic master of the murderous Ghost Valley.

Reset

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College student Li Shiqing experiences death multiple times when Bus 45 explodes on a bridge. Realizing she is trapped in a temporal loop, she pulls passenger Xiao Heyun into the time anomaly. Together, they investigate fellow passengers to stop the bombing and break the endless cycle of death.

Story of Kunning Palace

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Jiang Xuening stopped at nothing to become the Empress of Kunning Palace, trampling sincere hearts and causing widespread devastation until a palace coup forced her to take her own life. Granted a second chance at youth, she resolves to avoid the royal palace entirely, only to become the student of the dangerous Imperial Preceptor Xie Wei.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

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Woo Young-woo possesses an extraordinary IQ of 164, an encyclopedic memory of legal statutes, and a deep love for marine life, but struggles with social cues due to autism. Hired by top law firm Hanbada, she approaches cases with out-of-the-box thinking, winning over skeptical colleagues and clients.