Drive is an American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race. Minear has described the show's thematic tone by saying "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from Cannonball Run to The Game to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels. Ours is all those things."
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
Women: Stories of Passion is a dramatic series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas.
The episodes were based on stories of love, and passion from a woman's point of view.
Ippei Ohmori, "the worst man in Japan" who hates his family and children, and aspires to become a politician. While trying to improve his image to win the election, Ippei gradually comes to face his family problems and eventually stands up to change society as well.
Swadheenta, a lawyer, falls in love with an honest IAS officer, Adarsh Sinha. However, their relationship has to go through several tests, the reins of which are in the hands of his mother, Suhasini.
The adventures of the marshal of the carabinieri Giovanni Rocca, played by the great Gigi Proietti. Definitely one of the most successful Rai fictions ever, the series, after the first eight episodes broadcast in 1996, went on for six seasons, ending only in 2008. For over a decade the investigations and the private life of the marshal of Viterbo , born from an idea by Laura Toscano, have fascinated the television audience, making them become attached to characters such as the beautiful pharmacist Margherita (Stefania Sandrelli) or the brigadier Cacciapuoti (Sergio Fiorentini).
New female teacher became a target of a trouble making gifted student's bullying. But their confrontations soon developed a romantic undertone and they began to have a secret affair that played fast and loose with their feelings.
During the difficult period from 1937 to 1945, two generations of three intellectual families in Peiping make choices and sacrifices in the face of great turmoil and changes of the times.
Some people choose to protect Chinese culture and continue the cultural bloodline. There are both idealists and realistic activists. They try their best to save the nation and survive, and actively search for a way out for the country, and finally head towards the light.
Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of the Northmen including all their customs, values, and morals. Watch the young priest struggle with an emotional and psychological turmoil as he balances his faith in both God and Odin, revels in bloodshed then is haunted by memories of combat, and then recognizes the personalities of his barbarian family and understands that they, though pagan, are human beings.
The Kitahara Kickers are a soccer who struggle to win a game, with a run of 22 consecutive losses. But then a newcomer joins the team whose attitude brings back the passion for soccer that his teammates have forgotten.
Can one life and two hearts be saved? Qiao Jia-en and her boyfriend, Wang Xiu-kai, return to Taiwan from overseas to reunite with her estranged wealthy father. But when the couple gets into a car accident, Jia-en suffers a concussion and memory loss while Shu-kai becomes brain dead. Jia-en’s friend, Zhao Ai-li, takes advantage of the situation and takes Jia-en’s place in meeting with Jia-en’s father and assumes her place in a privileged life. Meanwhile, when pastry chef Xing Shao-tian collapses at a banquet, he needs an immediate heart transplant and ends up receiving Shu-kai’s heart. When Shao-tian fatefully meets Jia-en, he is drawn to her. So is Shao-tian’s half-brother, Duan Ruo-fan. Can Shao-tian help Jia-en regain her memory and her rightful place in life?
Maging Sino Ka Man was a critically acclaimed Filipino primetime drama series that premiered on ABS-CBN on October 9, 2006. Book 1 ended on May 25, 2007. Due to its success, a sequel was aired on December 10. The same year, the drama series ended.
It tells the story of villagers from Ningxia who migrated and built Minning Town from scratch.
The government wants to build the rural housing land and encourages the farmers of Xiji Country to migrate or relocate. However, the conditions of the desert are too harsh. The villagers who moved there mostly left the second day. Ma Defu tries his best to get the villagers to stay and build the Minning Town. In 1996, the Party Central Committee made a strategic plan to promote counterpart cooperation between the East and the West, which identified Fujian counterparts to promote poverty alleviation work in Ningxia. As time passes, Minning Town was given a new lease of life.
J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June 1988. The series follows cornpone-spouting Jerome Jeremiah "J.J." Starbuck, a billionaire Texan who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts. He drives a flashy limousine with steer horns on the hood and a horn that plays "The Eyes of Texas," and spouts a steady stream of folksy homilies.
The Zu Mountain Saga was a loose sequel to The Gods and Demons of Zu Mountain (蜀山奇俠) that aired in 1990.
The story take place a hundred years after The Gods and Demons of Zu Mountain. Evil has been reborn in the Zu Mountain, who is ostracized by his village, as a demon. He meets Yu Ying Nam and Wo Mei Pai and from there they face many challenges that would question evil and good.
The organization to which agent C9 Yue Siu-Kiu belongs is eradicated. Lonesome Siu-kiu encounters vegetable vendor Ko Tai-king. After getting married, she takes care of her father-in-law Ko Au, big sister-in-law Ko Ching-lai, younger brother-in-law Ko Tai-kiu and stepson Ko Hei-long, who collectively make up a dysfunctional family. She has become a proper housewife after five years. Siu-kiu’s former partner B3, who had escaped death, abruptly shows up to ask Siu-kiu to help find the culprit behind the demise of their organization. While Siu-kiu is keeping Tai-king in the dark, she simultaneously takes care of her family and carries out spying activities. But she does not perform well in either job. Black Hole, a terrorist group, goes after Siu-kiu as her identity is exposed. To protect her family, she bravely confronts Black Hole. Some shocking truth is also uncovered in the process, forcing Siu-kiu, Tai-king and their chums to engage the terrorists in a duel!