Prayer Beads, also called "omoinotama" or "nunju" in Japanese, are the small wooden beads strung on a loop used in Buddhist worship. The number of beads is typically 108, corresponding to the 108 earthly desires or sins that the beads have the power to extinguish. "Prayer Beads" is a series of 9 episodes of 30-minute dramas strung together, with the characters in each episode designing one thread of fate. The short independent episodes are skillfully linked together to become one story. The protagonists' dreams and fears and feelings about this life are all taken up and spun around to reach a dramatic conclusion in the final story.
The genius detective Shi Wuming is forced to team up with the imperial guard leader Su Xuelou to track down "Xuanfeng Tianjun" after an impersonation leads him into a major serial case in the capital; despite discovering they are the children of sworn enemies, they eventually put aside their vendetta to uncover the true mastermind amidst a web of political intrigue.
The young code breaker Karnell works in the Swedish intelligence service during the Cold War. Having cracked a secret code he is drawn into a conspiracy that stretches throughout the Baltic Sea. It turns out that there is a leak codenamed Ramona within the organization and now they have to stop Ramona before it wrecks havoc.
Young man Wei Sisi worked hard to support himself after losing all his memories. One day in an accident, he somehow obtained an ability with which he could see the memories of the dead. A series of events coming right after it made him aware that he had been involved into a well-designed conspiracy. His past was also gradually uncovered...
Nares, the secondary heir of Phunara Golf Club, must return to Thailand urgently because his half brother Narin, has vanished. He meets Sai, his brother's personal assistant, who is his unforgettable first love. Together, they embark on the journey to solve his brother's disappearance.
Mennen Tullen is a four-part parody mini-series created by Studio Julmahuvi. It aired on YLE between 2000 and -01. Though created in a form of a serious murder-mystery it is in fact a dark comedy with occasional absurd elements, technology and conventions.
The cast of characters are from Julmahuvi's various fictional cop-series and there are also other references to Julmahuvi's previous productions.
Nasser Kazemi is a well-known criminal who lost his memory due to a blow to his head caused by an accident. After this accident, Nasser found a different personality and when he sees that everyone is afraid of him, he tries to make up for his mistakes, but his friend Dawood explains to him that they are working for a drug trafficking gang whose boss That, Mohandes is a very cruel person, they were working and...
Children are disappearing one after another in the city. Parents are desperate, the police are convinced that they will return on their own, and there are not enough volunteers for all of them. What if the children are kidnapped for a specific purpose? The case is taken by Oksana Koshkina, nicknamed Cat, who recently returned to the police. It seems that the missing children are part of a larger scheme that involves many parties. The deeper Oksana dives into the case, the more she realizes the scale of the disaster. And the sharper her own memories from the past hurt her.
The series revolves around an attempt to recruit a girl named Samia Fahmy (Mena Shalaby) for the Israeli intelligence, but the opposite happens, she informs the Egyptian intelligence and decides to cooperate with them.
Early 20th century. Polina arrives at a girls' boarding school on a mysterious island to find her sister who disappeared under strange circumstances. Polina's investigation is complicated not only by conflicts with other girls and the imperious mentor Zakharova but also by a strange obsession that drives the girls mad, one after another. Polina needs to find out what happened to her sister without losing her mind in the process and get off the island which is sinking in the abyss of insanity.
Elle and her son Rowan are on the run. Is this twisted mother and son relationship a bizarre case of extreme Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or is Rowan a dangerous supernatural creature?
When Tori emerges from the shadows of Malini's past to exact revenge for the latter's wrongs, Malini dashes to protect everything and everyone she holds dear!
A tranquil vacation of four friends at a hillside village takes a sinister turn, when they unwittingly incur the wrath of an ancient deity, Devi Parnashavari.