Ever wonder what it might be like to step into a totally different world? Experience it through the characters in these dramas and movies – from sliding back in time to swapping bodies and more.

Pulled into the Unknown

JTBC

The lives of Choiseong Group chairman Kang Yong Ho (Son Hyun Joo) and newly-signed Choiseong FC soccer player Hwang Jun Hyeon (Lee Jun Young) are forever intertwined when Jae Seong (Jin Goo), the chairman’s son, hits Jun Hyeon with his father’s car while trying to cover up evidence of his and his twin sister Jae Gyeong’s (Jeon Hye Jin) embezzlement. The subsequent injury ends Jun Hyeon’s soccer career before it starts, and he’s expected to pay back a 400 million won penalty fee. Furious, he confronts the chairman, but in a horrific twist, both of them end up falling down the stairs – and when Chairman Kang wakes up, he’s inhabiting Jun Hyeon’s body. Faced with this unprecedented situation, the chairman decides to shake up the company and expose his children’s misdeeds by posing as a genius new employee, with help from Bang Geul (Lee Ju Myoung), his youngest daughter.

Reborn Rookie

After serving the Jin family and Soonyang Group faithfully for years, Yoon Hyeon Woo (Song Joong Ki) is embroiled in their succession battle and tragically murdered as collateral damage. Miraculously, fate gives him a chance to exact his revenge when he finds he’s brought back in time inside the body of Jin Do Jun, the youngest grandson of Jin Yang Cheol (Lee Sung Min), the CEO of Soonyang Group. Using his new identity and knowledge of the future, Do Jun plots a hostile takeover of the Soonyang Group. Will Do Jun succeed in his revenge and find his murderer? Based on the webtoon of the same name by San Kyung, this 2022 South Korean drama series was directed by Jung Dae Yoon.

Reborn Rich

🥊Reborn to Avenge Team🎯

TVING

After his father's death, Kang Sung Jae (Park Ji Hoon) enlists in the military, hoping for an escape from the pain of his daily life. However, a mysterious virtual screen appears in front of him one day, informing him that he's started a quest to become an army cook. Despite having minimal experience, Sung Jae dutifully takes on his missions, assisted by Yoon Dong Hyun (Lee Hong Nae), a senior chef who's terrible at his job. As Sung Jae completes his tasks across the base, he levels up as a chef – but soon discovers that his quests are also leading him to uncover dangerous secrets that might be related to how his father died. This drama was adapted from the web novel of the same name by Jay Robin.

The Legend of Kitchen Soldier

Jiang Yi (Zhang Xin Cheng), the aloof leader of a popular boy band, struggles with emotional expression due to his parents' separation. Entertainment reporter Yu Sheng Sheng (Liang Jie) is his polar opposite - outgoing and friendly. When they are involved in an accident, they mysteriously swap bodies, forcing each to navigate the other's life. Suddenly, Jiang Yi experiences the relentless media attention Yu Sheng Sheng faces, while she deals with the pressures of being a pop star. As they work together to manage each other's lives, an unexpected romantic connection begins to develop between them. Their body-swapping adventure challenges their perceptions of each other and themselves, raising the question of whether they will ever return to their original bodies. This is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Wang Zheng.

The Day of Becoming You

👫 Another Me 💞

A male chef who works at the South Korean presidential residence is transported from the present day to Korea’s past, where his soul ends up in the body of queen-to-be Kim So Yong (Shin Hae Sun) shortly before her marriage to King Cheol Jong (Kim Jung Hyun)! As Queen So Yong gets acquainted with her new life, she realizes that conspiracy is afoot in the kingdom, as the real Kim So Yong had an mysterious accident before the wedding and a scheming matriarch is trying to take advantage of King Cheol Jong’s kind nature, although he has secrets of his own. Can So Yong help right the wrongs going on in Joseon? This 2020 South Korean period drama series was directed by Yoon Sung Sik and Jang Yang Ho.

Mr. Queen

The Royal Team 👑

Struggling jobseeker Go Mi Ran (Won Jin Ah) and TV producer Ma Dong Chan (Ji Chang Wook) agreed to an experiment that promised a cash payout in return for spending 24 hours in cryogenically-frozen sleep. However, upon waking up, they’re shocked to find they’ve been frozen for 20 years! With their bodies unaged but the world around them drastically different, they must navigate their new lives in the future while keeping their body temperature low, as any rise could be fatal. As they grapple with their new reality and unravel the mystery behind their extended slumber, unexpected romance blooms between them, threatening their very survival. Will they overcome the heat of their budding relationship and uncover the truth behind their 20-year freeze? This 2019 South Korean drama series was produced by Shin Woo Cheol.

Melting Me Softly

While Akihito Kano (Kotaro Daigo) was originally a technical worker, he was transferred to the sales department. A year later, he still struggles to fit in with his colleagues, particularly with Seiji Ogami (Daisuke Nakagawa), the ace of the sales department, whom he both admires and is envious of. On a night of a full moon, Akihito stumbles across a shrine, where he finds an old mirror with a mysterious message that the person who looks into the mirror will see their true self. After Akihito wishes to stand on equal footing with Seiji, he's suddenly surrounded by mist, and he awakens in a world that looks just like his – but his colleagues treat him warmly, and Seiji looks at him with affection. Can Akihito use this opportunity to confront his true feelings about Seiji and learn how to let others in? This drama is adapted from the novel of the same name by Sachi Umino.

Love Begins in the World of If

🌀Another World, Another You

After enduring tragedy and struggles as a child, Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won) made a successful career for herself as a stuntwoman, although she has little patience for nonsense. When she meets narcissistic and arrogant CEO Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), she despises his attitude, but he feels strangely drawn to her in a way he can’t explain. Joo Won tries to win Ra Im over, but she rebuffs his advances, uninterested in the showy things he has to offer her. Their adversarial relationship takes an absurd turn when their souls swap, and they’re forced to act in each other’s lives while they try to find a cure for their conundrum – but neither of them could've expected that their body-switching would lead to falling in love.

Secret Garden

SG Team

Princess An Tu (Lam Thanh My) is the youngest daughter of the retired emperor in 1285, during the Vietnamese Tran Dynasty, known for her beauty and kind heart. She and Prince Tran Ton (Hai Nam) are deeply in love, but they both know that their royal duties would eventually break them apart. While fleeing with Tran Ton on the day of her arranged wedding, she sacrifices herself to save his life after they are pursued into a dangerous situation. Unexpectedly, she awakens – but the year is 2021, and she's somehow ended up in the body of Khanh Tien (Oanh Kieu), a snobbish but talented and beautiful A-list actress. As An Tu tries to understand the modern world, Khanh Tien's CEO Nhat Nam (also played by Hai Nam) finds his actress' sudden change in behavior strange and suspicious, but secretly prefers her kinder attitude. How will this affect An Tu, Khanh Tien, and Nhat Nam's lives?

Dear My Princess

👑  Princess in Prada 👠

A brilliant brain surgeon is tormented in his own time period and then thrust into the past. Jin Minakata (Takao Osawa) is a brain surgeon who has been grieving for the past two years because his fiancée has been in a coma after a surgery that he performed to try to save her. But his life is turned upside down one day when he tries to catch a runaway patient and is accidentally transported back to the Edo Period. There, a samurai attacks Jin, but a man named Kyotaro Tachibana (Keisuke Koide) saves Jin’s life. When Kyotaro suffers a head injury in the process, Jin in turn saves his life despite the rudimentary equipment he has to work with. Kyotaro’s sister, Saki Tachibana (Haruka Ayase), is drawn to the mysterious Jin and becomes his assistant in the Edo time period. But can Jin survive in this dangerous era and figure out a way to return to his former life? “Jin” is a 2009 Japanese drama series based on a manga by Motoka Murakami.

The Time Travelers Team 

Huang Yu Xuan (Alice Ke), a pregnant woman with a seemingly perfect life, experiences a life-altering accident that leaves her in a coma. Li Zi Wei (Greg Han), believing she might be someone significant, presents a mysterious cassette tape that could aid her recovery. The tape unexpectedly transports Huang Yu Xuan through time, revealing a complex series of interconnected time loops involving her, Li Zi Wei, and Mo Jun Jie (Patrick Shih). Across multiple reincarnations and timelines stretching back to 2001, the characters repeatedly encounter each other, struggling to save one another in a cyclical narrative of love and fate. As they navigate these temporal shifts, they must determine whether their deep connection can break the mysterious time loop or if tragedy is inevitable. This is a 2022 Taiwanese movie directed by Huang Tien Jen.

Someday or One Day: The Movie

Tencent

Yang Xiao Xiao (Li Zi Xuan), a 26-year-old struggling with modern beauty standards, unexpectedly time-travels to the Tang Dynasty after wishing to escape her current life. She finds herself in the body of Yuan Wan Er (Li Zi Xuan), a frail young woman who has been unable to attract suitors. Excited by the opportunity to experience a time where her body type is celebrated, Xiao Xiao embraces her new life and begins to navigate the complexities of the historical period. As she adjusts to her new environment, she encounters an intriguing gentleman who catches her eye, adding unexpected romantic complications to her adventure. Her journey becomes a delightful exploration of beauty, self-acceptance, and unexpected opportunities across different eras. This is a 2021 South Korean romantic comedy drama directed by Zhang Ke.

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