Asian Dramas Like The Split

Same energy. Different language. These Korean, Chinese, and Japanese dramas share the exact DNA of The Split — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of story.

2018 TV Show Drama Romance Legal
10 Asian Drama Matches
12 eps JTBC Legal Drama Romance

Shin Sung-han is the best divorce attorney in Korea, a man who approaches the end of marriages with the precision and compassion of a surgeon. When a musician he's drawn to becomes…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: divorce and family.

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Queen of Divorce

30% match
12 eps KBS Romance Drama Legal

A top-tier divorce lawyer who has helped countless couples split up starts questioning her own cynicism about marriage when she's hired to handle the most emotionally complicated c…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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18 Again

23% match
18 eps JTBC Romance Fantasy Comedy

A middle-aged man on the verge of divorce wakes up 18 again and must decide if he wants to reclaim his past.

If you loved The Split's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, 18 Again delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — marriage and family — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

16 eps SBS Romance Drama Melodrama

Ha Young-eun is the head designer at a Seoul fashion company — composed, excellent at her work, and clear about what she wants and doesn't. Yoon Jae-guk is a photographer based in …

If you loved The Split's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Now We Are Breaking Up delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. Same sophisticated and emotional energy throughout.

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40 eps Tencent Video Romance Drama Legal

Qin Shi is a talented lawyer who needs to appear married to advance at the law firm where she works. Yang Hua is a tech millionaire who needs to appear married to satisfy a busines…

The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

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Witch's Court

20% match
16 eps KBS2 Legal Crime Drama

A ruthless, self-serving prosecutor who handles sexual violence cases gets an unlikely partner — an idealistic, naive male prosecutor — and together they take on cases she once onl…

The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Why Her?

20% match
16 eps SBS Legal Romance Drama

Korea's most ruthless lawyer — known for winning at any cost — crosses paths with an idealistic law student whose moral clarity forces her to question everything she's built her ca…

The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.

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Emergency Couple

19% match
21 eps tvN Medical Comedy Romance

Oh Chang-min and Oh Jin-hee were married, had a spectacular implosion, and divorced. Six years later, they're both starting medical residencies at the same hospital. In the same ER…

If you loved The Split's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Emergency Couple delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — divorce and second chances — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

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12 eps JTBC Romance Drama Comedy

Two people who both want a divorce are forced to navigate the process together — except they're not each other's spouses. Kang Yoon-woo is trying to divorce his wife, and Choi Jung…

If you loved The Split's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Can We Be Strangers? delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — divorce and identity — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

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I Have a Lover

19% match
38 eps SBS Romance Drama Melodrama

Choi Jin-eon and Han Jung-hoon were once married, but the death of their child and professional betrayal ended them. When Choi Yoon-gi — a woman with no memory of her past — begins…

If you loved The Split's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, I Have a Lover delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — marriage — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Asian Dramas Like The Split: FAQ

What K-drama should I watch if I like The Split?

If you love The Split, start with Divorce Attorney Shin or Queen of Divorce — both share the same Drama and Romance DNA. DramaMatch found 10 Asian drama matches total.

Is there a Korean version of The Split?

The closest Korean equivalent to The Split is Divorce Attorney Shin (2023), which scores a 30% match on DramaMatch. Both navigate the same emotional territory: divorce and family.

Where can I watch Asian dramas like The Split?

Asian dramas similar to The Split are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. DramaMatch shows the exact streaming platform for each recommendation so you can start watching immediately.

Why do The Split fans like K-dramas?

The Split fans tend to love K-dramas because Korean drama storytelling delivers the same emotional intensity, strong character arcs, and genre-blending — especially Drama and Romance. K-dramas often tell tighter, season-long stories without filler episodes.

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