AStory explained

AStory Co. Ltd.
Native Name:	(주)에이스토리
Type:	Public^[1]
Industry:	Korean drama
Founded:	in Seoul, South Korea
Hq Location:	361 (Sangam-dong), World cup buk-ro, Mapo District
Hq Location City:	Seoul
Hq Location Country:	South Korea
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	Lee Sang-baek (CEO)
Services:	TV series production
Profit:	-->
Profit Year:	-->
Owner:	As of April 2019:^[2]

AStory is a South Korean drama production and marketing company based in Seoul. It was established in 2004 by Lee Sang-baek, a former producer for Mnet and SM Entertainment, together with his friends: drama writer Choi Wan-kyu and director You Chul-yong.

List of works

As production company

Scripted

Year	Title	Original title	Network	Notes
2006		Korean: 하이에나	tvN
2007	Air City	Korean: 에어시티	MBC TV	with HB Entertainment
2008		Korean: 종합병원 2	MBC TV	with MOPLUS
2010	Cinderella's Stepsister	Korean: 신데렐라 언니	KBS2		^[3]
	I Am Legend	Korean: 나는 전설이다	SBS TV
		Korean: 결혼해 주세요	KBS2
2011	Baby Faced Beauty	Korean: 동안미녀	KBS2
	Scent of a Woman	Korean: 여인의 향기	SBS TV
	Protect the Boss	Korean: 보스를 지켜라	SBS TV	with Protect the Boss Production Partners
2012	The King's Doctor	Korean: 마의	MBC TV	with Kim Jong-hak Production
2013	You Are the Best!	Korean: 최고다 이순신	KBS2
	Who Are You?	Korean: 후아유	tvN
	Medical Top Team	Korean: 메디컬 탑팀	MBC TV
2014	My Lovely Girl	Korean: 내겐 너무 사랑스러운 그녀	SBS TV
2015	The Family is Coming	Korean: 떴다 패밀리	SBS TV
	Last	Korean: 라스트	JTBC	with JTBC Studios
	Love on a Rooftop	Korean: 오늘부터 사랑해	KBS2	with Curtain Call Inc.
	Second 20s	Korean: 두번째 스무살	tvN	with JS Pictures
	Because It's the First Time	Korean: 처음이라서	OnStyle
2016	Signal	Korean: 시그널	tvN
	Five Enough	Korean: 아이가 다섯	KBS2
	Fantastic	Korean: 판타스틱	JTBC
2017	Queen of Mystery	Korean: 추리의 여왕	KBS2
2018	Queen of Mystery 2	Korean: 추리의 여왕 2		with Queen of Mystery 2 Production Partners
	The Miracle We Met	Korean: 우리가 만난 기적
	100 Days My Prince	Korean: 백일의 낭군님	tvN	with Studio Dragon
	Kingdom	Korean: 킹덤	Netflix		^[4]
2019	My First First Love	Korean: 첫사랑은 처음이라서	Netflix		^[5]
2019	Love with Flaws	Korean: 하자있는 인간들	MBC TV		^[6]
2020	Kingdom 2	Korean: 킹덤 2	Netflix		^[7]
2020	Cheat on Me If You Can	Korean: 바람피면 죽는다	KBS2		^[8]
2021	Jirisan	Korean: 지리산	tvN	with Studio Dragon and Baram Pictures
2022	Extraordinary Attorney Woo	Korean: 이상한 변호사 우영우	ENA
2022	Big Mouth	Korean: 빅 마우스	MBC TV	with Studio Dragon and A-Man Project
2023	The Kidnapping Day	Korean: 유괴의 날	ENA	with KT Studio Genie	^[9]
2023	Like Flowers in Sand	Korean: 모래에도 꽃이 핀다			^[10]
2024	Crash	Korean: 크래시			^[11]
Secret Love Tales of Soosung Palace	Korean: 수성궁 밀회록
	Shaman (working title)	무당
	People of the Blue House (working title)	Korean: 청와대 사람들	KakaoTV	with Kakao Entertainment	^[12] ^[13]
	Something Happened in Bali	Korean: 발리에서 생긴 일		remake with Victory Contents	^[14]

Non-scripted

Year	Title	Original title	Network	Notes
2021	Saturday Night Live Korea	Korean: 새터데이 나이트 라이브 코리아	Coupang Play	with Broadway Video and NBCUniversal Global Distribution
2023	Whiteout	화이트아웃	ENA
Idol Show (working title)	Korean: 아이돌쇼
Idol Show (working title)	The Weak Cannot Survive!		Korean: 약한 자는 살아남을 수 없다!

As script provider

Year	Title	Original title	Network
2007	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Korean: 이산	MBC TV
2008	The Kingdom of the Winds	Korean: 바람의 나라	KBS2
2009	Iris	Korean: 아이리스	KBS2
2010	Dong Yi	Korean: 동이	MBC TV
2010		Korean: 아테나	SBS TV

As production proxy

Partnerships

Soundtrack production and distribution

kakao M (primary partner)
Plus Media Entertainment
KVI Multitainment Indonesia

References

Hyunseok Lee

Notes and References

http://www.a1news.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3402 [신규상장] 에이스토리, 드라마 제작사
Web site: http://www.thebell.co.kr/free/content/ArticleView.asp?key=201904150100028810001777&lcode=00. ko:'킹덤'의 에이스토리, 가파른 성장…IPO 청신호. www.thebell.co.kr.
Web site: 2022-07-10 . ko:전지현 '지리산'에서 길 잃은 에이스토리, 박은빈이 구했다 . https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/268GWRMH1A/GA0101 . 2023-10-08 . . ko.
Web site: Kim. Su-bin. BAE Doo-na Confirmed for 6-episode Netflix Drama Series Kingdom. April 11, 2018. October 20, 2017. Korean Film Biz Zone.
Bn3YpzvAYXW. 유가네 아홉번째#첫사랑은처음이라서#은지대신은지#날씨가좋아#싱숭생숭 @eunjiyaaa__ 아는와이프 잘 보내고 오렴. miraziyo. September 18, 2018. March 20, 2021. ko.
Web site: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/stock/view/2019/06/405979/. ko:'킹덤' 에이스토리, 증권신고서 제출…7월 코스닥 상장. June 11, 2019. Maeil Kyungje.
Web site: Netflix Extends Unreleased Korean Series 'Kingdom' for Second Season (EXCLUSIVE). Sonia. Kil. July 16, 2018.
Web site: If You Cheat, You Die (Korean Drama - 2020) - 바람피면 죽는다. HanCinema.
Web site: Ha Soo-jeong. '유괴의 날' 윤계상·박성훈·김신록, 드림팀 연기 포텐 터진 대본리딩. OSEN. Naver. June 14, 2023. November 8, 2023. ko.
Web site: Ha Soo-jeong. November 8, 2023. ko:씨름 신동 장동윤 ENA 살리나..'모래에도 꽃이 핀다' 12월 20일 첫방. https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0004961557. OSEN. ko. November 8, 2023. Naver.
Web site: ko:'우영우' 제작사 에이스토리, 라인업 발표...글로벌 활약 예고. 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' production company AStory announces lineup...Global activity preview. https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=018&aid=0005481429. Naver. Edaily. ko. Kim. Ka-young. May 9, 2023. February 27, 2024.
Web site: https://www.filmmakers.co.kr/filmmakersWanted/11196082/page/2?category=2361255. ko:필름메이커스 커뮤니티 - 그립팀원 구합니다~!.
https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/entertain_photo/2021/08/26/EATLE5NGW4I5Q2Z3Y3VPAEVOBE/ [단독] '대통령 전문' 차인표, 정치풍자 시트콤 '청와대 사람들' 주인공
News: http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=22241900&cloc=. ko:[단독]'발리에서 생긴 일', 14년만 리메이크 확정. Kim. Jin-seok. December 28, 2017. Ilgan Sports. April 11, 2018. Korean.