What are some good sad asian dramas?

1. Stairway to Heaven (천국의 계단) 2. I'm Sorry I Love You (미안하다 사랑한다) 3. Sad Love Story (슬픈연가)

I recommend Tree of Heaven... it has the actor Lee Wan and Park Shin Hye that played brother and sister in Stairway to Heaven..which btw is also the kind of drama ur looking for. Tree of Heaven Hana is a bright young girl who lost her father at a young age. When her mother returns to Japan, she comes with her new Korean husband and his son Yunsuh. Yunsuh’s mother died during his 10th birthday and after her death, he becomes autistic. While Hana is fond of her new step-brother, he wants nothing to do with her. When their parents leave on their honeymoon, Hana’s mother leaves the children with her deceased husband’s sister who will manage their inn during the trip. While they are gone, the aunt and her daughter Maya abuse Hana and make plans to sell the inn in order to pay for gambling debts and college. Despite all of this, Hana finds comfort in her brother who begins to open up to her and eventually speaks after his 20th Birthday and the day his mother passed away. Yunsush's mother died on the same day as he was turning 10, 10 years ago. As they start to have feelings for one another, Hana is afraid to love him. She soon leaves with her "senpai", Fujiwara Ryu, who also likes her. Later on, Maya gets jealous, and decides to make Hana's life even more miserable. Stairway to heaven Jung-suh and Song-joo grew up together. They were always there for each other. Tragedy begins when Song Joo begins his studies overseas without Jung-suh. Jung-suh's father remarries Tae Mira. Mira takes in her two children from a previous marriage, Tae-hwa and Yuri. Yuri is envious of the life that Jung-suh leads and is determined to take everything away from her, including Song-joo. Tae-hwa begins to develop feelings for his stepsister, however Jung-suh still loves Song-joo. Five years later, tragedy occurs when Jung-suh gets into a car accident causing her to lose her memory. Together with Tae-hwa, they start anew. Song-joo is led to believe that she is dead. However, when they meet again one day, he is determined to remind her of the love they had for one another. When fate finally seemed to be on their side, Jung-suh is diagnosed with eye cancer.

"A drama where the guy is rich and arrogant while the girl is poor/average but the guy starts having feelings for her?" ...'Shining Inheritance', definitely. (:

I automatically thought of "Stairways to Heaven" when I read your question. Saddest drama I've ever watched.

stairway to heaven its the saddest drama ive ever watched p.s. have a box of tissues next to you

Sad love story - Korean drama In elementary school, a young boy, Suh Joon-young (played by Kwon Sang-woo), meets a pretty little blind girl named Park Hae-in (played by Kim Hee Sun). At first, he seems to despise her, but as they become closer and closer they learn to fall in love with each other. Their childhood goes on and finishes in the first episode. Hae-in and Joon-young are always together, facing problems with Joon-young's mother, Hwa-jung, who won't stop trying to tear the two apart, for she likes Joon-young but he ignores her while Min-ho, who likes Hwa-jung, hates and detests Joon-young. Later on, they are separated even further under unfair consequences and just as they reunite after maybe a month or two, Hae-in moves to New York with her aunt and her new uncle. But luck is still not with them because of the uncle, Hwa-jung's ability to intercept any messages between the two and the horrible lie that Hwa-jung weaves that Hae-in faces, making her face away slowly from Joon-young and falls in love with another, Lee Gun-woo and the he is Joon-young's best friend after their first bad meeting. Everything soon leads to shock, realization, heartbreak and in some ways, betrayal. it's so sad :(

This is a movie, actually, but you should definitely consider "A Millionaire's First Love" starring Hyun Bin and Lee Yeon Hee. It's plotline is really similar to the one you mentioned, and the OST is so beautiful.