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Historical Korean Dramas & Movies
The Battle of Jangsari
A guerrilla army unit led by Captain Lee Myung Joon and 772 student soldiers, including Choi Sung Pil, are on the ship Moonsanho and their destination is Jangsari. Their mission...
The Long Way Home
Set during the Korean War and 3 days before a truce takes place. Nam Bok is a South Korean soldier who was a simple farmer before his conscription into the...
Secret Royal Inspector
Set toward the end of the Joseon era, Sung Yi Gyum places first in the state examination, landing him a position at Hongmungwan in the Administration and Research Department. Despite...
The Swordsman
Set during the chaotic period of the Ming-Qing dynasty transition, Tae Yul, the best swordsman in Joseon, lives in seclusion with his daughter Tae Ok in the mountains after failing...
Haechi
Set during the Joseon Dynasty period, four people from different walks of life come together to make Prince Lee Geum the King and reform the Saheonbu. The four people are...
Love, Lies
The story takes place in 1943, during the Imperial Japanese occupation of Korea. In the film, best friends Jung So Yul and Seo Yeon Hee are two of the last...
Faith
A 21st-century plastic surgeon Eun Soo gets unauthorized takingped and brought 700 years into the past for her healing powers. Goryeo era bodyguard to the king, General Choi Yeong is...
Yi San
This drama details the life of King Jeong Jo, Joseon’s 22nd monarch, who is remembered in Korean history as one of Korea’s greatest kings, one who loved the people and...
The Royal Tailor
Depicts the love lives, jealousies and desires of those that work within the Sanguiwon during the Joseon Dynasty period. The Sanguiwon are responsible for the attire worn by royalty. Dol...
The Slave Hunters
Chuno follows the story of Lee Dae Gil, a man of high birth, whose family was ruined when Won Ki Yoon, a servitude, burnt down his house and escaped with...
The Legend
This drama portrays the life of the 19th king of Goguryeo, Hwanwoong, who was sent from the heavens to make the world a better place. He falls in love with...
Hwarang
The names of just a few Hwarangs are recorded in history. Not many people these days truly know about Hwarangs. How did they start? How did beautiful looking young men...
The Age of Shadows
Lee Jung Chool once had connections to the Korean independence movement, but he now works as a police officer for the Japanese occupation’s forces. He receives an order to take...
Sungkyunkwan Scandal: Special
The two-hour movie is a re-creation of the 20 episodes of the drama. It also features recent interviews with the four main leads (Park Yoo Chun, Park Min Young, Yoo...
Bossam: Steal the Fate
A story of life and love that touches upon the oppression experienced by women and the impoverished. Ba Woo is a degenerate man who gambles, steals, fights, and hides his...
The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure
Join the adventure of a ship of tragic endous but merry misfits as they troll the deep blue sea for sunken treasure belonging to the royal family. Former bandit leader...
The Kingdom of the Winds
The drama about the life of Jumong’s grandson, Moo Hyul, who was born with a curse to terminate his parent, siblings, son and destroy Goguryeo. (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from...
Anarchist from Colony
Set in Korea under Japanese rule period. In 1923, an odd rumor spreads that around 6,000 Koreans are massacred after the Great Kanto Earthquake. In order to conceal this event,...
The King and the Clown
At the height of the 16th-century Joseon Dynasty, a pair of rural male actors – boisterous, macho Jang Seng and quiet, feminine Gong Gil – travels to Seoul and team...
The Emperor: Owner of the Mask
The story of a crown prince named Lee Sun who fights the Pyeonsuhwe society that holds absolute power over the kingdom and also controls the water supply by privatizing it....
War of the Arrows
Set during the second Manchu invasion of Korea, Nam Yi, the best archer in Korea, goes up against the Qing Dynasty to save his younger sister Ja In – who...
Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist
Yoo Se Poong’s legendary abilities as a physician are well-known in the royal palace. Nonetheless, he was expelled from the royal court when his involvement in a conspiracy against the...
May 18
Having lost his parents at a young age, Min Woo takes care of his younger brother Jin Woo much like a father would. He harbours a secret crush on Shin...
The Book of Fish
Jung Yak Jeon is a scholar and bureaucrat. He is exiled to the remote island Heuksando. There, he becomes fascinated with fish and decides to write about them. Jung Yak...