Historical Fiction Korean Dramas & Movies
Jeong Do Jeon
In the late 14th c, Goryeo. damaging action of power and bribery made people leave the government offices and only the corrupted people are left in the high offices. When...
Byul Soon Geom
The story revolves around criminal investigation and forensic procedures in the late Joseon era, following the activities of an undercover special task force that was established to counter the increasing...
The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won
A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang Won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation. (Source: Naver)...
Drama Special Season 5: Vengeful Spirit
Based on the Japanese colonization, a pro-Japanese moves into a house away from the independence movement and experiences horrible things there....
The Peak
For 35 years of the Japanese colonial period, Joseon had been in pitch-darkness. Even amid the darkness, Yi Yuk Sa wrote poems to send messages of hope to those who...
Queen Insoo
Queen Insu (1437~1504) was the wife of king Deok Jong and a daughter of Hanh Wak, the second state councilor. Since the 2nd year of Sung Jong’s reign, she was...
The King’s Woman
This drama centers around Lady Kim, a scheming concubine, and the events from the reign of King Seon Jo to Prince Gwang Hae, which were filled with acts of immorality...
The Great Ambition
Si Young is the first son of Park Hee Chan and knows the truth about why his father insisted that he must take over the family business. He is a...
Radio Days
In April 1933, Korea’s first radio station JDOK is set for its inaugural broadcast. The radio station is under the control of the Japanese, who occupy the country. The goal...
The Map Against the World
At a time when maps weren’t readily accessible to the public, ‘Gosanja Kim Jeong Ho’ sets out to walk across the Korean peninsula to make the Daedongyeojido – the Great...
Heung Boo: The Revolutionist
Yeon Heung Bu is an author of popular novels. He writes a novel to find his lost older brother. Heung Bu then meets Jo Hyuk. Jo Hyuk is a nobleman...
The Great King’s Dream
Story about Kim Choon Choo, who led the unification of three ancient kingdoms – Goguryeo, Baekjae and Shilla – and achieved the restoration of Shilla Kingdom. This drama has interpreted...
Behead the King
“10th years of King Seongjong’s reign, great ruler by day and tyrant by night” King Seongjong, who is well remembered by history, is evaluated as the king who led the...
Drama Festival 2013: Rebellious
A drama about some men who suffer the unjust because of the caste system and corrupt government....
The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War
The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character. Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seon Jo’s reign in...
The Owl
A story about the death of So Hyeon, who returned from the Qing Dynasty in the Joseon Injo period. (Source: Daum)...
Emperor Wang Gun
This drama is about Emperor Wang fire-arm, the founder of the Goryo Dynasty....
Bichunmoo
It is 14th century Yuan Dynasty China, the country is under Mongolian rule and the star-crossed lovers, Jin Ha and Sul Lie, the illegitimate daughter of a Mongolian commander, are...
Sangdo
This is a story exploring the moral of a trader and the value of the wealth. The popular writer Choi In Ho tells a story about the legendary Korean merchant...
The Flower Girl
The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned,...
Age of Warriors
This drama is set in a tumultuous time in Korean history, where warriors led by Jung Joong Bu, Lee Ui Bang, Lee Go and Chae Won rose in rebellion against...
The Wedding Day
“The Wedding Day” is a recreation of “A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng”, a comical play by Oh Yeong Jin. The first Korean film to win an international film award....
The Showdown
Set in 1619 in Manchuria China, three Korean soldiers survive a deadly battle between Chinese and Korean forces. The soldiers were coerced to come to China by the Ming Dynasty....
The Last Comfort Women
A story of young Korean, Japanese and Chinese women being taken by force to serve as comfort women to Japanese soldiers....