Korean Independence Korean Dramas & Movies

Malmoe: The Secret Mission (2019)

Malmoe: The Secret Mission

Rank #1234

Set in the 1940’s when Korea was under Japanese occupation. Korean people were banned from speaking their own language during that time. Pan Soo has been imprisoned several times and...

The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

Rank #1864

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...

The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019)

The Battle: Roar to Victory

Rank #2120

Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert...

Jejoongwon (2010)

Jejoongwon

Rank #2874

Jejoongwon is the first modern hospital in Korea established in the Joseon era in 1885. Baek Do Yang is a nobleman who gives up his status to enter its ranks....

Hero

Hero

Rank #35840

An Jung Geun is a fighter for the Korean independence movement. Seol Hee used to be a court lady for Queen Myeongseong, but, after Queen Myseongseong was criminalated by the...

A Resistance (2019)

A Resistance

Rank #39353

At 17 years old, Yoo Kwan Soon participates in the Korean independence movement when the country is under the rule of Japan. Yoo Kwan Soon is arrested and sent to...

Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong (2019)

Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong

Rank #41890

A true story about Uhm Bok Dong, a Korean hero, and the winner from the time when Japan held a bicycle race in order to take over Korea during the...

The Peak (2011)

The Peak

Rank #43992

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...

Modern Boy (2008)

Modern Boy

Rank #55815

Set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1937, “Modern Boy” tells the story of Hae Myeong, a government general who falls in love at first sight...

That Day: Korean Independence (2016)

That Day: Korean Independence

Rank #99999

The reason Korea is able to be a part of the world’s economic power is because of the independence fighters who gave up their lives to reclaim the country that...

Blazing Fists (1977)

Blazing Fists

Rank #99999

In the Wajima Coal Mine in Hokkaido, two gangs, Tagejiro and Sennos, are abusing Korean miners. Having heard of this, Kang Wook learns of the miserable lives of Korean miners...