Uprising 2024
Två barndomsvänner under Joseon-dynastin – en herre och en tjänare – möts som fiender i efterdyningarna av ett krig.
Två barndomsvänner under Joseon-dynastin – en herre och en tjänare – möts som fiender i efterdyningarna av ett krig.
Filmen börjar med att den konspirerande drottningmodern genom sina ränker låter mörda sin styvson och tillika kungen av Joseon. Hon sätter sin egen son på tronen och styr riket via denne. Sonen, Seong-won, förälskar sig dock i sin halvbrors concubin. Detta blir upptrappningen till en maktkonflikt inom kungahuset där alla tycks vara fiender med alla. Parallellt med detta står concubinens före detta älskare, eunucken Kwon-yoo. Denne dras snart in allt djupare i intrigerna.
Olycka, förräderi och en besynnerlig upptäckt. I det här specialavsnittet av Kingdom söker en kvinna hämnd efter att hennes klan och familj dödats.
Filmen handlar om Slaget om Myeongryang, där den legendariska amiralen Yi Sun-sin ledde endast tolv sydkoreanska skepp mot 300 stycken invaderande fartyg från Japan.
En komedi baserad på den kända sydkoreanska folksagan Chung Hyang. Filmen lägger dock till en twist och ställer frågan vad som skulle hända om den rike Lee Myong-ryong istället var attraktiv. Under hans uppvaktande av Lady Chung Hyang använder båda sina tjänare för att kommunicera...
En koreansk filmatisering av Choderlos de Laclos berömda 1700-talsroman, som också resulterat i filmer som "Valmont" och "Farligt begär". Historien om makt, sex och intriger har flyttats från 1700-talets Frankrike till Korea under Chosun-dynastins slutskede. Den oemotståndliga Lady Cho övertalar Cho-won, en kvinnotjusare, att förföra den unga Soh-ok som är hennes mans älskarinna. Cho-won har dock helt andra utmaningar i sikte.
Under andra Manchu-invasionen av Korea attackeras en manchuriska soldater och kidnappar Ja-in på hennes bröllopsdag. Hennes bror Nam-yi som är en av landets starkaste bågskyttar ger sig efter manchuerna för att rädda Ja-in.
Kung Gwanghae har varit kung de senaste 8 åren och han misstänker nu att någon inom det kungliga hovet kommer försöka sig på att förgifta honom. Som svar beordrar kungen sin rådgivare Heo Gyun att hitta någon som liknar honom och kan spela hans dubbelgångare på tronen.
When the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret.
Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who led the Joseon Navy to a myth of invincibility during the Hideyoshi invasion, was a true soldier and leader who struggled to protect people. Drama Yi Sun-shin is not a biography of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, nor does it inetnd to reconstruct a part of the Joseon Dynasty that existed in the 16th century. This drama will merely look into many human beings, incliuding Yi Sun-shin, who underwent an extreme situation. It is not just a historical drama series. It’s rather about human nature that makes both of the war and peace. It is a Korean version of “War and Peace” in 21st century. No hero has ever been sent by heaven. He has emerged as one ultimately after undergoing a lifelong process. Drama Yi Sun-shin is designed to shed a new light upon him as a human being.
"The Great King, Sejong" is a full-scale political drama describing how King Sejong and his loyal retainers cooperate and contrive to make his dynasty a better place. While King Sejong was on the throne, the Joseon Dynasty enjoyed increasing prosperity. The drama shows the dramatic processes of how so many new cultural heritages have been devised. At that time, "Hangul", the native phonemic alphabet system for Korean language was first invented and introduced. Before it was made, Chinese characters had been used for a written communication, which makes it extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn and use. "Hangul" is easy to learn for its simple and scientific principles. Other than "Hangul" itself, there had been so many cultural heritages during his regime including a rain gauge, a sundial, an hourglass to name a few. Also, King Sejong’s pragmatic diplomacy is concentrated in the drama. Then, the Joseon Dynasty was facing a powerful Ming dynasty of China, and King Sejong demonstrates the essence of pragmatism with dignity.
This drama depicts the turbulent period spanning from the reign of King Taejo (born Lee Seong Gye), the founder of the Joseon dynasty, to King Sejong.
Drama depicts the dramatic life of historical figure Heo Joon, who wrote the oriental medical textbook "Donguibogam" and became physician for King Seonjo.
Yi San, also known as Wind of the Palace, is a 2007 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Seo-jin, Han Ji-min, Park Eun-hye, and Lee Jong-soo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from September 17, 2007 to June 16, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55. The series was produced by Lee Byeong-Hoon, who also produced award-winning television series Dae Jang Geum. It won "Top Excellence Acting Award" for Lee Seo Jin and "Best Actress" for Han Ji-min at MBC's Acting Awards.
Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.
The ambitious success stories of 6 people surrounding Prince Lee Bang Won, and the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon, the man instrumental in helping King Taejo establish the fledgling Joseon nation.
Set during the reign of King Sukjong in the Joseon dynasty, the story focuses on Dong Yi, a water maid who gains the trust of Queen Inhyeon and later the favour of the king when he is moved by her prayers for the health of the Queen during the court disputes caused by Jang Hee Bin. Dong Yi becomes a concubine with the rank of sook-bin and bears a son who will later become the 21st king of Joseon, Yeongjo.
Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, a romance takes place between cold-hearted Gyun-Woo and Princess Hyemyung who causes troubles.
Fair Princess Jungmyung lives a life of the highest privilege, until her half-brother Prince Gwanghae executes the rightful crown prince and usurps the throne. Exiled from court, Jungmyung goes under disguise as a man and learns to adapt to life as a commoner — never forgetting Gwanghae's wrongdoing. But amidst rampant corruption throughout the kingdom, can Jyungmyung exact her vengeance, restore order and take back her rightful place in the palace?
Set during the period of the 1894 Donghak Peasant Revolution against the Japanese, the drama tells the story of two half-brothers, one illegitimate and low born, and one, part of the pro-Japanese ruling elite, who find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
Set during the Joseon Dynasty period, the series follows three people from different walks of life who came together to help Prince Lee Geum claim the throne and reform the Saheonbu.
In the modern age, Jang Bong-hwan is a chef who works for the country's top politicians at the Blue House. He has a free spirit, but he one day finds himself in the body of Queen Cheorin in the Joseon period.
A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.
While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.
Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong (Kim Sang Joong),detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the samevein as “Jung Do Jun”(who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced AdmiralLee Soon Shin.
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
Queen Insoo focuses on the fierce power struggle among three women in the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty.