Historical dramas. History that includes fantasy romance, surprising events, and also some real historical events based on the history of Korea.

Korean Historical Dramas

A Crown Prince Jung Hyeon is close to the noble scholar Sung Yeol. Unfortunately, their relationship had been cursed by the evil of Gwi, a vampire that quenches his thirst for lust through the consumption of royal ladies' blood. Centuries later, Sung Yeol bumps into a traitor that dresses up as a man and turns her into his very own bookseller. This time, he's out to find the unfinished business of his closest ally against the wrath of Gwi. He is joined by Ho Jin, Soo Hyang, and Yang Sun in his fight. They face heartbreaks, betrayals, and a lot of bloodsheds.

The Scholar Who Walks the Night

The Hot BloodSuckers Team

Eun O, a son born out of wedlock of the former Chancellor Kim, travels around the nation as he is interested in nothing, even women, money, or fame. Since his childhood, Eun O has been able to see and talk to ghosts, and this ability has bothered him so much. Eun O meets A Rang, a clumsy, brazen, yet lovely ghost. A Rang strives hard to find out who she was when she was alive, only to face despair. But she teams up with Eun O, a district magistrate, clears up cases one by one, and gets close to a big shocking truth.

Tale of Arang

Marang

Within the Moonlight Garden resides a majestic creature that led to the birth of Kang Chi. He's a Gumiho who doesn't know about his abandoned past. He meets a quirky woman who dresses up as a man. They fall in love and fight the battle of love, curses, and the fact that they're of different origins. The journey to their peace takes forever, but the love that forms between them makes each step worth fighting for.

Kangchi, the Beginning

The Gumiho Lovers Team

Based upon a comic set during the Joseon period, this historical/action Korean drama centers around political intrigue in the court, resulting in the decimation of the Baek Family. The youngest son survives due to a renowned swordsman\u2019s help and becomes a fierce warrior.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo

⚔The New Joseon Warriors ⚔

After being found in 918, the kingdom of Goryeo faced a critical existential crisis when the powerful Yuan dynasty tried to subjugate them. In the fictional setting of this drama, a warrior living in the timeline of Goryeo meets a plastic surgeon living in the present day. The plastic surgeon gets kidnapped by the warrior who got an order from the king to find a doctor who can cure the fatally injured queen. The two individuals who were not meant to coexist are brought together to fight their way through the ordeals on the land of Goryeo. The warrior makes a promise that he will return her to her world, but a scheming royal advisor persuades the king to force the surgeon to stay as she can be useful to him. There, the surgeon falls in love with the warrior who is the leader of the royal guard. In this era of change and chaos, love that transcends time and space blooms.

The Great Doctor

The Faith Team

Lee Do is the third son of King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty. He becomes Sejong the Great, a well-known king with brilliance, but he is deeply traumatized as he has seen massacres committed by his father since he was young. Being a workaholic and an insomniac, he strives day and night to understand ordinary people and become a righteous king. Chae Yoon comes from a family of slaves, but he has become an officer working in the Royal Guards. He thinks his father died because of Lee Do and plans to take revenge on him. So Yi is the court maid that Lee Do's son loves. Although aphasic, she is smart, insightful, and passionate about creating the Korean alphabet. Ki Joon earns Lee Do's trust and gets involved in his project to create the Korean alphabet, but he secretly plans to stab Lee Do in the back. With all these people entangled with each other, serial murders happen at the palace, and the project to create the Korean alphabet doesn't go smoothly.

Tree With Deep Roots

Deep Rooted Friends Team

MBC, KOCOWA

There has been a prophecy throughout the Silla era that the royal blood won't have male descendants once twins are born in the royal family. When the twin daughters, Cheonmyeong and Deokman, are born, King Jinpyeong hides Deokman away from Silla and makes her live in the Taklamakan Desert in China, making it impossible for Mishil to trace her. Deokman starts to wonder about her origin and birth, so she disguises herself as a man and enters Silla. Princess Cheonmyeong believes Deokman is a man, so she has Deokman be a member of Hwarang. At Hwarang, Deokman meets Yusin, who contributes to the unification of the three countries afterward, and cooperates with him to drag Mishil down. Amidst the conflict with Mishil, Deokman's identity as a princess of Silla is revealed. When Deokman escapes to live, she meets Bidam, the son Mishil has abandoned. Deokman joins hands with Yusin and Bidam to topple Mishil. Check out if Deokman succeeds in becoming a clever leader to rebuild Silla.

The Great Queen Seondeok

Jang Ok Jung, born into the lowest of the low castes in Joseon, begins life in the palace as a palace maid in the seamstress's chamber, making clothes and bedding for the royal family. Jang Ok Jung, blessed with remarkable fashion sense and talent, works hard as a palace maid in the royal seamstress's chamber to cast off the restrictions of her low status. While leading a hard life in the palace, Jang Ok Jung falls for Sukjong, who, while exuding charisma, loves her unconditionally. Her love crosses the lines of her social status. To protect Ok Jung, the woman he loves, Sukjong grows his power, forging formidable royal authority. Will Jang Ok Jung and Sukjong's ill-fated and sorrowful love defeat the palace feuds?

Jang Ok Jung, Living in Love

The time is set in the Joseon Dynasty. This is the story of three powers: one who denies ghosts, another who tries to use the power of ghosts, and the other who wants to defeat ghosts! All human work comes from desire. A ghost would express the intense and twisted natural human desire. Sometimes the excessive passion for true love changes destiny. Through the story of youths who chase ghosts, we also feel all sorts of human emotions. Through the romance of youths, we will see that passionate and pure love can change not only personal life but also history.

Diary of a Night Watchman

The Night Guards

Dae Gil, born with the fate of being the son of King Sukjong but forced to live his life as if he\u2019s dead, overcomes a rough start and becomes a card shark shaking up Joseon. King Yeongjo, born the son of a maid, is endlessly kept in check by his half-brother King Gyeongjong and his power. Born to a family of rebels, the cold-blooded genius Lee In Jwa takes King Gyeongjong under his wing and aims to build his own royal court, consisting of the extraordinary genius politician Lee In Jwa, Lady Choi Sukbin, who holds the king's heart in her hands, her son King Yeongjo, and Joseon's best card shark, Dae Gil. At stake are their lives and the sole throne of Joseon. It\u2019s time to wage war like a single, enormous gambling round.

The Royal Gambler

Totally Awesome

The reigning queen orders the killing of her stepson in order to continue her family's ability to take control over the kingdom. Yeon Woo, who happens to hold the position of the crown princess, suffers an illness that leads to her alleged death. Now, it's up to the King Hwon to decipher the truth, and put an end to the wars that wrath over the kingdom.

The Moon Embracing the Sun

team 'Eclipse'

Based on the life story of Baek Pa Sun, Jung Yi faces the struggle of being a woman who happens to be the best in her craft in the middle of the Joseon Era. She happens to be close with Prince Gwanghae and also masters the art of ceramics. She's out to find justice for her father and re-enter the palace of Bunwon as the best ceramist of the kingdom.

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