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In late 1987, as South Korea is gripped by the struggle for democracy, university student Eun Yeong-ro finds graduate student Lim Soo-ho covered in blood. She hides him from the government in her dorm room, drawing herself into a story that unfolds amid the political upheaval of the time.
In 1601, three years after the Imjin War, Crown Prince Lee Chang tries to look into the strange illness that has struck the King. His search drags him into a deadly outbreak that is turning people across Joseon into zombies, while rivals at court plot to seize the throne.
When two North Korean soldiers are shot dead at a guard post inside the Joint Security Area, wounded South Korean sergeant Lee Soo-hyeok escapes back across the border. To calm rising tensions, Swiss Army Major Sophie E. Jean is sent by a neutral commission to investigate, and she soon notices that the stories from both sides do not add up.
In a made-up Joseon era, Crown Prince Lee Hwon falls in love with Heo Yeon-woo, a bright girl whose father is a palace scholar, while his older half-brother, Prince Yangmyung, loves her too. But the scheming Queen Dowager wants her own relative to become Crown Princess, and dangerous palace plots soon threaten Yeon-woo and the young prince.
In 1980, Kim Man-seob is a widowed taxi driver in Seoul, raising his child alone and buried in debt. When he overhears another driver boasting about a well-paid fare to Gwangju, he grabs the job for himself. His passenger is Peter, a German journalist hoping to report on the growing unrest there, which Man-seob knows nothing about.
Lee Yul, the king's nephew, would rather play than study, until Yoon Yi-seo, a kind and clever girl from a noble family, scolds him for treating peasant children cruelly. Smitten, he starts working harder to impress her. But Yul's ambitious father is plotting with Kim Cha-eon to seize the throne, and a violent coup soon tears their worlds apart.
Set during the founding of the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula, this story follows the dreams, rivalries, and struggles of a mix of real and fictional figures. At its center is the young Yi Bang-won as a new kingdom takes shape around him.
As a boy, Park Hoon is sent to North Korea with his father, a famous surgeon, and the two end up trapped there. Trained by his father, he becomes a brilliant heart surgeon and falls in love with Song Jae-hee, but escapes south alone. At Myungwoo University Hospital, he meets Dr. Han Seung-hee, who looks just like Jae-hee yet claims not to know him.
In a dystopian South Korea where people resent their leaders and society has fallen into chaos, trials are broadcast as a live television show. Three judges preside over these courtroom broadcasts, presenting themselves as the ones who will restore justice and peace to a nation in turmoil.
A young prosecutor is killed while trying to bring down a powerful politician. He is then handed a second chance at life, and this time he is determined to use every moment of it to see justice done.
News anchor Seo Hye-rim loses her job after speaking out about the unjust death of her husband. When ruling-party politician Kang Tae-san invites her into politics, she steps into a brand-new world, backed by Ha Do-ya, a man she has known since childhood, on a path that could lead all the way to the presidency.
In an alternate present where South Korea is still a constitutional monarchy, carefree crown prince Lee Jae-ha wants nothing to do with politics or the throne. The king tricks him into joining a joint military training with North Korea, where he meets Kim Hang-ah, a tough North Korean special forces officer, and the two clash from the start.
In 1970s South Korea, President Park rules with total power through the KCIA. Its director, Kim Gyu-pyeong, is almost the second most powerful man in the country but faces a fierce rival in the president's security chief. When former director Park Yong-gak flees abroad and testifies before the U.S. Congress, pressure inside the government starts to build.
In the Joseon court, Grand Prince Suyang hopes to win over the loyal official Kim Jong-seo by marrying his daughter Se-ryung to Kim's son, Seung-yoo. Curious about her intended, Se-ryung trades places with her cousin, Princess Gyeonghye, to get a look at him, and a romance begins in the shadow of their fathers' bitter rivalry.
After President Park Chung-hee is assassinated in October 1979, martial law is declared and Major General Chun Doo-gwang is put in charge of the investigation. As he quietly gathers power, the principled Major General Lee Tae-shin is reluctantly appointed to command the capital's defense, setting the two men on a collision course.
Under President Chun Doo-hwan's military regime, student activist Park Jong-chul dies while being questioned by police. Commissioner Park Cheo-won moves to hide what happened by having the body cremated before any autopsy, but a stubborn prosecutor refuses to sign off. The film is based on real events.
In 2010, with a presidential election looming, a driven prosecutor named Woo Jang-hoon is ordered to investigate the hidden slush fund of front-running candidate Jang Pil-woo. Gangster Ahn Sang-goo, meanwhile, grabs the key evidence for Lee Kang-hee, an influential newspaper editor he trusts, only to be betrayed and maimed, leaving him set on revenge.
In 1978, Song, a former judge who passed the bar without going to university, moves to Busan to open his own law firm. Looked down on by other lawyers, he grows rich by taking the real estate and tax cases they avoid. By 1981 he is enjoying his success, until the son of the woman who runs his favorite restaurant goes missing.
In 1980 Gwangju, medical student Hwang Hee-tae, the pride of his hometown, is pulled by his activist best friend into running an illegal clinic for students hiding from the government. To cover some costs, he agrees to a marriage meeting arranged by his father. There he meets nurse Kim Myung-hee, who came in her friend's place to raise money to study in Germany.
In 1990, civil war tears through Somalia as rebels rise against the Barre government. The North and South Korean embassies are each courting Somali support in their bids to join the United Nations. While South Korean ambassador Han Sin-seong confronts his northern rival Rim Yong-su over a sabotaged meeting, rebel forces storm the capital. The film is based on real events.
Nae-gyeong is the most gifted face reader in Joseon, able to judge a person's character from their features, but he lives far from the world. When a gisaeng named Yeon-hong offers him a profitable deal reading her guests' faces, he is pulled into a murder case, and his talent soon draws the attention of the royal court.
Park Mu-jin is South Korea's unambitious environment minister, dismissed after a diplomatic incident. The next day, a bombing at the National Assembly wipes out everyone in the line of succession, and Mu-jin, whose resignation has not yet taken effect, is suddenly sworn in as acting president for 60 days.
In the Joseon dynasty, four people who come from very different backgrounds band together around Yi Geum, a prince known as Prince Yeoning. They set out to help him claim the throne and to reform the Saheonbu, putting their varied skills toward a shared cause.
In 2029, as North and South Korea prepare to reunify, unrest spreads and a terror group called the Sect rises against the plan. Special Unit officer Lim Joong-kyung is shaken after a young terrorist dies in front of him to avoid capture, and he befriends Lee Yun-hee, who says she is that girl's sister.
Hong Tae-ra has lost every memory of her past. Determined to protect the family she loves, she climbs her way to becoming first lady, while setting out to punish the people who seized command of her destiny and turned her life upside down.
In North Korea, agent Eom Chul-woo is ordered to kill powerful officials to head off a coup. When missiles strike Kaesong during an event attended by the supreme leader, Eom flees across the border into the South with the badly wounded leader. In Seoul, senior presidential secretary Kwak Chul-woo learns that a coup may be brewing in the North.
In Joseon under the tyrant King Yeonsangun, Hong Gil-dong is the son of a slave, which leaves him with no legal standing despite his brilliance. Shut out of honest work, he becomes the leader of a band of smugglers who take from the rich and give to the poor, while the king's favored concubine, Jang Nok-su, secretly still loves him.
In 1992, South Korean intelligence recruits Major Park Seok-young to learn the truth about North Korea's nuclear program. Posing as a debt-ridden ex-soldier turned businessman, he sets up in Beijing looking to trade North Korean goods, hoping to win the trust of Ri Myung-woon, a senior North Korean economic official.
Set against major events of 1970s Korea, the story follows Baek Ki-tae, a shrewd and ambitious KCIA agent who secretly runs illegal business networks to gain power and wealth. When principled prosecutor Jang Geon-young begins investigating Ki-tae's smuggling and its ties to high-ranking officials, the two men are pulled into a dangerous rivalry.
In the Joseon era, the suspicious and fearful King Gwanghae orders his official Heo Gyun to find a double who can stand in for him against assassins. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun, a humble acrobat and jester who looks just like the king, and when the king is suddenly incapacitated, Ha-sun must take his place on the throne.
As the Goryeo dynasty collapses and Joseon begins to rise, two close friends become enemies after a misunderstanding drives them apart. In a time of upheaval, each sets out in his own way to protect his country and the people he loves.
Set in Korea's turbulent 1970s and 80s, this story follows two friends on very different paths. Tough, loyal Park Tae-soo becomes a gangster, while principled Kang Woo-suk becomes a prosecutor. Yoon Hye-rin, Woo-suk's spirited college classmate and the daughter of a wealthy casino owner, meets Tae-soo through him and the two fall in love.
Mun-ju is a skilled diplomat who once served as UN ambassador, and San-ho is an international special agent whose nationality is a mystery. After Mun-ju's husband is killed, the two join forces to uncover the truth behind a deadly attack that could shake the security of the Korean Peninsula.
Overthrown by his uncle, Grand Prince Suyang, the teenage king of Joseon is stripped of his title, renamed Prince Nosan and sent into exile. Eom Heung-do, chief of a poor mountain village in Yeongwol, hopes that hosting an exiled nobleman will bring his people good fortune, and his village is chosen to receive Nosan, who arrives with his loyal maid Mae-hwa.
In 1923 Tokyo, Park Yeol leads a small anarchist group of Korean and Japanese members resisting Japan's mistreatment of Koreans, with his sharp, good-humored partner Fumiko at his side. When the Kanto Earthquake devastates the city and violence turns against Koreans, the Japanese government sets its sights on Yeol and his group.
In the royal court of King Injo, the concubine Gwi-in Jo is set on seeing her own son take the throne. She allies herself with the official Kim Ja-jeom, manipulates the king for her own ends, and looks for ways to push Crown Prince Sohyeon out of her path.
In 1896, after his queen is killed and his throne is under threat, Joseon's King Gojong shelters at the Russian legation, where he discovers a taste for coffee. Back in power, he hires the worldly Tanya as his personal barista. Tanya soon finds herself pulled into a dangerous circle that includes the Russian marksman Ilyich and a mysterious socialite who goes by two names.
Koo Se-ra, 29, has spent her whole life in Mawon-gu and keeps losing jobs because of her nosy nature and her temper over unfairness. Passionate about reporting every wrongdoing she sees, she decides it is time for a change and sets her sights on the District Assembly, which means running for office and winning.
Byun Jong-gu, Seoul's energetic, hands-on mayor, says he loves nothing but his city, but he is really a shrewd political operator who carefully guards his image. With election strategist Shim Hyuk-soo and bold young ad expert Park Kyung, he runs for an unheard-of third term as a stepping stone to the presidency.
The Prime Minister decides to assassinate a President he believes has become corrupt, hoping to shake the whole country up. Standing in his way is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, who means to stop him and grab power in the process.
In 1997, as Korea slides toward a financial crisis, three stories unfold side by side. Factory owner Gap-su is paid with a risky promissory note by a department store; young analyst Jung-hak sets up a fund to bet against the economy; and central bank official Si-hyun warns that the country will run out of foreign reserves within a week.
In the early days of the Joseon dynasty, General Kim Min-jae guards the young kingdom's borders and keeps a wary eye on Prince Yi Bang-won, whom he suspects of wanting the throne. Kim's son Jin, married to the King's daughter, is shut out of politics and lives for pleasure, while the general falls in love for the first time with a gisaeng named Ka-hee.
Set in the royal court during the Joseon era, this historical drama follows three women locked in a bitter struggle for power. At its center is Queen Insu, an ambitious woman who dreams of one day holding absolute rule over the Joseon dynasty.
After giving up her career when she married, a woman goes back to practicing law to support her family when her husband, a prosecutor who was once at the top, is jailed in a political corruption scandal. As she takes on cases in the courtroom, she begins to rediscover who she really is.
The wife of a National Assembly member lives a quiet, careful life while keeping something from long ago hidden. When that buried past starts to come out in public, she finds herself caught in a series of hard moral dilemmas.
Jin Sang-pil has worked as a shipyard welder for 23 years. When he and his coworkers are laid off, he leads their fight to get their jobs back, which unexpectedly lands him a seat in the National Assembly. Idealistic and naive, he struggles with politics until sharp aide Choi In-kyung steps in to guide him.
In 1795, King Jeongjo leads a grand eight-day procession from the palace to Hwaseong Fortress to honor the 60th birthdays of his mother, Lady Hyegyong, and his late father, Crown Prince Sado. Along the way, a millenarian sect and the scheming Noron Faction plot against the king's life.
Kang Eun-ki becomes Queen of Joseon, but she and King Lee Kyung are attacked by assassins during their wedding parade. As her father faces a treason charge, her secret twin sister, Kang Eun-bo, enters the palace contest to choose a new queen under a false name, determined to uncover who planned the attack on her sister.
