20 titles, most popular first
In 1597, Joseon's navy has been cut down to about a dozen ships after a crushing defeat, and Admiral Yi Sun-sin is restored to command. As a huge Japanese fleet prepares to push toward the capital, he must face an overwhelming enemy at the Myeongnyang Strait.
In spring 1945, under Japanese occupation, Jang Tae-sang runs the richest pawnshop in Gyeongseong, while Yoon Chae-ok is a tracker searching for her missing mother. Their paths lead them to face a strange creature created through hidden biological experiments carried out inside Ongseong Hospital.
Long ago, Hwan-woong steps in to end a deadly war between the fire-wielding Tiger Tribe and the Bear Tribe, taking the power of fire from the Tiger Tribe's leader, Kajin, and sealing it in an artifact called the Heart of Jujak. Loosely inspired by the legends of Dangun and Goguryeo's King Gwanggaeto, the story weaves in four mythical guardians who serve a destined king.
During Japan's occupation of Korea in World War II, more than 400 Koreans are forced into brutal labor on Hashima Island. Pushed to their limits by the harsh conditions, they gamble everything on a bold plan to break out.
Set in the kingdom of Baekje in the middle of the 7th century, this period drama traces the life of Gyebaek, the famed warrior and general who is remembered for leading Baekje in its final stand against the rival kingdom of Silla at the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
In 1598, seven years into Japan's invasion of Joseon, Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies after ordering his troops home. Admiral Yi Sun-sin, fighting alongside allies from Ming China, has Konishi Yukinaga's army trapped at Suncheon, and the desperate Konishi tries to bribe a Ming admiral into letting his forces slip away by sea.
When the Qing army invades Joseon, ordinary people are swept up in war and hardship. The series follows them as they search for hope and hold on to a positive outlook, even as the darkest of times turns their lives upside down.
In 1592, as Japanese forces push to conquer Joseon, commander Wakisaka Yasuharu takes charge of the Japanese fleet at Busan, determined to defeat Admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fearsome new turtle ship. Facing doubters among his own admirals, Yi must devise a bold new battle plan to stop the invasion at sea.
This historical epic follows King Hyeonjong of Goryeo as he tries to unite his kingdom with a tolerant style of rule while leading the fight against invading Khitan armies. At his side is Gang Gam-chan, his political mentor and the commander of Goryeo's army.
Four young people who grow up together are swept up in Korea's upheaval, from the last days of Japanese rule to the split between North and South. Choi Woon-hyuk is a gifted son of poor miners, Kim Hae-kyung comes from a family of tenant farmers, Lee Dong-woo is heir to a powerful family, and Moon Suk-kyung is the only child of an influential pro-Japanese politician.
During the Korean War, a guerrilla battalion of young student volunteers led by army officers is sent to Jangsari Beach. Their job is to stage a decoy landing that fools North Korean forces and clears the way for the Incheon Landing. Meanwhile, an American war reporter covers the conflict and pleads with the world to send help.
The drama opens in 645, during a war between Tang China and Goguryeo, before Dae Jo-yeong is even born. His father, Dae Jung-sang, is a Goguryeo general, and his mother, Dalgi, helps defend Ansi Fortress. When the baby arrives, a prophecy declares that he is destined to rule, making him a target of the powerful Supreme Commander Yeon Gaesomun.
As a child, Joon-hee befriends a little girl named Kang-hee, along with two boys: Kim Dong-young, a general's son, and Jang Bin, whose parent is a fashion designer. When North Korean troops invade their town during the Korean War, the two girls are torn from their families, sending all four children down very different paths toward adulthood.
In the 1920s, under Japanese occupation, many people of Joseon cross the Tumen River into Gando, a lawless region of China, some to earn a living and others to fight for Korean independence. There, a band of people who have left their homeland behind come together to protect the Koreans living in Gando.
Cheon Yeong is a slave with extraordinary fighting skill who longs to escape his unjust bondage, and Jong-ryeo is the master he once served. In a time of chaos under King Seonjo, the two meet again on opposite sides, one as the king's trusted military officer and the other as a volunteer soldier.
Kim Jun is the son of a runaway palace slave and grows up among monks. Torn from his home in wartime, he is forced to set aside his peaceful nature and enter a deadly contest that might win him freedom from his masters, the powerful Choe clan, as Goryeo faces Mongol invasion.
This historical drama follows Baekje's warrior king Geunchogo. The story reaches back seventeen centuries to Hansan, where Yeogu, a second son pushed aside from the royal line, is sent off to make a living selling salt so that no one will fear he might try to claim the throne.
When the future King Gwanggaeto is born, Goguryeo is far weaker than it once was: his grandfather has been killed by Baekje forces, and the armies of Later Yan are on the attack. The drama follows his path toward the throne and his vow to bring back the kingdom's lost strength.
This historical epic follows Yi Sun-sin, the Joseon naval commander who fought the Japanese invasions of the Imjin War. Told largely through flashbacks, it begins with his boyhood as a quiet, often bullied child who is troubled by the cruelty corrupt officials show to ordinary people.
The series traces the life of Yeon Gaesomun, a general who rises to become a powerful military ruler in the final days of the Goguryeo kingdom. Set in a chaotic era, it follows his path to power and the struggles that shape the kingdom around him.
