This is very specific, but I love shows like this.

An example is Bridal mask! 

I would love to see more dramas or movies like this >.< 

Mask (2015) have a situation like this. 

She needs to hide her true identity etc

  • Male Character has a double life
    • Nirvana in Fire - for retribution (must watch) 
    • Healer - way of life of character (Must Watch)
    • City Hunter - for a mission
    • Cruel City / Heartless City - for a mission (must watch)
    • Lucifer/The devil - for revenge
    • The Disguiser - for country/espionage
    • Maou (Japanese version of Lucifer) - for revenge
    • Money Flower - for revenge
    • Resurrection - for revenge
    • Pinocchio - character is hiding
    • Man to Man - espionage work
    • Hwarang - character is hiding
    • The K2 - character is hiding and for work
    • Hidden identity - for mission
    • Tunnel - due to necessity of the circumstances
    • Green Rose - for retribution
    • Ma Boy - Gender Bender
    • Close your Eyes - took up twins identity
    • Blood - supernatural being
    • You who came from the stars - supernatural being
    • Sparrow - espionage
  • Female Character has the double life
    • W no Higeki - for revenge and hiding/escaping
    • Padiwarada - for family
    • The Crown princess - for Female leads safety
    • Temptation of a Wife - for revenge
    • Spy Myungwol - for espionage
    • Birth of a Beauty - for revenge
    • Princess Weiyoung - for revenge
    • Bride of the Century - due to necessity of the circumstances
    • Bachelors Vegetable store - Character is feeling guilty due to some tragedy
    • King Flower - due to necessity of the circumstances
    • Girl K - for revenge
    • athena - for mission
    • surplus mermaid - supernatural being
    • Most gender bender dramas:
      • Sungkyunkwan Scandal
      • You are beautiful
      • Bromance
      • Hana Kimi
      • Painter of the wind
      • Queen SeonDeok
      • empress Ki
      • Moonlight drawn by clouds
      • Ten miles of peach blossoms

✔️ Love in the Moonlight 

✔️ Mirror of the Witch ( in hiding)

✔️ Oh My Ghostess ( possesed by a ghost) 

✔️ Please Come Back Mister ( 2 ghosts come back in a different body) 

✔️ Pinnochio (brothers) 

✔️ Lawless Lawyer 

✔️ Oh the Mysterious) 

✔️ Two Cops

✔️ Love Me if You Dare 

✔️ Day and Night 

✔️ Ghost 

✔️ To Beautiful You

✔️ Gap Dong 

✔️ Master's Sun 

✔️ Ruler : Master of the Mask 

✔️ I am Not a Robot 

✔️ High School King of Savvy 

 Stevie70:

✔️ Love in the Moonlight 

✔️ Mirror of the Witch ( in hiding)

✔️ Oh My Ghostess ( possesed by a ghost) 

✔️ Please Come Back Mister ( 2 ghosts come back in a different body) 

✔️ Pinnochio (brothers) 

✔️ Lawless Lawyer 

✔️ Oh the Mysterious) 

✔️ Two Cops

✔️ Love Me if You Dare 

✔️ Day and Night 

✔️ Ghost 

✔️ To Beautiful You

✔️ Gap Dong 

✔️ Master's Sun 

✔️ Ruler : Master of the Mask 

✔️ I am Not a Robot 

✔️ High School King of Savvy 

Of these what's your fav?

'that winter, the wind blows' is my fav of this genre ( though japanese version is better: Ai Nante Irane Yo Natsu), very dramatic. A cuter drama is 'Shopping King Louie' (double life due to amnesia). 

there is also this list to look at: https://mydramalist.com/search?adv=titles&th=217&so=popular&or=desc 

The Promise is one although this one is a longer dramas (technically 50-ish since the episodes are only 30 minutes long) in comparison to most of the aforementioned ones. 

It's one of my favorites.  It's a 'using one life to achieve something', but I think the synopsis here is a little confusing. Check out asianwiki instead~ it explains the plot a bit better imo.

+1 for:

  • Healer
  • City Hunter
  • The Princess Wei Young
  • Empress Ki
  • Sungkyunkwan Scandal
  • Moonlight Drawn by Clouds / Love in the Moonlight
  • You're Beautiful
  • Bromance
  • That Winter the Wind That Blows
  • High School King of Savvy (I dropped this one)

And also:

  • Mr. Sunshine
  • School 2017
  • Legend of Fu Yao
  • Oh My Venus
  • Who Are You: School 2015
  • She Was Pretty
  • Hwarang
  • You Who Came from the Stars
  • Are You Human Too? (technically the ML is not a "person", but rather a robot modelled after a person, who ends up having to pretend to be that person)
  • The Masked Lover
  • Cambrian Period (I dropped this one)

Iljimae


My favorite kdrama of all time and for good reason. It leaves you breathless, wanting more. But it has its own peace, even through such seemingly hopeless situations. I learned more about life through this drama. If you liked Bridal Mask this one will be up your alley. It has the hero's journey and fight for justice packaged into a powerful saeguk.

 Aquamaraqua:

Iljimae


My favorite kdrama of all time and for good reason. It leaves you breathless, wanting more. But it has its own peace, even through such seemingly hopeless situations. I learned more about life through this drama. If you liked Bridal Mask this one will be up your alley. It has the hero's journey and fight for justice packaged into a powerful saeguk.

right up my alley! thanks :) 

 Jessica:

right up my alley! thanks :) 

Any time! Spreading the Iljimae love :D