best historical dramas with working class heroes
follows a protagonist who is not royalty or nobility
mander579 Sep 5, 2023
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![A League of Nobleman]()
Zhang Ping is an impoverished orphan who comes from a provincial part of the country. He came to Beijing in an attempt to take the civil service entrance examination but had to ...more -
![The Ingenious One]()
Yun Xiang, a disciple of Yuntai, entered the world to exact revenge for his massacred family after fifteen years of cultivation. Though lacking any martial arts skills, but having an incredible intelligence ...more -
![Back from the Brink]()
After a lover's betrayal, the ancient dragon Tian Yao found himself badly wounded and heartbroken. The woman he loved betrayed him by dismembering him and stripping him of his dragon scales and ...more -
![Hotel del Luna]()
In the heart of Seoul stands a mysterious, ancient hotel, managed by the greedy and resentful Jang Man Wol, who has spent a thousand years running it. Bound by a deity to ...more -
![Ever Night]()
After his family is massacred by a ruthless general, young Ning Que survives in the wild, honing his wits and combat skills. He rescues a baby girl from a pile of corpses, ...more -
![Ancient Detective]()
The story follows the amnesiac detective Jian Buzhi who starts on a quest to find the truth and unmask his father's killer. Along the way, he finds a love interest and a ...more -
![The Legends]()
After being ambushed by the ten immortal sects while trying to steal the Wanjun Sword, Lu Zhao Yao dies, believing her ally, Li Chen Lan, the demon king’s son, is responsible. Five ...more -
![The Untamed]()
Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji, two talented disciples of respected clans, meet during cultivation training and accidentally discover a secret carefully hidden for many years. Taking on the legacy of ...more -
![The Longest Day in Chang'an]()
744 A.D., Chang’an, the cosmopolitan heart of the Tang Empire. The remnants of a vanquished Central Asian kingdom have infiltrated the world’s largest city for a planned attack during the Lantern Festival. ...more -
![Love and Redemption]()
A thousand years since the battle between the demons and heavens took place, the souls of the Star of Mosha and the God of War are sent to the mortal realm to ...more -
![Song of the Bandits]()
An action melodrama in which the people who have been deprived of their livelihoods blow a refreshing shot for their family and colleagues, set in the 1920s during the Japanese colonial period. ...more -
![Dance of the Sky Empire]()
Set in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Moyun Academy is the top school in the realm, with a prophecy foretelling that one of its students will bring back the Dragon King and the ...more -
![Winter Begonia]()
A story that revolves around a Peking opera performer and a wealthy businessman who are brought together by their love for Peking opera. Set in the 1930's, it follows Shang Xi Rui, ...more -
![Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist]()
Yoo Se Poong’s legendary abilities as a physician are well-known in the royal palace. Nonetheless, he was expelled from the royal court when his involvement in a conspiracy against the royal family ...more -
![Tientsin Mystic]()
During the Republican era, a river is haunted by inexplicable occurrences. Guo De You is a policeman who succeeds in his master 'Old River God' and has inherited his ability to weed ...more -
![The Killer Is Also Romantic]()
Si Xiao Nian, the graceful owner of a garment shop, and the gentleman Yan Wu Ming tied the knot. However, on the day of their wedding, the two left one after another. ...more -
![Scent of Love]()
Wan Niang is a demoness who has been hidden in human form for three centuries. She runs an incense store and has one goal in her existence: She wants to gather six ...more -
![Order of the Sommelier]()
Bai Qi, the owner of the Demon Tavern, is good at bartending, and the wine he concocts can bring guests into a dream. Sommelier Fu Yu came to the tavern. Just as ...more -
![Seirei no Moribito]()
Balsa is a 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire. Her life changes when she saves Imperial Prince Chagum, who is being carried away by a raging river. They then attempt to return the great egg ...more -
![The Ghost Bride]()
Set in 1890 in Colonial Malacca, a young woman was forced to marry a dead man as a ghost bride in exchange to have her family's financial debt forgiven. Her attempt to ...more -
![Ripe Town]()
In the 37th year of the Wan Li Period of the Ming Dynasty, there were successive murders in the county seat of Jiangnan County. The identities of the dead were different and ...more -
![Handsome Siblings]()
The story of twin brothers who separated at birth but grew up to be supreme martial artists. Raised to take revenge on each other they soon find themselves becoming good friends. Together ...more -
![Neko Zamurai]()
Kyutaro is a swordsman who was feared by people at one time. Now, he is poor and lives alone quietly. Kyutaro doesn't know how to earn money without using his sword. By ...more -
![Bloody Romance]()
In the turbulent interregnum following the collapse of the Tang dynasty, a young daughter of a herbalist is tricked and sold to a brothel. After a harrowing escape from death, she finds ...more -
![The Blue Whisper: Part 1]()
Ji Yun He is a powerful and talented spiritual master living in Flower Valley. She loathes the deep, dark secret that restricts her from exploring the world at her leisure. Changyi is ...more -
![The Blue Whisper: Part 2]()
Ji Yun He, once rescued from the Immortal Master's Mansion, is imprisoned again by Chang Yi. Exhausted from Shun De's torment and her body's backlash, she sacrifices her last spiritual power to ...more -
![Legend of Yunze]()
Cultivator Jiang Zhao Yun's sword, Tange, leads her to Changshui Village, where a mysterious young woman, A Ze, has suddenly appeared. A Ze senses that something odd is going on in Changshui ...more
