Stories Arranged by Date of Setting

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  • Hero

    1. Hero

    Chinese Movie - 2002

    7.0

    Takes place between 227 to 221 BC. Set during the Warring States period.

  • Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition

    2. Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition

    Chinese Movie - 2020

    6.0

    Set sometime in the late Qin dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) or early Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD).

  • Mulan

    3. Mulan

    Chinese Movie - 2009

    5.0

    Set in the Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589 AD)

  • Queen Seon Deok

    4. Queen Seon Deok

    Korean Drama - 2009, 62 episodes

    7.0

    Takes place between 606 to 647 AD. Set in the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

  • Rashomon

    5. Rashomon

    Japanese Movie - 1950

    9.0

    Set in the Heian period (794-1185)

  • House of Flying Daggers

    6. House of Flying Daggers

    Chinese Movie - 2004

    7.0

    Takes place in 859 AD. Set in the Tang Dynasty.

  • Shine or Go Crazy

    7. Shine or Go Crazy

    Korean Drama - 2015, 24 episodes

    5.0

    Takes place between 925 to 975 AD. Set in the Goryeo Dynasty.

  • Curse of the Golden Flower

    8. Curse of the Golden Flower

    Chinese Movie - 2006

    6.0

    Set during Later Shu (934-965) of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

  • Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    9. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes

    5.0

    Takes place in 941 AD. Set in the Goryeo Dynasty.

  • Kuroneko

    10. Kuroneko

    Japanese Movie - 1968

    7.0

    Set in Feudal Japan (1185-1603).

  • Throne of Blood

    11. Throne of Blood

    Japanese Movie - 1957

    7.0

    Set in Feudal Japan (1185-1603).

  • Six Flying Dragons

    12. Six Flying Dragons

    Korean Drama - 2015, 50 episodes

    5.0

    Set in the 1300s.

  • The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure

    13. The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure

    Korean Movie - 2022

    8.0

    Set in the 1300s.

  • Onibaba

    14. Onibaba

    Japanese Movie - 1964

    8.0

    Set in the 14th century (1301-1400).

  • Alienoid 1

    15. Alienoid 1

    Korean Movie - 2022

    4.0

    Takes place in three different timelines:

    • Timeline 1: 1380 AD
    • Timeline 2: 2012 & 2022
    • Timeline 3: 1391 AD
  • Moon Embracing the Sun

    16. Moon Embracing the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

    8.0

    Set in the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897).

  • 100 Days My Prince

    17. 100 Days My Prince

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    6.0

    Set in the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897).

  • Ran

    18. Ran

    Japanese Movie - 1985

    7.0

    Set in the 16th century (1501-1600).

  • The Treacherous

    19. The Treacherous

    Korean Movie - 2015

    7.0

    Takes place in 1505. Set during King Yeonsangun's reign.

  • Love Under the Crucifix

    20. Love Under the Crucifix

    Japanese Movie - 1962

    4.0

    Set in the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568-1600).

  • Ugetsu Monogatari

    21. Ugetsu Monogatari

    Japanese Movie - 1953

    8.0

    Set in the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568-1600).

  • Nobunaga Concerto

    22. Nobunaga Concerto

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes

    7.0

    Takes place in 1573. Set in the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

  • Seven Samurai

    23. Seven Samurai

    Japanese Movie - 1954

    8.0

    Takes place in 1586. Set in the Sengoku period.

  • Shogun

    24. Shogun

    Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes

    8.0

    Takes place in 1600. Set in the Sengoku period.

  • Kingdom

    25. Kingdom

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes

    8.0

    Takes place in 1601. Set three years after the end of the Imjin War.

  • Masquerade

    26. Masquerade

    Korean Movie - 2012

    8.0

    Takes place in 1616. Set during Gwanghae-gun's reign.

  • Iljimae

    27. Iljimae

    Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes

    3.0

    Takes place in 1633. Set during King Injo's reign.

  • My Dearest

    28. My Dearest

    Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

    8.5

    Set during the Qing invasion of Joseon (1636-1637)

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Chinese Movie - 2000

    7.0

    Set in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

  • Scarlet Heart

    30. Scarlet Heart

    Chinese Drama - 2011, 35 episodes

    8.0

    Set during Kangxi Emperor's reign (1661-1722)

  • Dong Yi

    31. Dong Yi

    Korean Drama - 2010, 60 episodes

    8.5

    Set during King Sukjong's reign (1674-1720).

  • Queen In Hyun's Man

    32. Queen In Hyun's Man

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

    8.0

    Takes place in 1694. Set in the Joseon Dynasty.

  • Sungkyunkwan Scandal

    33. Sungkyunkwan Scandal

    Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes

    8.0

    Set during King Jeongjo's reign (1776-1800)

  • Miss Oyu

    34. Miss Oyu

    Japanese Movie - 1951

    6.0

    Set in the 19th century (1801-1900).

  • Love in the Moonlight

    35. Love in the Moonlight

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes

    6.0

    Takes place in 1828. Set during King Sunjo's reign.

  • Asa ga Kita

    36. Asa ga Kita

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 156 episodes

    8.0

    Set in the Bakumatsu (1853-1867) and Meiji (1868-1912) eras.

  • Lady Snowblood

    37. Lady Snowblood

    Japanese Movie - 1973

    6.0

    Takes place between 1874 to 1882. Set in the Meiji era.

  • Gunman in Joseon

    38. Gunman in Joseon

    Korean Drama - 2014, 22 episodes

    5.0

    Takes place in 1876. Set during the 3rd year of Emperor Gojong's reign.

  • Hanako to Anne

    39. Hanako to Anne

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 156 episodes

    6.0

    Set in the 19th century (1801-1900) and 20th century (1901-2000). Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Great Kantō earthquake (1923)
    • Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
    • Bombing of Tokyo (1945)
  • Ju Dou

    40. Ju Dou

    Chinese Movie - 1990

    7.0

    Set in the 20th century (1901-2000).

  • Farewell My Concubine

    41. Farewell My Concubine

    Chinese Movie - 1993

    9.0

    Set in the 20th century (1901-2000).

  • Oshin

    42. Oshin

    Japanese Drama - 1983, 297 episodes

    4.0

    Takes place between 1907 to 1983. Set in the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa eras. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Great Kantō earthquake (1923)
    • Great Depression (1929-1939)
  • The Golden Era

    43. The Golden Era

    Chinese Movie - 2014

    7.0

    Takes place between 1911 to 1942.

  • Assassination

    44. Assassination

    Korean Movie - 2015

    7.0

    Takes place between 1911 to 1949. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Couple of Mirrors

    45. Couple of Mirrors

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

    6.0

    Set in the Republican era (1912-1949).

  • Gochisosan

    46. Gochisosan

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 150 episodes

    8.0

    Set in the Taisho (1912-1926) and Shōwa (1926-1989) eras.

  • Pachinko

    47. Pachinko

    Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

    6.0

    Takes place between 1915 to 1989. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea and post-World War II Japan. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Great Kantō earthquake (1923)
    • Kantō Massacre (1923)
  • Raise the Red Lantern

    48. Raise the Red Lantern

    Chinese Movie - 1991

    10

    Set in the Warlord Era (1916-1928)

  • A Resistance

    49. A Resistance

    Korean Movie - 2019

    8.0

    Takes place between 1919 to 1920. Set during the March 1st Movement. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Aunae Market demonstration (1919)
    • Imprisonment of Yu Gwan Sun in Seodaemun Prison (1919)
  • Massan

    50. Massan

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 150 episodes

    7.0

    Set between the 1920s to 1960s.

  • The Last Princess

    51. The Last Princess

    Korean Movie - 2016

    7.0

    Takes place between 1925 to 1962.

  • Toto Nee-chan

    52. Toto Nee-chan

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 156 episodes

    5.0

    Starts in 1930.

  • Shanghai Triad

    53. Shanghai Triad

    Chinese Movie - 1995

    6.0

    Set in the 1930s.

  • The Flower Girl

    54. The Flower Girl

    Korean Movie - 1972

    6.0

    Set in the 1930s. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • The Handmaiden

    55. The Handmaiden

    Korean Movie - 2016

    10

    Set in the 1930s. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Red Sorghum

    56. Red Sorghum

    Chinese Movie - 1987

    7.0

    Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).

  • City of Life and Death

    57. City of Life and Death

    Chinese Movie - 2009

    10

    Takes place in 1937. Set during the Nanjing Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • The Flowers of War

    58. The Flowers of War

    Chinese Movie - 2011

    6.0

    Takes place in 1937. Set during the Nanjing Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • Lust, Caution

    59. Lust, Caution

    Chinese Movie - 2007

    9.0

    Takes place between 1938 to 1942. Set in Hong Kong and Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Wang Jingwei's puppet government (1940-1944)
  • Ohisama

    60. Ohisama

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 156 episodes

    7.0

    Set during World War II (1939-1945).

  • Battle of Changsha

    61. Battle of Changsha

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 32 episodes

    9.0

    Takes place between 1938 to 1945. Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • To Live

    62. To Live

    Chinese Movie - 1994

    9.0

    Takes place between the 1940s to the 1970s. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)
    • Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
  • Spirits' Homecoming

    63. Spirits' Homecoming

    Korean Movie - 2016

    6.0

    Takes place in 1943. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Love, Lies

    64. Love, Lies

    Korean Movie - 2016

    8.5

    Takes place between 1943 to 1945. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni

    65. Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 9 episodes

    9.0

    Takes place between 1943 to 1945. Set during World War II.

  • Snowy Road

    66. Snowy Road

    Korean Movie - 2017

    8.0

    Takes place in 1944. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    67. Grave of the Fireflies

    Japanese Movie - 2008

    6.0

    Takes place between March to May 1945. Set during World War II.

  • Godzilla Minus One

    68. Godzilla Minus One

    Japanese Movie - 2023

    8.0

    Takes place between 1945 to 1947. Set in the post-World War II.

  • Natsuzora

    69. Natsuzora

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 156 episodes

    7.0

    Starts in 1946. Set in the post-World War II.

  • Black Rain

    70. Black Rain

    Japanese Movie - 1989

    8.0

    Set in the post-World War II (1945).

  • Boston 1947

    71. Boston 1947

    Korean Movie - 2023

    7.0

    Takes place in 1947. Set in the post-World War II. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • 51st Boston Marathon (1947)
  • The Road Home

    72. The Road Home

    Chinese Movie - 1999

    6.0

    Set in the 1950s.

  • Welcome to Dongmakgol

    73. Welcome to Dongmakgol

    Korean Movie - 2005

    6.0

    Takes place in September 1950. Set during the Korean War.

  • Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

    74. Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

    Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

    Set in the 1950s, immediately after the Korean War (1950-1953).

  • Hiroshima Mon Amour

    75. Hiroshima Mon Amour

    Japanese Movie - 1959

    8.0

    Takes place in 1959. Set 14 years after Hiroshima was A-bombed.

  • A Brighter Summer Day

    76. A Brighter Summer Day

    Taiwanese Movie - 1991

    6.0

    Starts in 1959. Set in the early 1960s.

  • C'est Si Bon

    77. C'est Si Bon

    Korean Movie - 2015

    6.0

    Set between the 1960s and 1970s.

  • Hiyokko

    78. Hiyokko

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 156 episodes

    7.0

    Takes place in the years Shōwa 39 to 43 (1964–1968). Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Tokyo Summer Olympics (1964)
  • Under the Hawthorn Tree

    79. Under the Hawthorn Tree

    Chinese Movie - 2010

    7.0

    Set during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

  • Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

    80. Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

    Chinese Movie - 1998

    8.5

    Set during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

  • Girls' Generation 1979

    81. Girls' Generation 1979

    Korean Drama - 2017, 8 episodes

    6.0

    Set in the 1970s.

  • Smugglers

    82. Smugglers

    Korean Movie - 2023

    5.0

    Set in the 1970s.

  • Song of the Exile

    83. Song of the Exile

    Hong Kong Movie - 1990

    6.0

    Takes place in 1973.

  • Youth of May

    84. Youth of May

    Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

    8.0

    Takes place in 1980. Set during the Gwangju Uprising.

  • A Taxi Driver

    85. A Taxi Driver

    Korean Movie - 2017

    8.5

    Takes in May 1980. Set during the Gwangju Uprising.

  • Sunny

    86. Sunny

    Korean Movie - 2011

    7.0

    Takes place in 1980.

  • 1987: When the Day Comes

    87. 1987: When the Day Comes

    Korean Movie - 2017

    9.0

    Takes place between January to July 1987. Set during the June Democratic Struggle. Historic moments seen throughout the story:

    • Murder of Park Jong-chul (1987)
    • Murder of Lee Han-yeol (1987)
  • Back to 1989

    88. Back to 1989

    Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes

    9.0

    Takes place in 1989.

  • Reply 1997

    89. Reply 1997

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

    8.0

    Takes place in 1997.

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