K-Dramas about Japanese Colonial Rule

Tae Ho Dec 21, 2019
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  • The Bridal Mask

    1. The Bridal Mask

    Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
    8.5
    599 points by 6 voters
    Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Kang ...more
  • The Hymn of Death

    2. The Hymn of Death

    Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    8.3
    398 points by 4 voters
    Kim Woo Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is married, but he falls in love with Yun Shim Deok. Shim Deok is the first Korean ...more
  • Mr. Sunshine

    3. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
    8.9
    200 points by 2 voters
    Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant's family who travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to his homeland ...more
  • Chicago Typewriter

    4. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.6
    197 points by 2 voters
    This drama follows the lives of two men and a woman through two eras: one during the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the other in the 21st century. The three main ...more
  • Drama Special Season 8: Kang Deok Sun’s Love History

    5. Drama Special Season 8: Kang Deok Sun’s Love History

    Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode
    7.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    A drama about Kang Duk Soon, a naive woman who inadvertently gets wrapped up in an independence movement after following a man she has a one-sided love for to Gyeongsang province, and ...more
  • Eyes of Dawn

    6. Eyes of Dawn

    Korean Drama - 1991, 36 episodes
    8.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    "Eyes of Dawn" is the story of three young Koreans caught in the maelstrom of the nation's modern history. Spanning from the colonial period to the Korean War, the series brought to ...more
  • Inspiring Generation

    7. Inspiring Generation

    Korean Drama - 2014, 24 episodes
    7.2
    96 points by 1 voters
    Shin Jung Tae loses his father at the age of 15 when a Japanese soldier shoots him during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1930s. But instead of finding justice, Jung ...more
  • Capital Scandal

    8. Capital Scandal

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
    7.6
    95 points by 1 voters
    This drama is set in the 1930's when Korea was under the rule of Japan. Na Yeo Kyeong was the owner of a book store and she was also a freedom fighter. ...more
  • Different Dreams

    9. Different Dreams

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    7.9
    94 points by 1 voters
    A turning point in Korean history, one never to be forgotten is presented in this engaging historical drama, celebrating its 100th anniversary. In 1919, during the Japanese colonial period, two events paved ...more
  • Basketball

    10. Basketball

    Korean Drama - 2013, 18 episodes
    6.7
    93 points by 1 voters
    Drama series is set within the turbulent period between the Japanese colonial era and the division of Korea into North and South. Kang San is from a poor family. He struggles to ...more
  • Orient Theatre

    11. Orient Theatre

    Korean Drama - 2001, 28 episodes
    7.9
    92 points by 1 voters
    Orient Theatre takes place in the early part of the 20th century during the Japanese occupation and is about the people in the theater business struggling for success. (Source: DramaWiki)
  • Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young

    12. Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young

    Korean Drama - 2010, 5 episodes
    7.5
    91 points by 1 voters
    A four-part drama produced for the 100th anniversary of the occupation of Korea by Japan. Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young will be the third and final instalment of a series of dramas ...more

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