Colonial Period Korea (1910-1945)
Films and series set during the Japanese forced occupation of Korea.
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- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsSon Ye-jinPark Hae-ilRa Mi-ranThe last remaining princess of the Joseon Dynasty leaves her home for Japan, under Japanese colonial rule. Her childhood friend makes a vow to retrieve her and help her make her way back to Korea.
- DirectorHeung-sik ParkStarsHan Hyo-jooYoo Yeon-seokChun Woo-heeStory follows Jung So-Yool who dreams of becoming the best singer during the time of Japanese occupation of Korea.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunSong Kang-hoGong YooKorean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces in this period action thriller.
- DirectorDong-hoon ChoiStarsJun Ji-hyunLee Jung-jaeHa Jung-wooWhile Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.
- DirectorCho Jung-RaeStarsSoon-Hyoung ChaPark Choong-HwanKim Dong-WonTwo Korean girls, Jung-Min (14) and Young-hee (15) are kidnapped by the Japanese Imperial Army and taken to a 'Comfort Station' in China. There, they join other kidnapped girls in serving Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves known as 'Comfort Woman'. By the end of the war, only one of the girls survives. Decades later, an elderly lady attempts to reunite with the spirit of her lost friend. Inspired by the testimony of Kang Il-chul.
- DirectorHae-Young LeeStarsJoo Bo-biPark Bo-youngKim Dong-hyeonA girl is transferred to a mysterious boarding school, where she is forced to discover its secrets to survive.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsKang Ha-neulPark Jeong-minKim In-wooThe life and death of Dongju Yoon who dared to dream becoming a poet during the harsh period of Japan's occupation of Korea.
- StarsJoo WonPark Gi-woongJin Se-yeonIn 1930s Korea, during the Japanese colonial era, a man who is a Korean police officer assigned to aid the Japanese in the annihilation of the local rebellion, secretly dons the 'Bridal Mask' and fights the unjust regime.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsLee JehoonChoi Hee-SeoWi Ha-joonLife of a upcoming Korean patriot Park Yeol, who formed the anarchist organization "Black Wave" during the Japanese colonial period and attempted the assassination of the Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito.
- DirectorRyu Seung-wanStarsHwang Jung-minSo Ji-seobSong Joong-kiDuring the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.
- StarsLee Jong-sukShin Hye-sunLee Sang-YeobKim Woo-Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is already married, but he falls in love with Yun Sim-Deok. Yun Sim-Deok is the first Korean soprano. Kim Woo-Jin and Yun Sim-Deok's fate ends tragically.
- DirectorSik JungHwi KimStarsGo SooKim Ju-hyukPark Sung-woongIn 1927, a magician, Seok-jin plans the most elaborate trick to find out hidden conspiracy in his fiance's death.
- StarsYoo Ji-taeLim Ju-hwanLee Yo-wonA spy action love story set in Korea during the Japanese colonial period, unfolding for the first time in Japan between Lee Yong-jin, a Korean doctor raised by Japanese, and Kim Won-bo, the leader of the armed secret society Yongyeongdan.
- DirectorLee Won-taeStarsCho Jin-woongSong Seung-heonKwon Ban-sukYoung Kim Chang-Soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-Soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.