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6.9

♡ 13

letter

word

Yu-na Eom Director

Sung-Wook Lee as Jang Choon-Sam

Tae-hoon Kim as Park-Hoon

Young-chang Song as Ryoo Wan-Taek

Hong-Fa Kim as Teacher Jo

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

A Resistance

2019

6.3

♡ 9

96%

Action

Drama

women's prison

Min-ho Cho Director

Gyung-rok Kim as

Lee Sung Won as Kishi Shintaro

Ryu Kyung-Soo as Nishida Jiro / Jung Choon-young

Ah-sung Ko as Yu Gwan-Sun

17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910.

The Battle: Roar to Victory

2019

6.4

♡ 19

83%

japanese invasion of korea

joseon dynasty

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

War

Shin-yeon Won Director

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kusanagi

Woo-jin Jo as Ma Byung-gu

Kazuki Kitamura as Yasukawa Jiro

Kotaro Daigo as Yukio

Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.

Assassination

2015

7.2

♡ 61

83%

japanese invasion of korea

Thriller

Dong-hoon Choi Director

Ji-hyun Jun as An Ok-yun

Jung-woo Ha as Hawaii Pistol

Seung-woo Cho as Kim Won-bong

Jung-jae Lee as Yeom Seok-jin

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

The Last Princess

2016

japanese invasion of korea

7.1

♡ 17

73%

Jin-ho Hur Director

Hae-il Park as Jang-han

Lee Chae-eun as Jeong-hye

Ye-jin Son as Princess Deok-hye

So-Hyun Kim as Teen Princess Deok-hye

Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.

The Battleship Island

2017

7.1

♡ 92

67%

War

Seung-wan Ryoo Director

Ji-seob So as Choi Chil-sung

Jeong-min Hwang as Lee Gang-ok

Joong-Ki Song as Park Mu-young

Jon Allen as Song Jong-Gu

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

Phantom

2023

6.2

♡ 17

1930s

Action

based on novel or book

Crime

History

spy

Thriller

Hae-Young Lee Director

Kyung-gu Sol as Junji Muramaya

Lee Hanee as Park Cha kyeong Esom

Esom as Yun Nan-yeong

So-dam Park as Yuriko

In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.

Harbin

2024

6.3

♡ 12

89%

spy

Thriller

Min-ho Woo Director

Yeo-bin Jeon as Gong Bu-in

Lily Franky as Ito Hirobumi

Dong-Wook Lee as Lee Chang-seop

Ego Mikitas as Vladimir Kokovtsov

In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.

The Age of Shadows

2016

7.1

♡ 102

100%

japan