Korea Under Japanese Rule 일제감정기
Films and series set in Korea during Japanese colonial rule, 1910-1945
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- DirectorBong-rae LeeStarsHye-jeong KimMu-ryong ChoiSeung-ho KimA man fathered a child with a Japanese woman while Korea was under Japanese control. When Korea becomes liberated in 1945, the lovers were forced to seperate and the man was unable to meet his child for twenty years. He then learns that his daughter, now a young woman, is working in a coffee shop but has fallen on hard times. Despite his own limited resources, he makes up his mind to help her against the wishes of his current wife
- DirectorIn-yeob JeongStarsShin Seong-ilWon NamkungYun Jeong-hieKorean by birth, Bae Jeong-ja was adopted by a Japanese official and assisted in the annexation of Korea until she met freedom fighter Hong-jun who restored her sense of patriotism.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsLee Mi-sookDae-kun LeeMu-jeong LeeSam-po is a gambler living without concern for how his wife will manage their houselhold without his earning money. In order to get food and provisions, his wife An-hyeob, sleeps with various merchants in the village. One of the few men she does not sleep with, a lustful servant named Sam-dol, decides to reveal her activities to her husband for revenge.
- DirectorJung Ji-wooStarsShin GooPark Hae-ilSang-kyeong HwangAt the height of Korea's early modernization in the 1930's, LEE Hae-myung is proud to be the most modern boy in Seoul. He lives a high profile lifestyle partying in bars and clubs until one day he meets the girl of his dreams but she turns out to be someone completely different than what he expects.
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsJang Dong-gunJoe OdagiriBingbing FanIn World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorLee Hae-youngStarsJoo Bo-biPark Bo-youngKim Dong-hyeonA girl is transferred to a mysterious boarding school, where she is forced to discover its secrets to survive.
- 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.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsKim Min-heeHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woongA woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
- 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.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunSong Kang-hoGong YooKorean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces in this period action thriller.
- 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.
- StarsYoo Ah-inLim Soo-jungGo Kyung-pyoWriters that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930s are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter, and a devoted fan of the bestselling writer.
- DirectorRyoo 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.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsLee Je-HoonChoi 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.
- StarsLee Byung-hunKim Tae-riYoo Yeon-seokA young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.
- StarsLee Min-hoChoi Joon-YoungSoji AraiBased on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
- 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.
- StarsYoo Ji-taeLee Yo-wonLim Ju-hwanA 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.
- DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsYoo Hae-jinRyu Jun-yeolJo Woo-jinOver 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.