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Drama and movie list of historical genre

Queen Insoo
  • Title: Queen Insoo
  • Also Known As: 인수대비 / Insoo Daebi
  • Genre: Historical
  • Broadcast Date: December, 2011
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Total Episodes: 50
  • Casts: Kim Young Ho, Chae Si Ra, Kim Ga Yun, Kim Yong Hee, Lee Mi Sook
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Summary/Synopsis: 

    The life of Queen Insoo from her childhood to adulthood as she ruled Joseon alongside her mother-in-law, Queen Jeonghee. The drama spans from King Moon Jong to Yeon San, Insoo's grandson.

Gye Baek
King Gwanggaeto the Great
  • Title: King Gwanggaeto the Great
  • Also Known As: 광개토대왕 (廣開土太王) / Gwanggaeto Dae Wang
  • Genre: Historical
  • Broadcast Date: June, 2011
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Total Episodes: 92
  • Casts: Kim Seung Soo, Kim Jung Hwa, Lee In Hye, Lee Tae Gon, Jang Shin Young
  • Status: Complete
  • Summary/Synopsis: 

    A drama detailing the life of King Gwanggaeto the Great, who restored the glory of Goguryeo by wresting power back from Baekje, which had invaded Goguryeo prior to Gwanggaeto's birth and dominated East Asia under the rule of King Geunchogo.

King Geunchogo
  • Title: King Geunchogo
  • Also Known As: 근초고왕 (近肖古王) / Geunchogo Wang
  • Genre: Historical
  • Broadcast Date: November, 2010
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Total Episodes: 70
  • Casts: Ahn Jae Mo, Kam Woo Sung, Kim Ji Soo, Lee Ji Hoon, Lee Jong Won
  • Status: Complete
  • Summary/Synopsis: 

    The story of King Geunchogo, warrior king of Baekje. Under his reign, the kingdom experienced its glory days, with military conquests that saw him controlling most of the Korean peninsula and a subsequent enhancement of political power that reached its greatest height in Baekje's history.

Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young
  • Title: Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe Young
  • Also Known As: 자유인 이회영 / Jayuin Lee Hoe Young / The Fugitive: Plan B
  • Genre: Historical
  • Broadcast Date: August, 2010
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Total Episodes: 5
  • Casts: Ahn Jae Mo, Jung Dong Hwan, Kwon Oh Joong, Lee Ah Yi, Hong Il Kwon
  • Status: Complete
  • Summary/Synopsis: 

    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 installment of a series of dramas by KBS that focus on noblesse oblige and famous inviduals who sacrificed much to provide for their fellow countrymen. Lee Hoe Young was an independence fighter who donated his savings and started a school for soldiers and scholars in China, but was later captured and tortured by the Japanese. Kimura Junpei is a Japanese reporter that he meets.

Kim Soo Ro
  • Title: Kim Soo Ro
  • Also Known As: 김수로 / Kim Soo Ro
  • Genre: Historical
  • Broadcast Date: May, 2010
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Total Episodes: 32
  • Casts: Ji Sung, Lee Jong Won
  • Status: Complete
  • Summary/Synopsis: 

    This drama charts the life of Kim Soo Ro, the legendary founder of the city-state of Geumgwan Gaya during the Three Kingdoms Period.

Merchant Kim Man Deok