🏷 Discover The Best Japanese Occupation Of Korea Movies & TV Shows

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Uncover the Hidden Histories: Best Movies and TV Shows about the Japanese Occupation of Korea

Delve into the complexities of Korea's past and experience the resilience of its people through the lens of cinema. From heart-wrenching dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, discover the best movies and TV shows that shed light on the Japanese occupation of Korea, a pivotal period in the country's history.

Mr. Sunshine
Cast
Lee Byung-hun Lee Byung-hun
Kim Tae-ri Kim Tae-ri
Yoo Yeon-seok Yoo Yeon-seok
Kim Min-joung Kim Min-joung
8.5 186 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 24
Story:  Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
Plot:  romance, historical fiction, japanese invasion of korea, korean resistance, korean empire, japanese occupation of korea, enemies to friends
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The Handmaiden
Cast
Kim Min-hee Kim Min-hee
Kim Tae-ri Kim Tae-ri
Ha Jung-woo Ha Jung-woo
Cho Jin-woong Cho Jin-woong
8.2 4.4K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Audience: R
Story:  1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
Style:  shocking, romantic
Plot:  jealousy, based on novel or book, library, pickpocket, eroticism, con man, swindler, lesbian relationship, ...
Time:  1930s
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Gyeongseong Creature
Cast
Park Seo-jun Park Seo-jun
Han So-hee Han So-hee
7.9 320 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 17
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
Style:  philosophical, satirical
Plot:  monster, survival, hospital, japanese occupation of korea, dramatic, audacious, cliché
Time:  1940s
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My Way
Cast
Jang Dong-gun Jang Dong-gun
Joe Odagiri Joe Odagiri
Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing
Kim In-kwon Kim In-kwon
7.9 449 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Audience: R
Story:  During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
Plot:  japanese occupation of korea
Time:  world war ii
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Pachinko
7.9 264 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  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.
Style:  melancholy, nostalgic, intimate, intense
Plot:  gambling, based on novel or book, immigrant, family history, osaka, japan, east asian lead, immigrant family, ...
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Exhuma
Cast
Choi Min-sik Choi Min-sik
Kim Go-eun Kim Go-eun
Yoo Hai-jin Yoo Hai-jin
Lee Do-hyun Lee Do-hyun
7.6 738 votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Plot:  ritual, coffin, exorcism, curse, shaman, undertaker, illness, tomb, ...
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The Age of Shadows
Cast
Song Kang-ho Song Kang-ho
Gong Yoo Gong Yoo
Han Ji-min Han Ji-min
Shingo Tsurumi Shingo Tsurumi
7.2 376 votes
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
Plot:  shanghai, china, independence movement, korean resistance, japanese occupation of korea, korea
Time:  1920s
Place:  japan
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