#sageuk

[kaizsche]

That's not it either. Let's refrain from these burdensome titles. Think of something else. MOON LOVERS: SCARLET HEART RYEO (2016)

[earlgreymilkteas-blog]

"My life belongs to Your Highness" ✨️

Naegumwijang Acacius 🔥⚔️

Captain of the Naegumwijang (Joseon Dynasty elite royal palace guard)

🇰🇷 In Korea where I live, February 17th was Lunar New Year's Day (Seollal). I drew a fanart to celebrate Lunar New Year 🎉💕

[anotherkdramablog]

How Many of Korea's Top-Rated 100 Dramas Have you Seen?

1~20

21~40

41~60

61~80

81~100

None/I don't go here/See results/I'm bald

Voting ended onMay 6

A Complete List Here:

First Love (1996)

What Is Love? (1991)

Sandglass (1995)

Heo Jun (1999)

Sunny Place of the Young (1995)

You and I (1997)

Sons and Daughters (1992)

Emperor Wang Guhn (2000)

Eyes of Dawn (1991)

Jewel in the Palace (2003)

Lovers in Paris (2004)

Can't Take My Eyes Off You (1998)

Truth (2000)

Jealousy (1992)

Blowing Of The Wind (1995)

Men of the Bath House (1995)

Tie: Guk Hee (1999) & Trap of Youth (1999)

Tomato (1999)

M (1994)

Stormy Season (1993)

Jumong (2006)

Rustic Period (2002)

Mother's Sea (1993)

Bread, Love & Dreams (2010)

My Name is Kim Sam Soon (2005)

Legend of Ambition (1998)

Ladies of the Palace (2001)

My Son's Woman (1994)

Tears of the Dragon (1996)

My Only One (2018)

Star In My Heart (1997)

My Husband Got a Family (2012)

Ambition (1994)

Tie: Moon of Seoul (1994) & Because of Affection (1997)

Tie: The Final Match (1994) & My Too Perfect Sons (2009)

My Daughter Seoyoung (2012)

Tie: Wang's Family (2013) & All About Eve (2000)

How Is Your Husband? (1993)

Cinderella (1997)

Miss Mermaid (2002)

All In (2003)

My Golden Life (2017)

Tie: Until We Can Love (1996) & Shining Inheritance (2009)

Tie: Famous Princesses (2006) & My Rosy Life (2005)

Pilot (1993)

Daughters of a Rich Family (1994)

Last War (1999)

Tears of Endearment (2004)

Mr Q (1998)

Love In Your Embrace (1994)

Tie: Queen Seondeok (2009) & Dear Heaven (2005)

Smile, Donghae (2010)

Winter Bird (1992)

Like Them Or Not (2007)

King and Queen (1998)

Roses and Bean Sprouts (1999)

Three Brothers (2009)

You Are My Destiny (2008)

Stairway to Heaven (2003)

Yes, Sir (1996)

Tie: What Happens to My Family? (2014) & Love And Success (1998)

Tie: Hearts of Nineteen (2006) & The Way This Woman Lives (1994)

Jang Hee Bin (1995)

Mom's Dead Upset (2008)

KoreaGate (1995)

Tie: Autumn in My Heart (2000), Premonition (1997) & Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)

Tie: Her House (2001) & Countryside Chronicles (1980)

Autumn Woman (1992)

Mothers and Sisters (2000)

Tie: Promise (1992) & Too Good To Be True (1994)

Bright Girl's Success (2002)

Palace of Dreams (1997)

Loving You (1999)

To Live (1993)

Tie: What Happened in Bali (2004) & Happy Together (1999)

Full House (2004)

Tie: Be Strong, Geum Sun (2005), Wind in the Grass (1992) & Giant (2010)

Ambitions on Sand (1992)

General Hospital (1994)

Tie: Third Republic (1993) & Hometown Legends (1996)

Days of Delight (1999)

Crush (1994)

Our Paradise (1990)

Sunrise Peak (1992)

[nocturnalsoullife]

Jang Hyuk + Historical Roles

Kdrama:

The Slave Hunters (2010)

Tree With Deep Roots (2011)

Shine or Go Crazy (2015)

The Merchant: Gaekju (2015)

My Country: The New Age (2019)

Bloody Heart (2022)

The King of Sageuk 🤴

[kateknowsdramas]

Did you ever hate me?

The day you left me for good, I resented you so much that I stared at you for awhile. However, no matter how long I looked, I could never feel hatred toward you. Instead, I hated myself. How cold of you. Did you even imagine how I must have felt?

I could not imagine it. I just knew that my heart was being torn into a thousand pieces and could only hope that you would not feel the way I did.

[littlecakeclub]

For the Bookish Girls Who Wanted to Rewrite History - Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung

In Joseon-era Korea, a bold young woman becomes one of the first female historians at the royal court. As she navigates palace life, censorship, and politics, she crosses paths with a sheltered prince secretly writing romance novels. Their lives intertwine in a tender story of self-discovery, truth, and the power of rewriting history.

I loved this drama's main idea: a historical drama that centers the act of writing history itself and gives that role to a woman.

Our main character, Goo Hae-ryung, is confident, intelligent, and sharp-tongued, a rare combination for a sageuk heroine. I loved how she wasn't framed as naive or innocent, but rather as someone who already knows who she is. And the romance plays into this beautifully. The love interest, Lee Rim, is sweet, sincere, and completely inexperienced in love. It’s refreshing to see a male lead so emotionally honest and unsure of himself while the female lead is the one grounded and self-assured.

The show also gently explores ideas like censorship, intellectual freedom, and how women have been excluded from knowledge and public records. It was genuinely satisfying to watch female characters act as historians, scholars, and observers of truth in a world that constantly tries to silence or erase them. The drama never yells its feminism, but it's there : in Hae-ryung standing up to scholars who ridicule her, in her persistence to be taken seriously, and in the slow solidarity that builds between the women of the palace. It’s a quiet, bookish kind of resistance.

That said, the ending felt a bit rushed. I wish we had more time to see the political resolution unfold. It deserved more than a single episode to tie everything up.

Overall, it’s a perfect drama for people looking for a feel-good historical story, not for those expecting tight political plotting or heavy melodrama. If you want something soft and warm with cute characters, gentle slow-burn romance, and subtle but meaningful feminist themes, this one is worth your time. ✦ My rating: 4/5 stars ✦

[moonjong-starboy]

Hey friends, i'm making a kdrama bingo for my students and coworkers to do over the winter break but i didnt have much time to finish it because ive been sick the past 2 days. Do any of you have specific kdrama tropes to add on as suggestions for the bingo cards?

I already have a bunch of suggestions but i need more

If you have a suggestion please add a reply🥺🫶🏾

Im also adding a Sageuk edition with tropes specifically about sageuks

[mysageukinbio]

OP and EDs, original and foreign broadcasts

Original Broadcast

Original draft of the opening, was never released on the soundtracks. It's possible they stopped using this version of the song from ep 25 but I'm not sure

The one everyone knows, I think it was only used from ep 75 or so

Japanese DVD

Royalty-free version made just for the DVD. Was also used for the Vietnamese broadcasts

Hong Kong broadcast

Frances Yip (叶丽仪) - Live Out the Future (活出个未来) Cover of the original soundtrack's A Woman's World by Paige

Frances Yip - Fate Again (又是命运) Cover of the original soundtrack's Path/Love Song/Song of Devotion by Paige (Also used for the Damo OST)

Taiwanese broadcast

女人天下第二部庶女夺权 片頭曲 死了都要愛_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

网络考古！, 视频播放量 351、弹幕量 0、点赞数 4、投硬币枚数 0、收藏人数 3、转发人数 1, 视频作者 影娱基地, 作者简介 ，相关视频：台灣中視當年播出的電視劇《步步驚心》舊片頭曲，《风云》第二部碟装片尾曲《别人的天长地久》，电视连续剧《凤在江湖》片头曲、片尾曲，宮

SHIN (信乐团) - Die for Love (死了都要爱) OP used for the first 50 episodes, resumed using the original opening afterwards. Cover of Park Wan Gyu's Thousand-Year Love (천년의 사랑)

Joey Yung (容祖儿) - Who Will I Love Tomorrow? (明天爱谁) ED for early episodes I think