Seo-gu Lee

Based on a true story. When the heir to the throne is starved to death in a locked rice chest, his wife flees with her son to raise him in safety. (imdb)

When King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of all the infighting, the ministers arrange for a branch of the king's family, which had lost all its wealth and was living on remote Ganghwa Island, to inherit. But the heir to the throne is reluctant to leave his island home. (imdb)

A concubine plots drive the queen into exile and she usurps her place on the throne while nobles, loyal to the old queen, try to convince the king of the new queen's cruel actions and ambitions. (imdb)

A former kisaeng is forced to give in to her father-in-law's demands and give her children to him to be raised after her husband passes away. (imdb)

One of the few surviving members of the royal family joins the army to fight Chinese invaders while his wife and child try to evade the Mandarin in Seoul. (imdb)

Based on a true story. The king falls in love with Jang Hie-bin, a woman of low birth and makes her his second wife. Shel plots against the queen, the king's first wife, and has her driven from the palace. Hie-bin is unpopular among the nobles, however, who fear her power and she soon finds herself fending off conspiracies to have her removed from the throne.