Asian Dramas to Watch

This story is about the princess of liang named xiner who has a lucky escape as her kingdom is suddenly seized. She gets injured badly and is in a lot of trouble. Then, A kind new friend named Weiyoung saves the princesses' life but after some unfortunate circumstances cannot attend the event to fulfill her own dearest wish. Xiner decides to step up and play the role of Weiyoung no matter how dangerous. She does this as a way to pay her friend back for her kindness. As the princess pursues her new identity and the class reputation that comes with it, she cleverly tries to crawl her way out of the wormhole. She finds that her new life will not be as easy as she may have believed. As weiyoung falls in love with someone she believes is her enemy, she learns that not everything is as it seems. As she seeks to get rid of the real threats behind the scenes, she gets framed many times and suffers many losses. New challenges arise with relationship problems as she is cautious to explain her actions for her true identitys safety. Will she be able to share her true self with her soulmate? Will she have what it takes to follow her heart? or will her love go unrequited?...

Set in the early 19th century. Goo Hae Ryung works as a historian. Female historians like Goo Hae Ryung are generally looked down upon because of their gender. Yet, Goo Hae Ryung fulfills her duty as a historian. She gets involved with Prince Lee Rim.

There is a crown prince who falls in love with his political eunuch. Yet, Lee Yeong, the prince, knows he cannot possibly propose his feeling. Meanwhile, Hong Raon, the subject, is scared she might show herself in true colors. What are they? Friends or lovers? Should they not have met each other?

The extended Forsyte family live a more than pleasant upper middle class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte. Soames is a solicitor, all proper and straight-laced. His love for the beautiful Irene is his only weakness as is his beautiful daughter Fleur. Jolyon is the opposite, a free-thinking artist who abandons his wife to live with his children's nanny. Their lives and their children's lives will intersect over 30 years bringing happiness to some and tragedy to others.

British officer Ross Poldark returns to his native Cornwall after the Revolutionary War after escaping as a prisoner of war. He finds that because he was believed dead, his home has fallen into ruin and his estate has shifted to his mercenary uncle following the death of his father. His uncle has committed to selling the family copper and tin mines to a ruthless local land baron while his former fiancée has agreed to marry his cousin in his absence.

Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Set in the 18th-century Joseon, it tells the story of Crown Prince Lee Sun and his fight against a powerful and wealthy organization Pyunsoo hwe, who controls the country behind the scenes. He becomes a hope for the people who suffer from lack of water due to the greed of Pyunsoo hwe, who tried to privatize the nation's water supply. With the help of the woman he loves, Ga-eun, Lee Sun overcomes adversity and grow as a just ruler.

The story is set during the Jin-Song Wars. Two women escaped while pregnant when their husbands were killed. Their sons grew up separately. Guo Jing is honest, loyal and righteous, but slow-witted. Yang Kang is clever, but scheming and treacherous. They eventually meet each other and their respective lovers, Huang Rong and Mu Nianci. The main plot follows Guo Jing and Huang Rong's adventures and their encounters with the Five Greats.

An unfavoured child of a rich family, Ming Lan studies and works hard, and falls in love with the son of a high official. Through cunning schemes, they both rise in position and work to obtain justice from those that have wronged them.

Gongsun Li is the granddaughter and disciple of military commander Gongsun Yu. When she was young, she met and rescued Ying Zheng, who then fell in love with her at first sight. When the Qin troops were attacked, Gongsun Li's childhood lover, Jing Ke was poisoned while protecting her. In order to attain the antidote for Jing Ke, Gongsun Li agreed to marry Ying Zheng. However, she found out that she was already pregnant with Jing Ke's child. Ying Zheng decides to hide the truth for Gongsun Li, treating the child as his own. Gongsun Li was deeply touched by Ying Zheng's actions. At the same time, Han Shen (Sun Li and Jing Ke's senior) entered the palace to save her and stayed on in the palace as an imperial guard. After much time, Gongsun Li comes to know a kinder and lesser known side of Ying Zheng and begins to fall for him. Facing the harem, the schemes of the concubines, and Ying Zheng's mercurial nature, Gongsun Li uses her wits, intelligence and kindness to earn the love and respect of everyone; and saves the world.

Ruyi is an consort who learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the harem. After becoming empress, Ruyi still must survive the conspiracies against her. Her relationship with emperor Qianlong becomes eroded even when Ruyi is able to overcome the challenges. Can Ruyi maintain her role as the empress under such difficult circumstances?

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her life is only hinted at during a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons in the book of Genesis. Told through Dinah's eloquent voice, this sweeping miniseries reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah's tale begins with the story of her mothers: Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah tells us of the world of the red tent, the place where women were sequestered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness; of her initiations into the religious and sexual practices of her tribe; of Jacob's courtship with his four wives; of the mystery and wonder of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and slaves; of love and death in the city of Shechem; of her half-brother Joseph's rise in Egypt, and of course her rape and it's bloody consequences.

In Korea during the first half of the 1700s, Yi San is an aloof and perfection-loving young prince. His father's killing haunts him, although it leaves him in the position to take the throne once his grandfather - the cruel and ruthless current king responsible for Yi San's father's death - dies. He has resolved to become a benevolent monarch who will reform the law when he eventually takes the throne, but the way his father was killed has scarred him emotionally. At court, he meets a young woman named Sung Deok Im. Yi San falls in love with her and tries to convince her to become his official concubine. But Sung Deok Im is strong-willed and free-spirited. She is also intelligent enough to understand that becoming a royal consort to the future king is a prestigious role, but one that would restrict her freedom and likely bring her little in the way of joy. But Yi San's love for Sung Deok Im is true, and she starts to understand that forming a union with him could ultimately benefit his troubled realm.

Joseon is in disorder from uprisings and a power struggle surrounding King Yi Heon. To avoid assassination, a clown named Ha Sun is brought to the palace to take the place of King Yi Heon. Ha Sun looks almost identical to King Lee Hun. When Ha Sun was a child, his parents died during an epidemic; he was saved from starvation by a group of clowns and became one of them when he grew up, and during their performances he would play King Yi Heon, whom he greatly resembled. Now Ha Sun is nervous that someone in the palace will discover that he is not the real king. Meanwhile, he falls for the beautiful Queen Yoo So Woon. ~~The drama adaptation of "Masquerade", is a story that takes inspiration from "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain. (Source: AsianWiki, HanCinema)

Intense power play between the royals as they all fight for a better kingdom for everyone.

A young woman born in Eight Banners' family marries the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. After surviving through many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress dowager.

The story of Shiyi, born a concubine's daughter. She believed that women should be free to pursue a life outside of home and hoped to someday use her embroidery skills to secure her freedom. But destiny had something else in store for her.

A drama about Mi Yue, the outstanding female politician in Chinese history, who made a great contribution to the unification of China two thousand years ago.