2017
40 eps
MBC
Historical Action Drama
A Joseon crown prince, forced to wear a mask to survive a conspiracy that controls the water supply, must outwit a powerful merchant guild monopolising the nation's most essential …
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Ruler: Master of the Mask delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic and intense energy throughout.
2019
18 eps
tvN
Fantasy Historical Drama
In the ancient land of Arth, warring tribes, prophesied heroes, and political power struggles play out on an epic scale. Eun-seom, born under a cursed star, rises from slavery to l…
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Arthdal Chronicles delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic and intense energy throughout.
2019
16 eps
tvN
Historical Romance Drama
A tyrant king, threatened by conspirators, secretly replaces himself with a peasant clown who looks exactly like him. As the clown impersonates the king and begins to genuinely gov…
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, The Crowned Clown delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.
2017
30 eps
MBC
Historical Action Drama
The legendary story of Gil Dong, a man born with supernatural strength to a slave mother, who rises from oppressed commoner to folk hero — robbing from corrupt nobles to give to th…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same epic and intense energy throughout.
2021
20 eps
KBS2
Historical Romance Action
A fierce Goguryeo princess raised as an assassin infiltrates enemy territory disguised as a commoner — and finds unexpected peace with a humble general's son who wants nothing to d…
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, River Where the Moon Rises delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same epic and intense energy throughout.
2018
24 eps
tvN
Historical Romance Action
A Korean boy born into slavery escapes to America, returns as a US Marine captain, and falls for a noblewoman fighting for independence.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same epic and cinematic energy throughout.
2015
50 eps
SBS
Historical Drama Action
Set during the fall of Goryeo and the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, six individuals — idealists, warriors, scholars, and schemers — each pursue their vision of what a new nation …
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Six Flying Dragons delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic and intense energy throughout.
2024
16 eps
tvN
Historical Romance Political
A young king who prefers chess to politics makes a rash wager: he will play the new master of the royal court in a chess match, and if he loses he will grant her any wish. What beg…
Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
2016
20 eps
SBS
Historical Romance Drama
A modern woman is transported to the Goryeo Dynasty and gets entangled with warring princes.
If you loved Prince of the North's political maneuvering where every alliance is temporary, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same epic and dramatic energy throughout.
2013
51 eps
MBC
Historical Melodrama Romance
The epic true-ish story of Ki Seung-nyang, a Goryeo woman who rises from virtual slave to become Empress of the Yuan dynasty — navigating two men who love her, a throne she was nev…
Both are built around the intoxication of power and what it costs to keep it. Same epic and intense energy throughout.