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Empire of Lust (2015)
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Empire of Lust (2015)
Original name: 순수의 시대
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King’s son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty era, but he was not picked as the Crown Prince. He still holds ambitions of becoming the King one day. Jin (Kang Ha-Neul) is Kim Min-Jae’s son and the King’s son-in-law. Due to his position as the King's son-in-law, he is unable to take part in politics and only seeks out pleasure.
Style: erotic, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing, romantic, sexy, costume drama
Plot: joseon dynasty, mistress, unrequited love, revenge, sex scene, suicide attempt, rescue from drowning, love and romance, japanese history, protector, political intrigue, danger, forbidden love, warrior, intrigue, couples, rivalry, society, political conspiracy, royal court, political unrest, palace intrigue, sex, gay, asian ...
Time: 14th century, 15th century, 1400s
Place: korea
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, erotic and romantic films with plots about asian, joseon dynasty, love and romance, rivalry, female nudity, sex scene and sex mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Empire of Lust: The Concubine (2012), My Country: The New Age (2019), The Slave Hunters (2010), The Empress Ki (2013), Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Concubine (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan). She schemes to replace him on the throne with his ...
Style: sexy, romantic, captivating, touching, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: royalty, sex scene, revenge, eunuch, erotica, sexual attraction, fatal attraction, love, oral sex, escapades, sex, betrayal ...
Time: 15th century
Place: korea
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My Country: The New Age (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.
Style: sincere, exciting, disturbing, tense, sageuk ...
Plot: joseon dynasty, friendship, power struggle, medieval, murder, warlord, rivalry, culture clash, society, destiny, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time: 14th century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Slave Hunters (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The Slave Hunters is a 2010 South Korean action historical drama set in the Joseon Dynasty about a slave hunter who is tracking down a general-turned-runaway slave as well as searching for the woman he loves. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to March ...
Style: sageuk, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot: joseon dynasty, slave, slavery, bounty hunter, conspiracy, love triangle, tragic hero, political intrigue, chase, deception, false accusation, danger ...
Time: 17th century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Empress Ki (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The story of the woman that would become Empress Ki, and her struggles as she worked her way through war, political conspiracies, and the imperial palace to become Empress of China. This Korean Drama re-imagines the historical figure as a fierce, ...
Style: suspenseful, romantic, harsh, multicultural, semi serious ...
Plot: love triangle, empress, chinese emperor, historical figure, love, female protagonist, crown prince, female warrior, battles, palace intrigue, sword fight, culture clash ...
Time: 14th century
Place: korea, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jun-young (Kam Woo-seong) is a man in his early thirties who has seen his friends and younger brother get married but has yet to open himself to a serious relationship. Rather he is happy floating through life with little direction or ambition. ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sexy, erotic ...
Plot: true love, love affair, looking for sex, looking for love, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, thirtysomething life, couples, destructive relationship, battle of the sexes, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Voyeurism (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A paparazzi reporter and a female doctor with exhibitionism can't help their instincts. Jae-hoon was a cameraman but he was fired for something and is now a paparazzi. He is known for his neat work but his usual task is catching people in ...
Style: captivating, tense, erotic, suspense, disturbing
Plot: kidnapped woman, voyeur, female nudity, sex, attempted seduction, longing, eroticism, erotica, sexual desire, sexual relations, sexploitation, nude girl ...
Place: korea
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Untold Scandal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent ...
Style: sexual, sexy, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: loss of virginity, cousin cousin relationship, seduction, defloration, murder, virginity, betrayal, love and romance, female nudity, orgasm, couple relations, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Affair (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Yoon-hee is one of the best curators who has everything. She meets a celebrated photographer named Hyeong-seok while preparing for an exhibit. She feels attracted towards him at first sight and suggests 100 days of sex games. The Korean version of ...
Style: sexy, erotic, dramatic, emotional, intense
Plot: eroticism, sex, photographer, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, relationships, erotica, couples, sex scene, nude, asian
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Servant (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, sex comedy ...
Plot: love triangle, unfulfilled love, social differences, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, couples, master and servant, society, power relations, rich and poor, asian ...
Place: south korea
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100%
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The Magician (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A Princess in the Joseon Dynasty travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry. On the way to there, she meets a young magician and falls in love with him.
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, romantic
Plot: magician, class differences, magic, forbidden love, secret identity, secret love, poverty, princess, convoy, witchcraft, wizard, magic trick ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Frozen Flower (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to ...
Style: sexy, touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, gay, royal family, love triangle, love and romance, unrequited love, gay love, adultery, tragedy, medieval, sword fight, lgbt ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, 13th century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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High Society (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of the journey of married couple up the social latter. The husband is professor at Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is a painter.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, exciting, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: videotaped sex, youth, society, family relations, love and romance, relationships, couples, contests and competitions, money, family life, escapades, friendship ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Sword with No Name (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Joseon dynasty bounty hunter becomes the body guard of the queen he secretly loves.
Style: serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: state affairs, royal family, fall in love, rivalry, head of state, love and romance, love interest, relationships, protector, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, tragic love ...
Time: 19th century
Place: korea, seattle, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Poongsan (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: espionage, fall in love, rescue, danger, undercover, rivalry, on the run, life is a bitch, conflict, spy, inter-korean relations, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
My Friend's Older Sister (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Joon-soo learns that his friend Hee-gyu's sister Hee-jin has no where to go after being scammed, so he suggests living with him. The two start living together. They are close like brother and sister but they can never be that. The two start ...
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, erotic
Plot: friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, love, seductress, couples, seduction, love interest, attempted seduction, romantic relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The King's Face (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story: Since Kwanghae was born from a concubine and only appointed as Crown Prince in a desperate measure, many dissatisfied officials from Northerner faction often plotted for his assassination and dethronement for 16 years. He also often quarreled with ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: joseon dynasty, palace intrigue, crown prince, intrigue, power struggle, prince, rivalry, fight, political intrigue, kingdom, competitor, asian history ...
Time: 17th century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Lost Flower: Eo Woo-dong (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A triangular relationship between Eo Woo-dong, her husband Lee Dong, and fantasy character Moo-gong, highlights on the first half of the Joseon Dynasty and portrays the contradicted life of the high class people, criticizing the modern day Korean ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, sexy, erotic ...
Plot: joseon dynasty, love triangle, husband wife relationship, love affair, romantic triangle, male female relationship, high society, love interest, love and romance, social problems, forbidden love, relationships ...
Time: 18th century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Face Reader (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Nae-kyung, the most skillful face reader in Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a Korean geisha. Nae-kyung accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot: political intrigue, royal court, joseon dynasty, head of state, betrayal, coup, society, asian history, lifestyle, coup d'etat, political unrest, dishonesty ...
Time: 15th century
Place: korea, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two female teachers and a male student hit with the inevitable disturbance of a coming whirlpool.
Style: sincere, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: sex, high school, deception, revenge, infidelity, teacher student sex, murder, jealousy, rivalry, disorder, society, love and romance ...
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30%
Blades of Blood (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story: In the 16th century in Chosun dynasty, HWANG Jung-hak and LEE Mong-hak create the “Grand Alliance” with the united dream of a better world. While the new leader LEE dreams of eradicating this world of all its corruption and becoming king ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dongchul, who is managing a small bar, is always enthusiastic about his school reunions. One day, Yujin, who has never showed up to a reunion, shows up at his bar. Her baby face and vitality make her unlike other married women and all the men fall ...
Style: sexy, erotic, suspense, talky, captivating ...
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Place: south korea, korea
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The Swordsman (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon’s greatest swordsman (Jang Hyuk) goes into hiding, far removed from his city’s anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
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Buddy's Mom (2015)
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 20-year-old Kyeong-soo is a man who's full of assumptions. He learned about sex from Internet porn, but nothing about the real thing. He's only had crushes and has never even kissed before. He got embarrassed when he confessed his feelings ...
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Style: erotic, sexy, suspense, captivating, romantic ...
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29%
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Country: South Korea
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Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating
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29%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
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Style: emotional, realistic, serious, romantic, tense ...
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29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
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