WOMANHOOD - The Power of Women
Lists of the Dramas that give expression to the echoes of ancient queens, modern heroines, and every woman in between converge.
Which Dramas and series accurately reflect, challenge, and redefine the meaning of womanhood?
Correlating FORUM: GYNESIS: Chronicles of the Crane - The Women´s Voice Hub
LiN Apr 11, 2025
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![The Rise of Ning]()
Despite being the first-born daughter of an official, Luo Yi Ning grew up being mistreated by her father's concubine. With help from Luo Shen Yuan, Yi Ning's estranged half-brother, she moves back ...more -
![The Double]()
Xue Fang Fei, the daughter of a wealthy magistrate, loses everything after a major upheaval. She’s saved by Jiang Li, the daughter of the Secretariat Director, and takes on Jiang Li’s identity ...more -
![Flourished Peony]()
Set in the Tang Dynasty, the story follows He Wei Fang, a merchant's daughter skilled in cultivating rare peonies. With the help of Jiang Chang Yang, an official in Chang'an, she leaves ...more -
![The Glory]()
Abandoned as a child, Zhuang Han Yan grows up in the southern countryside before returning to her family in the capital. She catches the eye of Fu Yun Xi, a deputy minister ...more -
![New Life Begins]()
Because of a marriage selection, girls from all over the world gather in Xin Chuan. Yin Zheng, one of the six young masters of Xin Chuan, who keeps a low profile, and ...more -
![The Story of Ming Lan]()
Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised ...more -
![Perfect Match]()
During the Northern Song Dynasty under Renzong, Mrs. Li, from a wealthy Luoyang family, moves to Bianjing with her daughters, each unique in personality, to reunite with her second daughter and resolve ...more -
![Story of Kunning Palace]()
Jiang Xue Ning’s obsession with becoming empress strains her friendship with Yan Lin and leads to the arrest of Official Zhang Zhe. After a brief reign, guilt takes hold as rebels, led ...more -
![Search: WWW]()
This drama delves into the challenges and triumphs of modern women who have chosen career over traditional family roles. Bae Ta Mi, a competitive director at a major web portal company in ...more -
![A Dream of Splendor]()
Zhao Pan Er, a clever teahouse owner in Qiantang, embarks on a journey to the Capital, Bian Jing, after discovering her fiancé left her for another woman. Along the way, she saves ...more -
![Kill My Sins]()
The wandering physician Ye Ping An, entangled in an old and secretive case, arrives in Chang'an. Accused of mystical medical interventions, she manipulates minds and evokes fear, while the low-born magistrate Yuan ...more -
![Under the Queen's Umbrella]()
Within the palace exist troublemaking princes who cause nothing but headaches for the royal family and are about to be turned into proper crown princes. Their mother, Im Hwa Ryeong, is the wife ...more -
![The Glory]()
A high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a ...more -
![Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born]()
Jeong Nyeon has no money or education, but she is a Mokpo girl with a talent for singing! Her dream is to join a women's traditional theater company, and make it big. ...more -
![Youth of May]()
Hee Tae, a top student at Seoul National University College of Medicine, becomes a local hero in Gwangju. His best friend Kyung Soo, a pro-democracy activist, persuades him to open an illegal ...more -
![Moonlight Mystique]()
Bai Shuo, the youngest daughter of the Governor's mansion, made a vow to cultivate immortality to repay a favor. While on her journey to seek immortality, she encounters the powerful demon king, ...more -
![Strong Woman Do Bong Soon]()
Do Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is, in fact, very, very strong. For generations in ...more -
![Till the End of the Moon]()
In an era when demons have dominion over cultivators and mortals, the cultivator elders believe it is imperative to send someone back in time to discover the origin of the demon lord ...more -
![Pyramid Game]()
Once a month, students at Baekyeon Girls' High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. Seong ...more -
![My Name]()
After her father's murder, Yoon Ji Woo seeks revenge by infiltrating the police under the direction of Choi Moo Jin, the head of a powerful drug ring. As she goes undercover, she ...more -
![Age of Youth]()
Five girls in their twenties come to live together in a house called "Belle Epoque", which means "a beautiful time" in French. Each girl has a particular personality, background, and issues. In ...more -
![Weak Hero Class 1]()
Yeon Shi Eun is a model student who ranks at the top of his high school. Physically, Yeon Shi Eun appears weak, but by using his wits and psychology, he fights against ...more -
![Knight Flower]()
Cho Yeo Hwa has been a widow for 15 years. Her in-laws are the most prestigious noble family in the kingdom. During the day, she leads the life of a widow devoted ...more -
![Si Jin]()
Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by her lover Yu Jin, is determined to change her fate. She breaks off her engagement, outsmarts her cruel aunt, opens a perfumery, and investigates mysterious ...more -
![The Sword and the Brocade]()
Set during the Ming Dynasty, the story follows the romance between General Xu Ling Yi and Shi Yi Niang, the concubine's daughter, who is chosen to marry him to save her declining ...more -
![Kim Ji Young: Born 1982]()
Kim Ji Young has one of the most common female names for people her age. She works at a PR agency. Kim Ji Young gets married and has a daughter. So she ...more -
![Best Choice Ever]()
Mai Cheng Huan, a girl born into an ordinary family in Shanghai in the 1990s, is urged by her mother, Liu Wan Yu, to discuss marriage with her boyfriend, Xin Jia Liang. ...more -
![Like a Dragon]()
In the sweltering heat of Tokyo summer, the night begins with a hapless bank robbery and the disappearance of ten million yen belonging to the Tojo gang. Meanwhile, yakuza Majima Goro, decked ...more -
![Court Lady]()
Born into privilege as the son of one of the founding pillars of the Tang Empire, Sheng Chu Mo has never had any desire to do more than enjoy the ease of ...more -
![17.3 About a Sex]()
"The world average age for the first sexual experience... 17.3". Is that early? Late? Seino Sakura has a serious personality. Hara Tsumugi has never liked a member of the opposite sex before. ...more -
![Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1]()
Ling Bu Yi, the foster son of Emperor Wen and a talented & ruthless general of the Black Armour Army, was on a personal mission to uncover hidden truths about the past, ...more -
![My Treasure]()
Life after graduation has not been easy for Qiu Dong Na. Stumbling along in her non-existent career, she had survived being picked on by her colleagues and being setup by her own ...more -
![The Prisoner of Beauty]()
Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the sharp and kind master of the Wei family, as part of a family alliance. With bad blood between their ...more -
![Queen Seon Deok]()
The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people. A biopic of Queen Seon Deok, who was born a princess and later became the ...more -
![Until Rainbow Dawn]()
When Hana falls in love with Ayumi, a girl she meets in her sign language group, she comes out to her parents who swiftly reject her. In an effort to cheer her ...more -
![Once upon a Dream]()
Shen Qing Tang, taken in by the Pei family after her own was destroyed, grows up as the nominal sister of Pei Cong Zhi. Though he’s her only protector, his dangerous nature ...more -
![When the Camellia Blooms]()
Dong Baek is a single mother living in the small town of Ongsan. She runs the bar-restaurant Camellia, while also taking care of her son Pil Gu. The people of Ongsan frequently ...more -
![She and Her Girls]()
Zhang Gui Mei, a female teacher in Huaping County, Yunnan Province, encountered poverty-driven school dropout cases among girls during her home visits. Determined to make a difference, she established a tuition-free all-girls ...more -
![Ballerina]()
Ok Ju used to work as a bodyguard. She excels in physical activities like martial arts, sword fighting, gunmanship, and motorcycle riding. Ok Ju is friends with Min Hui, who is a ...more -
![Crash Course in Romance]()
After retiring from her career as a national athlete, Nam Haeng Sun now owns a humble side dish store. Her cheerful personality and boundless energy catch the attention of Choi Chi Yeol, ...more
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