Best secret identity drama

(without gender-bender or fantasy)

nastou19 Dec 12, 2019
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  • Healer

    1. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    3,279 points by 33 voters
    Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer" by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his ...more
  • The Bridal Mask

    2. The Bridal Mask

    Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
    8.5
    1,671 points by 17 voters
    Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Kang ...more
  • City Hunter

    3. City Hunter

    Korean Drama - 2011, 20 episodes
    8.3
    1,575 points by 16 voters
    Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father's death with his surrogate ...more
  • Cruel City

    4. Cruel City

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    8.5
    1,079 points by 11 voters
    It portrays the cruel life of the drug cartels and the story of revenge for a loved one. Jung Shi Hyun is a newly appointed under-boss of the drug cartel. He lives ...more
  • Pinocchio

    5. Pinocchio

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.3
    887 points by 9 voters
    The idealistic Choi In Ha has her work cut out for her when she becomes a broadcast reporter, especially when she suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome,” which makes her ...more
  • Kill Me, Heal Me

    6. Kill Me, Heal Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.7
    872 points by 9 voters
    A traumatic childhood experience leaves Cha Do Hyeon, suffering from memory loss and dissociation. The latter has resulted in the creation of seven distinct personalities. Wanting to regain control over his life, ...more
  • Ouroboros

    7. Ouroboros

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.5
    778 points by 8 voters
    Ryuzaki Ikuo and Danno Tatsuya are orphans who grew up in an orphanage called Mahoroba no Ie. When they were elementary school students, an orphanage staff, who took care of them like ...more
  • Iljimae

    8. Iljimae

    Korean Drama - 2008, 20 episodes
    8.3
    676 points by 7 voters
    Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Yong acted as a hooligan in the marketplace by day but at night he was a thief who robbed corrupted government officials to give to the poor. ...more
  • Time Between Dog and Wolf

    9. Time Between Dog and Wolf

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
    8.1
    584 points by 6 voters
    After his mother is brutally murdered in front of him by the Thai criminal syndicate Cheongbang, Lee Soo Hyun is adopted into NIS agent Kang Jung Ho's family. Together with Kang Min ...more
  • Man to Man

    10. Man to Man

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.8
    568 points by 6 voters
    Kim Sul Woo is a top-secret National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent, known only to a few superiors. When the Songsan Group is identified as a national threat, Sul Woo goes undercover as ...more
  • Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    11. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

    Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.5
    393 points by 4 voters
    Set in the fictional land of Arthdal during ancient times (bronze age). Eun Seom was born with a fate to bring disaster to Arthdal, which leads him and his mother, who wants ...more
  • Who Are You: School 2015

    12. Who Are You: School 2015

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
    8.2
    388 points by 4 voters
    Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul's Gangnam District, and Go Eun Byul is the most popular girl there. Meanwhile, her identical twin Lee Eun Bi is ...more
  • You're All Surrounded

    13. You're All Surrounded

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.2
    377 points by 4 voters
    Eun Dae Gu, Uh Soo Sun, Park Tae Il and Ji Gook - otherwise known as the P4 - are the new recruits in the violent crime unit at Gangnam Police Station. ...more
  • Terius Behind Me

    14. Terius Behind Me

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.3
    367 points by 4 voters
    Go Ae Rin is a single mother who, after unexpectedly losing her husband, gets involved in a spy war. She lives in the apartment in front of Kim Bon. Kim Bon, whose ...more
  • Haeundae Lovers

    15. Haeundae Lovers

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
    7.0
    365 points by 4 voters
    Haeundae Lovers is about a prosecutor who goes undercover to infiltrate a crime family in Haeundae, Busan, then gets into an accident and loses his memory. Thinking he's a gangster, he falls ...more
  • Rookie Agent Rouge

    16. Rookie Agent Rouge

    Chinese Drama - 2016, 45 episodes
    8.1
    283 points by 3 voters
    Lan Yan Zhi is a privileged banker's daughter. She is a genius and has excellent observation and analytical skills along with a very sharp memory. She is not an average person and ...more
  • I Hear Your Voice

    17. I Hear Your Voice

    Korean Drama - 2013, 18 episodes
    8.5
    269 points by 3 voters
    Jang Hye Sung, a bold, sassy, thick-faced, comical, and materialistic public defender who becomes a lawyer after overcoming poverty and painful memories from her childhood, comes to a realization about society and ...more
  • Hyde, Jekyll, Me

    18. Hyde, Jekyll, Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    7.4
    261 points by 3 voters
    Gu Seo Jin is a third-generation chaebol who runs the theme park Wonder Land. He seemingly has everything — looks, brains, and fortune. But a traumatic incident in his childhood resulted in ...more
  • Business Proposal

    19. Business Proposal

    Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
    8.7
    260 points by 3 voters
    Shin Ha Ri is a single woman who works for a company. She has a male friend, who she has had a crush on for a long time, but she learns he ...more
  • Secret of Three Kingdoms

    20. Secret of Three Kingdoms

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 54 episodes
    8.2
    200 points by 2 voters
    The last hope of the crumbling Han Dynasty bears an unspeakable secret with the power to destroy the imperial rule it seeks to save during the turbulent Three Kingdoms era, tied to ...more
  • Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna

    21. Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
    7.7
    199 points by 2 voters
    A pet groomer at a salon in Shirogane, Nogami Meiko has a lot of celebrity dog-lovers as customers. She cheerfully serves customers with care, and her skills are tried and tested. The ...more
  • The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang

    22. The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang

    Korean Drama - 2013, 108 episodes
    8.1
    198 points by 2 voters
    King Mu Ryeong was a Baekje king who oversaw a renaissance during his reign while also building his kingdom into a sea power. He had a hidden daughter called Soo Baek Hyang, ...more
  • Yong Pal

    23. Yong Pal

    Korean Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
    7.8
    197 points by 2 voters
    Kim Tae Hyeon is a talented surgeon. Desperate for money to pay his sister's medical bills, he adopts the code name Yong Pal and offers his medical skills to those in need ...more
  • Capital Scandal

    24. Capital Scandal

    Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
    7.6
    194 points by 2 voters
    This drama is set in the 1930's when Korea was under the rule of Japan. Na Yeo Kyeong was the owner of a book store and she was also a freedom fighter. ...more
  • Doctor Stranger

    25. Doctor Stranger

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    7.9
    192 points by 2 voters
    As a child, Park Hoon and his father were kidnapped by North Korea. In North Korea, he was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a doctor. Park ...more
  • The Guardians

    26. The Guardians

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
    8.2
    192 points by 2 voters
    The plot centers on a group of people who find their ordinary lives thrown into chaos due to a family tragedy. They monitor criminals 24 hours a day and rescue potential victims ...more
  • Sai Lub Rak Puan

    27. Sai Lub Rak Puan

    Thai Drama - 2016, 14 episodes
    7.3
    189 points by 2 voters
    This story revolves around a married couple, in which the husband is an undercover cop.
  • Myung Wol the Spy

    28. Myung Wol the Spy

    Korean Drama - 2011, 18 episodes
    7.2
    181 points by 2 voters
    In the romantic-comedy "Spy Myung Wo,", beautiful North Korean spy Myung Wol goes to South Korea in an attempt to kidnap a popular Korean male entertainer.
  • The Masked Lover

    29. The Masked Lover

    Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 19 episodes
    7.7
    178 points by 2 voters
    A phone call from Taiwan shatters Wu Ping Fan's tranquil life abroad. Her twin sister, Ping An, lies in a coma after a car accident. Now, the kind-hearted Ping Fan must assume ...more
  • 7th Grade Civil Servant

    30. 7th Grade Civil Servant

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
    6.8
    177 points by 2 voters
    Two wannabe spies break up when one of them gets fired. Years later, both end up being spies working for different units, so they have to keep their covers up in real ...more
  • Good Casting

    31. Good Casting

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
    7.8
    174 points by 2 voters
    Baek Chan Mi is a legendary agent for the National Intelligence Service. However, due to an excessive operation, one of her subordinates passes away. After this incident, she takes back all hope ...more
  • Doubtful Victory

    32. Doubtful Victory

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    7.4
    171 points by 2 voters
    A boy who stumbled onto an accident and reported the crime became a murderer, not a witness, due to the mistreatment of the law and laziness on behalf of the police. He ...more
  • Truth or Dare

    33. Truth or Dare

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes
    7.8
    166 points by 2 voters
    A story that follows two couples who mistakenly find themselves in a marriage they never expected and gradually grow in love and trust over time. The cheerful and clever Xiao Wan Zi ...more
  • Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru

    34. Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    8.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Hanaoka Nao's mother, Yuriko, works as a confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese sweets shop. Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the owner's six-year-old son, and they become childhood sweethearts. Tragedy strikes when Tsubaki's ...more
  • Byakuyako

    35. Byakuyako

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
    8.0
    100 points by 1 voters
    When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their ...more
  • Life Is Beautiful

    36. Life Is Beautiful

    Korean Drama - 2001, 16 episodes
    7.1
    99 points by 1 voters
    Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains. He decides to hand his business down to his impulsive younger daughter, Hee Jung, who studied hotel management in Switzerland. His older ...more
  • New Face

    37. New Face

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 25 episodes
    7.9
    97 points by 1 voters
    Pan, a desolate plastic surgeon, lived a repetitive and boring life every day until a conspiracy happened. He woke up in an abandoned factory, and found that someone had replaced his identity ...more
  • Hwarang

    38. Hwarang

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.0
    96 points by 1 voters
    The names of just a few Hwarangs are recorded in history. Not many people these days truly know about Hwarangs. How did they start? How did beautiful looking young men become at ...more
  • Call of the Country

    39. Call of the Country

    Korean Drama - 2010, 16 episodes
    7.1
    96 points by 1 voters
    Oh Ha Na is a lowly policewoman who lacks a sense of duty and believes that it is worth bending the rules in order to achieve your aims. She meets and begins ...more
  • Nueng Dao Fah Diew

    40. Nueng Dao Fah Diew

    Thai Drama - 2018, 17 episodes
    8.0
    95 points by 1 voters
    During the reign of King Ekkathat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Mang Mao was the daughter of Ming, a rich man who was the owner of a paper factory. Mang Mao was also ...more
  • Emperor of the Sea

    41. Emperor of the Sea

    Korean Drama - 2004, 51 episodes
    7.7
    92 points by 1 voters
    Jang Bo Go was a slave from Shilla (a Korean dynasty that lasted from 57 B.C. until 935 A.D.) He was sold in China during the Tang Dynasty, where he was trained ...more
  • The Switch

    42. The Switch

    Chinese Drama - 2001, 40 episodes
    7.3
    88 points by 1 voters
    The story begins when the Emperor's concubine Zhang gave birth to a daughter. Desperate to bear the Emperor's first son surviving, she agrees to Eunuch Liu's suggestion that her daughter be switched ...more
  • Stealth Walker

    43. Stealth Walker

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
    8.1
    84 points by 1 voters
    The story of a young cop from the police academy, Lin Qiang. Her parents were killed by a drug lord. The police force arranged for Lin Qiang to go undercover and start ...more
  • Destined to Love You

    44. Destined to Love You

    Chinese Drama - 2015, 44 episodes
    7.6
    83 points by 1 voters
    Penned by popular c-author Tong Hua, the drama tells of a German educated professor who unfortunately meets with an accident on her return to the Shanghai based military academy she works at. ...more
  • The Return of Iljimae

    45. The Return of Iljimae

    Korean Drama - 2009, 24 episodes
    7.5
    74 points by 1 voters
    The story is about a man fighting against a selfish and corrupt government to save ordinary peasants. Iljimae was abandoned by his birth father and adopted by a Chinese couple. He returns ...more
  • Nuay Lub Salub Love

    46. Nuay Lub Salub Love

    Thai Drama - 2019, 11 episodes
    7.3
    72 points by 1 voters
    Inspector Chanathip has to go undercover to investigate a drug dealer gang disguised as the manager of superstar Nubdao, after she got shot by someone for being in possession of a memory ...more
  • Saba Doru

    47. Saba Doru

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 12 episodes
    7.0
    70 points by 1 voters
    The story revolves around the 38-year-old Usa Shijimi, who is a high school classical literature teacher. Her students are mean to her, but they don’t realize that she has another identity. Outside ...more

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