K-Dramas like Archives: The Nanyang Mystery

10 shows with a similar feel

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  Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (2022)Also mystery · action & adventure

  General Lu Lingfeng and Detective Su Wuming uncover supernatural mysteries and hidden conspiracies threatening the empire during Emperor Xuanzong’s reign.

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  The Imperial Coroner (2021)Also mystery

  A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
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  The Lost Tomb (2015)Also action & adventure · mystery

  Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family’s past. With the help of his grandfather’s notes and his team – the quiet Zhang Qiling, the resourceful Pang Zi, the experienced Wu Sanxing, San Xing’s loyal helper Pan Zi, and the skillful Ah Ning – Wu Xie sets out to find the lost treasures as well as the people responsible for the massacre of his family.

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  Yeloli Meng Qijing (2024)Also action & adventure

  At the edge of reality lies Yeloli Wonderland, a magical realm where fairies once lived in harmony with nature. Now, human environmental destruction threatens this balance, and the realm’s queen, Mandora, plans to use the power of dreams to invade and reshape the human world.
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  The Life of Despised Matsuko (2006)Also mystery

  Matsuko, in her 20s, is fired as a teacher and degenerates from an elite to a “Soap Lady.” Through her history of affairs with men, she kills her pimp and ends up in prison. Despite her rough lifex struck by terrible misfortunes, she does not stop loving some one and keeps her dreams until the very end. This drama depicts Matsuko’s stormy life as she deals with it head-on.
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  The Dance of the Storm (2021)Also mystery

  When a talented intelligence agent is framed for his mentor's murder, he embarks on a dangerous quest to uncover a sinister conspiracy and clear his name.
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  Brain Works (2023)Also mystery

  Two ill-fated men become a comic duo to investigate criminal cases involving a rare brain disease together.

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  Mistress (2019)Also mystery

  Shibasaki Kaori is a doctor. Her patient that she was having an affair with dies. Kaori is suspicious of the patient's son Kido Takashi about the death. Noguchi Tomomi is a single mother. She is excited in experiencing love for the first time in 7 years. Harada Saeko is in conflict with her husband Harada Satoshi about having a child. Mizushima Juri insists on having freewheeling romance. She feels excitement with meeting a woman. These four women's lives connect and an unexpected story begins.
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  The Temptation Of Happiness (2014)Also mystery

  A neighborhood director infiltrates a pyramid scheme organization, only to uncover shocking connections between the operation and her own past.
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  Return the World to You (2019)Also mystery

  After losing her boyfriend Qi Lei in a suspicious accident, aspiring designer Yi En builds a thriving fashion brand on her own. But Qi Lei, secretly alive and seeking revenge, returns under a new identity.