청일전쟁과 여걸 민비(1964) /The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine

Queen Min manoeuvres her way out from under the Regent's control, modernizes the army and holds the court together through the Imo mutiny and the Donghak uprising, only for Japan to move against her as the Sino-Japanese War tips the country's fate. It is a sweeping palace epic built around one of Korean history's most consequential and most argued-over women.

Why it's free: Free on the Korean Film Archive's own channel; the national archive publishes the restorations it holds the rights to.