Chinese Dramas like Liberation of Shanghai
CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to Liberation of Shanghai.
THE REBEL
#1
Political, War, Crime
Zhu Yilong, Tong Yao, Wang Zhiwen
In 1936, a young Renaissance Society cadre training class participant, Lin Nansheng, was taken to Shanghai by Chen Moqun, the Shanghai district chief of the Renaissance Society. Chen Moqun got a contact site of the Shanghai underground from a traitor and analyzed that Zhu Yizhen, a student of HJU, was the liaison of the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Party. Chen Moqun asks Lin...The Disguiser
#2
War, Action, Suspense
Hu Ge, Jin Dong, Liu Mintao
During the anti-Japanese war, Mingtai, a young man from a wealthy family, was on his way to study at the University of Hong Kong. He was kidnapped by Wang Tianfeng, a senior officer of the National Military Council Research and Statistics, and taken to the training course, where he underwent a tough training program and became a good agent of the National Military Council Research...Spy Hunter
#3
War, Suspense, Thriller
Qin Junjie, Xu Lu
In the spring of 1931, the Central Committee set up red transport stations in Shanghai, Dapu in Guangdong, and Harbin, which were directly subordinated to the Central Transport Bureau. A group of Red agents, "Yan Gang" and "Qing Ci", attempted to establish a new underground route and set up a secret warehouse to escort important supplies of the CPC Central Committee and important underground...Deep Lurk
#4
War, Suspense, Thriller
Cheng Yi, Ying Er
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army, aiming to secure control over Changsha, activated "Black Butler," a strategic agent who had been covertly stationed in China for 15 years, to execute a long-planned deception strategy. Yun Muzhi, a member of the Chinese Communist underground, was killed while investigating "Black Butler." Yun Hongshen, unaware of his father's true identity,...War of Faith
#5
Historical, Political, War
Wang Yibo, Li Qin
In Shanghai in 1930, Wei Ruolai, an ordinary employee of the Central Bank of the Kuomintang, gradually earns the appreciation of senior advisor Shen Tunan due to his outstanding work ability. During this process, Wei Ruolai witnesses numerous instances of corruption and darkness within the Kuomintang's financial sector. Lost and depressed, Communist Party member Shen Jinzhen illuminates...Rookie Agent Rouge
#6
War, Romance, Political
Zhao Liying, Lu Yi, Tao Xinran
In 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China, sparking strong patriotic sentiments among the Chinese people. Shanghai progressive young woman, Lan Yanzhi, and her university classmates took to the streets together, calling for a boycott of Japanese goods to support the frontline soldiers. However, due to a lecture activity, Yanzhi coincidentally became involved...Battle of Changsha
#7
Military, War, Romance
Wallace Huo, Yang Zi
In October 1938, after the Japanese army had captured Wuhan, the city of Changsha was in danger. Faced with the sudden war, people in the city were on tenterhooks and many people fled with their families. Xue Junshan, the grandson-in-law of the Hu family in Chayuan Lane, with the cooperation of his family, tried every possible means to arrange a way out for Xiangxiang and Xiaoman,...Legacy
#8
Family, Business, War
Qin Lan, Nie Yuan, Wu Jinyan
In the late 1920s, the Yi family, the giants of Shanghai's department stores, encountered a succession crisis. When Yi Xinghua's only son, Yi Zhongjie, abandons business to pursue medicine, he decides to choose an heir from among his eldest daughter, Zhong Ling, his second daughter, Zhong Yu, and his youngest daughter, Zhong Xiu. Zhong Ling is a lady from a famous family, elegant and...Sparrow
#9
Suspense, Political, Romance
Li Yifeng, Zhou Dongyu
In March 1940, Wang Jingwei Reorganized National Government was established. The Japanese army invaded China, tracking down and arresting in Shanghai for anti-Japanese fighters. The Wang Jingwei Reorganized National Government set up a “Special Operations Division” headed by Bi Zhongliang, a former Kuomintang officer, to support the enemy. Chen Shen, a member of the Chinese Communist...Till Death Tear Us Apart
#10
Drama, Political
Jiang Zile, Yan Zidong
During the Republican era, Liu’s family was rich and famous in the area. Liu Yusheng was a young grandson of the family, graduated from university, and went abroad to have further education. However, after the death of his grandfather, he did not get any inheritance and had to work as a teacher in a good middle school. Instead of being pessimistic in the face of the current situation,...Siege in Fog
#11
Family, Romance, Military
Elvis Han, Sun Yi
When Qin Sang was 7 years old, she saved 14-year-old Yi Lian Kai, the third son of Jiangzuo officer, Yi Jipei. Since then, Yi Liankai had been secretly attracted to her, but unfortunately, Qin Sang did not know about it. Ten years later, the Qin family was framed and the family was in decline. Qin Sang had to marry Yi Lian Kai, who was full of joy but found that Qin Sang was so “cold”...A Love Never Lost
#12
Action, Drama, War
Li Xian, Jessie Li, Wei Daxun
After the Gengzi misfortune, the land of China was full of devastation, and young people with aspirations rose to save their country. Liangxiang, Yang Kaizhi, Li Renjun became the first group of progressive youths to study in the Japanese cadet school, and met the revolutionary exiles Yu Tianbai and Qiu Hong on the cruise ship, from then on the five people’s fates were closely linked....The Message
#13
Suspense, Thriller, Military
Xu Lu, Janice Man, Zhou Yiwei
In 1941, Gu Xiaomeng, a KMT agent, succeeds in infiltrating in Wang Jingwei's government. But because of the assassination of a senior officer of the Japanese Intelligence Department, she is captured by the Japanese secret service chief, Long Chuan Fei Yuan, and the head of the secret service of Wang Jingwei's government, Wang Tianxiang, together with his colleagues, Li Ningyu, Jin...Autumn Cicada
#14
War, Military, Suspense
Ren Jialun, Li Man
In the winter of 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese and the Chinese Communist Party's underground organisation in Hong Kong was severely damaged. A member of the Communist Party, Ye Chong, codenamed "Autumn Cicada", is sent on a "top-secret mission" to the Japanese military headquarters in Hong Kong. The cunning Japanese army has cut off all means of communication of the organization,...Defying The Storm
#15
War, Romance, Drama
Hu Yitian, Zhang Ruonan
In 1937, Beiping and Tianjin were occupied by the enemy. In order to preserve the “fire seed” of culture, several universities in the north decided to move south to Changsha. Soon after, Changsha was also at war. Meng Haitang, who was a lecturer at the medical school of National Peking University, escorted the young students to Chongqing. During the escort, Meng Haitang Kang Lanshan...Legend of Fragrance
#16
Romance, Drama, Family
Tiffany Tang, Li Yifeng, William Chan
In the late Qing Dynasty, Taohua Town, Xiang Xue Yin, who does not want to marry Ning Haotian, left behind a precious fragrance book and ran away with her father's young apprentice, An Qiusheng. An Qiusheng was unfortunately caught by Ning Haotian again. Xiang Xueyin drank poison to save Qiusheng and died. Qiusheng mistakenly thought that Song Xian had betrayed him, so he abducted his...Youth in the Flames of War
#17
Youth, Military, War
Dylan Wang, Zhou Ye
The history of the Southwest Associated University (SWAU), a temporary merger of Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University in Kunming from 1937 to 1946, recreates the cultural resistance and self-improvement of young scholars and intellectuals during the war period, and shows the perseverance and responsibility of young scholars to carry out the great mission of national...The Great Craftsman
#18
Romance, Drama, Business
Wallace Huo, Yang Mi
In the early 1920s, when the warlords were ruling the country and people were living in poverty, the family of a young man, Shen Qinan, is suddenly struck by an unexpected disaster. His father was killed in a smuggling conspiracy, his mother died during her escape, and the four siblings are separated after a treacherous escape to Shanghai. Years later, the four siblings reunited after...Shooting Stars
#19
War, Suspense, Drama
Li Xian, Ren Min
During the war, Shao Yi, who came from a family of senior Kuomintang officials, was about to join the navy and realise his dream of becoming a ship's captain. But an unexpected trip to Shanghai changed Shao Yi's life forever. He changes his name to Xia Jicheng and becomes a junior police officer in a rundown police station. It is here that Xia Jicheng meets two of the most important...The Justice
#20
Romance, Business, Drama
Zhang Xincheng, Cai Wenjing
In the 1920s and 1930s Shanghai, Cheng Yizhi, who comes from a humble background, befriends a banker, Wu Zhifu, and his daughter, Lizi, by chance. Since then, it was like being illuminated by a little light, igniting the ideal within him. He quit the store and entered the money industry, growing rapidly and becoming the most trusted person of the owner of the money shop, Mr. Huang....
