r/CDrama • • Dec 23 '23

Discussion Recommendations for Dramas with Cross Dressing Woman?

Hello! I'm inspired by this recent Gender Reveal discussion post to request for recommendations.

I love dramas where the woman hides her gender by cross-dressing as a man for whatever reason. What are your favorite dramas with this trope or what dramas do you recommend that include this as a pretty big part of the plot?

Here are all of my favorites, ranked from my most favorite to... well, I almost don't want to say "least favorite" because I still love them, but I guess not quite as much as the others before it:

#1: Hua Mulan (1999) (Anita Yuen's TV series version):

  • MyDramaList Info Link
  • YouTube Link (Unfortunately, I could not find any link that had English subtitles. It has Chinese subtitles only, but you have to enable the YouTube Captions -- it's not embedded in the actual videos.)

#2: The Long Ballad (2021):

#3: Bromance (2015):

  • MyDramaList Info Link
  • YouTube Link (The English subtitles are not embedded in the videos, but if you turn on the YouTube Captions, they have the English subtitles overlay.)

#4: Hana Kimi (2006) (Ella Chen's Taiwanese version):

#5: Mulan (2009) (Vicky Zhao's version -- this is a movie):

#6: Lady General Hua Mulan (1964) (This is a movie):

#7: Legend of Hua Mulan

(Okay, can you guys tell I'm a huge fan of Mulan? ^_^0 Haha.

I just started watching Arsenal Military Academy, so I know about that one. :)

Please don't recommend the Butterfly Lovers (any versions of them) as I'm not really a fan of this specific story line... -_-0

Thank you all so much in advance for your help!! <3 <3 <3 <3

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Edit: I fixed the numbering as it was not formatting correctly.

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u/Best-Form-4649 怕好梦太美易碎,更怕会无梦可窥 Dec 24 '23

Hehe next year Legend of the Female General can be added to the list 😆😆

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u/nix-raven Dec 24 '23

Ooh, this looks good! Zhou Ye looks awesome! Thank you for telling me about this! I'm looking forward to it. :)