Mu Myeong is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who meets and falls in love with lady Ja Yeong who will become the future Empress Myseongseong. A few years later, Ja Yeong enters the royal palace to marry King Gojong. Mu Myeong still having feelings for Ja Yeong and in an attempt to get closer to her becomes her personal body guard.
Cinematography
Candlelit palace halls that breathe with repressed longing.
Costume
Silk hanboks so gorgeous you'll forgive the suffering.
Acting
Cho Seung-woo's eyes doing three hours of dialogue.
Director
Kim Yong-gyun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Empress Myseongseong was actually assassinated by Japanese agents in 1895; the film fictionalizes her bodyguard but the tragedy is historically grounded.
Director Kim Yong-gyun previously made The Red Shoes—he clearly has a thing for beautiful women in gorgeous footwear suffering horribly.
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