Hanbando

Hanbando

A nation's history overturned.

2006 · 147 min · ★ 6.4 · Mystery, Thriller, History

The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.

Directed by Kang Woo-suk · Written by Kim Hee-jae

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Cho Jae-hyun Choi Min-jae
Cha In-pyo Lee Sang-hyun
Ahn Sung-ki South Korean President
Moon Sung-keun Kwon Yong-hwan
Kang Shin-il Kim Yoo-sik
Kim Sang-joong South Korean Emperor Gojong
Kang Soo-youn Empress Min
Baek Il-seob North Korean National Defense Committee Member
Dokgo Young-jae Commander of Naval Operations
Choi Il-hwa Director of National Intelligence
Park Yong-su South Korean President's Chief of Staff
Lee Han-wi Evacuation Team Member

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