The Eternal Empire
This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Directed by Park Chong-won · Written by Im Sang-soo
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Cast
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Ahn Sung-ki King Jeongjo -
Cho Jae-hyun Lee In Mong -
Kim Myung-gon Jeong Yak-Yong -
Choi Jong-won Sim Hwan-ji -
Kim Hye-soo Yoon Sang-ah -
Lee Seung-cheol Seo Yong-soo -
Kim Hee-ra Lee Jo-won -
Kim Il-woo Jeong Chun-gyo - Im Il-chan Gu Jae-gyeom
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Kim Jae-rok Lee Jeong-rae - Kwon Il-su Seo In-seong
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Hyeon Gil-su Jangyongyeong Captain
Make it a double feature
3h 46m together
The Eternal Empire
Rainbow Trout
Both from Park Chong-won.
