The Concubine

"The one the king couldn't have."

2012 2h 2m KO

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5.8

MID

★5.8TMDB · 115

Drama

Synopsis

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Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.

“The one the king couldn't have.”

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Cast

Cho Yeo-jeong
Hwa-yeon
Kim Dong-wook
Grand Prince Seong-Won
Kim Min-jun
Kwon-yoo / Choong-young
Park Ji-young
King's Mother
Cho Eun-ji
Geum-ok
Lee Kyung-young
Chief Eunuch
Ahn Suk-hwan
Hwa-yeon's Father
Park Cheol-min
Medicinal Eunuch

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Dae-seung
Writers: Kim Dae-seung, Kim Mee-jeung, Hwang Yoon-jung
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Dae-seung, shot by Hwang Ki-suk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cho Young-wuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Cho Yeo-jeong and Kim Dong-wook and Kim Min-jun carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The one the king couldn't have.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2544120 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kim Dae-seung directs. Hwang Ki-suk behind the camera. Cho Young-wuk scores. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Directed by Kim Dae-seung, shot by Hwang Ki-suk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Cho Young-wuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Cho Yeo-jeong and Kim Dong-wook and Kim Min-jun carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The one the king couldn't have.".
6IMDB entry: tt2544120 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Released under 11 different titles around the world.