“Prince Yongsan” ( cor. 연산군 ) is a South Korean film directed by Shin San Oka . In 2009, the picture was selected in the "Classic Cannes" program of this international film festival [1] . The historical drama about the struggle for power in the ruling Joseon Dynasty in Korea at the end of the 15th century. Film critics of a number of Asian countries call this plot “Korean Hamlet ” [2] .
| Prince Yongsan | |
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| 연산군 | |
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| Genre | historical film drama |
| Producer | Shin San Ok |
| Producer | Shin San Ok |
| In the main cast | Shin Yong Kyung Do Kum Pon Zhu Chun Ryu |
| Film company | Shin films |
| Duration | 133 min |
| A country | |
| Tongue | Korean |
| Year | 1961 |
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Story
The second half of the 1490s. Twenty-year-old Prince Yongsan ascends the throne and becomes the tenth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. He is full of desire to restore the good name of his mother - Queen Yoon. Seongjon, his now deceased father, had a beloved but barren concubine. To continue the dynasty, he married the beautiful Yun, who soon gave birth to his son - Yongsan. The proud and intelligent queen, jealous of her husband for a concubine, was chosen by the opposition nobles as a possible candidate for the throne. Fearing a coup, the king ordered his wife to be poisoned.
Yonsana visits the spirit of the murdered mother. In an attempt to regain her high status at least posthumously, Yongsan stumbles upon the opposition of the court. Overcoming the intrigues and confrontation of clans, the prince goes from a wise and fair ruler to a distraught, bloody and uncontrollable tyrant.
Cast
- Shin Yong Kyung - Yongsan
- Do Kum Pon - Chan Nok Soo
- Zhu Chun Ryu - Queen Yoon
- Han Eun Jin - Queen Yong's Mother
Additional Facts
- The picture was recognized as the best in 1962 and was awarded the Big Bell - the main film award in South Korea [3] .
- Director Sin San Ok did not like this film, as he considered it done in a hurry for the premiere scheduled for New Year's Eve (December 31, 1961). He claimed that he would burn the original negatives as soon as possible. When he was given such a chance, Sin San Ok simply re-edited the film, reducing it by 14 minutes [2] .
- According to the plot of the picture, in 1987, filmmakers of South Korea made the film "The Diary of King Yong Sang" ( cor. 연산 일기 , Yeonsan Ilgi, en: Diary of King Yeonsan (film) )
Notes
Links
- “Prince John Sun” at the Internet Movie Database