Hello there, I’m going to introduce some Korean movies
to you.
Hope you enjoy!
The next movie that I’m going to introduce is ‘King And
The Clown (왕의 남자)’. This movie
was released at December 29th, 2005. The director is Jun-Ik Lee. He directed
movies like ‘Radio Star’ and ‘You Are Far Away’. Main characters are Woo-Sung
Kam, Jin-Young Jung, Sung-Yeon Kang and Jun-Ki Lee. ‘King And The Clown’ had
1230 ten thousand audiences. So far by now, this movie is ranked in 6th
of most popular movie in Korea.
The movie is about life of two poor clowns in
Joseon dynasty. They are Jangsang and Gonggil. They are clown in the small
country. They had harsh life but they had big dream of being rich so they decide
to go to Hanyang, the capital city of Joseon. They are good at performance, so
they join the other big clowns. So they perform together through the city.
Their performance’s main idea is satire of the King and the government. At that
time, the king was incompetence and the government was full of corruption. One
day, the clown got caught by the government because of their too much satire performances. The king is mad so the king was going to weigh
off them. But the clowns suggest that they will make the king laugh. They made
a deal. Gonggil, the pretty and delicate clown, play big part at the
performance and the king let them stay at the castle. (Gonggil is a man
though.)
After that, the clowns stay at the castle and
keep play the show for the king. They performance about the corruption and
secret of the castle that the king didn’t know. So the king got mad and killed
many of his subordinates. So other subordinates were worry about their lives,
they try to kill Gonggil and the clowns. Beside that the king fall in love with
Gonggil, even though Gonggil is a mand and the clown. So the king’ fiancée got
mad and try to kill him. But Jangsang say it’s all his fault and he lost his eyesight
instead of Gonggil. And later, they performance together in front of the king
promising that they will reborn into clown and perform together. And the movie
ends.
This movie can show people the corruption of
the government at that time and the hardness of people. Also it implies the
loneliness of life that everyone has. Also the visuals of this movie are really cool and pretty!
Hi Dahee. I'm yura. I was 13 years old at the time when this movie was released. I was very touched so I saw this movie twice in the cinema. And I became to fan of 이준기 after I saw this movie. The ending in this movie was so sad and dramatic! Also the OST is so good!
답글삭제Hi Dahee.This is Ji Eun.
답글삭제When I first saw this movie, I couldn't understand it and have many questions about it. But when I saw it second time, I understood its meaning more clearly. It has many meaning. Though 공길 and 장생 were just clown, they reveal their king's bad performance. They think they were brave. Also the last scene was famous for its artistic value. They looked free when they promised each other that they will rebirth as clown, too. It was cool,too.