Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
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- Released
- Production
- Siren Pictures
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- based on true story
- 17th century
- joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- qing dynasty
- korean history
- chinese invasion of korea
- mountain fortress
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Top Cast
Lee Byung-hun as Choe Myeong-gil
Kim Yun-seok as Kim Sang-heon
Park Hae-il as King In-jo
Go Soo as Seo Nal-soe
Park Hee-soon as Lee Si-baek
Song Young-chang as Kim Ryu
Jo Woo-jin as Jeong Myeong-su
David Lee as Chil-bok
Top Crew
Hwang Dong-hyuk · Director, Screenplay
Kim Hoon · Novel
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Composer
Kim Ji-yong · Cinematographer
Nam Na-young · Editor
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