King and the Clown (2005)
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Forbidden desire, sumptuous tragedy.
119 min
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
- Release date
- December 29, 2005
- Country of origin
- South Korea
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Cast
- Kam Woo-seong as Jang-sang
- Lee Joon-gi as Gong-gil
- Jung Jin-young as King Yeon-san
- Kang Seong-yeon as Jang Nok-soo
- Yoo Hai Jin as Yuk-gab
- Jang Hang-seon as Cheo Shin
- Jung Suk-yong as Chil-deok
- Lee Seung-hoon as Pal-bok
- Yun Ju-sang as Sung Hee-an
- Choi Il-hwa as Sung Jun
- Shin Jeong-geun as Lee Geuk-kyun
- Woo Hyeon as Hong
- Yun So-jeong as Queen In-soo
- Lee Yeong-seok as Nobleman
- Il-Beom Jeon as Yoon Ji-sang
- Maeng Bong-hak as Chief of Police
- Seung-won Seo as Butler
- Shin Woon-seob as Spectator 1
- Park Young-soo as Court Jester
- Kyeong-hun Jo as Gambler
- Eunjin Kang as Maid of honor
- Han Il-kyu
Crew
- Lee Joon-ik · Director
- Seok-Hwan Choi · Writer
- Tae-woong Kim · Writer
- Jin-wan Jeong · Producer
- Lee Joon-ik · Producer
- Byung-woo Lee · Composer
- Gil-woong Ji · Cinematographer
- Kim Jae-beom · Editor
- Kim Sang-beom · Editor
- Seung-yong Kang · Production designer