Hoo-goong: Je-wang-eui cheob (2012)
Release Year: 2012
Nation: South Korea
Alternative Title: 후궁 : 제왕의 첩, Royal Concubine: Concubine of King, La concubina, The Concubine
Director: Kim Dae-seung
Writer: Kim Dae-seung, Soo-Mi Kim, Mi-jung Kim, Yoon-Jung Hwang
Production & Genre
Keywords
Keywords: palace, eunuch, concubine, period drama, political intrigue, 15th century, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Story
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.
