Sado (2015) Online
Over a period of eight days, an 18th. century Korean king punishes his only son for attempted regicide. Flashbacks reveal the chain of events that led the son to rebel against his father in this tale of the strained relationships that exist between all fathers (who want their sons to grow into fine and competent men) and their sons (who struggle to prove themselves in order to earn their fathers' respect and approval).
Credited cast: | |||
Kang-ho Song | - | King Yeongjo | |
Ah-in Yoo | - | Crown Prince Sado | |
Geun-young Moon | - | Lady Hyegyeong | |
Hae-sook Kim | - | Queen Inwon (as Hae-suk Kim) | |
Won-Sang Park | - | Hong Bong-han (as Won-sang Park) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Ji-seong Eom | - | Crown Prince Sado (young) (as Ji Sung Uhm) | |
Hye-jin Jeon | - | Yeong-bin, Lady Yi | |
Ji-hee Jin | - | Princess Hwawan | |
So-dam Park | - | Lady Moon | |
Ye-ji Seo | - | Queen Jeongsun | |
Ji-seob So | - | King Jeongjo |
Yoo Ah-in genuinely bashed his head against the flagstones of the palace courtyard; the blood was his own.
Based on true historic event called 'Im-o-hwa-byeon' in 1762, which King Yeongjo decreeing Crown prince to climb into and be sealed within a large wooden rice chest. Crown prince died eight days later.
It was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Geun-young Moon's first film in 8 years.
Grand Queen Dowager Inwon was King Yeongjo's adopted mother(Choi Sukbin is his mother), the previous King Gyeongjeong's Queen Dowager Seonui died six years after the death of her king, making the GDQ Inwon controls the influence and authority over the palace
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