The Last Princess (2016)

"The Last Princess" is both a drama and an action film that is based upon the life of Princess Deok-hye (1912-1989) who was born into Korea's last royal family in 1912 as the youngest and ... See full summary »

Director:

Jin-ho Hur

Writers:

Jin-ho Hur, Bi-Young Kwon (based on the novel "Princess Deok-hye" by)

Stars:

Ye-jin Son, Hae-il Park, Mi-ran Ra

9 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ye-jin Son	...	Princess Deok-hye
Hae-il Park	...	Jang-han
Mi-ran Ra	...	Bok-sun
Sang-Hoon Jung	...	Bok-dong (as Sang-hun Jeong)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nae-sang Ahn	...	Kim Hwang-jin
Natallia Bulynia	...	Nun
Liz Cha	...	Sikhye Maid (as Jiwon Cha)
Wade Hawkins	...	The Priest
Jae-wook Kim	...	Takeyuki
So-Hyun Kim	...	Teen Princess Deok-hye
Se-na Lee	...	Seo Kyung-Shin
Joo-mi Park	...	Yang Gwi-in
Rin-Ah Shin	...	Young Princess Deok-hye (as Shin Rin-Ah)
Je-mun Yun	...	Han Taek-soo

Storyline

"The Last Princess" is both a drama and an action film that is based upon the life of Princess Deok-hye (1912-1989) who was born into Korea's last royal family in 1912 as the youngest and only daughter of the last King of Jo-seon, ex-Emperor Gojong and his concubine Yang Gui-in. In truth, her sad and tragic life was shaped at the highest levels of the Japanese Imperial family and its government, and carried out by their Korean collaborators - a path that led to Japanese political ends at the expense of her personal happiness. Two years before her birth, the Japanese Imperial Army surrounded Gwang-bok-gong Palace with artillery batteries with orders to shoot while Japanese officials inside the Palace coerced Emperor Su-jong's (King Go-jong's son) cabinet to approve Korea's annexation to the Japan Empire. After her beloved father suddenly died from poisoning in 1919 - allegedly by the occupying Japanese - the Japanese forced Princess Deokye to leave Korea and her family for an education...

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Plot Keywords:

princess | royal family | exile | repatriation | mental institution | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean Japanese

Release Date:

9 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Princess

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,607, 11 September 2016

Gross USA:

$29,259

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,135,255

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

A Work close to perfection

A good movie must have among other qualities, a solid plot, good interpretations, emotion, suspense and if it is not too much to ask, to include the amazing element. This film gather everything together and much more if we add the depicted splendor of the Old Korean court. From this work so close to perfection you should not talk much. The correct rhythm between the present moment and the past contributes to increase the intrigue in the form of thinking the spectator to himself of "How will these grave and serious situations be resolved?" or "How some people survived from the beginning to the end of the story?. Many positive values are shown to us here such as solidarity, companionship, struggle for ideals, courage but on the other hand as well many negatives such as betrayal, fear, personal interest, falsehood, cynicism and violence and worst of it all: the cowardice of selling oneself to the invading government. It is best to watch the movie and draw each one's own conclusions. Only two issues remains unsolved: The first one: What happened to the bad guy? And the second : Unfortunately In fact, the story did not end so well since the political situation of both Koreas only allows the monarchy in the films.