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Shadows in the Palace is a film of genre Drama with Park Jin-hee
Shadows in the Palace (2007)
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Add to a movie listShadows in the Palace (Hangul: 궁녀; RR: Gungnyeo) is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Kim Mee-jung. The mystery thriller is a fictionalized account of gungnyeo, court maids during South Korea's Joseon era.
This is Kim Mee-jung's first feature film. She previously worked as part of the directing staff in King and the Clown (2005) and Shadows in the Palace was filmed on the same set as the aforementioned film.
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The film is set amongst a group of gungnyeo, or palace women in Korea during the time of the Joseon dynasty, and is primarily about the hidden dynamics that unfold between them. Sworn into secrecy, submission, and celibacy, the women of the palace officially devote their lives to the well-being of the royal family. Currently, the kingdom has no heir to the throne, and at such a time, the royal concubine Hee-bin (Yoon Se-ah) has given birth to a son. The queen mother wishes for the queen to adopt the child as her own, but Hee-bin hesitates proceeding with this, fearing she will be disposed off once the adoption is official.Actors
Park Jin-hee
(Chun-ryung)
Seo Young-hee
(Wol-ryung)
Im Jung-eun
(Ok-jin)
Yoon Se-ah
(Hee-bin)
Kim Sung-ryung
(Investigating Palace Matron)
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