Title: 왕의 남자 Wang-ui Namja
English Title:
- The King's Man
- The King and the Clown
Language: Korean
Year: 2005
Cast:
- 감우성 Gam U Seong
- 정진영 Jeong Jin Yeong
- 이준기 Lee Jun Gi
SYNOPSIS
At the height of the 16th-century Chosun Dynasty, a pair of rural male actors — boisterous, macho Jang Seng and quiet, feminine Gong Gil — travel to Seoul and team up with a struggling acting troupe. When their irreverent show — complete with enough bawdy humor and gender-bending to make a contemporary audience blush — mocks the famously hedonistic king, they get more than they bargained for.
After being promptly arrested, they are given a chance to spare themselves if they can make the king laugh. To everyone’s surprise, the ecstatic monarch loves the show and names the actors official court jesters, giving them more extravagant food and shelter than they’d ever imagined.
But the king’s attentiveness to Gong Gil makes it quickly apparent that humor isn’t the only thing motivating his generosity. The king’s mistress, the country’s ministers and Jang Seng soon grow suspicious, and jealousy and anger spring from all sides.
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왕의 남자 The King and the Clown
