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History is a spoiler, but I desperately want to see them smile more. In the end, the laughter that was not allowed and the tragedy predicted draw tears from the audience. A well-prepared award for acting, The Man Who Lives With The King, is worth seeing in itself.
"The Man Who Lives with the King" is the story of Cheongryeongpo in 1457, a village chief who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and a young predecessor who was expelled from the throne and exiled. For the first time in a Korean movie, Danjong is put at the center of the screen.
King Danjong Lee Hong-wi, who was the crown prince of King Munjong, who passed away two years after his reign, and was thrown into a secret battle with his enthronement, was eventually deprived of the throne. The movie begins when he, who has never lived his way since he was born, left the palace in 1457 and went into exile in Cheongnyeongpo, a mountain village in Yeongwol.
"The Man Who Lives With the King" is a work that expands the cinematic imagination based on historical records. The joy, sorrow and pleasure created by young King Danjong, who came to exile in Cheongnyeongpo, Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, the Gwangcheongol village chief who greets him, and the villagers invite the audience to a story beyond the record of history.
As everyone knows, the conclusion of this story is a tragedy. While moving step by step toward the foreseen tragedy, the actors' acting builds up the density of emotions one by one, firmly sustaining the persuasive power of the work between history and imagination.
Yoo Hae-jin is also at the center of this. Yoo Hae-jin lives worrying about every meal in a mountain village in Gangwon-do and actively goes out to make Gwangcheongol a exile. Based on the cheery yet humane aspect of the chief, he breathes into the work with his unique divine performance. In particular, while monitoring Lee Hong-wi's daily life as a conservative owner, he convincingly plays the process of Eom Heung-do, who has no choice but to lean toward him, and takes the center stage of his work.
If Yoo Hae-jin paves the way and firmly leads The Man Who Lives With The King, Park Ji-hoon, who plays King Danjong Lee Hong-wi, runs on it without hesitation. "The Man Who Lives with the King" is a work in which Yoo Hae-jin, Park Ji-hoon, and the new and structuralization of the film industry exert amazing power. I swear, through this film, the movie industry, which has suffered from a famine of young actors, has a new choice: Park Ji-hoon.
Park Ji-hoon, who proved his potential as a one-top lead actor in the "Weak Hero" series, once again imprinted "actor Park Ji-hoon" through this work. It fully proves Jang Hang-joon's choice as to why Danjong had to be Park Ji-hoon since his first appearance on Han Myung-hoe (played by Yoo Ji-tae) with a mixture of anger, fear, and guilt after being robbed of the throne.
The process in which a person standing on a cliff after losing light transforms into a "bum" gaze to change the stream of history in the right direction and reaches a decision is convincingly completed with Park Ji-hoon's acting. I wanted to meet the people of Gwangcheongol for a long time to see Lee Hong-wi smile recovered, but the time is really short, and the moment makes the tragedy clearer.
Yoo Ji-tae, who plays the role of Han Myeong-hoe, the most powerful man of the early Joseon Dynasty, shows an overwhelming presence only by his existence and carries the weight of the play. In the scene where Danjong confronts Lee Hong-wi in the middle of the play, the strong chemistry of the two actors creates surprising immersion. Instead of King Sejo, the choice of creating a confrontational structure by putting the newly defined Han Myeonghoe at the forefront comes fresh. It would be the power of Yoo Ji-tae's built-up acting that makes me clench my fist without realizing it in the scene of Han Myeong-hoe shouting to Danjong Lee Hong-wi, "You still know you're king." In addition, the actors, including Jeon Mi-do as Maehwa, the court lady who stayed by King Danjong's side until the end, and Lee Joon-hyuk as Prince Geumseong, who appeared in a special role, play the richness of the play.
These actors' performances fill a small gap in "The Man Who Lives with the King." Although it is a relatively well-organized work that flows stably, frequent cut editing and analog production often break the flow of emotions. The comical scene in which Yoo Hae-jin "carries" is centered, creates a breathing hole in the movie, and at the same time, there is a moment to disperse the density of emotions.
"The Man Who Lives With The King" is a work that has a greater advantage. The audience finally stands again in front of the ending they knew, and the real history that follows someone's tears leaves a long lingering feeling. Will "The Man Who Lives With The King" be able to revive the stagnant Korean movie.
Coming Feb. 4. Running time 117 minutes. For ages 12 and up.
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