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I Am The King

I Am The King

South Korean film inspired by The Prince and the Pauper set in the Joseon Dynasty.

2012•2h 0m•6.1/10
HistoryComedyDrama

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6.1/10(8)

The movie depicts the three months before Choong-nyung (the future Sejong the Great) becomes king. The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which follows the history of the Joseon Dynasty between 1413 and 1865, leaves out records of this crucial period. While future generations would come to know him as King Sejong, the legendary figure who created the Korean alphabet and advanced the country’s scientific research and law, Prince Choong-nyung was originally dismissed as a reclusive bookworm. When his older brothers Yangnyeong and Hyoryeong fail to impress their father King Taejong, the king makes a royal command for Choong-nyung to become the next ruler of the kingdom instead.

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Production

Lotte Entertainment, Daisy Entertainment

Language

KO

Status

Released

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Cast

Ju Ji-hoon

Ju Ji-hoon

Grand Prince Choong-nyung / Deok-chil

Baek Yoon-sik

Baek Yoon-sik

Hwang Hee

Byun Hee-bong

Byun Hee-bong

Shin Ik-yeok

Park Young-kyu

Park Young-kyu

King Taejong

Im Won-hee

Im Won-hee

Hae-goo

Kim Soo-ro

Kim Soo-ro

Warrior Hwang-goo

Lee Hanee

Lee Hanee

Soo-yeon

Baek Do-bin

Baek Do-bin

Prince Yangnyeong

Lee Mi-do

Lee Mi-do

Crowned Princess

Kim So-hyun

Kim So-hyun

Sol-bi

Lim Hyung-jun

Lim Hyung-jun

Jang Young-sil

Yoon Kyung-ho

Yoon Kyung-ho

Geun-bae

Park Kyung-man

Park Kyung-man

Uigeumbu ascetic

Han Yeo-wool

Han Yeo-wool

Tribute young woman

Lee Dong-jin

Warehouse Servant

Woo Mi-hwa

Woo Mi-hwa

Sol-bi's mother

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