Seoul Emperor

Seoul Emperor

1986•1h 50m•6.0/10

RomanceDramaFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(4)

Escaping from a hospital for the mentally disturbed, a man calling himself Jesus goes to Seoul. He feels he must save Seoul from judgement by fire by finding a woman who knows the meaning of true love.

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Production

Hyun Jin Films

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yong-Nam Ahn

Sok-Ran Kang

Kim Myung-gon

Kim Myung-gon

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