Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Sword With No Name (2009)

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IMDB LINK:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465518/

A.K.A: The Last Empress

Cast: Jae-woong Choi, Seung-woo Cho, In-gu Heo, Se-hyeong Ki, Seol-gu Lee, Su-Ae,

Directed: Yong-gyun Kim

Genre: Action | Drama

Runtime: 2h 3mn 

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Subtitles: English

Plot:

The Sword With No Name aka The Last Empress is set in the middle of the 19th century and tells the biopic of Korean Empress Myeongseong and her deep lifelong friendship with a Joseon dynasty headhunter who tracks down fugitives and lives off their rewards. The friendship begins when the headhunter, Moo-myoung, encounters a beautiful noble girl, Ja-young, and falls in love with her. A few years later, the noble girl enters the royal palace, marries, and is crowned Queen Myeongseong. Devoted Moo-myoung manipulates his way to become the personal guard to the queen in order to be closer to her. He stops at nothing to protect her when she finally realizes his love for her is as deep as the kings. Will he cont to protect her when she refuses to leave her king's side?