King.And.The.Clown.2005.720p.BluRay.x264-GiMCHi

King.And.The.Clown.2005.720p.BluRay.x264-GiMCHi







Title: The King and the Clown (2005)

IMDB Rating: 7.4/10

Genres: Drama , History , Thriller

Actors: Woo-seong Kam , Jin-yeong Jeong , Seong-Yeon Kang , Jun-ki Lee , Hang-Seon Jang , Hae-jin Yu , Seok-yong Jeong , Seung-hun Lee

Runtime: 119

Year: 2005

Plot:

Soul mate minstrels Jang-sang and Gong-gil eke out a living in 14th century Korea through bawdy stories presented in a tightrope act; however| sexual interests of

the rich over Gong-gil's androgynous looks impair their basic desire to entertain once too often. A line is crossed| an authority figure dies| and the pair must flee

to Seoul. They soon take up with a trio of fellow minstrels and| lead by Jang-sang| present riskier shows that prove more lucrative; but| a scathing exhibition

satirizing the king and his concubine puts them under arrest with a set date for execution. Forced to present themselves to the king for final judgment| they

surprisingly wind up becoming his court performers| but the tyrannical king| though sensitive and intelligent| is also excessive and psychologically scarred| with

the minstrel shows putting him uncomfortably in touch with buried issues over his dead mother (long ago forced to commit suicide by the court). This makes him

dangerously unstable. The ...