The King's Letters

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Movie: The King's Letters (English title)
Revised romanization: Naratmalssami
Hangul: 나랏말싸미
Director: Jo Chul-Hyun
Writer: Lee Song-Won, Jo Chul-Hyun
Producer: Sung Chang-Yeon, Oh Seung-Hyun
Cinematographer: Kim Tae-Kyung
Release Date: July 24, 2019
Runtime: 110 min.
Distributor: Megabox Plus M
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

King Sejong (Song Kang-Ho) desires to create an original alphabet for his people. With the help of others, they struggle to create the Korean alphabet Hangul.

Notes

Filming began October 17, 2018 and finished January 31, 2019.
Teaser posters for movie “The King’s Letters.”
Main poster and 3 character posters for movie “The King’s Letters.”

Cast



Song Kang-Ho	Park Hae-Il	Jeon Mi-Sun	Kim Joon-Han	Cha Rae-Hyoung
King Sejong	Monk Shinmi	Queen Sohun	Crown Prince Moonjong	Prince Sooyang



Yoon Jung-Il	Tang Joon-Sang	Keum Sae-Rok	Im Sung-Jae
Prince Anpyeong	Hak-Jo	Jin-A	Hak-Yeol

Additional Cast Members:

Choi Duk-Moon - Jung In-Ji
Nam Moon-Chul - Choi Man-Ri
Jung Hae-Kyun - Ko Yak-Hae
Park Dong-Hyeok - Jung Chang-Son
Jung In-Gyeom - Kim Moon
Kim Tae-Hoon - Confucian scholar 1
Lee Doo-Seok - Confucian scholar 2
Woo Ji-Hyun - Confucian scholar 3
Lee Geun-Hoo - monk 1
Kim Jeong-Han - monk 2
Oh Hyeon-Kyeong - old monk
Sabina Yoon - neokjeon dance
Jung Ji-Woo - court lady 1
Ha Si-Yeon - court lady 2
Jung Soo-Ji - court lady 3
Lim Hyo-Jin - monk
Jung Chan-Hoon - axe liege
Lee Woo-Joo - Crown Prince's son (young King Danjong) (10-years-old)
Jung Si-Yul - Crown Prince's son (young King Danjong) (5-years-old)

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Comments

Hyejoo Aug 31 2020 4:10 am This was out after Jeon Mi Sun passed away ? this is really hard to acknowledge the fact that she had easily committed suicide?

Jung kim Aug 27 2019 12:23 am What a Wonderful & beautiful Korean history Movie!

Jung kim Aug 27 2019 12:18 am Wonderful & beautiful Korean Movie

Brian Park Aug 17 2019 2:08 pm I thought this movie was well produced and entertaining. I was engaged through out the length of the film for what could have been a dry academic topic about the founding of the Korean written language. I found the characters' motives compelling, and the movie really did a good job framing what was at stake during that period of time, creating great dramatic tension and humor between all the players.

As a historical drama, there has been some controversy stirred about the historical accuracy, but the movie explicitly is endorsing an alternative theory to the accepted dogma that a few elite Confucian literati invested their time and energy to create such a unique and simple written language for the common people and subvert their control over the masses. King Sejong did look at alternative written languages such as Japanese Hiragana, Tibetan and Mongolian scripts derivatives of Sanskrit, and likely other Sanskrit sources from Buddhist countries in his research. It isn't farfetched that he utilized Korean Buddhist monks the only other literate group in Korea with knowledge and access to these sources. And the persecution of Buddhists during the Choson dynasty was very real, as illustrated in this movie.

So in the end, I did find the movie entertaining, with a real sense of tension and drama without ringing hollow.

Alechu Aug 15 2019 9:40 am Wow, I didn't expect this movie to be so good. It is both beautifully written and executed and it presents the creation of the unique Korean alphabet in an entertaining way. For some, the subject might be boring, but the visuals and the acting are praise worthy. However, do not take it as a completely historically accurate educational documentary. Recommended!

Stanley Schlesinger Jul 26 2019 10:46 am trailer should have English tittles

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