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- Kings Are Tired
- by KIM Hyun-jung / May 10, 2017
- Kings in Korean Films
King Yejong (LEE Sun-kyun) in The King’s Case Note is an actionist. He is not the kind of weak leader in the royal palace, but he investigates suspicious incidents himself. He is different from Prince hungnyeong (JU Ji-hoon) in I am the King (2012), future King Sejong, who is intelligent but does not know about the external world because he grows up sheltered.All kings of the Joseon Dynasty belong to the same family tree. However, each of them has different personality, qualification and achievement. Kings in Korean films are the same. King Gwanghae (LEE Byung-hun) in Masquerade (2012) is cold and scary. He suffers from fear of assassination as he has a lot of enemies around him. Meanwhile, his young days as a smart and capable prince will be portrayed in Warriors of The Dawn, which will be released in the end of May.Unlike reviews for King Gwanghae are mixed, evaluations of the dethroned King Yonsan are almost similar. They say he is tyrant and immoral. Only King And The Clown (2005) has sympathy for King Yonsan (JUNG Jin-young).The sagest king of the Joseon Dynasty would be King Sejong. King Sejong (AHN Sung-ki) in The Divine Weapon (2008) is depicted as a strong emperor to develop new weapons against China while other descriptions of him focus on literature. King Jeongjo is the same way. He made so brilliant achievements that he is called as Sejong of the late Joseon Dynasty, but he was surrounded by enemies, like Gwanghae. Jeongjo (Hyun-bin) in The Fatal Encounter (2014) trains martial arts to protect himself and keeps vigilant. It shows why life expectancies of Joseon kings were such short.
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