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Featuring:
Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il, Ra Mi-ran
Written by:
Kwon Bi-young
Lee Han-eol
Hur Jin-ho
Directed by:
Hur Jin-ho
Release Date:
August 3, 2016
Original Title:
덕혜옹주
Alternate Titles:
Deokhyeongjoo
Deokhyeongju
Princess Deokhye
The Last Princess
Genres:
Action | Drama | History
Production Companies:
CJ Entertainment
DCG Plus
Hive Media Corp
Ho Film
Lotte Entertainment
Production Countries:
South Korea
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: R18+ KR: 12
Runtime: 126
Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.
"The Last Princess" is both a drama and an action film that is based upon the life of Princess Deok-hye (1912-1989) who was born into Korea's last royal family in 1912 as the youngest and only daughter of the last King of Jo-seon, ex-Emperor Gojong and his concubine Yang Gui-in. In truth, her sad and tragic life was shaped at the highest levels of the Japanese Imperial family and its government, and carried out by their Korean collaborators - a path that led to Japanese political ends at the expense of her personal happiness. Two years before her birth, the Japanese Imperial Army surrounded Gwang-bok-gong Palace with artillery batteries with orders to shoot while Japanese officials inside the Palace coerced Emperor Su-jong's (King Go-jong's son) cabinet to approve Korea's annexation to the Japan Empire. After her beloved father suddenly died from poisoning in 1919 - allegedly by the occupying Japanese - the Japanese forced Princess Deokye to leave Korea and her family for an education in Japan - a move that started an endless spiral of disappointment, unfulfilled hopes and dreams, and profound sadness until she was able to return to Korea thirty-seven years later in 1962. The fictionalized portion, based upon Kwon Bi-young's 2009 novel, is seamlessly woven into the film and includes several fictional characters whose roles add to the drama, tears, action and excitement. Princess Deokhye lived out the rest of her years at Chang-deok Palace until she passed away in 1989. She is buried at Hong-ryu-reung outside of Seoul.
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Adaptation:
Lee Ji-min
Ma Dae-yun
Camera Operator:
Lee Eui-tae
Costume Design:
Kwon Yoo-jin
Lee Hye-ran
Digital Intermediate:
Kim Hyung-seok
Director:
Hur Jin-ho
Director of Photography:
Lee Tae-yoon
Editor:
Nam Na-young
Executive Producer:
Cha Won-chun
Kim Jung-hwa
Kang Kwan-ho
Fight Choreographer:
Heo Myeong-haeng
Lighting Artist:
Kim Sang cheol
Makeup & Hair:
Park Sun
Martial Arts Choreographer:
Jeong Jin-geun
Music:
Cho Sung-woo
Choi Yong-rock
Producer:
Shin Hye-yeon
Park Hyun-tae
William Kim
Jeon U-hyeong
Production Design:
Jo Hwa-seong
Production Sound Mixer:
김지환
Screenplay:
Hur Jin-ho
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor:
Lee Jeon-hyoung
Set Decoration:
Choi Hong-seob
Stunts:
Song Min-seok
VFX Artist:
Jo Gyeong-hun
VFX Supervisor:
Shin Dae-yong
Visual Effects:
Baek Gyeong su
Yuk Gwan-woo
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