The Last Princess
Rating: 6.8/1037 Plot Summary:
"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…
Director: Jin-ho Hur
Running time: 2h 7min
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Release date: 3 August 2016 (South Korea)
Cast: Ye-jin Son, Hae-il Park, Mi-ran Ra, Sang-Hoon Jung, Nae-sang Ahn, Liz Cha, Wade Hawkins, Jae-wook Kim, So-Hyun Kim, Se-na Lee, Joo-mi Park, Rin-Ah Shin
