The Eternal Empire
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This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1995-01-28
Runtime: 126 mins
Director: Park Chong-won
Writer: In-hwa Lee, Im Sang-soo
Spoken language: 한국어/조선말
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Original title: The Eternal Empire
Production Companies: Daelim Films
Production Countries: South Korea
Cast
Ahn Sung-ki
Cho Jae-hyun
Kim Myung-gon
Choi Jong-won
Kim Hye-soo
Lee Seung-cheol
Kim Hee-ra
Kim Il-woo
Im Il-chan
Kim Jae-rok
Kwon Il-Su
Bob Hyeon Gil-su
Hong Kyung-in
Kim Ji-Eun
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