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The King and the Clown

King and the Clown
The King and the Clown movie poster.jpg
Promotion poster for King and the Clown
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Wang-ui Namja
McCune–Reischauer Wang'ŭi Namja
Directed by Lee Joon-ik
Produced by Jeong Jin-wan
Lee Joon-ik
Written by Choi Seok-hwan
Based on Yi
by Kim Tae-woong
Starring Kam Woo-sung
Jung Jin-young
Lee Joon-gi
Sam Watts
Music by Lee Byung-woo
Cinematography Ji Kil-woong
Edited by Kim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Production
company
Cineworld
Eagle Pictures
Distributed by Cinema Service
CJ Entertainment (international)
Release date
  • 29 December 2005 (2005-12-29)
Running time
119 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget ₩4 billion
Box office US$74,466,867

King and the Clown (Hangul왕의 남자; Hanja王의 男子; RRWang-ui Namja, lit. The King's Man) is a 2005 South Korean historical drama film, starring Kam Woo-sung, Jung Jin-young and Lee Joon-gi. It was adapted from the 2000 stage play, Yi ("You") about Yeonsangun of Joseon, a Joseon dynasty king and a court clown who mocks him. It was released on 29 December 2005, runs for 119 minutes; and distributed domestically by Cinema Service and internationally by CJ Entertainment.

The movie is referred to by various titles. It is sometimes known as The King's Man (the literal English translation of the Korean title). In Chinese, the title is "王的男人" or "王和小丑", and in Japanese, it is known as "王の男". It is also known as The Royal Jester in English, as the movie's English translator found it more fitting than the original title.

The film was chosen as South Korea's official submission for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. With over 12.3 million tickets sold, it is the ninth highest grossing film in South Korea.

Set in the late 15th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng (Kam Woo-sung) and Gong-gil (Lee Joon-gi), are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to rich customers, and Jangsaeng is sickened by this practice. After Gong-gil kills the manager in defense of Jangsaeng, the pair flee to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.


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