“Masquerade” – Lee Byung-Hun and Han Hyo-Joo in Sageuk Movie
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Movie: Masquerade
Romanization: Gwanghae
Korean: 광해
Director: Cho Chang-Min
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Stars: Lee Byung-Heon, Han Hyo-Joo, and Ryu Seung-Ryong
Storyline
Masquerade is a fictional sageuk movie that retells the story of “The prince and pauper”. In the movie, Lee Byeong-Hun will play 2 characters, one of which would be the King and the commoner who would replace him as the king. The King of 8 years, Gwanghae is in a danger of being poisoned so he placed Ha-Sun in the throne to play him. A 15 day story that has been kept hidden from history.
Han Hyo-Joo will be playing the Queen that lost her smile in the midst of the palace walls and showing an elegant charisma in the movie. Despite all the threats that The queen and her family receives, she remains a strong and unwavering figure. The queen is getting deeply worried of her husband who is gradually losing control of himself, and one day Gwanghae’s actions suddenly changes She finds herself slowly regaining her smile once again.
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Official sites: Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Release date: September , 2012
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