King and the Clown

Name: King and the Clown
Released: 2005-12-29

2005· 15· 2h 1m· Drama· History· Thriller

“Forbidden desire, sumptuous tragedy.”

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorLee Joon-ik

WriterChoi Seok-hwan

ProducerJeong Jin-wan

Director of PhotographyJi Gil-woong

Original Music ComposerLee Byung-woo

EditorKim Jae-beom

Full cast & crew (24 cast · 25 crew)

Details

Released2005-12-29

Runtime2h 1m · 15

StatusReleased

StudiosCineworld · Cinema Service · Eagle Pictures

LanguagesKorean

CountriesSouth Korea

Rating7.0/10 · 115 votes

Original languageko

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