Movie
The Face Reader
Overview
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-09-11
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Showbox, Jupiter Film
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Nae-kyung
- Lee Jung-jae as Grand Prince Soo-yang
- Baek Yoon-sik as Kim Jong-seo
- Cho Jung-seok as Paeng-heon
- Lee Jong-suk as Jin-hyeong
- Kim Hye-soo as Yeon-hong
- Kim Eui-sung as Han Myung-hoi
- Chae Sang-woo as Dan-jong
- Kim Tae-woo as King Mun-jong
- Ko Chang-seok as Choi Dae-gam
- Seo Hyun-woo as Jin-moo
- Woo Sang-jeon as Old Han Myung-hoi
Crew
- Han Jae-rim - Director
- Kim Dong-hyuk - Screenplay
- Han Jae-rim - Screenplay
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