Movie
The Fatal Encounter
Overview
Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-04-30
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Action, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lotte Entertainment, Good Choice Cut Pictures, Papas Film
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Hyun Bin as King Jeong-jo
- Jung Jae-young as Gap-su
- Cho Jung-seok as Eul-su
- Cho Jae-hyun as Gwang Baek
- Han Ji-min as Queen Jeongsun
- Kim Sung-ryung as Lady Hyegyeong
- Park Sung-woong as Hong Guk-yeong
- Jung Eun-chae as Kang Wol-hye
- Song Young-chang as Gu Seon-bok
- Lee Do-gyeong as Ahn Guk-rae
- Seo Yi-sook as Go Su-ae
- Kim Min-jae as Choi Se-bok
Crew
- JQ Lee - Director
- Choi Sung-hyun - Writer
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