Movie
The Throne
Overview
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-09-16
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Tiger Pictures
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Yoo Ah-in as Crown Prince Sado
- Song Kang-ho as King Yeongjo
- Lee Hyo-je as Young Jeongjo
- So Ji-sub as Adult King Jeongjo
- Moon Geun-young as Lady Hye Gyeong-gung
- Jeon Hye-jin as Royal Consort Yeong-bin
- Kim Hae-sook as Queen In-won
- Park Won-sang as Hong Bong-han
- Jin Ji-hee as Princess Hwa-wan
- Seo Yea-ji as Queen Jung-soon
- Park So-dam as Lady Moon
- Lee Kwang-il as Min Baek-sang
Crew
- Lee Joon-ik - Director
- Cho Chul-hyun - Writer
- Oh Seung-hyeon - Writer
- Lee Song-won - Writer
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