Movie
The Sword with No Name
Overview
Mu Myeong is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who meets and falls in love with lady Ja Yeong who will become the future Empress Myseongseong. A few years later, Ja Yeong enters the royal palace to marry King Gojong. Mu Myeong still having feelings for Ja Yeong and in an attempt to get closer to her becomes her personal body guard.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-09-24
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sidus, Michigan Venture Capital, CJ Entertainment, Boston Investments, Showbox
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Cho Seung-woo as Mu-myeong
- Soo Ae as Min Ja-yeong
- Cheon Ho-jin as Dae Won-kun
- Sophie Broustal as Isabel
- Choi Jae-woong as Noe-jeon
- Kim Young-min as King Gojong
- Koh Soo-hee as So-hee
- Lee Joo-sil as Ja-yeong's Mother
- Yoon Yeong-geol as Dae Won-kun's Subordinate
- Yoon Sul-hee as Kimono waitress
- Lee Yong-nyeo as Lady Choi
- Min-hee Park as Mi Woo-ra
Crew
- Kim Yong-gyun - Director
- Lee Suk-yeon - Screenplay
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