The Throne
- Feature
- 2015
- 125 Minutes
- Korea, Republic of
- Language: Korean
In the year of 1762, when King Yeongjo of the Joseon dynasty's been ruling for 35 years already, Crown prince Sado is accused of plotting treason by his biological mother lady Yi. Yeongjo falls into a dilemma since he could not penalize his own son as a traitor as it would mean that he would become the father of a traitor threatening his throne, and ends up ordering Sado to take his own life. As Sado’s lieges oppose Yeongjo’s decision by putting their own lives at risk, Yeongjo locks Sado in a wooden rice chest.
Director: Joon-Ik LEE
Screenwriter: Chul-hyun CHO, Song LEE, Sung-hyeon OH
Production Company: Tiger Pictures
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Awards
2016: Asia Pacific Screen Awards, AustraliaAsian Film Awards: Best Costume Designer
Baek Sang Art Awards/
Buil Film Awards
Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best Actor, Best Screenplay
KOFRA Film Awards , Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
2015: Blue Dragon Awards: Best Actor, Supporting Actress, Lighting
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea: Best Supporting Actress
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, Korean Association of Film Critics Award: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Music
Korean Film Actor’s Association Awards , Top Director Award, Top Star Award
Satellite Awards
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Grand Prize, Estonia
Cast and Crew
DOP / Camera: Tae-kyung KIM
Editor: Sang-beom KIM, Jae-beom KIM
Music: Jun-seok BANG
Sound: Tae-young Choi
Producer: Sung-hyeon OH
Cast: Kang-ho SONG, Ah-in YOO, Geun-young MOON
Director
Joon-Ik LEE
With the 2005 bringing in 12.3 million viewers, Lee Joon-ik became one of the leading directors of Chungmuro.
In movies such as and , he has shown outstanding skills as a director jumping back and forth between period pieces and films set in the modern era.
In 2015, he has returned with a classic period drama in , in which he will shed light on a family tragedy that spans from Youngjo and Sado, to Jungjo.