king's man

Shaylee 2022-04-20 09:02:38

During the meeting in Sanya, my colleagues in Tianjin kept recommending "The King's Man" to me. Of course she recommends it to others, and I've heard it three times. Her method is to first ask the other person if they have seen Brokeback Mountain, and then she says that "The King's Man" is a movie as touching as "Brokeback Mountain".


"The King's Man" is a Korean movie, and I really don't have any interest in Korean movies, except "Spring Die". Even so, I still watched a lot of Korean movies, such as "Beauty", "Affair" and so on. "The King's Man" is about two performers, Changsheng and Kong Ji. During the performance, Changsheng plays the man and Kong Ji plays the woman. Later, when they performed for the king, Kong Ji fell in love with the king, and Changsheng was blinded by the king to protect him. At the end of the story, the climax is when the blind Changsheng walked up to the rope and said, "I've been playing the blind man, but I'm actually a blind man. In performing arts, I was blinded by an entertainer, and then I was blinded by a spectator's copper plate. Now I am truly blind. The following Kong Ji, who had just cut his wrists and was rescued, burst into tears, and also walked up to the rope and asked: What will you do in your next life? The blind artist replied that he "will be an artist in the next life". Kong Ji said, I will also be an artist in my next life. The two sprinted on the rope and jumped together. In mid-air, the film stopped, and the postures of the two were very ambiguous.


The movie is pretty good, and usually the performances of these artists speak some philosophies. The artist who plays the woman, the actor's real name is Lee Jun Ki, is said to be the most charming man in Korea. In the film, he is indeed very shy and moving, and his skin is delicate and fair. I like his eyes the most, they are elongated, like those of a deer. Although she looks like a woman, her nose bridge and face line are very firm, and she is not masculine. In addition, the three actors who played the supporting roles in the troupe in the film, although they were small roles, performed very successfully and unforgettable.


It is said that the 6-billion-won small-production film is selling well in Taiwan. In the movie, bitterness and humor coexist. The sincere feelings between the same sex make the actor who plays the role of the clown, Changsheng, show a sense of righteousness and bravery that is different from his humble identity. After his eyes were scalded and blinded by Wang, he was imprisoned in prison, still humorous. Tell the story to the prison head: When Changsheng and Kong Ji went to perform at a rich man's house, Kong Ji stole the gold necklace of the hostess, and Changsheng came forward and said that he stole the necklace. The owner asked him where the necklace went, and he said that he had eaten it in his stomach. As a result, the master hit him in the mouth with a stick, and it hurt so much! He continued: Just like now (the eyes are burning and hurting), if the eye was beaten that time, it is the mouth that hurts now. Almost at the same time, Kong Ji was performing a puppet show for Wang, telling the same story. He slashed his wrist with a knife, blood dripping down the arm holding the puppet...

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The King and the Clown quotes

  • Jang-sang: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahhh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

    [From subtitles]

    Jang-sang: You have the wrong man. I wrote it. He's innocent. The audacity of it has my signature all over it. After all, it was by audacity that I got in the palace.

    Nok-su Jang: You're making this up!

    Jang-sang: Well, well.

    [Stands up defiantly in front of the King and Nok-su]

    Jang-sang: A whore and her tongue's work is never done.

    Nok-su Jang: How DARE you!

  • Pal-bok: [From subtitles] Isn't she the King's Consort?

    Chil-duk: Sure is. What on earth is that woman doing?

    Pal-bok: People say, she a lady now but she still shits like a horse. So then the rumors were true after all!