“The Concubine” sees actress Jo Yeo Jeong following her much praised performance in “The Servant” with another bodice-ripping costume drama and tale of lust and envy, this time for director Kim Dae Seung (“Bungee Jumping of Their Own”). Set in the royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, the film is a twisted web of tangled scheming and betrayals, and also stars Kim Dong Wook (“Romantic Heaven”), Kim Min Joon (“Hindsight”), Jung Chan (“Superstar”) and Park Ji Young (“The Housemaid”) as the other players struggling for power and survival. The film opens with Jo Yeo Jeong as Hwa Yeon, the daughter of a lesser nobleman, in love with commoner Kwon Yoo (Kim Min Joon). Sadly for the lovers, when Prince Sung Won (Kim Dong Wook) falls for Hwa Yeon, his ruthlessly ambitious mother (Park Ji Young) separates them by selecting her as the king’s consort. Forced by her father to...
- 1/7/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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