Sado
Directed by:
Joon-ik LeeScreenplay:
Song-won LeeComposer:
Jun-suk BangCast:
Kang-ho Song, Ah-in Yoo, Geun-young Moon, Hye-jin Jeon, Hae-sook Kim, Won-sang Park, Ji-hee Jin, Ye-ji Seo, So-dam Park, Ji-seong Eom, Ji-sub So, Beom-taek Kwon (more)Plots(1)
In the year of 1762 Crown prince Sado is accused of plotting treason against King Yeongjo of the Joseon dynasty. But the king could not penalize his own son as a traitor as it would mean that he would become the father of a traitor, so he 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. Locked up without being given a single drop of water, Sado dies on the 8th day. (Moscow International Film Festival)
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What do you need to do in order to become a heir to the throne? No, that's not the right question. The right question is: What is one willing to do in order to succeed his father on the throne? A strongly cruel and highly emotional film about the fact that some rituals are truly insane and rather aimed at destroying a person.
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I just don't have any luck with Korean historical films (not to mention TV shows, which after a certain point I just had to avoid), I have the same problem here as I did with The Handmaiden. Most of these movies just aren't bad at all. That's true of Sado as well. It was a nice spectacle, beautiful soundtrack – the music was the best thing about the whole film! As usual, the Koreans just nailed the costumes and sets: by now they're simply flawless at it. But I just... didn't enjoy the rest of it. I wasn't particularly interested in the film, the story didn't appeal to me (I was much more impressed by the memoirs of Sado's wife, which were translated into Czech by Miriam Löwenstein). Again, a beautiful trinket, which is more difficult to get into.
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