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6.4/10 Letterboxd Productioncompany withUs Film Country South Korea Box office 3.21 million USD | 5.8/10 IMDb Directed by Kim Dae-seung Distributed by Lotte Entertainment Director Kim Dae-seung Distributor Lotte Entertainment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Yoo Seung-hoGo AraKwak Do-won Release date December 30, 2015 (2015-12-30) Initial release 30 December 2015 (South Korea) Nominations PaekSang Arts Award for Most Popular Actor in Film Cast Yoo Seung‑ho, Go Ara, Jo Yoon‑hee, Kwak Do‑won, Lee Gyeung‑young Similar Seondal: The Man Who Sell, The Concubine, Phantom Detective, The Sound of a Flower, Bungee Jumping of Their Own | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Magician (Hangul: 조선마술사; RR: Joseon masulsa; lit. "Joseon Magician") is a 2015 South Korean period fantasy film directed by Kim Dae-seung. The film was released in December 2015.
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Plot
Hwan-hee (Yoo Seung-Ho) is the most sought after magician in the Moorangroo, a popular red-light district area in Uiji of the Joseon Dynasty. Hwan-hee suffers personally from his abusive childhood. As a child, Hwan-Hee and his friend Bo-eum (Jo Yoon-hee) were physically abused by Gwi-mol (Kwak Do-won), a magician from the Qing Dynasty. Eventually they ran away from Gwi-mol.
Meanwhile, Cheong-myung (Go Ara) is a Princess of the Joseon Dynasty. She travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry the Prince of the Qing Dynasty. She doesn't want to get married, but she had no choice due to her family. On the way to Qing, she stops with her group in Uiji. There, she meets Hwan-hee near a cliff on the mountainside. Hwan-hee is unaware that Cheong-myung is a princess, but he falls in love with her. Cheong-myung also falls for Hwan-Hee's free-spirited ways. The violent magician Gwi-mol is set to return to Joseon in search of Hwan-hee and Bo-eum and a conspiracy is set to take place within the Princess' inner circle.
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Reception
The film grossed US$3.21 million on its opening.
