'The King's Letters': Tragedy and Controversy It's 1448, the 30th year of Se Jong's reign. The Ming dynasty's meddling into Joseon's domestic affairs goes to extremes, and Se Jong secretly plans to develop Singijeon, a rocket weapon upgraded from Goryeo's firearms technology. The Ming finds out and quickly dispatches assassins to attack the research lab, but Choi Hae San, the man in charge of the project, destroys himself along with the research materials to protect the weapon's secret. His daughter Hong Li barely escapes but loses the Chongtong Records (Singijeon's blueprints) to the Ming assassins. As the Ming's diplomatic pressure increases on Joseon for making the Singijeon, Se Jong commands Chang Gang, the chief royal guard warrior, to take the only person with the potential to complete the Singijeon, Hong Li, safely to Sul Ju, a peddler. The son of the top engineer of Hwatong Dogam (place for making gunpowder and firearms-or a weapons factory in today's language) at the end of Goryeo dynasty, Sul Ju is an exceedingly intelligent man with the top martial art skills in Joseon. He rejects Joseon as a descendant of Goryeo migrants and lives as the head of a merchant gang. He refuses Chang Gang's command to help construct the Singijeon, but in order to save his gang from a fight with rivals, he is forced to join Hong Li in seeing the Singijeon completed. Desperate to understand the facts of Singijeon, the Ming sends an army disguised as a large envoy to intimidate Se Jong and the court. Meanwhile, the Ming army sets out to find Sul Ju's headquarters and completely destroy the slightest possibilities of developing Singijeon. After repeated failures in the project, Sul Ju risks his life to recover the Chongtong Records for Hong Li. However, he starts to have second thoughts as his comrades are sacrificed in battles. At last, as they are moments away from the completion of Singijeon, the Ming and Yeojin alliance army of 100,000 heads for Euiju, Joseon. In order to stop the war, Se Jong hands Hong Ri, and the Chongtong Records to the Ming envoy and even Sul Ju is imprisoned by the court. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 신기전
- Also Known As: Singijeon
- Director: Kim Yoo Jin
- Screenwriter: Lee Man Hee
- Genres: Action, Historical, Political
Cast & Credits
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![Jung Jae Young in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Jung Jae Young in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Jung Jae Young Main Role -
![Han Da Gam in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Han Da Gam in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Han Da Gam Main Role -
![Heo Joon Ho in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Heo Joon Ho in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Heo Joon Ho Main Role -
![Ahn Sung Ki in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Ahn Sung Ki in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Ahn Sung KiKing Se JongSupport Role -
![Jung Sung Mo in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Jung Sung Mo in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Jung Sung MoSa Ma SunSupport Role -
![Kim Myung Soo in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)]( "Kim Myung Soo in The Divine Weapon Korean Movie (2008)")
Kim Myung SooKkya Oh RyungSupport Role
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Reviews
The Divine Weapon is a fictional historical drama about the relationship between the Ming and Korean. The small Korean country makes several attempts to build a weapon to defeat the Ming.
The story was better than I thought. The only reason why I watched the movie was because I thought the divine weapon was a supernatural weapon, but I was pleasantly disappointed because the story was well-written and well-acted. The Divine Weapon kept me on the edge on my seat as I wonder how the Koreans will defeat the Ming.
THE ACTING
This is my first time noticing the lead actor, Jung Jae Yung, in a movie. I fell in love with his charisma. He also starred in the movie, the Fatal Encounter. I have rarely seen an historical movie that I did not like. If I did not like it, it was because of the writing or perhaps the acting. But the divine weapon is an excellent movie. The leading lady of Divine Weapon is Han Eun Jeong. I remember her from Gumiho: The Tale of a Fox Child. In both roles, she played a quiet, powerful, and mysterious woman. (I like her better in the Gumiho: Tale of a Fox Child). The rest of the cast were great.
THE MUSIC
It is an instrumental song. This is a song that soldiers would want to hear after a victorious battle.
RE-WATCH VALUE
Yes, I would watch this movie again.
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