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Completed - KOREAN - Action/Adventure, Romance, Historical - 115 minutes

Log Line

The more he sips, the deeper he falls.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2012 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Youn-Hyun CHANG
Writer(s) : Eun-Jung KIM
Cast : Jin-Mo JOO, So-Yeun KIM, Hee-Soon PARK, Sun YOO

Producer(s) : Tae-Woon JUNG

Synopsis

In the chaotic year of 1896, the Emperor Gojong seeks refuge at the Russian legation to prepare the foundation of the Daehan Empire. Chased by Russian soldiers for having stolen coffee and gold bars in Russia, Illich and Tanya are tricked by Korean-Japanese Sadako to come to Chosun. Tanya works as the country’s first barista to make coffee for the Emperor Gojong, while Illich becomes a spy named Sakamoto to protect her. In the end, Sadako drags them into a secrete operation to assassinate the Emperor Gojong.

Production

Country(ies) : KOREA (South)

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