Sung-won confronts Hwa-yeon, accusing her of hiding her lover as a fake eunuch, but dismisses the accusations after pulling down Kwon-yoo's pants to reveal his castration. To save her own life, Geum-ok reveals that Kwon-yoo had a relationship with Hwa-yeon, and that the young prince had been born prematurely, making his parentage suspect. One night, Sung-won enters Geum-ok's room and is frothed into a rage when he sees her wearing the hair stick he had gifted to Hwa-yeon. In a fit of pique, he takes Geum-ok, Hwa-yeon's personal maid, as a minor concubine so he can inquire about Hwa-yeon's private habits. Sung-won is still very attracted to Hwa-yeon, bestowing favors and attention. Kwon-yoo agrees to assassinate Hwa-yeon and her child with a block of poisonous aconite received from Minister Yoon by the orders of the Queen Mother, who wishes to secure her position and remove Hwa-yeon from influencing Sung-won. Hwa-yeon's efforts to free her father and rescue him from execution are sabotaged by Kwon-yoo, who directly undermines Sung-won's exoneration orders to ensure the man's death. Kwon-yoo has aligned himself with Minister Yoon and the Queen Mother to find power in his new position and rebuffs Hwa-yeon. Though his life was spared, Kwon-yoo was castrated by Hwa-yeon's father for daring to elope with her and he is now resentful and embittered towards both of them. Initially glad to see him, she reaches out for comfort and assistance, hoping some of their original feelings remain. Hwa-yeon discovers her former lover, Kwon-yoo, working in the castle among the eunuchs. When Hwa-yeon's father, a royal court minister, attempts to prove that the previous king died from poisonous assassination, he and all of the ministers disloyal to the queen mother are arrested for treason. ![]() Hwa-yeon is moved to a closely watched, humble residence, where she is under constant surveillance. The king dies of a mysterious illness, and the former concubine sits her son, Prince Sung-won, on the throne as a puppet king, naming herself Regent and Queen Mother and taking firm control over the royal court. In a private conversation, Sung-won gifts a hair stick to Hwa-yeon as a present and confession of his feelings. Sung-won comes back from traveling to see the King upon hearing of his ill-health. Hwa-yeon agrees to enter the palace in exchange for saving Kwon-yoo's life.įive years later, Hwa-yeon has become the Queen from giving birth to a son. When her father ( Ahn Suk-hwan) is obligated to send her into the royal palace as a concubine for the king, the two lovers try to elope but are caught after their first night together. Indifferent to his mother's plans, the timid prince falls in love at first sight with Hwa-yeon ( Jo Yeo-jeong), an aristocrat's daughter, who has already found love with Kwon-yoo ( Kim Min-jun), a low-born commoner. She schemes to replace him on the throne with her submissive young son Sung-won ( Kim Dong-wook). The film begins with a concubine of the previous king (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to her step son, the current childless, widower king ( Jung Chan). ![]() The struggle to survive within the tight-spaced boundaries of the palace is intense, and only those who are strong enough to overcome the hell-like milieu can survive. These three characters form a love triangle which is ruled by dangerous passion. Set in the Joseon dynasty, it centers around Hwa-yeon ( Jo Yeo-jeong), who becomes a royal concubine against her will, Kwon-yoo ( Kim Min-jun), a man torn between love and revenge, and Prince Sung-won ( Kim Dong-wook), who has his heart set on Hwa-yeon despite the countless women available to him. "Royal Concubine: Concubine to the King") is a 2012 South Korean historical erotic thriller film directed by Kim Dae-seung. The Concubine ( Korean: 후궁: 제왕의 첩 RR: Hugoong: Jewangui Chub lit.
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