I’ve got a soft spot for the ill-fated King Danjong – having visited the burial site of his placenta a few years ago – so I’ll certainly be going along to see this film. It has been doing well in the Korean box office, having clocked 7 million admissions so far.
I love the fact that the film has been inspiring internet trolls to give bad reviews to the tomb of King Sejo (who had Danjong put to death).
The King’s Warden (왕과 사는 남자) – UK theatrical release
1457 Joseon, a story untold by history. Fate entwines a fallen king with the man who becomes his last keeper…
In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, a humble headman, Heung-do (Yoo Hai-jin), hears a rumour that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he eagerly submits a petition to host one unaware that his guest is none other than the fallen monarch, the deposed boy-king Danjong (Park Ji-hoon, formerly of K-pop group Wanna One).
While an unlikely bond begins to form between the dethroned ruler and the man assigned to watch over him, the quiet village finds itself drawn into the perilous undercurrents of royal intrigue where loyalty and survival collide.
Cast: Yoo Hae-jin (Exhuma, Yadang: The Snitch), Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Ji-tae, Jeon Mi-do, Kim Min, Park Ji-hwan, Lee Joon-hyuk, Ahn Jae-hong
Directed by Jang Hang-jun
The best information we have is that the film will be available from 6 March at the following cinemas:
- Cineworld Leicester Square | o2 Greenwich | Feltham | Birmingham Broad Street | Leeds | Glasgow Silverburn
- Odeon Haymarket | Kingston | Liverpool One | Birmingham New Street | Leeds Bradford | Edinburgh Lothian Road | Glasgow Quay | Manchester Great Northern | Sheffield | Cardiff | Bristol | Brighton | Bournemouth BH2
- Vue West End | Finchley Road | Shepherd’s Bush | Finchley North | Westfield | Westfield Stratford | Leeds Light | Edinburgh Omni | Manchester Printworks | York
Update: additional cinemas have been added for the screening’s second week. See below poster.
