Her Majesty Yeonghwa (1964)

9.0/10 100 min History Drama

Overview

At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.

Cast

Do Kum-bong

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

Kim Jin-kyu

Nam-mu

Park Am

Bal-gi

Heo Chang-kang

Yang-sin

Kim Wun-ha

Yeon-u

Ju Jeung-nyeo

Sa-do

Yoon In-ja

Ms. Jang

Cha Yu-mi

Hu-nyeo

Dokgo Sung

Nun-ri

Chang Hoon

U-so

Choi Sam

Jeon-ui

Seo Wol-yeong

King Sindae

Kim Shin-jae

Ms. Yeon

Han Mi-na

So-bong

Jeong Ae-ran

Mo-rye

Yu Gye-seon

Hu-nyeo's Mother

Lee Ye-min

Yong-dol

Lim Hae-rim

Chief Gatekeeper

Bok Hye-suk

Nanny

Kim Se-ra

Sasimgwan

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