The King and the Clown (2. Edit. Storyline. Soul mate minstrels Jang- sang and Gong- gil eke out a living in 1. Korea through bawdy stories presented in a tightrope act; however, sexual interests of the rich over Gong- gil's androgynous looks impair their basic desire to entertain once too often. A line is crossed, an authority figure dies, and the pair must flee to Seoul. They soon take up with a trio of fellow minstrels and, lead by Jang- sang, present riskier shows that prove more lucrative; but, a scathing exhibition satirizing the king and his concubine puts them under arrest with a set date for execution. Forced to present themselves to the king for final judgment, they surprisingly wind up becoming his court performers, but the tyrannical king, though sensitive and intelligent, is also excessive and psychologically scarred, with the minstrel shows putting him uncomfortably in touch with buried issues over his dead mother (long ago forced to commit suicide by the court).
This makes him dangerously unstable. The runners- up were Kim Ki- duk's Time, and the horror comedy The Host. In a world full of scoundrels, only here did I meet the nastiest of them all. And the foul things he would do! Will you hear this tale then? As the gods kill us for their sport, so would he. He killed more souls than there are tiles on these roofs. His lust insatiable, even 2. Why, his pecker was this big. With it he skewered clam after virgin clam. And when he got tired of .. The King and the Clown (Korean Movie - 2005) -Promotion poster for King and the Clown.
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