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Seo Young Hee (Actor) | Lim Jeong Eun (Actor) | Park Jin Hie (Actor)
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All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (3)

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Only silence will let you live.

A combination of mystery, murder, and suspense, Shadows In The Palace sees Park Jin Hee (Long Way, Underground Rendezvous) returning to the silver screen in a commanding role as a brave woman unmasking a murder case shrouded in a massive cloud of conspiracy. First-time director Kim Mi Jung was honored as the Best New Director at the 2007 Korean Film Awards for her ingenious sense of visuals which greatly heightened the appeal of the film. Offering plenty of cinematic thrills and chills, Shadows In The Palace challenges the audience to unlock a period psychological whodunit mystery through its mind-boggling serpentine plot and attention to details. Fans of the mystery genre will have their cryptic tastes sated by this cleverly crafted crime thriller.

During the Joseon era, a palace maid-in-waiting is found dead, hanging off the palace rafters. After conducting an autopsy, palace physician Chun Ryung (Park Jin Hee) discovers that the dead woman had previously borne a child, but no records of the child exist. Chun Ryung's superior orders her to close the case as suicide. Suspecting a cover up, Chun Ryung carries on the investigation on her own and discovers a love letter in the victim's possession. One by one, Chun Ryung interrogates potential suspects but all lips are sealed. With her superior plotting to find a scapegoat to end rising suspicions, Chun Ryung must crack the case before time runs out.

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Product Title: Shadows In The Palace (DVD) (Taiwan Version) 禁宮傳邪 (DVD) (台灣版) 禁宫传邪 (DVD) (台湾版) 宮女 （台湾版） Shadows In The Palace (DVD) (Taiwan Version)
Also known as: 宮女 宫女
Artist Name(s): Seo Young Hee (Actor) | Lim Jeong Eun (Actor) | Park Jin Hie (Actor) 徐 英姬 (Actor) | 林 貞恩 (Actor) | 樸真熙 朴 (Actor) 徐 英姬 (Actor) | 林 贞恩 (Actor) | 樸真熙 朴 (Actor) ソ・ヨンヒ (Actor) | Lim Jeong Eun (Actor) | Park Jin Hie (Actor) 서영희 (Actor) | Lim Jeong Eun (Actor) | Park Jin Hie (Actor)
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Release Date: 2008-12-24
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: South Korea
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Sound Information: Dolby Digital
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: All Region What is it?
Duration: 112 (mins)
Package Weight: 150 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1014009746

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主演：朴真熙、徐英姬、林貞恩

閉上眼睛、閉上嘴巴、捂住耳朵，直到死的那一天……
裝沒看到、裝不知道、裝沒聽見，這就是宮女。
朝鮮時代圍繞可疑死亡的宮女們的秘密。朝鮮時代的宮廷內一名宮女上吊自殺。令人窒息的朝鮮宮廷內，連死都不可以隨個人意願的。不過卻發現了一具上吊自殺的屍體，該屍體是後宮裏的宮女月伶(徐英姬飾)。檢查死因的內醫女千伶(朴真熙飾)發現月伶剛生過小孩，但相應的記錄卻完全沒了蹤影，監察尚宮命令所有知情者隱瞞這次宮女自殺事件的相關內容，但是千伶卻認為月伶並非自殺，因此，她決定將事件追查到底。為了不讓無辜者受害，千伶決心要找到真凶，就在此時她發現了一個個驚人的秘密……
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (3)

Kevin Kennedy
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April 24, 2008

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 Fascinating story of detection Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
"Shadows in the Palace" is a complex stew of murder mystery, palace intrigue, and supernatural horror. The film is at its best when it focusses on the efforts of one of the court nurses, acting as a coroner, to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a court maid. This element of the film is a very intriguing detective story with a maze of plot twists and turns, as the powers-that-be seek to deter the coroner from pursuing her inquiry in order to avoid its inevitable consequences. Fans of the series "Dae Jang Geum" will enjoy this portion of the story, although "Shadows in the Palace" depicts the palace milieu as an extraordinarily cruel and sadistic place.

Less successful is the film's efforts to build in a supernatural element. These scenes, in which dark clouds envelop characters just before something evil happens, are never explained and seem merely superfluous to the greater narrative. Also on the negative side, I found the film's ending to be oddly beside the point. It doesn't really seem like a culmination of what came before, but just a convenient way to wrap things up and bring the story to a conclusion; it lacks any significant emotional impact.

Nonetheless, I recommend this film. It is richly atmospheric, well-acted, and beautifully staged. Its central story of the intrepid nurse uncovering events that the palace would prefer to keep secret is very involving. This film is not for everyone; its pervasive cruelty and grisly sadism can be hard to stomach. But, for a mature audience, it is well worth viewing.
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Rhoda
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January 27, 2008

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Not bad Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
Well watch it just now. It's suspense movie, no doubt about it. It's just i did not really understand the later part of the movie.

The one killed is the sister of the king's concubine? or the one killed is the sister of the thief? I'm at a lost... actually. But find out for yourself.
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January 21, 2008

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 Joseon Shadow Sleuthing Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
When you get a story as good as this - it makes you wonder why there is a bit of a funding problem with Korean film making, and I only hope us goggled eyed movie watchers can still witness great films like this for many years to come, from South Korea (and maybe North Korea in the future...you never know). Any ways, this film is set in the Joseon Dynasty, within the vaulted and servitude environment of a women's royal court to the King, is beautifully directed and written by Mee Jeung Kim, and is the period drama K-movie you have been awaiting.

About the mysterious death of a court maid (apparently suicide) within the women's royal court, and of a royal medical doctor named Chun Ryung, who suspects some fishy business going on by the nature of the suicide attempt and the fact that the maid had a forbidden child, convinces Chun Ryung that a murder plot is at hand. Also, due to the fact that the dead maid was under the royal servitude of Hee Bin, a concubine of the King, and who recently had given birth to a male child (instead of the Queen) and one day for him to be the new heir to the throne, this suicide death of Hee Bin's maid would cause some big fireworks if reaching the Queen Mum's ears. This is due to the boy being pressed by the Queen Mum to be adopted quickly by the Queen, but Hee Bin stands firm and won't relent, thinking that she could get booted out of her royal position into obscurity, if she relinquishes the child she birthed. So this additional death of Hee Bin's maid under scandalous circumstances, would be dynamite in this tightly fused ready to blow house hold. And anyone involved in this murder scandal, wouldn't just merely receive a royal smack on the bottom and a bit of red embarrassment, but in Joseon period Korea, one had a good chance of losing their head (literally). Chun Ryung, being the 'ornery justice seeking at all costs type', and not one to let things lie, puts on her sleuth seeking mantle and prepares to find out the truth within, even if costing her life. Not is all as it seems, too, as you may imagine. Well, that's the beginning, and quite an involved plot, but this is one riveting and nail biting story here.

There are a lot of characters in this that keeps the mystery fueled, so due to this you have to keep a close eye on the plot, and also aware of the seamless flash backs here and there, to keep pace with it all. But that doesn't mar this top notch film or alter its credulity. As for the acting, Jin Hee Park as Chun Ryung, who I first saw in "Promenade" and "Byul" (and is it me, or does she look a bit like Hyo Jin Kim?), is an actress that is getting more and more recognition, due to her great acting and style. But this film isn't short of quality acting from pretty well all of this predominantly female cast. And when you get a cast as good as this, its like the equivalent of receiving a top quality box of special Swiss chocolates to enjoy! This is a Korean period drama at its best - its brilliantly and well scripted, with a pacing that comes together fluidly, and not getting over indulged in the making. It follows the essence of what this intriguing tale of mystery needs to be, and keeps on course straight until the end, when all the revelations to the 'suicide / murder' mystery are revealed. At no real point does it get 'dry' either, by over indulging into the Joseon Dynasty scheme of things (which, of course, would be great for a history lesson, but not if breaking the fluid motion of a good movie), and the plot line is kept tight to the intrigue and shenanigans within the women's house hold, and doesn't veer off at pointless tangents. And its not a one track ending either, featuring a quite complex set of plot twists at the finish.

The 'shadows' of the title relate to the more subtler supernatural elements to the story, that feature near the latter parts (a hint of this, though, is at the beginning with the cries of a baby down a deep dark well, bringing a wink-wink ringu motif with the well), and although the 'long haired ghost girl' motif of J-horror is displayed here, its not at all over done or impinging to the effect, that it imbalances the style and core nature of the plot. So don't expect an Asian horror movie in the main. Still, it does feature some creepy moments though. But the more unsettling areas of SITP relate to the torturous scenes of cruelty towards the women of the palace, thought of to be bringing ill repute to the royal court (i.e stealing some royal golden thread or having an intimate relationship with a man). And these women get subjected to having awful medieval practices impinged upon them; pulled out finger nails, needles stuck into finger tips and at one point,a woman related to the central intrigue and using the aforementioned golden thread, sows it into her blooded thigh, which is quite grisly to say the least. So, giving this movie a mature 18+ rating.

Still, all of this movie's quality and pedigree is with the great script and wonderful acting, along with the usually expected S Korean cinematography quality - all having affirmatively tricked boxes of excellence here! There are plot twists at the finish, but logical ones interwoven well into the core narrative of the main circumstances, and not blowing it out of proportion, by making the end some sort of mad ghost tale. It serves the purpose that this is about the restricted lives of court women and concubines of an historical period, and a terrible scandal, that finishes on the note of power change than an aggrieved woman in ghost revenge mode. There is the ghostly featured, though, and the ominous 'shadow' mist that appears to shroud itself amongst certain characters crossing the line of human conduct, makes the supernatural part more a justice giving element to those getting just deserts - than manic ghost girl revenge. Which is probably the same thing in two forms, maybe.

A great quality Korean film from director Mee Jeun Kim, who was also involved with "King and the Clown" and certainly a key movie for your S Korean collection and interest. Unmissable one this, most definitely! Buy it now, before you can't.
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