The Eternal Empire(1995)

Name: The Eternal Empire
Director: Park Chong-won
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 1995-01-01
Duration: 126 min
Cast: Ahn Sung-ki, Cho Jae-hyun, Kim Myung-gon, Choi Jong-won, Kim Hye-soo

Ahn Sung-ki Cho Jae-hyun Kim Myung-gon Choi Jong-won Kim Hye-soo

This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.