Seen before a screening of The King's Warden. It was a fine movie. South Korea's version of Oscar bait. The story went from being a comedy with village chief Eom Heung-do as a hapless doofus getting more than he bargained for in hosting an exiled official to something a bit more serious as Yi Hong-wi becomes a man, essentially, and befriends Eom Heung-do. So there's some buddy picture bits here. Things get even darker as the evil, moustache-twirling Han Myŏnghoe steps to the fore.
Plenty of feel-good stuff here with redemption on top.
Lastly, I'll note that The King's Warden was shown in one of AMC's smaller theaters but that it was well-populated. Not SRO but it seemed to be about half full or a little more than that which isn't bad for a Korean-language movie here in Madison on a Tuesday night, to my mind. And I'd bet most were of East Asian descent too.
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