Memories of the Sword
2015 South Korean film
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Memories of the Sword (Korean: 협녀: 칼의 기억; lit. 'Female Warrior: Memories of the Sword') is a 2015 South Korean martial arts period action film co-written and directed by Park Heung-sik, starring Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon and Kim Go-eun.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
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| Hangul | 협녀: 칼의 기억 |
| Hanja | 俠女: 칼의 記憶 |
| RR | Hyeomnyeo: karui gieok |
| MR | Hyŏmnyŏ: k'arŭi kiŏk |
| Directed by | Park Heung-sik |
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| Produced by | Kim Hyun-chul |
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| Music by | Mowg |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ₩10 billion |
| Box office | US$2.4 million[1] |
Plot
This is a story of three swordsmen, Poong-cheon, Seol-rang, and Deok-gi, who led an uprising during the Goryeo era. When their desire for freedom and justice is about to be fulfilled, Deok-gi betrays them, leading to the death of Poong-cheon, and to Seol-rang disappearing along with Poong-cheon's infant daughter Hong-ee. When Seol-rang leaves, Deok-gi intones the prophecy that "You, no, not just you, but you and I both will be killed by Hong-ee."
Eighteen years later, Seol-rang, now called Wallso, is a blind woman with two children who manages a tea house at Byukran port. Determined to take revenge on Deok-gi, Wallso tries to teach Hong-ee to become a master of the sword, but Hong-ee (who changed her name to Seol-hee) is much more interested in day-to-day affairs than what happened to her father in the past.
One day, a big sword match hosted by the powerful military ruler Deok-gi (now known as Yoo-baek) is held in the market. Seol-hee participates in the match despite Wallso's objections. As the match progresses, she ends up fighting Yull, who is the master of the sword.
Yoo-baek realizes that Seol-hee's skill with the sword is similar to Seol-rang's, whom he had once loved. Yoo-baek orders his subordinates to catch Seol-hee, but she is able to run away. That same night, Seol-hee learns how her father, Poong-cheon died. Wallso tells her that there are two enemies that Seol-hee is destined to vanquish: Yoo-baek, and Wallso herself. Shocked and desperate, Seol-hee leaves home: the beginning of a long journey of revenge.
Cast
- Lee Byung-hun as Deok-gi/Yoo-baek[11]
- Jeon Do-yeon as Seol-rang/Wallso[12][13]
- Kim Go-eun as Hong-ee/Seol-hee[14][15][16]
- Lee Geung-young as Teacher
- Kim Tae-woo as Jon-bok
- Lee Jun-ho as Yull[17][18]
- Kim Soo-an as Gu-seul
- Kim Young-min as Wang
- Sung Yu-bin as Gam-cho
- Moon Sung-keun as Lee Ee-myeong
- Bae Soo-bin as Poong-cheon