The Concubine (2012) (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)

Product Description

After her award-winning turn in The Servant, Jo Yeo Jeong delivers another alluring performance in the sexually charged period thriller The Concubine. Directed by Kim Dae Seung ( Bungee Jumping of Their Own), the luscious period tale follows a concubines tragic triangle with the king & her lover, played by Kim Dong Wook ( Romantic Heaven) & Kim Min Joon ( Hindsight). Her quest to survive in the palace turns into a dangerous struggle of love & lust, power & betrayal.

From the moment he laid eyes on her, Prince Sung Won (Kim Dong Wook) immediately becomes smitten with noblemans daughter Hwa Yeon (Jo Yeo Jeong), but she loves commoner Kwon Yoo (Kim Min Joon). Finding Hwa Yeon unsuitable for her son, Sung Wons mother (Park Ji Young) arranges for Hwa Yeon to become consort to the King (Jung Chan), Sung Wons brother. To save Kwon Yoo, Hwa Yeon can only accept her fate. The King passes away soon after, & Sung Won rises to the throne through the machination of his power-hungry mother. Realizing that the matriarch intends to destroy her & her son, Hwa Yeon fights back by manipulating Sung Won, whose lust for Hwa Yeon grows by the day, & her former love Kwon Yoo, who has entered the palace as a eunuch.

This version comes with the 93-minute cut of the film.