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Forbidden Dream

One of the most important figures of Korean royal history King Sejong develop a 20-year relationship with engineer and inventor Jang Yeong-sil, a truly remarkable scientist based on their common interest in astronomy.

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Hur Jin-ho

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And imprisoning Yeong-sil
without my permission... - Forbidden Dream

And imprisoning Yeong-sil without my permission...

I know you fabricated
the Emperor's letters... - Forbidden Dream

I know you fabricated the Emperor's letters...

And took more from Joseon
for your own selfish gains. - Forbidden Dream

And took more from Joseon for your own selfish gains.

Return to Ming at once. - Forbidden Dream

Return to Ming at once.

Jang Yeong-sil will be punished
according to Joseon's laws. - Forbidden Dream

Jang Yeong-sil will be punished according to Joseon's l...

Though you may be an envoy
sent by the Emperor,... - Forbidden Dream

Though you may be an envoy sent by the Emperor,...

You sided with conspirators
and dare trifled me! - Forbidden Dream

You sided with conspirators and dare trifled me!

For Joseon's future,
I considered our relationship with Ming-- - Forbidden Dream

For Joseon's future, I considered our relationship with...

Are you a subject of Ming or Joseon? - Forbidden Dream

Are you a subject of Ming or Joseon?

How can Joseon stand alone without Ming? - Forbidden Dream

How can Joseon stand alone without Ming?

Do you think that it is impossible? - Forbidden Dream

Do you think that it is impossible?

What would become of this country
if we go to war with Ming? - Forbidden Dream

What would become of this country if we go to war with Ming?

You've always led Joseon... - Forbidden Dream

You've always led Joseon...

By discussing and arguing with us
over matters of the country. - Forbidden Dream

By discussing and arguing with us over matters of the countr...

You sided with Ming to embarrass
and rebuke me! - Forbidden Dream

You sided with Ming to embarrass and rebuke me!

Seized my loyal subjects! - Forbidden Dream

Seized my loyal subjects!

Burned my astronomical instruments! - Forbidden Dream

Burned my astronomical instruments!

You plotted treason to kill me? - Forbidden Dream

You plotted treason to kill me?

Please believe in our loyalty, sire! - Forbidden Dream

Please believe in our loyalty, sire!

Please show mercy to them! - Forbidden Dream

Please show mercy to them!

Please withdraw your sword, Father! - Forbidden Dream

Please withdraw your sword, Father!

You mean no one is guilty
and nothing has happened? - Forbidden Dream

You mean no one is guilty and nothing has happened?

Forgive us, Your Majesty! - Forbidden Dream

Forgive us, Your Majesty!

Please have mercy, Father! - Forbidden Dream

Please have mercy, Father!

I shall personally interrogate
Yeong-sil and the officials - Forbidden Dream

I shall personally interrogate Yeong-sil and the officials

However, having our own alphabet
is a different issue, sire. - Forbidden Dream

However, having our own alphabet is a different issue, sire.

If you command, sire,... - Forbidden Dream

If you command, sire,...

I will be beheaded
and a bloodbath will unfold here. - Forbidden Dream

I will be beheaded and a bloodbath will unfold here.

Do you not know... - Forbidden Dream

Do you not know...

Of course I know what it is you want,
Your Majesty. - Forbidden Dream

Of course I know what it is you want, Your Majesty.

Is a bloodbath what you really want
for Joseon? - Forbidden Dream

Is a bloodbath what you really want for Joseon?

Did you not wish to govern
with good will and reason? - Forbidden Dream

Did you not wish to govern with good will and reason?

I dream of a country that can stand alone! - Forbidden Dream

I dream of a country that can stand alone!

Making the alphabet
is far from a hobby, sire. - Forbidden Dream

Making the alphabet is far from a hobby, sire.

This is for the people! - Forbidden Dream

This is for the people!

Being able to read and write
is power to the upper class. - Forbidden Dream

Being able to read and write is power to the upper class.

If you give that power to the people, - Forbidden Dream

If you give that power to the people,

Without their support, - Forbidden Dream

Without their support,

What you want, Your Majesty. - Forbidden Dream

What you want, Your Majesty.

If you pledge to stop
creating the alphabet,... - Forbidden Dream

If you pledge to stop creating the alphabet,...

I shall make sure Yeong-sil
is pardoned and reinstated, sire. - Forbidden Dream

I shall make sure Yeong-sil is pardoned and reinstated, sire...

How many hits can kill you? - Forbidden Dream

How many hits can kill you?

If you faint after 80, you'll die. - Forbidden Dream

If you faint after 80, you'll die.

If you get hit like that,
you'll die after 50 hits. - Forbidden Dream

If you get hit like that, you'll die after 50 hits.

As Joseon's founding subjects' progeny,
you know politics. - Forbidden Dream

As Joseon's founding subjects' progeny, you know p...

My connections told me - Forbidden Dream

My connections told me

You've spent many years in the court, too. - Forbidden Dream

You've spent many years in the court, too.

After years of hammering and drilling,... - Forbidden Dream

After years of hammering and drilling,...

My beard has turned gray
without having done much. - Forbidden Dream

My beard has turned gray without having done much.

If you didn't do much,
that means we just breathed. - Forbidden Dream

If you didn't do much, that means we just breathed.

Until now,
I thought my talents would save me. - Forbidden Dream

Until now, I thought my talents would save me.

Now, that talent has put me down in here. - Forbidden Dream

Now, that talent has put me down in here.

I thought you had forgotten
about me, sire. - Forbidden Dream

I thought you had forgotten about me, sire.

Just when I'm about to,
you cause trouble like this. - Forbidden Dream

Just when I'm about to, you cause trouble like this.

How could I forget? - Forbidden Dream

How could I forget?

The palanquin was my doing. - Forbidden Dream

The palanquin was my doing.

I had become tired of Joseon
and was about to leave. - Forbidden Dream

I had become tired of Joseon and was about to leave.

It is bold and strong. - Forbidden Dream

It is bold and strong.

I knew it was your handwriting. - Forbidden Dream

I knew it was your handwriting.

The alphabet which you wanted to make. - Forbidden Dream

The alphabet which you wanted to make.

I named it - Forbidden Dream

But I regret that I may lose you... - Forbidden Dream

But I regret that I may lose you...

No, sire. Never. - Forbidden Dream

No, sire. Never.

Your dream is to enable all your people... - Forbidden Dream

Your dream is to enable all your people...

To read and write, is it not, sire? - Forbidden Dream

To read and write, is it not, sire?

What about your dream? - Forbidden Dream

What about your dream?

I've realized all my dreams now, sire. - Forbidden Dream

I've realized all my dreams now, sire.

You realized all my dreams for me. - Forbidden Dream

You realized all my dreams for me.

How could I have ever realized them, sire? - Forbidden Dream

How could I have ever realized them, sire?

If you hadn't made it happen,
who would've known... - Forbidden Dream

If you hadn't made it happen, who would've known.....

I dreamed those dreams? - Forbidden Dream

I dreamed those dreams?

Why do wish to go down
the difficult path alone, sire? - Forbidden Dream

Why do wish to go down the difficult path alone, sire?

I have a friend like you. - Forbidden Dream

I have a friend like you.

I packed some clothes and money for you. - Forbidden Dream

I packed some clothes and money for you.

Live well in a place
where no one can find you. - Forbidden Dream

Live well in a place where no one can find you.

What will become of His Majesty? - Forbidden Dream

What will become of His Majesty?

-You're so heavy! Where's Daehogun?
-Hurry up! - Forbidden Dream

-You're so heavy! Where's Daehogun? -Hurry up!

If something is broken,
we feel it's our duty to repair it. - Forbidden Dream

If something is broken, we feel it's our duty to repair...

Why fix it? Will you live here? - Forbidden Dream

Why fix it? Will you live here?

I might as well look at the stars. - Forbidden Dream

I might as well look at the stars.

Let's look at the stars together. - Forbidden Dream

Let's look at the stars together.

Why didn't anyone tell us that this spot
is great for looking at stars? - Forbidden Dream

Why didn't anyone tell us that this spot is great for l...

They all get flogged to death here.
Who'd make it out alive to tell? - Forbidden Dream

They all get flogged to death here. Who'd make it out a...

Did you get any good news? - Forbidden Dream

Did you get any good news?

A world will come - Forbidden Dream

A world will come

Will be able to read, write,
and learn freely. - Forbidden Dream

Will be able to read, write, and learn freely.

-What nonsense to hear before I die.
-Right. - Forbidden Dream

-What nonsense to hear before I die. -Right.

Look at all those brilliant stars!
Why have I never noticed? - Forbidden Dream

Look at all those brilliant stars! Why have I never noticed?

What is that star
which shines brightly all alone? - Forbidden Dream

What is that star which shines brightly all alone?

What a strong, bold star! - Forbidden Dream

What a strong, bold star!

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One of the most important figures of Korean royal history King Sejong develop a 20-year relationship with engineer and inventor Jang Yeong-sil, a truly remarkable scientist based on their common interest in astronomy.

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Director: Hur Jin-ho

Writer: Jung Bum-shik, Lee Ji-min

Production: N/A

Genre: history, drama

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Dec 2019

Awards: 18 nominations

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