About This Film
While the tales of heroism, politics, greed, mistakes and love have been told before and continue to be told, it was Shin sang-ok's “Eunuch” that first shed light to the plight of women in the royal household and introduced two key elements into its narrative: lust and royal secrets. Never before had a director really delved, or was allowed to delve, into the treatment and role of women in the royal palace and into the many secrets that have since been buried within the palace walls for centuries.
Synopsis
When a new girl Ja-ok, the beautiful daughter of a minister, is accepted into Naejeon, the King's harem, problems arise in the form of Jong-ho, a man Ja-ok has given her heart and soul and promised to give her body to, and the King's lust for the beautiful woman. Jong-ho, himself a man forcefully neutered since his last meeting with Ja-ok months ago, comes secretly into Naejeon with a plan to free Ja-ok that doesn't quite go as planned.
