The Warrior (2001) on Netflix
A Goryeo mission to Ming China is arrested and marched into the desert. When Mongol raiders seize a Chinese princess, Choi-Jung and the former slave Yeo-sol set out to free her.
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Plot summary
In 1375, with China split between the fading Yuan dynasty and the new Ming, the Korean kingdom of Goryeo sends diplomats, soldiers and a slave named Yeo-sol to make peace with the Ming government. The mission is charged as spies and put in chains, punishment for a Chinese diplomat killed back in Goryeo, and the prisoners are marched across the desert. Mongol raiders fall on the column, killing the Chinese guards and some of the Koreans. With both diplomats dead, General Choi-Jung takes command of the survivors, who are left without food or water. The Mongols have also taken the Hongwu Emperor's daughter, Princess Bu-yong, and the Koreans ambush their convoy to free her, hoping the rescue will buy them passage home.
Cast
- Yeong-mok Hanas Dan-saeng
- Er Cha Huoas Ying Jie-na
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Warrior (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The international version of the film was cut by a further 27 seconds for UK release to remove scenes of real animal cruelty, mainly deliberate horse falls.
- The film fictionalises a real Korean diplomatic mission sent to China in 1375; its envoy Chun-Yong Son was to bring a herd of horses as gifts to the Hongwu Emperor, but the party was reported exiled and no record of its return to Korea exists.
- At the time of its production, Musa's budget was the largest ever for a Korean film, and it is regarded as one of the biggest productions in the history of South Korean cinema.
- The film keeps a high degree of historical accuracy in costume, props, settings and, unusually, language: everyone speaks their native tongue or through an interpreter conversant in a lingua franca.
