Outstanding story telling, every part of this film was so well executed I could find no fault anywhere. I loved it!!! I loved the costumes, the acting was brilliant and the consolidation of the story — so well done that I gave this film 15/10. A pleasure to watch! What I'm surprised about is that I did not hear of it until I started scrolling around on my tablet looking for something memorable to watch. Now, just to let you know that for me its not about the gloss and the fact its a story created for western cinema goers like most Hollywood films are. As a film lover I love stories told with truth and passion. Doesn't matter which country the film was made in. I also believe that foreign films are sometimes more emotionally draining. They think of everything in order only to draw the customer into a world they have created for your enjoyment, entertainment and certainly for your education. What I especially loved was the simple fact that absolutely every character was given veritable air time in order to add to the story. The Concubine, the Eunuchs, the maids, the women who worked day and night in a secret location to sew the garments of everyone (most likely) at court. The sex scenes were pleasant to watch and even the after effects of what a man who has been castrated looks like down there. Even the murder of the King by that vengeful girl was acted with such beautiful eroticism that it shamed all those plotting court poppers. Just shows how much power corrupts. And if it's cruel to the people we love, then I think a man or woman looses the supreme purity of loving someone without condition. It certainly taught me that love is like a running stream for some people. When circumstances help to destroy love, a woman will never forgive anyone who took that power to love someone unconditionally. And so, love is such a powerful emotion, but to then deny the eunuch at the very past moment the joy of his fatherhood, was especially heartless. She had become the very people she loathed, and did the same thing to protect her son above all things. Certainly, the eunuch could have chosen another profession in the village, a farmer, a teacher or even a doctor. But he chose to go back to the Royal Court. Possibly to enact his revenge for what they did to him. Then realised he was not as devious as all the others, and even tried to tell the young king a few home truths. Got promoted and then yep, ends up drinking his own poison that he'd set for the young King. What a tragedy! The casting was marvellous and the execution of the story superb! Well done Korea!!!!