The Sword with No Name

Published on 17/12/2010 - Edition

Japan Expo Sud and Elephant Films present exclusively The Sword with No Name, a movie awarded at the Deauville Asian Film Festival!

A murderer serving the queen… and the Empire.

Based on the life of the last Empress of Korea who opened the country to international exchanges and died murdered by the Japanese, The Sword with No Name (Le Sang du Guerrier) got the Prix Action Asia 2010 (Asia action movie award for 2010) at the Deauville Asian Film Festival.

This epic movie reminds of The Restless, Sword in the Moon, The Divine Weapon, Bichunmoo… Get ready to watch twirling fights, series of special effects, gorgeous props and costumes, and between the lines the impossible love of a bounty hunter for his queen.

Synopsis

By the end of the 19^th century, Moo-myoung, bounty hunter and shrewd swordsman, meets the noble Ja-young, future and last empress of the Korean Choseon dynasty. Madly in love, Moo-myoung gets hired to serve his queen by infiltrating her personal guard, in order to look after her.

Ja-young, a modern queen, soon incurs her step-father’s wrath when she decides to hold her hand out to the West and Russia…

Directed by KIM Yong-kyun

DVD and Blu-ray to be released in France on March 23, 2011