The Last Princess

The Last Princess is a 2016 South Korean period drama film directed by Hur Jin-ho with a screenplay by Hur, Lee Han-eol, and Seo Yoo-min, based on the best-selling novel by Kwon Bi-young. It stars Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the Joseon Dynasty. The film depicts Princess Deokhye's life in Japan after she was forced to move there at age 13 by the Imperial Japanese government, and her attempts to return to Korea. Plot In 1925, Korea is ruled by Japan, and 13-year-old Princess Deokhye – the last princess of the Joseon Dynasty – is forced to move to Japan to attend school there. She misses her home, and after she finishes school she makes several attempts to return, but is prevented by pro-Japanese general Han Taek-soo. One day, she is reunited with her childhood friend, Kim Jang-han, an officer in the Japanese army who is also part of the Korean independence movement. Kim plans a secret operation to move Deokhye and her brother Yi Un to Shanghai, site of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. This attempt fails after Han Taek-soo discovers the plan, and Deokhye and Kim are separated, losing contact with each other. She is forced to marry Count Sō Takeyuki in 1931, and develops schizophrenia after giving birth to their daughter the following year. Kim becomes a newspaper reporter and eventually finds Deokhye in a Japanese mental hospital, decades after they were separated. He then persuades the South Korean government to allow her in the country, and in 1962, Deokhye is finally able to return to her homeland. Cast Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye Kim So-hyun as teen Deokhye Shin Rin-ah as young Deokhye Park Hae-il as Kim Jang-han Yeo Hoe-hyun as teen Jang-han Lee Hyo-je as young Jang-han Yoon Je-moon as Han Taek-soo Ra Mi-ran as Bok-soon Jung Sang-hoon as Bok-dong Park Joo-mi as Yang Gwi-in Ahn Nae-sang as Kim Hwang-jin Kim Dae-myung as Kim Bong-guk Baek Yoon-sik as Emperor Gojong Park Soo-young as Yi Un Kim Jae-wook as Count Sō Takeyuki Go Soo as Yi Wu Oh Hye-won as Oh-hye Lee Chae-eun as Jung-hye Naho Toda as Yi Bang-ja Lee Se-na as Seo Kyung-shin Jung Se-hyung as Lee Gun Kim Seung-hoon as Chairman Park Do Yong-gu as Yoshida Ahn Sang-woo as Emperor Sunjong Kwak Ja-Hyoung as ID examiner for those boarding ship to Korea Nam Sang-ji as Orphanage schoolmistress Shin Shin-ae as Hangeul School Principal (Special Appearance)