About 250 years ago in Korea, people struggle under the tyranny of the first vice-premier CHO who has taken possession of power and holds a commercial supremacy over ¡®ice¡¯, the most valuable commodity of the time. Unable to stand CHO¡¯s tyranny, LEE, an ingenious young man whose father was eliminated by CHO, gathers a group of experts in various fields; tactics, weapons, explosives, underwater diving, camouflage, etc. With their help, Lee executes his plans to rob the entire storage of ice that will be used for the crown prince¡¯s birthday party which will initiate CHO¡¯s downfall.
KIM Ju-ho previously directed a number of short films that have screened at festivals such as Korea¡¯s Busan International Film Festival and Spain¡¯s Valladolid International Film Festival, including (2000) and (2001). He also assisted with screen adaptation of the 2009 smash hit . is his first feature.(kofic) |