16 years ago, the movie Song flower whore created a big buzz. This work received many nominations at prestigious awards in the Korean film industry such as Golden Bell, Baeksang or Blue Dragon. But besides its achievements, the film also encountered mixed opinions.
Song Hoa Whore: A historical blockbuster about taboo love and desire
content Song flower whore revolves around three central characters: King Gong Min, Queen No Guk and Hong Rim, leader of the guard. Gong Min is a king of literature and martial arts. However, Gong Min carries a taboo secret that no one can know, which is that he has given his whole heart to Hong Rim.
“Song Hoa Whore” is a good and famous 18+ movie of Korean cinema.
Gong Min of course also has his own queen. However, he doesn't love her at all. The fact that the king and queen never gave birth to a prince caused Gong Min to receive great pressure from powerful forces. Then, Gong Min made a decision that led the three's fate to tragedy: Let Hong Rim and No Guk sleep together.
In the harem, Queen No Guk is surrounded by loneliness, yearning to love and be loved more than ever. Therefore, after meeting Hong Rim, she was quickly drawn into a whirlpool of desire. In the opposite direction, Hong Rim also fell into that spiral. However, his mind seemed to stand between a line, which was his relationship and loyalty to the king and his feelings for the queen.
In “Song Hoa Whore”, King Gong Min has feelings for his bodyguard.
As the feelings between No Guk and Hong Rim grew stronger, the fire of jealousy in Gong Min's heart also flared up. So much so that Gong Min later ordered Hong Rim to be castrated and then sent him to prison. No Guk realized that Gong Min would kill everyone who knew about their relationship, so she sent someone to inform Hong Rim's loyal subordinates so they could rescue him.
Gong Min frantically chased Hong Rim, so much so that the king was willing to make his hands stained with the blood of many people. In the end, Hong Rim decided to kill the king. A hand-to-hand fight took place. When he heard Hong Rim say he never loved him, Gong Min let go and chose death. Hong Rim then also lost his life. No Guk witnessed this scene and had to experience extreme pain.
“Song Hoa Whore” is about forbidden love. The film brings haunting emotions to the audience.
Song flower whore Possessing a cast of remarkable talent. They are all extremely famous names in the world. After 16 years, how are the trio of actors taking on the film's main roles now?
Song Ji Hyo revealed that she filmed each sex scene 40 times, and now she can no longer maintain her aura
LIVE Song flower whore, Song Ji Hyo plays Queen No Guk. To play her role to the fullest, Song Ji Hyo did not hesitate to “strip” and show off bold scenes to push the film's storyline as well as the audience's emotions to a climax. However, because of it, she received negative opinions from the audience. They believe that by accepting a series of roles in 18+ movies, the actress has ruined her image.
Song Ji Hyo is ready to “take off” to complete her role in “Song Hoa Whore”.
However, Song Ji Hyo does not regret this. She once shared about her enthusiasm for the film:
“For 9 months, I devoted all my energy to the role. Most of the hot scenes, I had to repeat about 40 times. When I accepted to participate in this project, I did not think about myself. How much of the body will be exposed and how much of it will be taken off. To me, that's not important because the sex scene in the movie is to help the audience feel more clearly about the character's psychological development process besides showing off The poses that the director wants, I also always try to express emotions through facial expressions. Hot scenes are not created to make the movie hotter.”
Song Ji Hyo in the movie “The Witch's Banquet”.
Since then Song flower whore, Song Ji Hyo continues to work actively in both television and film. Song Ji Hyo has appeared in major movie blockbusters such as When men want nice Gloves reappear. However, in recent years, she can no longer maintain her heat.
New film project Meeting house of Song Ji Hyo is not given too much attention. Before this project, the last time Song Ji Hyo appeared on the big screen was in 2020. On the small screen, after the movie The witch's banquet table Broadcast in 2021, Song Ji Hyo no longer has any notable projects. The only role she has accepted in the past 3 years is a guest role Meteor.
Joo Jin Mo lost his career because of a personal scandal
In Song flower whore, Joo Jin Mo takes on the role of King Gong Min. Thanks to this role, he won the Best Actor (film) award at the prestigious Baeksang Awards.
Joo Jin Mo became King Baeksang thanks to his role as Gong Min in “Song Hoa Whore”.
Joo Jin Mo is an actor familiar to Korean film fans, especially Vietnamese audiences through works such as Empress Ki and Eun Dong, my love. However, after the privacy scandal in 2019, when his inappropriate private messages were released, his image was seriously tarnished.
The hacker who hacked Joo Jin Mo's phone was later punished, but Joo Jin Mo's acting career was also put to an end. Since the movie Photo hunting war collaborating with Han Ye Seul, he did not appear in any more works.
Jo In Sung made an impressive comeback in both television and film
In contrast to the situation of his two colleagues, Jo In Sung had extremely impressive comebacks in 2023. On the small screen, Zo In Sung appeared in a blockbuster that caused a global sensation. Moving.
Jo In Sung and Han Hyo Joo became husband and wife in the movie “Moving”.
In the film, Jo In Sung plays Kim Doo Shik, a spy who possesses the ability to fly in the sky. He is the husband of Lee Mi Hyun (Han Hyo Joo). The two have a child together, an honest and kind guy Kim Bong Seok (Lee Jung Ha). On the big screen, he is one of the main actors of the work Smugglersthe movie that caused a stir in the summer of 2023, achieved revenue of nearly 37.8 million USD.
Jo In Sung in a scene in the movie “Smugglers”.
In addition to the two films mentioned above, Jo In Sung also participates in film projects Hope. In addition to Jo In Sung, this work also features Hwang Jung Min, Jung Ho Yeon, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. Expected, Hope It is expected to hit theaters in the second half of 2024.