Yoo Byung-jae, Park Ji-hoon. Yoo Byung-jae Instagram. Showbox.
Entertainer Yoo Byung-jae shared his impressions after watching the film ‘The Man Who Lives with the King (Wangsa-nam)’.
On the 3rd, Yoo Byung-jae posted on his Instagram, writing “The Danjong story is so worn-out lol” along with a tearful selfie, eliciting laughter.
Contrary to the seemingly nonchalant caption about the film, the photo shows Yoo Byung-jae with glistening eyes, shedding tears, drawing attention. In response, users are posting meme images of people crying with the line “It’s a story everyone knows, so why are you crying like that”, joking about the mismatch between his words and his expression.
Screenshot from Yoo Byung-jae’s Instagram.
Along with quips such as “It reminds me of the person who said they buried their head in the popcorn bucket and cried”, “You cried so much even your double eyelids look swollen”, and “Wipe your snot and then talk”, witty comments keep coming.
In the film ‘The Man Who Lives with the King’, Park Ji-hoon, who plays Danjong, delicately portrays the ill-fated boy monarch, drawing viewers in. Danjong, the sixth king of Joseon, was born the legitimate son of Munjong and ascended the throne at 12, but two years later, in the Gyeyu Coup led by his uncle Grand Prince Suyang (later King Sejo), he was stripped of the crown and exiled to Yeongwol. When moves to restore him surfaced, he was demoted to Prince Nosan and died at the age of 17.
Even though it is an already well-known historical story, audiences are responding, “Even though public education already spoiled it, it was hard to hold back tears.”
Poster for the film ‘The Man Who Lives with the King’. Courtesy of Showbox.
Meanwhile, according to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network for theater admissions on the 4th, ‘The Man Who Lives with the King’ drew 194,485 viewers on the 3rd, a weekday, topping the box office and holding the No. 1 spot for 20 consecutive days, while cumulative admissions reached 9,407,829, putting it on the verge of the 10-million mark.
