Whistling Princess

Dec 24, 2002

1h 48m

★ 9.0

Overview

Ji-eun, a member of North Korea's dance troupe and the daughter of the North Korean leader, escapes to the South after one of their perfomances. Eager to explore the liberal life in Seoul, Ji-eun searches for a new life of freedom in South Korea. She soon comes across Joon-ho, a leader of a local rock band. Their relationship then takes unexpected turns as they become closer to each other. Meanwhile, the intelligence agency in South Korea learns of a conspiracy being orchestrated by the American CIA to disrupt the peace on the Korean peninsula; the CIA plots to secretly kidnap Ji-eun. Secret forces from the North and South reluctantly agree to work together to prevent a possible war between their two countries.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Maro Pictures

Whistling Princess Trailers

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Cast

Jun-ho

Ji Sung

Ji-eun

Kim Hyun-soo

Seok-jin

Park Sang-min

Soo-il

In Gyo-jin

Sang-chul

Sung Ji-ru

Roy

Lee Hyeong-cheol

Jang Kwang

Yoo Chae-young

Waiter

Jang Nam-yeol

Jong Kil

Lee Kwang-gi

Female owner of rooftop room

Jeon Won-joo

Gyeong-soo

Kang In-ki

Discovering that the father, who was displaced from the North Korea, made a will to his lawyer that unless the two-divided Korea become unified, his veiled property is to be veiled property is to be donated to the country after his death, the whole family decided to fool their father into thinking that the unification is finally realized. However, their bold play doesn’t go smoothly always...

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