THE MAP AGAINST THE WORLD

By Woo-Suk KANG

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Historical - Completed 2016

At a time when maps were considered the King’s exclusive property, ‘Gosanja’ KIM Jeong-ho devotes his life to making a map for the people.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2016
Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Historical, Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Duration
    • 129 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Woo-Suk KANG
    • Synopsis
    • At a time when maps weren’t readily accessible for the public, ‘Gosanja KIM Jeong-ho’ (CHA Seoung-won) sets out to walk across the Korean peninsula to make the Daedongyeojido - the Great Map of the East Land, with hopes of providing an accurate and accessible map for the ordinary people.
      He has all but forgotten about his daughter KIM Sunsil, who grew to be 16 years old in his absence, as he focuses on completing his map. People say he is crazy, but driven by his goal, KIM Jeong-ho endeavors to complete the template for woodblock printing of the map.
      However, Daewongun, the King Father (YU Jun-sang) seeks to take KIM Jeong-ho’s map to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with the House of Kim of Andong.