Just watched Gwanghae (Masquerade) and it was excellent. It's a costume drama about a conflicted king who hires a double out of fear of assassination but is poisoned soon after, leading the double, a lowly jester, to take his place entirely.
While it starts off kind of serious it's actually a humorous movie, with the typical juxtaposition of a commoner against the royal lifestyle, who shocks everyone with his sudden change in demeanor. It's all very cliché but the movie works because it's extremely well-written but more importantly, features top-notch acting by the entire cast, especially Byung-Hun Lee (of I Saw The Devil and A Bittersweet Life fame) as the king and his double.
It's a lot different from all the gritty revenge stuff that Korean cinema brings us nowadays but if you keep an open mind, you can't go wrong with this one.
and 'the berlin file' was dope also.
