The King's Warden (The Man Who Lives with the King) Screenplay Book 왕과 사는 남자 각본집
The screenplay book of "The King's Warden," a film that continues to set new records in Korean box office history with its remarkable audience turnout, is now being published. This work tells the story of seventeen-year-old Yi Hong-wi, played by Park Ji-hoon, who was driven from the throne and exiled to Cheongnyeongpo in Yeongwol, and Eom Heung-do, played by Yoo Hae-jin, the village chief of Gwangcheongol, who chooses to become the host of the exile site while dreaming of reviving his village. Life Pattern Korea. As they meet, they gradually become a source of hope for one another.
This book contains the full final screenplay used for filming, allowing readers to discover lines and scenes that differ in some ways from the completed film, as well as the expressions and psychology of the characters hidden in the stage directions behind the acting. In addition to the screenplay, this volume includes newly written prefaces by writer Hwang Seong-gu and director Jang Hang-jun, a storyboard that breaks down the ending scene cut by cut, and handwritten signatures and messages from 12 cast members, including the director. Life Pattern Korea.
The design is based on the book-shaped format of the on-set script used during filming, with newly drawn patterns that add a texture unique to this screenplay book. The old-style typeface and paper resembling hanji bring out the atmosphere of an antique book. Life Pattern Korea. In particular, after the storyboard section, "Cheongnyeongpodo," a Joseon-era true-view landscape painting depicting Danjong's place of exile, is presented as a foldout page, allowing readers to briefly unfold the real place where the story once existed and feel its lingering resonance.
This book shows the choices that were made before a single film came into being. Different lines from the completed film and scenes changed on set remain throughout the pages. Life Pattern Korea. As readers follow those differences, they can see what kinds of decisions were exchanged before one story was completed. On the screenplay page, Heung-do's words fill a page, while Hong-wi's answer stops after a single line. The stage directions connect the space between them.
"Slowly turns around," "the two look at each other in silence."
What the actors' eyes carried in the film appears here as these short sentences. If watching the film again means experiencing the same emotions once more, reading the screenplay means seeing where those emotions were designed. Life Pattern Korea. This screenplay is the starting point of every moment the actors showed on screen. Anyone who saw this film in the theater will encounter moments when the same scenes read differently.
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Publisher: 플레인아카이브 Plain Archive (2026)
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