Chang-min Choo	...	(Director)
Jo-yun Hwang, Chang-min Choo	...	(Writer)
Byung-hun Lee	...	Ha-seon / King Gwang-hae
Seung-Ryong Ryu	...
Lee Byung-hun	...	King Gwanghae/Ha-sun
Ryu Seung-Ryong	...	Chief Secretary Heo Gyun
Seung-yong Ryoo	...	Heo Gyun
Han Hyo-joo	...	Queen Consort
Hyo-ju Han	...	Queen
Kim In-kwon	...	Captain Do
In-kwon Kim	...	Do
Jang Gwang	...	Chief Eunuch
Gwang Jang	...	Eunuch
Eun-kyung Shim	...	Sa-wol
Shim Eun-Kyung	...	Sa-wol
Myung-gon Kim	...	Park Choong-seo
Shin Jung-Keun	...	Lee Jeong-rang
Lee El	...	Lady Ahn
Jun-seong Kim	...	Composer
Taeyun Lee	...	Cinematography
Mowg	...	Composer
Tae-yoon Lee	...	Cinematographer
Junseong Kim	...	Original Music Composer
Na-young Nam	...	Editor
Kwon Yoo-jin	...	Costume Design
Jeonghui Im	...	Costume Design
Jinju Kim	...	Costume Design
Oh Seung-chul	...	Gaffer
Jae-hyun Jang	...	Assistant Director

Summary: Political intrigue, betrayal, peril and forbidden romance play out in this lavish, critically acclaimed, historical epic set in the royal palace of Korea's ancient Joseon Dynasty. Amid national chaos and fear for his life, tyrannical King Gwanghae orders his trusted counselor to find a royal body double. He recruits a crude, working-class peasant, Ha-seon, a village performer who bears a startling resemblance to the ruler. When the king falls into a coma from poisoning, he is secreted away to recover and Ha-seon reluctantly assumes the throne, forced to pull off history's biggest masquerade. Narrowly evading exposure or yet another assassination attempt by his power-hungry court, he stumbles through his daily rituals and onerous royal duties covertly coached by the king's stoic chief advisor and chief eunuch.Soon, however, Ha-seon finds he must follow his own heart no matter what the price to save his country from collapse and its oppressed people from despair.