From a foreigner's point of view; I know nothing about Korean history, so I won't address that, but found this to be a deeply moving story of two lifelong friends. It makes it seem perfectly possible that a slave might be the only real friend of a king. It's also a story of genius and how politics hold back progress, as true now as it was then, if not more so. Being a king doesn't necessarily mean you get to do as you like in everything. It's as frustrating to watch here as it is in real life. But the friendship survives. The king's regret and the former slave's sacrifice are heartbreaking. Well worth watching.
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Truly amazing
jindann24 May 2021
Based on true events, Forbidden dream is truly one of the best Korean movies that's less known. Though the plot is a bit slow paced, it is clear, original and intriguing. Acting is great as well bringing the emotional moments back to life. This is an amazing movie but certainly not for trigger happy kids who's ignorant about history, politics and drama, otherwise its highly recommended and underrated.
Another lousy Korean director fever forgetful messy works
mailtaskservice23 June 2020
The problem with Korean director and rarely happens to other countries is their movie or drama always do not match between story and reasoning. Example when they said story 1 but latter it is view as story 2. We know that all the takes are match up from different times, scenes, location and others but the whole story must match up. This drama is another messy mismatch wrongly directed story with wrong reasonings.
This is another lousy average Korean drama that you will not want to waste any time on watching.
The storyline is poor and the scripts are poor too. however its average of boredom and lost the grip to viewers any attention. The stars I had given is based on Korean movie and drops another star if compared to Asian standard.
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