Due to the betrayal of Yu-baek, Poong-chun is killed while fighting against the incompetent king with Poong-chun and Sul-rang. Stricken by guilt, Sulrang gets away with Hong-yi, Poong-chun's daughter. 18 years later, Hong-yi sets out to avenge her mother...
15 April 1971, South Korea
11 February 1973, Seoul, South Korea
12 July 1970, Seoul, South Korea
12 December 1960, Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
2 July 1991, Seoul, South Korea
9 December 1976
August 26, 2015
Park Heung-sik's Memories of the Sword is a historical Korean action film that delivers plenty of what its title promises.
August 27, 2015
The plot in the South Korean martial-arts period-piece Memories of the Sword may verge on the incomprehensible but, boy, is it gorgeous.
August 25, 2015
Memories of the Sword stands apart from other action films because Park wisely imagines violence as an elemental clash of dispositions.
September 03, 2015
Not even A-list stars Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Byung-hun can save this plodding Korean martial-arts epic.
August 28, 2015
Lavish Korean historical epic has many things going for it, but a bewildering plot and an undeniable repetitiveness undermine its intent.
August 27, 2015
It would all be eye-roll-inducing were it not for Ms. Jeon's striking poise and the luminous presence of Ms. Kim, an eager performer who imbues the film with energy.
August 28, 2015
These actors keep Memories of the Sword watchable and give us faith that we'll see them in better projects.
