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Heard from my Korean classmate that this movie, A Frozen Flower took Korea by storm when it was released on screen last December. The movie apparently grossed over $6 million from 1.27 million admissions on 500 screens for distributor Showbox.

A Frozen Flower shares a love triangle between the king, his queen and chief royal guard. The film starrs popular artistes which include 주진모 from 200 Pounds Beauty, 조인성 from Something Happened in Bali and the ballerina 송지효 from Princess Hours.

Synopsis of the movie (taken from asianmediawiki.com):

In “A Frozen Flower”, the king of Goryeo (주진모) comes under heavy pressure from neighbouring China to produce an heir (his wife - 송지효 is of Chinese descent) or become possibly replaced. The king meanwhile has no interest in women and is incapable of producing an heir because of his homosexuality. The king spends the majority of his time with Hong Lim - his chief royal bodyguard (조인성). The king nurtured Hong Lim into the role of his personal bodyguard since young. Their relationship has now progressed into a sexual relationship.

One day, the king day asks Hong Lim to father a child with the queen. Hong Lim is taken back by this request as he has never been with a women before. The first evening that Hong Lim attempts to conceive a child with the queen he is unable to perform. The second night they attempt to conceive a child things turn out differently. Passion arises between the two and they successfully have sex. Their third night together they find themselves falling for each other. Meanwhile, the king suspects that something has changed within Hong Lim and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Hong Lim for himself.