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Bichunmoo

  • 2000
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
2.8K
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Shin Hyeon-jun and Kim Hee-seon in Bichunmoo (2000)
Bichunmoo(2000)
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Martial ArtsWuxiaActionDramaFantasyRomance

A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.

  • Director
    • Young-jun Kim
  • Writer
    • Young-jun Kim
  • Stars
    • Shin Hyeon-jun
    • Kim Hee-seon
    • Jung Jin-young
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    2.8K
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    • Director
      • Young-jun Kim
    • Writer
      • Young-jun Kim
    • Stars
      • Shin Hyeon-jun
      • Kim Hee-seon
      • Jung Jin-young
    • 54User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Shin Hyeon-jun
    Shin Hyeon-jun
    • Yu Jinha
    • (as Hyeon-jun Shin)
    Kim Hee-seon
    Kim Hee-seon
    • Sullie
    Jung Jin-young
    Jung Jin-young
    • Namgung Junkwang
    Jang Dong-jik
    • Lai
    • (as Dong-jik Jang)
    Yu-jeong Choi
    • Lady Yeojin
    • (as Jin-hie Choi)
    Kim Hak-cheol
    • General Taruga
    • (as Hak-Cheol Kim)
    Bang Hyep
    • Namgung Sung
    Ryu Hyun-kyung
    • Arisu
    Gi Ju-bong
    Gi Ju-bong
    • Kwakjung
    Ju-yeon Kim
    Han-garl Lee
    • Changryeon
    Oh Seung-myung
    • Yeongil
    • (as Seung-myeong Oh)
    Kim Soo-ro
    • Ashin
    • (as Su-ro Kim)
    Seo Tae-hwa
    • Saijune
    • (as Tae-hwa Seo)
    • Director
      • Young-jun Kim
    • Writer
      • Young-jun Kim
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    6Snowman_Mcknives

    groan, could have been great

    this film seems to be divided into two parts, the one is the martial arts, political part, which is cool and the other is the love story which is far too sappy.

    the plot is simultaneously thin as paper yet so convoluted as to be incomprehensible, starting with the main character's nose. the story runs something along the lines of "Hero comes from ancient dynasty, knows martial arts secrets, and is in love with a forbidden woman. meanwhile said woman is key to labyrinthine politics involving Mongolian warlords, Chinese Warlords, corrupt officials and everything in between." the double crosses go on endlessly, until it's rather tricky to tell who the hell is betraying who. meanwhile the whole tepid "I loved you once but now you're a murderer, No i'm not you betrayed our love" thing drags on.

    the fight scenes are fantastically choreographed but poorly shot. characters fly at each other and slash in a graceful sword dance, but the camera tries to match their acrobatics, resulting in an eye hurting riot of movement. the hero's undefeatable signature move (i almost expected him to cry out "Hado-Ken" whenever he uses it) is used way too often, and leaves every fight with a predictable close. it's other problem is that fight scenes are scattered liberally throughout the film, with no correlation between the quality of a fight and its importance, so many of the best fights (an incredible scene as the hero's war band descends on an enemy fort) are used on the most mundane plot points, with average fights for the more important scenes (including a terribly weak climatic fight). the other problem is that since the hero's fighting style is so effective (even without the street fighter style finishing move) that he uses the same moves in every fight, with little to no variation, all the fights end up shockingly repetitive.

    meanwhile the hero alternates between a quivering lipped softie, and stony faced mannequin. one of the villains fairs much better, and, annoyingly, wins our sympathy far more effectively than the hero does.

    this may sound an unfair blasting of the film, and i wish i could sound more even handed, but the film could seriously have used some comic relief (one joke in two hours is not too much to ask) some editing (way too much sepia toned slow motion) and just some good old fashioned still cameras (ones that didn't back flip with fight scene) my rating 5/10, potential but mostly squandered
    8kabuki72

    Not bad indeed

    Not bad. This korean movie is a mix between an epic story and an action movie... Combats are very good. The plot is a bit confused. I had to watch it twice to understand some things. Dark warriors, with a large hat on their heads are very picturesque and the technique used by the main character remembers some techniques used is some video game (do you remember Ken and Ryu in Street Fighters and their "Aduken" shot?).

    Saw it if you like wuxia movies. You could spend a glad evening watching it.
    innocentbenjamin-83520

    Criminally Underrated

    A movie that covers the gamut of emotions plus great action. This is the best movie I've seen.
    5AquaNinja

    Tries hard but is nothing special.

    This movie does a fairly good job of tying together a bunch of clichéd tragic plots. The action is okay but a bit cheesy. The wire work isn't too ridiculous. It doesn't really have anything to offer martial arts fans. A lot of the fighting is supernatural and the blows don't even connect.

    It has some problems with the plot. Every few minutes a character will run off and do something stupid just to make the viewer sad. There is a gap of about 15 years in the middle of the film during which important things happen but the film just continues without explaining them. You never actually find out why all the characters are where and they are and doing what they're doing after this gap.
    7Skeloboy

    Quite good

    Well, I bought the DVD and afterword's I read the reviews on IMDb before I saw it, and they're not good, so my expectations was really low.

    But I liked it. The story line is a bit confusing and a bit to cliché, but its still good.

    The fighting scenes are great though. Yes, there might be some blood spurts as in the old movies(and Kill Bill), but so what? Its one of those movies you have to see, if you like martial arts ad sword fighting, but if you're going for a love story with some action, choose another one.

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2003 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Bichunmoo, légende d'un guerrier
    • Filming locations
      • China
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Taewon Entertainment
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      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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