| A Frozen Flower | |
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| Hangul | 쌍화점 |
| Hanja | 霜花店 |
| Revised Romanization | Ssanghwajeom |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ssanghwajŏm |
| Directed by | Yoo Ha |
| Written by | Yoo Ha |
| Produced by | Lee Tae-heon |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Choi Hyun-ki |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
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| Distributed by | Showbox |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
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| Budget | US$10 million |
| Box office | US$18,980,564[1] |
A Frozen Flower (Korean: 쌍화점; RR: Ssanghwajeom) is a 2008 South Korean historical erotic thriller film. It is directed by Yoo Ha and stars Zo In-sung, Joo Jin-mo and Song Ji-hyo.[2][3] The historical film is set during Goryeo Dynasty and is loosely based on the reign of Gongmin of Goryeo (1330–1374), but it does not strictly comply with historical facts.[4] The controversial story is about the characters' violation of royal family protocol and their pursuit of love.[5][6][7]
It was released in South Korea on December 30, 2008, and was the 6th most attended film of 2008 with 3,772,976 tickets sold.[8][9]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) December 17, 2008. - ^ Song Won-seop. "Homosexuality in history". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) January 10, 2009. - ^ Yang Sung-hee. "With more steamy scenes at the cinema, critics worry"[usurped]. The Korea Herald. December 10, 2008.
- ^ Darcy Paquet. "Frozen Flower". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved August 6, 2012
- ^ Yang Sung-jin (April 4, 2010). "'Ssanghwajeom' barely avoids trap". The Korea Herald. April 4, 2010.
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