The Royal Tailor

The Royal Tailor
The Tailors Character Poster
Promotional poster for The Royal Tailor
Hangul
Revised RomanizationSanguiwon
Directed byLee Won-suk
Written byLee Byoung-hak
Produced byKim Su-jin
Yun In-beom
Starring
CinematographyKim Ji-yong
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byMowg
Production
companies
Bidangil Pictures
Waw Pictures[1]
Distributed byShowbox (South Korea)
Finecut (worldwide)
Release date
  • December 24, 2014 (2014-12-24)
Running time
127 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$10 million[2]
Box officeUS$5,406,469[3]

The Royal Tailor (Korean: 상의원; RR: Sanguiwon) is a 2014 South Korean period romance film directed by Lee Won-suk, and starring Han Suk-kyu, Go Soo, Park Shin-hye and Yoo Yeon-seok.[4][5][6] It tells the story of a rivalry between two tailors at the Sanguiwon, where the attire worn by royalty were made during the Joseon era, plunges the court into scandal and tragedy.[7][8][9] The film was released in South Korea on December 24, 2014.[10][11]

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  8. ^ Jin, Eun-soo (12 December 2014). "In Tailors, hanbok takes center stage". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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