South Korea Synopsis
덕혜옹주
“Based on the true story of the last princess of the last empire.”
Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.
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Action + Drama in South Korea
114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Last Princess itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Last Princess. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
The Last Princess holds position #170 of 254 South Korea films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Last Princess premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 793rd South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
56 audience reviews — more than 74% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (52th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Last Princess, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- korean empire · 2
- japanese occupation of korea · 25
- princess · 22
- korean war · 20
- japanese invasion of korea · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #781 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #142 of 266 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Lotte Entertainment, DCG Plus, Hive Media Corp, Ho Film, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | August 3, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5947416 |