WOW. I NEED to see this film.

[erastes]

South Korean ticket sales exceeded 3 million by January 21 for “A Frozen Flower,” a gay period film set during the Goryeo dynasty. The movie follows the developing relationship between the Goryeo King and his commander during a time of political instability at the royal court and abroad. The film’s wide release is playing on 536 screens and has grossed 21.5 billion won (or 15.5 million USD) outdoing local and foreign films. M-Line Distribution announced that it has secured the right to oversee international sales.

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[lusiology.livejournal.com]

Oooooh!

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Wow that sounds amazing!

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

...but nobody cares about gay historicals...

[cerisaye.livejournal.com]

They had similar success with The King and the Clown which was a beautiful film, so I am very keen to see this new one, too.

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

It's funny that it's such a hit since Koreans attitude on homosexuals is actually quite horrendous. ~_~;;

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

south korea releases loads of these every year, as does Japan, and this is the only one you want to see?
what about gohatto, the king and the clown, no regrets, mayanoka no yaji to kita to just name a few
they don't portray it as "love" but more an aesthetic choice one makes despite oneself, king and the clown slayed me, literally, I cried for a good hour after it was done and it's on youtube now.

Korean historical dramas are full of gay subtext as well

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! Give me a full list! I found this one entirely by accident.

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

Watch the King and the Clown (which is beautiful) and on Lovefilm and Gohatto and see if you necessarily want any more. They're more sweetly angsting than sexy and overt, and are often very hard to watch because of it.

In japanese history Geisha were traditionally men who whored themselves out on the side, it was not uncommon for them to have lots of gay lovers and Japan and Korea were so closely knit for such a long time.... often an eastern historical movie will have gay characters, there was loads of subtext in the house of flying daggers between the two officers, I have a friend who sends me them so i'm just thinking of the ones on my shelf but I'll ask her for a more comprehensive list