The Last Princess (film)

The Last Princess
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
덕혜옹주
Hanja
德惠翁主
Literal meaningPrincess Deokhye
Revised RomanizationDeokhye-ongju
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Screenplay by
  • Hur Jin-ho
  • Choi Gun-ho
  • Lee Han-eol
Based onPrincess Deokhye
by Kwon Bi-young
Produced byKim Won-guk
Starring
CinematographyLee Tae-yoon
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Production
companies
Hofilm
DCG Plus
CJ Entertainment
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • 3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) (South Korea)
Running time
127 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Japanese
Box officeUS$39.3 million

The Last Princess (Korean: 덕혜옹주; Hanja: 德惠翁主; lit. Princess Deokhye) is a 2016 South Korean period drama film directed by Hur Jin-ho with a screenplay by Hur Gin-ho, Choi Gun-ho, Lee Han-eol, and Seo Yoo-min, based on the best-selling novel by Kwon Bi-young. It stars Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the Joseon Dynasty. The film depicts Princess Deokhye's life in Japan after she was forced to move there at age 13 by the Imperial Japanese government, and her attempts to return to Korea.