# The Swordsman (2020)

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**Original title**: *검객*
**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama, History
**Directed by**: Choi Jae-hoon
**Written by**: Choi Jae-hoon
**Starring**: Jang Hyuk, Kim Hyeon-soo, Joe Taslim, Jeong Man-sik, Jang Hyun-sung, Lee Na-kyeong

> *Real chase action.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live in quiet isolation after a failed coup and an injury that cost you your sight. But slave traders abduct your daughter. Choi Jae-hoon directs with kinetic fight choreography. The film lingers on a father's protective love.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, gut-punch, outsider, raw

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