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Film Representations of Lord Yeonsan's Persona and Their Modern Meanings Gi-Dae Lee (Korea University) This paper examines modern film reinterpretations of Lord Yeonsan. who is notorious for his immoral and tyrannical behaviors. Modern films have tended to treat him from a compassionate perspective on the grounds that his behaviors might have been affected by the tragic death of his mother, the deposed Queen Yoon, who took poison bestowed on her as a death penalty by her husband, King Seongjong. Films of this vein make it a rule to describe in detail how much Lord Yeonsan missed his mother while young. In the light of historical recordings, however, the relationship between Lord Yeonsan and the deposed queen depicted by the films is just a fiction, and there are quite a few gaps in their visualization of the cast of characters. Earlier films dealing with Lord Yeonsan portrayed his evil deeds as being provoked by Jang Nok-soo, or by the political conflicts surrounding her. A recent movie entitled “the King's Man” revealed that there was something lacking about his persona and the people around him. It is highly likely that Lord Yeonsan will continue to be portrayed as a wounded tragic man as far as people feel compassionate about him, calling for historical reinterpretations of him as a person.