Kundo Age Of The Rampant

Granted it has much of the same themes.

Kundo age of the rampant. The movie is primary an action movie and costume drama in authentic locations. It has also won eight awards in five different film festivals. The year is 1862. Due to continuous natural disasters and poor harvests poverty hunger and death are rampant.

Age of the rampan is a south korean period film which has become one of the country s highest grossing movies ever upon release. They risk their lives for honor and for one man a debt of revenge owed to the aristocrat that stole his family and his name. This is a good action movie that isn t as much like robin hood as i d have originally thought. A pack of bandits calling themselves kundo rise against the tyrants stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

The aristocracy rule the country and concerned only with their own wealth they exploit and persecute the poor. The last days of the joseon dynasty where the wages of greed bring poverty and death. The late joseon dynasty was a period of social and economic unrest in korea and it was also a time of great tyranny. In an era where status is decided by birth this band of thieves risks their lives for honor in the name of the poor and oppressed.