I don't know how they got together. I don't know why they are together. Just know. They are actors, and they have a good relationship.
It starts with a performance by the two of them. A wild and unruly. A handsome and reserved.
a rope. Longevity is at this end, Kong Ji is at that end.
From the very beginning, they have shown no hidden concern for each other. When Kong Ji decides to sell himself for everyone. The tough guy Changsheng actually hugged his feet tightly. He said. do not go. Concise words reveal a deep worry. When someone wants to abolish Changsheng's leg. Kong Ji, who has always been gentle and delicate, even picked up a sickle and stabbed it into the man's back.
Changsheng, who was relieved, immediately pulled Kong Ji and ran away.
On the way, Changsheng carefully helped Kong Ji wipe the blood from his face. Reassure him that the dog be damned.
Seeing that Kong Ji hasn't woken up from the fright. He picked up the stick at the roadside and began to pretend to be blind. Kong Ji smiled, a shallow smile. It is a tacit understanding of everything. He also found a stick. The two performed like truly blind men. Then, hug tightly. At this time, they all had a bright expression on their faces. Happy contentment or, happiness.
It's a childlike innocence. The soothing sunlight was shaded by towering old trees, and they were smiling happily under the trees. This picture seems to be frozen forever. Seeing people's hearts is filled with warmth.
They came to Seoul. The two people's self-evident tacit understanding and clever and superb performance skills allowed them to find a way to make a living immediately. It was just that he was soon caught in the Imperial Palace because of the satirical current king. It is a process towards a given tragedy.
They entered the palace.
Because I don't want to die. But don't know. Life in the palace is an endless abyss. Like a dark green swamp full of moisture, it exudes a rotten smell. No one can redeem anyone. Everyone is like a puppet pulled by a string. Life. Pointless. What's more, a ruthless and ferocious king. Anyone can be the next prey. That's how they entered the palace. at a loss.
Sometimes beauty can be a murder weapon.
Kongji is undoubtedly the biggest victim. Many people are willing to indulge in his stunning appearance. Although he is male. And these people include Wang. The evil king. He's treating Kong-ji with an emotion that borders on obsession. This man who is more beautiful than a woman has a calm temperament. He is reassuring. That's enough. We discovered that this bloodthirsty king was actually just a child who yearned for motherly love. The deformed personality split is due to watching his mother poisoned by his father when he was young. This is the inevitable price of growing up in the deep palace. It is more like an endless black hole, gradually swallowing the human soul. The king is hateful and pitiful.
Kong Ji understands the frailty of the king, he just wants to try his best to comfort him. Heal his wounds. But Changsheng doesn't understand. He thinks Kong Ji is being blinded by fame and fortune. He thought each of their performances would turn into a bloody killing. He wants to leave.
They started to disagree.
The story gets a little sad from here.
The bond between the two is so deep. But they are walking away from each other. Some words do not need to be said, and the other party can receive them all without omission. A smile, a look. Everything is clear.
You know what I'm trying to say. Yes. I know
how good it is.
Kong Ji was canonized. Wang wanted to celebrate. The ministers wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of this actor who in their eyes bewitched the public and bewitched the king. And so a hunt with ulterior motives began. Kongji was cornered by them, they bent their bows to aim, and were about to make their next move. Changsheng jumped up. Even if they are in conflict. But this kind of emotion that can do anything for the other party. will not be shaken. My heart started to tear a little. Since it is such an important part of life. Why can't we be together.
Changsheng packed his things and prepared to leave. Kong Ji kept him with a sword. Changsheng grabbed his sword angrily and chopped at all the tools they used for performance. Finally, turned to the rope. Konji panicked. Run over and hug him.
That's their rope. It was that wonderful rope that tied them together. Like him, it is inseparable in life. Once the rope is broken, they will not be able to walk together.
Danger creeps in. The fighting in the palace will never stop. Changsheng could never let go of Kong Ji, and when Kong Ji was framed, he even sacrificed his life. When the head eunuch realized that the situation was out of control, it was too late to say "game over".
Changsheng didn’t want to give up Kong Ji. So after he was secretly released from prison, he stubbornly returned to the palace. He came to him. Kong Ji knelt down and begged the king for one night to let him spare longevity. He suddenly heard the most familiar voice. He quickly opened the window and saw Changsheng pulling a rope on the palace and playing juggling. He is such a man, proud and wild.
Changsheng said. So he started playing with a boy. Completely angered the king. He thought a fierce lion rushed out. Pick up the arrow and shoot at Changsheng on the rope. The first arrow deftly avoided. The second arrow hit the rope. His center of gravity was unsteady and he fell. Wang was so angry that he wanted to kill Changsheng, and Kong Ji desperately begged for mercy. Wang said. Well, then you come to kill. Konji said. That still kills me.
Just kill me.
In this way, even death is together.
One wound after another opened in vain, and blood was trickling out.
In the end, Changsheng was scalded and blinded for insulting the king. At that moment, Kong Ji collapsed. Silently listening to what Changsheng said in the prison. I used to play blind people often, but now I'm really blind but I can't play it anymore. I just started playing it. A teardrop fell slowly from his cheek. That is what a bottomless despair. Kong Ji didn't say anything, just after the last palm scene for Wang. He slowly took out his knife and drew a deep red, bloody mark on his wrist.
You lost your eyes and I lost you.
Always, longevity is the bottom line he guards, and it is an important thing that cannot be lost.
A great uprising rushed to the court, directed at tyrants and actors. The favored concubine indifferently refused to escape, and the king smiled foolishly watching the last real scene. Changsheng, who walked on the rope, could not see the sky and the earth, and was full of mockery of fate. When he heard Kong Ji's voice and felt the trembling on the same rope, nothing mattered, and they were together again . Everything is as it was at the beginning. The sun was shining brightly on the two of them. With a decisive taste.
Kong Ji smiled and asked Changsheng: If you are reborn after death, what do you want to become. Become a dignitary?
No, no,
then , do you want to be born as the king of a country?
No, I want to be born as an actor. Changsheng answered proudly.
Even though his arrogant and careless disposition made him unworthy of the lowliness of an actor, no power could suppress and obliterate his long-lived and free heart.
So what do you want to change. Changsheng asked Kong Ji.
I. Needless to say, it's still an actor, of course it's an actor. Kong Ji announced loudly. Changsheng burst into tears and laughed.
The camera zoomed in, and the moment the insurgents rushed in, they quickly approached. Jump hard. The fan that is thrown away symbolizes the past that is thrown away, and a dashing, pathetic jump is for the self that can be far away from the past. Although the dialogue between the two of them last farewell was full of tragic colors, after jumping high, there was an endless blue sky behind them, and there was nothing clean. There is a lot of hope there. Maybe it's the nostalgia for the past, maybe the longing for the next life.
They jump so high. Higher than the king's palace.
PS:
I always feel that this film is full of warmth. There is one scene in the film that moved me the most. It was Changsheng who carefully helped Kong Ji cover the quilt. The movements are gentle with inseparable nostalgia. Seeing this, my heart started to ache. The details in the film always delicately depict the emotions between the two. So gloomy. Two biscuits in hand. Reach out to help each other tidy up when changing clothes. Running away hand in hand. Identical words. The wine that I reluctantly drank because I was happy. A flawless double flip. Everything went so smoothly. What I like most is the two walking in the flower field, everything is so beautiful. Because they are together. I don't want to talk to people about who exactly Kong Ji loves. What I'm talking about here is just a simple, I like, story about love.
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