---
title: 'The Face Reader (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Han Jae-rim'
released: '2013-09-11'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-face-reader-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3008014/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Face Reader (2013)

2013 · 140 min · Drama · South Korea

Original title: 관상

## Synopsis

The Face Reader is a 2013 South Korean period action drama film starring Song Kang-ho as the son of a disgraced noble family who goes around Joseon as a gwansang expert. He is able to assess the personality, mental state and habits of a person by looking at their face. His talents bring him to the royal courts where he becomes involved in a power struggle between Grand Prince Suyang and general Kim Jong-seo, a high-ranking loyalist to King Munjong. It is the first installment of the Jupiter Film's three-part film project on the Korean fortune-telling traditions and was followed by two sequels, The Princess and the Matchmaker and Feng Shui in 2018.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Kim Chang-ju](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-chang-ju-2)
- **Director:** [Han Jae-rim](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-jae-rim)
- **Screenplay:** [Han Jae-rim](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-jae-rim)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lee Byung-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-byung-woo)

## Cast

- [Baek Yoon-sik](https://cinepixo.com/people/baek-yoon-sik) as Kim Jongseo
- [Chae Sang-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/chae-sang-woo) as Danjong of Joseon
- [Lee Yoon-geon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-yoon-geon)
- [Lee Do-yeob](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-do-yeob) as Kim Seung-gyu
- [Song Kang-ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/song-kang-ho)
- [Kim Eui-sung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-eui-sung) as Han Myŏnghoe
- [Yoo Sang-jae](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoo-sang-jae) as Hong Yun-sung
- [Lee Jong-suk](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-jong-suk)
- [Kim Tae-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-woo) as Munjong of Joseon
- [Kim Hye-soo](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-hye-soo)
- [Lee Jung-jae](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-jung-jae) as Sejo of Joseon
- [Cho Jung-seok](https://cinepixo.com/people/cho-jung-seok)
- [Jeong Gyu-su](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeong-gyu-su)

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Official site: http://www.face-reader.co.kr/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-face-reader-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q14795754); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.