Shadows in the Palace

Shadows in the Palace
Hangul
궁녀
Hanja
宮女
Revised RomanizationGungnyeo
McCune–ReischauerKungnyŏ
Directed byKim Mee-jung
Written byKim Mee-jung
Choi Seok-hwan
Produced byJung Seung-hye
Won Jung-sim
Kang Woo-suk
Lee Joon-ik
StarringPark Jin-hee
Yoon Se-ah
Seo Young-hee
Im Jung-eun
CinematographyLee Hyung-deok
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byHwang Sang-jun
Distributed byCinema Service
CJ Entertainment
Release date
  • October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3,500,000
Box officeUS$9,723,970

Shadows in the Palace (Korean: 궁녀; RR: Gungnyeo; lit. (servant-)women of the palace) is a 2007 South Korean period mystery thriller film directed by Kim Mee-jung. The mystery thriller is a fictionalized account of gungnyeo, court maids during South Korea's Joseon era.

This is Kim Mee-jung's first feature film. She previously worked as part of the directing staff in King and the Clown (2005) and Shadows in the Palace was filmed on the same set.