Gabi (film)

Gabi Hangul RRGabi is a 2012 South Korean film starring Kim Soyeon, Joo Jinmo and Park Heesoon. It follows an ostensible assassination plot of King Gojong 18521919, using coffee brewed by royal barista Tanya. The plan is masterminded by Sadako, a Joseon woman with adopted Japanese nationality, and aided by Ilyich, Tanyas lover.

After his wife Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by the Japanese army and under threat of coup detat, Gojong the 26th king of Koreas Joseon Dynasty Park Heesoon briefly seeks refuge at the Russian consulate in 1896. While he is there, he tastes and falls in love with a bittersweet drink that had yet to gain popularity in his homeland coffee.Upon returning to the throne, King Gojong hires the beautiful and cosmopolitan Tanya Kim Soyeon as his personal barista. Tanya becomes involved in a dangerous social circle that involves not only the Russian sniper Ilyich Joo Jinmo but also the mysterious socialite known as both Bae Jeongja and Sadako Yoo Sun. With the Russian army hot on their trail, Tanya and her lover Ilyich eventually become ensnared in a plot to assassinate King Gojong that is orchestrated by Sadako, a KoreanJapanese collaborator. Ilyich becomes a spy to protect Tanya, who has begun to fall for Gojong while she makes his coffee every day. ........

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