David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
百感交集的人生写意。中国历史上同样的故事非常之多，从满腔抱负，到耕犁自省。韩国人知道什么是东方文化的好东西，一部一部的把它拍出来。借古喻今，汲取东方哲学智慧。我们一边嘲笑人家是野种，一边空灵的自豪我们有渊源的历史文化。
没想到在这一年的结束时候，我终于看到了这一年最好看的电影。幸运啊！
没想到这样一部有着文人风骨的电影，却是隔壁的韩国拍出来的。儒家士大夫的进与退，被电影道尽，既有苏轼屡遭贬谪却自得其乐的不息生命，也有“居庙堂之高则忧其民，处江湖之远则忧其君”的胸怀。师徒二人的人生，仿佛是出世入世顺序的对调，最终即使活不成一只鹤，也能如兹山一般生机勃勃。“能看清世界，才能写得了诗。”影片摄影构图满分！
一个人不在于有什么才能 而是用才能做些什么。never stop fighting。
士人安身立命之处，不在学，在问。韩国版的李时珍，却拍出东坡流放的感觉。
黑白构图有了海岛与兹山交融的韵味。“魟鱼要走的路，只有魟鱼知道”，其实是在对比传统观念进行思考。一白群黑，将大昌与众官的对比放大，海岛渔夫“通过做官实现原初的理想”被驳得多么实在沉重，也只有这样，他在海岛的那段岁月才更显珍贵。从影像世界投射到现实世界，读书的功利心被无限放大，内心的自我沉浸往往比改变社会现实更令人接受，但从“走入”到“出走”实际上也是一个不可忽视的话题。天主教与朝廷的冲突很有意思，也很残酷，观念的和平共处几乎是无法想象的，过去固然是，但今日呢？其中值得深思，“兼容并包”永远是“天下”之所以为“天下”的原因，但“统治”天生的排异却使得一切难上加难。
6.法治不昌当揭竿而起《剑客卡南》看的更爽，更适合现实的印度，毕竟杰伊比姆只有一个，而每一位‘贱民’手中的镰刀却是千千万的！
题材本身的社会属性远远大于电影本身，能有强大的社会思考，但是于电影而言，只是一部成步堂龙一的逆转爽片
起了几次头都没看进去，终于看完了。有点明宋时期的怀才不遇，壮志难酬的感觉。
3- 比起灵感出自东野圭吾的《较量》（《误杀》原版）可是差得远了，题材形式（且那歌词直白得恨不能掐死全人类的想象力）都不新鲜，故事或纪录哪边都不靠着。
这或许也是一个“有趣”的对比，让世界上其它地方看到这部良心之作的人萌生某种警醒！
很俗套的传记片 套个黑白的外壳就高大上了么 而且人物高大全 没有真实感 不知道为啥分这么高
故事还行，拍得非常非常主旋律。
作为国人，对于这部电影，除了惭愧还能做什么呢。用儒家的思想文化与自然生物的知识通过交易进行对比融合，思想再高深的学者也会对自然生物抱有求知的欲望，这种欲望不分高低贵贱，也正是因为学者有这种知识不分地位的想法所以才能精通儒家文化。而捕鱼的人也对不符合自己身份的儒家文化抱有热情，这种上下阶层人民的文化交融与互通才是文化教育真正的目的。从本片宣扬的平等文化来看其实很像如今我国正在扶持的某些措施，电影中有一句台词是老师你为什么不用汉文教我们儒家文化，是啊，不会汉文的人做着会汉文的人应该做的事，不仅不别扭，反而很优秀。如果电影是一种思想学习的表现，那么就更可怖了。
这何尝不是一种悲哀
影片如果能把歌舞部分去掉就更好了。//看得人炸毛，印度们到底是怎样的国家，这些警察对待自己国家的百姓，比纳粹对犹太人过之而无不及啊。但，又为什么印度老可以拍出这些揭自己短，丢自己丑的影片上映呢。// 一个不大好自问的问题。
好看，入世出世，值得回味，真为我们的文化而自豪，不过这个文化，我们自己不看重了……
读圣贤书,所学何事?而今而后,庶几无愧。文人两条路，此片意思是只有一条行得通。
3- 比起灵感出自东野圭吾的《较量》（《误杀》原版）可是差得远了，题材形式（且那歌词直白得恨不能掐死全人类的想象力）都不新鲜，故事或纪录哪边都不靠着。
明明是一部文艺剧情片 却比很多商业片还吸引人 无奈 诗与历史 孔子朱子 三字经千字文 买官卖官贪官清官 都是我们熟知的上下五千年 一位名家 比起他写了多少卷书更重要的是他的思想 一个不分高低 消除贫贱 甚至没有王的世界是怎样的世界 百姓把土地当田 县令把百姓当田 所有这一切 我们太熟悉了 熟悉到边看边笑话他们作的诗 可是不管是西洋学还是性理学 只要是好的就应该拿出来用啊 这是多么超前的思想 想到民国时 政府严格管理出版物 无论报纸书籍图画 被封禁只是常事 明明有些人表达的很含蓄很隐秘 但仍然会被查封 就像鲁迅先生表达的那样 有些人出版书籍自认写的很含蓄 含蓄到政府里那些当官的猪猡不应该能看懂 但他没想到政府里也有那样一帮文人别人看不懂自有人能看懂 就像最初的大昌和最后的大昌一样
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