Empress Myeongseong - in Popular Culture

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According to the TV drama Empress Myeongseong and musical, her name was Min Ja-yeong (민자영; 閔紫英), but there is no evidence of that name in written documents.

The 2009 film The Sword With No Name is a romanticized fictional story centered around Empress Myeongseong.

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