← Back to Directory
Feng Shui
Movie

Feng Shui

2018 • Unknown

Woke Score
1.8
out of 10

Plot

Park Jae-sang was a royal geomancer, who helps people designate propitious site for houses, store and even graves under the belief that a grave in a good site will bring future fortune for descendants. But he loses his family because he exposed a conspiracy about crown Prince's grave site. Park Jae-sang plans to make a revenge of his family and learns that there is a much bigger conspiracy about propitious grave site; the place that would make grave owner's son the King of Joseon.

Overall Series Review

The film is a South Korean historical period drama set in the late Joseon era, centered on a political power struggle rooted in the traditional practice of geomancy (pungsujiri). The geomancer protagonist, Park Jae-sang, seeks revenge against the corrupt Kim clan, who used their power to manipulate the selection of propitious grave sites, a belief tied to ancestral fate and national destiny, resulting in the death of his own family. The narrative is driven by classic themes of loyalty, revenge, and the corrupting nature of absolute power. The primary conflict is between political factions and class lines, specifically a powerful aristocratic family and the weakened royal bloodline, not on immutable characteristics like race or sexuality. The movie upholds the traditional family unit as the core emotional stake, as the entire quest for revenge is launched by the murder of the protagonist's wife and child. The themes revolve around the corruption of a traditional spiritual art for political control versus the sincere practice of that art for moral guidance. The movie's focus on an internal, patriarchal political system and a traditional cultural setting prevents it from engaging with any of the key tenets of the woke mind virus.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The plot is entirely focused on a power struggle between internal Korean factions—a corrupt aristocratic clan versus the loyalists of the royal family—based on political maneuvering and class, not race or forced diversity. Characters are defined by their actions and place within the historical Joseon hierarchy.

Oikophobia2/10

The movie does not express hostility toward Korean civilization; rather, it details a struggle to save the nation from a powerful, corrupt internal clan by restoring the rightful political order. The narrative highlights Korean culture and traditions, like geomancy, and criticizes the corruption of that tradition, not the culture as fundamentally racist or corrupt.

Feminism2/10

The core dramatic impetus is the male protagonist's revenge for the loss of his wife and child, validating the nuclear family as a vital institution. The political conflict centers on male-line royal succession. While a main female character exists, the narrative framework is a patriarchal political thriller that celebrates family and masculine, protective drive.

LGBTQ+1/10

The movie is a historical period piece focused on traditional royal bloodlines, succession, and the nuclear family unit. There is no presence of centered alternative sexualities, gender ideology, or deconstruction of the normative male-female structure.

Anti-Theism3/10

The film centers around the traditional belief system of geomancy (pungsujiri). While it criticizes the malicious political *abuse* of this belief system by the villains, the narrative relies on the idea of an objective cosmic force (fate, good land) and moral choices (power-seeking versus rational action), suggesting a belief in transcendent morality. There is no specific anti-Christian sentiment.