Factual error: Ae-sun is shown carrying a bag filled with gold bars with virtually no struggle. Gold bars, in real life, are heavy. And carrying around an entire bag filled with them, without struggling, would be extremely difficult to do. (00:08:44)
Continuity mistake: When Seung-gu tells Ae-sin "Time has come for her to part ways with him", there is a close-up of her about to tear up. In this shot, strands of hair can be seen blowing across the side of her head. When it cuts to a wide shot, the strands of hair are suddenly blowing over her face. (00:23:08)
Continuity mistake: When Hina is talking with Su-mi in the reception, she calls for a worker holding a tray of beer bottles. In the shot where the worker walks up to them, the bottle shown towards the right side of the tray is in a position where the label is facing towards Hina. When the camera changes angles, the bottle is now in a position where the label is facing the opposite direction. (00:55:53)
Continuity mistake: Whilst Hina and Leo are fencing together, the match ends with Hina pressing her sword against his chest. The sword can be seen bending when she does this, but when Leo starts saying "Whoa, whoa, whoa", the sword is at a straight angle. (01:01:51)
Continuity mistake: When Hina turns around to stab the man behind her, it is revealed that it was Dong-mae, who grabs onto her arm. At first, we can see his hand is positioned a few inches away from her the edge of her sleeve. The next shot, he is holding onto the edge of the sleeve. Then in the shot after that, he is a few inches away from the edge of the sleeve. (00:06:33)
Other mistake: Dong-mae grabs a sword and slits the throat of a Japanese man, which causes blood to get splattered over both the left and right side of his face, as well as his neck and his chest. This would not be possible for multiple reasons. One, the slit was relatively small, so there wouldn't have been that much blood. Two, Dong-mae was standing too far away from him for the blood to travel that far. Three, Dong-mae had his head turned away from the man when he slit his throat. (00:43:19)
Continuity mistake: When Eugene begins eating the piece of paper, in one shot some of the paper can still be seen outside his mouth. When the shot cuts to focus on Moore, none of the paper can be seen outside his mouth. It is now entirely in his mouth even though it wasn't in the previous shot. (00:53:13)
Continuity mistake: When Eugene finds the note from Ae-sin in the barn, in the shots where the camera is on him, he is holding the paper near the top. When the camera is on the paper, his hand is nearer towards the middle of the page. (01:10:02)
Continuity mistake: After Eugene gives Ae-sin his hat, Ae-sin asks him "Do I look dashing?" The shot then cuts to Eugene, then back to Ae-sin. In the shot of Ae-sin, there are a few strands of Ae-sin's hair on the right side of her head that can be seen blowing in the wind. Eugene then says "You look quite strong", and Ae-sin's hair is suddenly still. Then it is blowing again in the shot after that. (00:02:57)
Continuity mistake: When Ae-sin is about to drink the coffee Eugene handed to her, in one shot, she has the tips of her left-hand fingers placed on the side of the cup. In the next shot, her entire left hand is placed on the side of the cup. (00:07:38)
Continuity mistake: When Hina is talking with the hotel employee, in the shot where the employee says "The rickshaws bumped into each other", she is holding a cigarette at a vertical angle. When the shot cuts, the cigarette is being held at an upright angle. Then when the shot cuts again, the cigarette is at a vertical angle again. (00:37:30)
Continuity mistake: Wan-ik is being questioned by Deok-mun. After Wan-ik says "How am I supposed to read it when it's covered in blood", he places the bloodied note he is holding on the table. A couple seconds later, he is suddenly holding the note in his hands again. (00:05:54)
Audio problem: Deok-mun is approached by Eugene. There is a shot focusing on Eugene where Deok-mun can be seen in the corner of frame, where Deok-mun shouts "Is that why you came barging in here? This is a minister's residence." The movements of his mouth do not match up with the dialogue that is heard. (00:07:09)
Continuity mistake: When Hui-seong approaches the authorities who have Dong-mae tied up, Hui-seong raises his hat. The hat can be seen right in front of Dong-mae's face. When the camera changes angles, Dong-mae's face can be seen in the foreground, but the hat is no longer visible in frame. (00:11:30)
Continuity mistake: When Moore is speaking with Minister Allen about continuing the investigation into Joseph's death, just after he finishes saying "It was a missionary who died", Allen can be seen lowering his hands. The camera then changes angles to focus on Moore, and we can Allen lowering his hands a second time. (00:39:53)
Continuity mistake: When Dong-mae slits the throat of the Japanese official, a few streaks of the man's blood suddenly appear on his nose that weren't there a couple seconds prior. (00:25:30)
Factual error: Joseph is given an American military funeral. The coffin, when placed in the ground, is shown with an American flag placed on top of it. Eugene sprinkles some soil over the coffin (with the flag on top of it), however burial flags are always removed prior to the actual burial, folded and then handed to the next of kin, so the soil he sprinkled would not be included in the actual burial. (00:29:10)
Continuity mistake: Gwan-su stands outside the American legation. In a wide shot, we can see one of the ribbons used to tie his hat with can be seen going over his left shoulder. In the next shot, the ribbon is suddenly off his shoulder. (00:38:48)
Continuity mistake: When Eugene and Ae-sin are standing by the river, in the shot where Ae-sin says "longing, flower-gazing", nothing can be seen in Eugene's hair. When the camera cuts to Eugene, a tiny petal has suddenly appeared in his hair. (00:49:28)
Continuity mistake: When Ae-sin and Hui-seong are kneeling on the ground, in a wide shot, their shadows cannot be seen on the ground beside them. But later in the scene, when Hui-seong takes the handkerchief, their shadows can be seen on the ground next to them. (01:14:30 - 01:16:15)
