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Eunuch 내시

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A eunuch ( YOO-nək, Ancient Greek: εὐνοῦχος) is a boy or man who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BC. Over the millennia since, they performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures: courtiers or equivalent domestics, for espionage or clandestine operations, castrato singers, concubines or sexual partners, religious specialists, soldiers, royal guards, government officials, and guardians of women or harem servants. Eunuchs were usually servants or slaves who were castrated to make them less threatening servants of a royal court where physical access to the ruler could wield great influence.

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Verified facts

Eunuch (내시) — verified Korean film. Released 1986. Directed by Doo-yong Lee. 1 verified cast.

Details

• Genre: drama film
• Original language: Korean
• Definition: a boy or man who has been castrated
• Etymology: Ancient Greek: εὐνοῦχος
• Earliest Records: Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BC
• Label: Eunuch
• Earliest Record: 기원전 21세기
• Earliest Record Location: 수메르의 도시 라가시

Source reconciliation

• Wikipedia lists the Korean name as 환자 (역사); KoreaAPI uses 내시 (chosen by source authority).

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Cast (1)

• Ahn Sung-ki

Director

• Doo-yong Lee

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• Wikipedia — encyclopedic article · view ↗
• TMDB — film/TV community database

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