Untold Scandal (Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 7, 2005
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Kino Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Cho Hyeon-jae, Kim Ha-Kyeong, Lee Soh-Yeon & Jeon Do-Yeon | |
Performer: | Do-yeon Jeon | |
Directed by | E J-Yong & J-Yong Lee | |
Produced by | Oh Jung-Wan |
Entertainment Reviews:
Untold Scandal, the latest screen adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a stylish, cool and detached interpretation of an overworked text.
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Film Journal International
Lee Mi-Sook gives a performance of thrilling poise....UNTOLD SCANDAL stages dazzling central sequences of double-meaning and hypocrisy.
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/4 --
An elegant yet unassuming variation [Les Liaisons Dangereuses].
Seattle Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Among the many movie versions of this tale, Untold Scandal is one of the most visually arresting.
Salt Lake Tribune
Rating: 3/4 --
Doesn't have anything new to add to de Laclos' text, but it is an interesting and worthwhile cultural variation on his immortal theme.
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Boston Herald
Rating: 3/4 --
Handsome production values, solid ensemble performances and explorations of Far Eastern civilization.
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Rating: 3/4 --
Pictorially sumptuous and sexually provocative.
Chicago Tribune
Product Description:
The erotic intrigue, deception, and sexual cruelty of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES are manifest here in the rigid formalities of Korea's 18th Century Chosun Dynasty. The beautiful and depraved Lady Cho is seeking revenge on her husband, who has decided to take a young concubine, So-ok (Lee Soh-yeon). To this end she enlists the aid of her equally licentious cad of a cousin, Jo-Won (Bae Yong-jun), and asks him to deflower and impregnate the naïve teenager; if he succeeds, he wins bedding privileges with Lady Cho, the one woman who has always resisted his advances. Lord Jo-Won desists, however, in favor of a greater challenge: the beautiful young widow Lady Sook (Jeon Do-yeon), he feels, is a more suitable conquest: she has taken a vow of chastity, and is a passionate devotee of the Catholic faith, illegal at the time. The young Lord uses all manner of devious means to get close to the "Gate of Chastity," as she is known, posing as a lost soul in need of saving, though he may find his oft-repeated mantra--"I have room for only one person in my heart"--challenged in unexpected ways as he uncovers a heretofore-undiscovered humanity lurking within his scheming soul. The lush photography and stunning costumes make this film a joy to watch, with the sizzling erotic scenes and subtle playfulness contrasting markedly with the stiff social conventions of the time.
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