The Scarlet Letter (2004)

Original title

주홍글씨

Directed by

Hyuk Byun

Genre

erotic film, erotic thriller, LGBTQ-related film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R18+

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective investigates a murder case while trying to keep his relationship with his wife and his affair with his mistress alive.

tensemelancholiceroticunsettlingslow-burndarkemotionalnoirish

What happens

The Scarlet Letter (Korean: 주홍글씨; RR: Juhonggeulssi) is a 2004 South Korean erotic thriller film about a police detective who investigates a murder case while struggling to hang onto his relationships with his wife and mistress. The film's title is taken from the 1850 novel of the same name. It is the second film by La Femis-graduate and academic Byun Hyuk (Daniel H. Byun) after the Dogme 95 film Interview (2000), and starred Han Suk-kyu, Lee Eun-ju, Sung Hyun-ah and Uhm Ji-won. The film debuted as the closing film of the Pusan International Film Festival in 2004. The film is based on novelist Kim Young-ha's short stories A Meditation On Mirror and Photo Shop Murder. The Scarlet Letter was released on October 28, 2004, on South Korea. The film was Lee's last feature-length acting performance before her death in February 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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