His focus on Jung Woo-sung's body is more than evident, but the result is excellent, since the Korean super star is build like a sculpture. Lee Sung-jae's cinematography is exceptional, giving the images a dark and grey hue that suits the erotic thriller aesthetics to perfection, while his presentation of the erotic scenes is one of the highlights of the production. This aspect applies particularly to the two girls, whose story, in the second, part, suffers in term of analysis, thus faulting the particular characters.Īlthough the faults in the narrative are significant, I cannot say the same about the technical aspect of the film. As the victims become perpetrators and vice versa, the sense of measure is almost completely lost, with the same applying to the characters, who after a fashion, seem paper-thin, with the time leaps adding to this sense, in essence stripping the story of most of the impact the twists could have.
On the other hand, the second part goes a bit too far in terms of story, which eventually becomes quite naïve, as revenge and counter revenge start dominating the narrative. In that fashion, the first part functions as a kind of romantic story, at least till the ending, filled with sensualism ( including a long, quite steamy sex scene) where the built up of the relationship and its repercussions are excellently built-up and portrayed. The issue however, is that the two parts are quite different as much as they are uneven. Yim Pik-sung directs a film that is split into two segments, with the events following the return of Hak-kyu to the town serving as the dichotomy.
Soon, however, tragedy appears once again and revenge becomes the main theme of the story. The film then leaps 8 years later, where Cheong-i has become a genuine playboy, to the annoyance of his daughter. When he decides to return to end things with her, tragedy befalls her and his family, in the harshest fashion. Eventually, the allegations against him drop, and he returns to Seoul to teach at the university, leaving behind a disgruntled Deok-i, who does not hesitate to follow him to Seoul. While being there though, he starts an affair with a local girl, Deok-i, with the two of them soon becoming the object of much gossip, to the utter frustration of the girl's deaf-mute mother. First, he is accused for a sex scandal by a student of his, which forces him to leave Seoul and his depressed wife and daughter, Cheong-i, in order to teach in a small, rural town. Literature professor Hak-gyoo is a gorgeous man, whose beauty seems to put him constantly in trouble.
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