Untold Scandal
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| Hangul | 스캔들 - 조선 남녀 상열지사 |
| Hanja | 스캔들 - 朝鮮男女相悅之詞 |
| RR | Seukandeul - Joseon namnyeo sang'yeoljisa |
| MR | Sŭk'aendŭl - Chosŏn namnyŏ sang'yŏlchisa |
| Directed by | Lee Jae-yong |
| Written by | - novel - Choderlos de Laclos - screenplay - Kim Dae-woo Kim Hyun-jeong |
| Starring | Lee Mi-sook Bae Yong-joon Jeon Do-yeon |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Untold Scandal, originally titled Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa, is an award-winning South Korean film released in 2003. Adapted from the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, which takes place in late 18th century France, the film is set in late 18th century Korea, during the Joseon dynasty. In Japan the film was given an R-18 rating by the Japanese Film Ethics Commission.[1]
It is being remade into a Chinese-Korean joint film entitled Dangerous Liaisons.
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[edit] Plot
A beautiful but cynical noble-woman makes a bet with her freespirited cousin that he can have sex with her if he is able to seduce a young woman of great virtue. He accepts the challenge with enthusiasm though not suspecting the nasty trap he is walking into.
[edit] Cast
- Lee Mi-sook- Madam Jo
- Bae Yong-joon- Jo-won
- Jeon Do-yeon- Lady Jung
- Jo Hyun-jae- Kwon In-ho
- Lee So-yeon- Lee So-ok
- Kim Ha-kyung
- Choi Ban-ya- Chu-wol
[edit] Characters (novel versus film)
- Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont - Jo-won
- Madame Marie de Tourvel - Lady Jeong
- Valmont's aunt - ??
- Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil - Madam Jo
- Cécile de Volanges - Lee So-oak
- Madame de Volanges (Cécile's mother) - So-oak's mother
- Merteuil's former love, the Comte de Gercourt - Madam Jo's husband
- Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Cécile's music tutor) - Kwon In-ho
[edit] Differences from the original novel
Monsieur de Tourvel (Madame Marie de Tourvel/Lady Jeong's husband), who was away for a court case in the novel, was in the film deceased, making Lady Jeong a widow of nine years. Furthermore, Lady Jeong lived in Kanghwa, and, in the film, she is living in Seoul as there was a plague at her hometown at that time.
Jo-won (Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont) and Madam Jo (Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil) were in the film cousins (Jo-won the younger cousin[2]), and it is revealed that Jo-won's first love was Madam Jo,[3] whereas in the novel, they were rivals, yet using the same tools for their revenge: sex.
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Madam Jo)'s former lover is arranged to be Cécile's future husband in the novel, but in the film, his character is Madam Jo's husband. In So-ok's case, she is being made into a concubine of Madam Jo's husband for the continuity of the family lineage with the elders' consent.
Lee So-ok (Cécile de Volanges) was ushered in to Madam Jo's care to be the concubine of her husband, and is conspiring with Jo-won to have her pregnant for revenge (with Madam Jo telling her husband what really happened to So-ok at her husband's deathbed)
Chevalier Raphael Danceny was originally Cécile's music tutor in the novel, but in the film, Kwon In-ho (Raphael Danceny's counterpart) is the youngest son of Madam Jo's next-door neighbor and also Lady Jeong's cousin.
[edit] References
- ^ Chosun Ilbo Bae Yong-jun's 'Scandal' Causing Scandal in Japan 5 April 2004. Retrieved 2011-10-22
- ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Film Synopsis
- ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Jo-won's Profile
[edit] External links
- Official website (Korean)
- Official website (UK version) This site was created UK actor and designer Adam Jennings
- Untold Scandal at the Korean Movie Database
- Untold Scandal at the Internet Movie Database
- Picture gallery
- Still Images of Cho Won
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