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by Ji Woo Chung
Korean 1999
"Debut for director Jung Ji-woo and starring Choi Min-sik (Failan) as the husband, Jeon Do-yeon (No Blood No Tears) as the wife and Jin Mo-joo (Wanee and Junah) as her passionate lover. The film caused a sensation when it was released due to Jeon Do-Yeon's sensational sex scenes which I must admit enjoyed no fast stylish editing here just pure unadulterated sex.
OK before you get carried away with naked thoughts of the curvy Jeon Do-yeon who incidentally look like she has lost weight in comparison to her No Blood No Tears role, the movie has some fine performances of yearning, despair and hopelessness to lift this way above the usual "having an affair" movie. Daily routines similar to our own mundane/content livelihoods are played out on screen for us to relate too. You can't help but feel sorry for everyone and the situations we all share or hope never to experience ... but it happens ...
The film hasn't been talked about much simply because its not widely available on DVD and everyone seemed to have missed it on the big screen with only Darcy naming it in his favourite movie list that I happen to seek this one out ... a Cat III DVD in my eyes automatically means silly soft core porn be it made in HK or Korean so I would have probably ignored it.
The ending to this movie has the question "Happy End?" come up before the credits roll ... a fitting description as it leaves you pondering about what you just saw ...
... sorry to those people who may think I gave away the ending but I don't think you can really call that a spoiler ..."
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The History of Korean Cinema by Young-il Lee, Young-chol Choe |
Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong by Anthony Leong |
Korean Film : History, Resistance, and Democratic
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The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema
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Essential Cinema by Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema
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DVD REVIEW: Universe Laser and Video Co. Region R3 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Universe Laser and Video Region 3 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:39:36 minutes | |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Video | 1.85:1.00
Letterboxed WideScreen NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Korean
5.0 Dolby Digital, 2.0 Dolby Digital  |
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| Subtitles | Traditional Chinese Subtitle, English Subtitle, Simplified Chinese Subtitle | |
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Happy End Release by Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. HK R3 (only) NTSC Colour 100 Mins AR 1.78:1 Non-Anamorphic (OAR 1.85:1) DVD-9 Extras (English) - Trailer - Cast and Director bios |
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A nice clean-ish picture with decent blacks and
contrast levels. No DVD-5 limitations visibly apparent. A good non-anamorphic
print with clear sound. This is a HK exclusive no other version is available
as of date.
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DVD Release Date:
7/7/2001 Chapters : 8 |
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