"The Scarlet Letter": Brilliant Korean Filmaking, The Taking of a Briliant Actress

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This film contains two distinctive plots: the love life of detective Ki-hun and the murder case of Kyong-hi's husband. The both stories share adultery as a common denominator of the two intertwined plots. Ki-hun becomes re-involved with his wife's best friend, Ga-hee, from high school and pushes the affair to the limits while the widow, Kyong-hi, reveals her story as the murder investigation deepens. There are several plot twists with a most grisly end to the detective's story. The cinematography, direction, and acting was first class. This is an Asian classic.
The actress, Lee Eun-joo, plays the pretty, sexy, blues singing "other woman" (Ga-hee). She has a strong presence and gives a love scene performance that made even me feel self-conscious without her exposing any naughty bits.
Eun-joo's performance begat a classic real-life tragedy. About a year after the film debuted she graduated from a Korean university. Several days later she was found dead in her apartment by her brother. It is generally accepted that Eun-joo (just turned 25) had been long depressed over her parent's reaction to her nude scenes. In a scene befitting Asian Horror, she slashed her wrists, wrote two suicide notes with her blood, then hung herself. (Details in Wikkipedia).
This is a worthwhile film, especially since it was the last for Lee Eun-Joo---a brilliant and promising talent.
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Edits: 08/20/07 08/20/07

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Topic - "The Scarlet Letter": Brilliant Korean Filmaking, The Taking of a Briliant Actress - mr grits 19:33:29 08/20/07 (8)

It's a real shame - Jon L 20:04:22 08/21/07 (1)

This caught my interest and I visited a few sites and saw where there was a "rash" of..... - mr grits 20:40:52 08/21/07 (0)

added to queue, thx ..nt - late 10:47:42 08/21/07 (0)

That's so sad. - sjb 09:56:50 08/21/07 (1)

RE: That's so sad. - mr grits 19:42:49 08/21/07 (0)

Wow. Great review, grits. nt - tinear 04:41:56 08/21/07 (2)

Now knowing what you do...... - mr grits 07:55:10 08/21/07 (1)

'tis on my netflix list, next. nt - tinear 08:54:26 08/21/07 (0)

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