Ji-Suk, a fashion designer, is in fear about Sang-Kuk who raped her and even killed her husband, a big business, a long time ago. One day Ji-Suk was almost harassed by a bad fellow called Chun-Ho. As Young-Il, an instructor of an institution, saved her by chance, they soon were getting closer. Ji-Suk, who was in trouble how to manage her husband's inherits, totally depends on Young-Il and murdered Sang-Kuk who was released from prison...
Direction
Lee Man-hee squeezes maximum unease from minimal runtime.
Acting
Moon Sook's brittle desperation masking cold calculation.
Director
Lee Man-hee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1970s Korean cinema often used female protagonists to critique patriarchal structures while punishing them narratively—a contradictory tension this film embodies.
Director Lee Man-hee died at 43, leaving 50+ films; this late-period thriller reflects his commercial pivot after government censorship eased.
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