- Untold Scandal
Infobox Korean Film | name = Untold Scandal
caption =
director =Lee Jae-Yong
producer =
writer = - novel -Choderlos de Laclos
- screenplay -Kim Dae Woo Kim Hyun Jeong
starring =Lee Mi Suk Bae Yong Joon Jeon Do Yeon
distributor =CJ Entertainment
imdb_id = 0380689
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"Untold Scandal", originally titled "Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa", is an award-winning
South Korea n film released in 2003. Adapted from the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses ", which takes place in late 18th centuryFrance , the film is set in the late 18th centuryKorea , towards the lateJoseon dynasty, which in itself distinguishes it notably from previous film adaptations.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, not suspecting the nasty trap he is walking into.
Cast
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Lee Mi-Suk - 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-wolCharacters (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
*former lover of Merteuil - Madam Jo's husband
*Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Cécile's music tutor) - Kwon In-hoDifferences 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 [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Film Synopsis] ), and it is revealed that Jo-won's first love was Madam Jo, [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/untoldscandal/cast.html Jo-won's Profile] 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 his husband, and is conspiring with Jo-won to have her pregnant for revenge (with Madam Jo telling his 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.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380689/ IMDb link]
* [http://www.thescandal.co.kr/ Official Website - Korean version]
* [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/untoldscandal Official website - UK version] This site was created UK actor and designerAdam Jennings
* [http://www.koreafilm.co.kr/movie/scandal/gallery.htm Picture gallery]
* [http://contents.innolife.net/cafe/list.php?ac_id=8&ai_id=379 Still Images of Cho Won]References
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