Details

Subject(s)

• Man-woman relationships—Korea (South)—Drama [Browse]
• Sadomasochism—Korea (South)—Drama [Browse]

Related name

• Chang, Sŏn-u. [Browse]
• 장선우 [Browse]
• Yi, Sang-hyŏn [Browse]
• 이상현 [Browse]
• Kim, Tae-yŏn [Browse]
• 김태연 [Browse]
• Sin Ssine [Browse]
• 신씨네 [Browse]
• Fox Lorber Films [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Erotic films [Browse]
• Feature films [Browse]
• Drama [Browse]
• Video recordings [Browse]

Summary note

"Y, an 18 year-old virgin in her last year of high school, begins a passionate and sado-masochistic affair with J, a 38 year-old sculptor living in Seoul. Y lies to her parents and takes the train to meet J in An -Dong, One of the most conservative cities in Korea with its strong tradition of Confucianism. During the first meeting, Y surrenders her virginity to J. Their sexual relation intensifies along with the sadistic acts that are accompanied. Y submits to J's whip and demands with surprising enthusiasm and considerable fortitude. Subsequently whippings and beatings become the peak of foreplay. After a three-month trip to Paris, J reunites with Y, now a college student majoring in Statistics. With Y legally an adult now, there is nothing to stop the two. At this point, their role during sexual foreplay changes as it is now J who starts asking Y to whip him. Meanwhile, Y's brother sets fire to J's home after learning about their affair. Y responds by leaving the family and dropping out of college. J and Y become sexual vagrants, traveling from motel to motel and living on credit cards and borrowed cash. Their life heads for complete hedonism and abandonment of material trappings."--Korean Movie Database (KMDb).

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.

Creation/​Production credits

• Chejak, Sin Ch'ŏl, Kim Hyŏng-jun ; ch'waryŏng, Kim U-hyŏng ; p'yŏnjip, Pak Kok-chi ; ŭmak, Tal P'aran ; misul, Kim Myŏng-gyŏng.
• 제작, 신철, 김형준 ; 촬영, 김우형 ; 편집, 박곡지 ; 음악, 달파란 ; 미술, 김명경.

Target audience

Not rated, for mature audiences only.

System details

DVD.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

• Yi Sang-hyŏn, Kim T'ae-yŏn.
• 이상현, 김태연.

Language note

In Korean with optional subtitles in English.

Other title(s)

Lies

ISBN

• 0794201601
• 9780794201609

Publisher no.

FLV5315

OCLC

52294755

Universal Product Code

• 720917531526

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