The Scarlet Letter (2004 film)

The Scarlet Letter
Hangul
주홍글씨
Hanja
글씨
Revised RomanizationJuhong geulssi
McCune–ReischauerJuhong kŭlssi
Directed byByun Hyuk
Written byByun Hyuk
Kang Hyeon-joo
Produced byLee Seung-jae
StarringHan Suk-kyu
Lee Eun-ju
Sung Hyun-ah
Uhm Ji-won
CinematographyChoe Hyeon-gi
Edited byHahm Sung-won
Music byLee Jae-jin
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • October 28, 2004 (2004-10-28)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The Scarlet Letter is a 2004 South Korean erotic thriller film about a police detective who investigates a murder case while struggling to hang onto his relationships with his wife and mistress. The film's title is taken from the 1850 novel of the same name. It is the second film by La Femis-graduate and academic Byun Hyuk (Daniel H. Byun) after the Dogme 95 film Interview (2000), and starred Han Suk-kyu, Lee Eun-ju, Sung Hyun-ah and Uhm Ji-won.[1] The film debuted as the closing film of the Pusan International Film Festival in 2004.[2] The film is based on novelist Kim Young-ha's short stories A Meditation On Mirror and Photo Shop Murder.[3]

The Scarlet Letter was released in October 28, 2004 on South Korea. The film was Lee's last feature-length acting performance before her death in February 2005.

  1. ^ Kim, Tae-jong (7 October 2004). "Scarlet Letter: Love, Murder by the Numbers". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  2. ^ Thacker, Todd (15 October 2004). "Korea's 9th Busan Film Festival Wins Big". OhmyNews International. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ^ "끝없는 욕망의 원죄, <주홍글씨>" (in Korean). Cine21. 2004-10-26. Retrieved 2016-09-22.