An Affair

1998 1h 48m KO

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6.1

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6.8

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 17★6.8IMDB · 562

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten-year-old son and a successful architect husband. For her, life is a series of banal routines. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of Woo-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiancé.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lee Mi-sook
Seo-hyun
Lee Jung-jae
Woo-in
Min Kim
Ji-hyun
Song Young-chang
Jun-il
Jung Kyung-soon
Kwan-ho's Mom
Kim Dong-ho
Self
Choi Woo-hyeok
Jin-soo
Choi Myeong-su
Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: E J-yong
Writers: E J-yong, Kim Dae-woo
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by E J-yong, shot by Kim Yeong-cheol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cho Sung-woo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Editor Hahm Sung-won shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Lee Mi-sook and Lee Jung-jae and Min Kim carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0239510 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

E J-yong directs. Kim Yeong-cheol behind the camera. Cho Sung-woo scores. Hahm Sung-won cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by E J-yong, shot by Kim Yeong-cheol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Cho Sung-woo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hahm Sung-won shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lee Mi-sook and Lee Jung-jae and Min Kim carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0239510 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.