Sex, Lies and Videotape

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Bong Man-dae directs. Kim Hyun-tae behind the camera. Moon In-dae cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 14 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by Bong Man-dae, shot by Kim Hyun-tae. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Editor Moon In-dae shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Koh Soo-hee and Lee Mu-saeng and Tina carry the top of the cast.
• 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Kim Hyun-tae

Editing

Moon In-dae

Runtime

88 min · 1h 28m

Status

Released

Original language

KO

Also by

Bong Man-dae

• 
  Cinderella

  2006 · ★ 6.1
• 
  Apaba

  2001 · ★ 6.0
• 
  Sweet Sex and Love

  2003 · ★ 5.9
• 
  Playboy Bong

  2013 · ★ 5.1
• 
  Trap

  2015 · ★ 5.0
• 
  YangYang

  2017

Key crew

• Lighting DirectorBae San
• EditorMoon In-dae

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2012-01-01

Also known as

International titles

• Sek-seu Geo-jit-mal Geu-ri-go Bi-di-o Te-i-peuKR
• Sex TollUS
• 섹거비KR
• Sek-geo-biKR