Untold Scandal

Untold Scandal (; lit. "Scandal: The Love Story of Men and Women in Joseon") is a 2003 South Korean romantic drama film directed by E J-yong, and starring Bae Yong-joon, Jeon Do-yeon, and Lee Mi-sook. Loosely based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, this adaptation takes place in late 18th century Korea, during the Joseon dynasty. In South Korea the film was given an R-18 rating by the Korean Film Ethics Commission. The film was a major commercial success, and became the fourth highest grossing domestic film of 2003 with 3,522,747 tickets sold nationwide. Plot A beautiful but cynical and manipulative noblewoman makes a bet with her free-spirited womanizing 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 though not suspecting the nasty trap he is walking into. Cast Bae Yong-joon – Jo-won (Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont) Jeon Do-yeon – Lady Jeong (Madame Marie de Tourvel) Lee Mi-sook – Lady Cho (Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil) Lee So-yeon – Lee So-ok (Cécile de Volanges) Jo Hyun-jae – Kwon In-ho (Cécile's music tutor Chevalier Raphael Danceny) Lee Mi-ji – So-ok's mother (Cécile's mother Madame de Volanges) – Madam Jo's husband (Merteuil's former love, the Comte de Gercourt) Choi Ban-ya – Chu Wol-yi Choi Sung-min – slave Jeon Yang-ja – Vice-Premier's wife Seo Yoon-ah – Jung-geum Han Yi-bin – Eun-sil Jung Jae-jin – elder 2 Kong Ho-suk – elder 3 Na Han-il – Nobleman Yoo