The Scent (Movie - 2012)

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  Park Hee-soon
  박희순
  As
  Kang Seon-woo
  (강선우)
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  Park Si-yeon
  박시연
  As
  Kim Soo-jin
  (김수진)
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  Joo Sang-wook
  주상욱
  As
  Han Gil-ro
  (한길로)
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  Kim Jeong-tae
  김정태
  As
  Detective Seo
  (서형사)
• 
  Lee Han-wi
  이한위
  As
  Rebel leader Sa
  (사반장)
• 
  Kwang Soo
  이광수
  As
  Gi-poong
  (기풍)

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  Is Nudity Still a Box-Office Draw?
  2012/11/09, Source,
  Testing the legal limits of screen nudity can often be an effective way to publicize a new film, and getting a star to show as much skin as possible is a shortcut to wide media coverage. But increasingly there are signs that such marketing strategies no longer guarantee success. Evidence to the contrary might be provided by a look at the box office performance of movies released this year that drew a lot of attention for nudity. "A Muse", which drew attention for nude scenes by rookie Kim Go-eun-I, managed to pull 1.35 million moviegoers. "The Scent", starring Park Si-yeon, drew 1.25 million viewers, while "The Concubine" starring Jo Yeo-jeong attracted 2.64 million,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Talk] Is Korean Cinema Soft on Sex?
  2012/10/20,
  I don't know what it was exactly about the sex scene in Kim Dae-woo's 2010 remake of the "The Servant" that captivated my interest and senses. Perhaps it was the enchanting realisation/sexual release of the film's own internal eroticisms and sexual pressures or, admittedly, the 'cinematic purity' of the act itself as expressed through both the Choon-hyang's erotised body. Indeed, Jo Yeo-jeong's physical facets, and willingness, have contributed to her popularity as an actress both in Korea and abroad. I am not, however, so brave as to say that she might have inadvertently typecasted herself as Korea's own cinematic exhibitionist, but her recent role in Kim Dae-seung's "The Concubine" seemed to play off that image as an 'erotic icon' as her sexual agency was, once again, commodified through another historical Korean drama that taunted and teases its way through the prickly plane of sexual representation. "The Concubine" did not, however, managed to encapsulate the culture depth and erotic significance of Kim Dae-woo's modernised enactment of the Korean myth of Chann-hyang. In fact, the representation of sexual acts in recent years has seemed to be unable to transgress from Korea's own modern conservatism,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Scent" of Success...
  2012/09/08,
  Film: "The Scent" Director: Kim Hyeong-joon-I Stars: Park Hee-soon, Park Si-yeon, Joo Sang-wook, Kim Jeong-tae and Kwang Soo Score: 5/10 Grouped with some of year's more provocative features, Kim Hyeong-joon-I's "The Scent" teases more than pleases as even an unclad Park Si-yeon failed to pull the film into the realm of decency. In this world of sex, lies, adultery and murder Kim seemingly lost the thread on what was really driving the film. While the film's 'noirish' elements put on a great showing, their effectiveness was sterilized by the haphazard inclusion of other genre motifs and distracting insertions,...More

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  Bumper Year for Adult-Oriented Korean Movies
  2012/06/21, Source,
  The Korean film industry is enjoying a boom this year with the total number of viewers until Tuesday at 41.93 million, up over 10 million from the same period last year. And Korean films attracted more moviegoers than Hollywood blockbusters and other foreign films, accounting for 53.5 percent of the total number. One reason is the popularity of films that appeal to adult audiences. Some 13 Korean films drew over 1 million moviegoers this year, and five of them were rated R,...More