
Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent young Soh-ok, who is to become her husband's concubine. But, his attentions soon shift to the graceful and aloof Lady Sook, who lives according to her convictions as a Catholic. Jo-won becomes obsessed with seducing this chaste woman who has re... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent young Soh-ok, who is to become her husband's concubine. But, his attentions soon shift to the graceful and aloof Lady Sook, who lives according to her convictions as a Catholic. Jo-won becomes obsessed with seducing this chaste woman who has remained celibate for nine years since her husband's death. However, conquering the most virtuous woman in the land proves to be more difficult than Chosun's notorious playboy expects.
Leave your thoughts about Untold Scandal.
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansAmong the many movie versions of this tale, Untold Scandal is one of the most visually arresting. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA gorgeous setting and ferociously charming cast add unexpected depths to this scalding saga of manipulation. |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghAn elegant yet unassuming variation [Les Liaisons Dangereuses]. |
| New York Daily NewsRobert DominguezKorean director Je-yong Lee puts a compelling cross-cultural spin on a familiar plot in this erotic, Eastern adaptation of the Chodelos de Laclos' 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. |
| Film Journal InternationalMatthew SmithUntold Scandal, the latest screen adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a stylish, cool and detached interpretation of an overworked text. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonPictorially sumptuous and sexually provocative. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrOf all the Liaisons adaptations, this may be the most sentimental. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranChoderlos de Laclos' novel has survived this long for a reason, and Untold Scandal shows us exactly what that is. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghA beguiling mix of the familiar and the exotic, vivid proof that a good story can withstand endless variations without losing its fundamental vitality. |
| All Movie GuideJosh RalskeThe world hardly needed another version of Dangerous Liaisons...but gifted writer/director E J-Yong still manages to make the material engaging. |