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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Thriller · Mystery · Crime · 2004

A cop's desire for love gets in the way of his job and his professional life. Secret love affairs begin to dangerously collide as he gets assigned to a new homicide case.

Movie details

The Scarlet Letter

“Sex. Lies. Murder.”

2004 Thriller · Mystery · Crime 1h 55m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

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A cop's desire for love gets in the way of his job and his professional life. Secret love affairs begin to dangerously collide as he gets assigned to a new homicide case.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Byun Hyuk

Written by

Kang Hyun-joo · Byun Hyuk

Han Suk-kyu

Han Suk-kyu

Lee Ki-hoon

Lee Eun-ju

Lee Eun-ju

Choi Ga-hee

Sung Hyun-ah

Sung Hyun-ah

Ji Kyung-hee

Uhm Ji-won

Uhm Ji-won

Han Su-hyun

Kim Jin-geun

Kim Jin-geun

Jung Myung-sik

Choi Gyu-hwan

Choi Gyu-hwan

Detective Choi

Do Yong-gu

Do Yong-gu

President Han

Court is in session

Put The Scarlet Letter on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.