The Scent
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 간통을 기다리는 남자 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gantongeul Gidarineun Namja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kant'ongŭl Kidarinŭn Namcha |
| Directed by | Kim Hyeong-jun |
| Written by | Hwang Seong-gu Kim Hyeong-jun |
| Produced by | Choi Jun-yeong Lee Min-ho |
| Starring | Park Hee-soon Park Si-yeon |
| Cinematography | Choi Young-taek Yun Tae-gi |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Music by | Yuta |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$8.2 million[1] |
The Scent (Korean: 간통을 기다리는 남자; RR: Gantongeul Gidarineun Namja; MR: Kant'ongŭl Kidarinŭn Namcha; lit. "Man Who Waits for Adultery"; also shortened to Korean: 간기남; RR: Gan-gi-nam) is a 2012 South Korean comedy-thriller film starring Park Hee-soon and Park Si-yeon.[2][3]
Kang Seon-woo is a detective specializing in adultery cases. One day, he investigates the scene of an incident only to find two dead bodies. The only witness is Kim Soo-jin, the dead man's wife. Seon-woo inadvertently become a primary suspect and struggles to prove his innocence.[4]
Plot
[edit]For the past two years, while on suspension for adultery with a police chief's wife, detective Kang Seon-woo (Park Hee-soon), has been running a private-eye agency specializing in adultery cases. He's also being sued for divorce by his wife, Hye-young (Cha Soo-yeon). A couple of days before resuming his old job, Seon-u accepts a case from a woman, Kim Soo-jin (Yoon Jae), who wears a particularly alluring perfume. She says her husband, casino billionaire Nam Yeong-gil (Jo Won-hee), is conducting an affair with another woman at a love hotel in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, outside Seoul. Seon-woo checks into an adjoining room in the unmanned hotel and is met there by Soo-jin. Instead of immediately surprising the lovers, Soo-jin invites Seon-woo to a drink and seduces him. Seon-woo wakes up next to her dead body, and in the next room finds the husband also dead. The woman there says her name is also Kim Soo-jin (Park Si-yeon) and the dead man is her husband. Along with his idiot assistant, ex-con Gi-poong (Lee Kwang-soo), Seon-woo cleans the crime scenes and buries the bodies, realizing he's been framed for the double murder. Resuming his job at Jonggu Police Station, Seon-woo investigates the case along with two colleagues: the stubbornly procedural Seo (Kim Jung-tae), who dislikes him, and the easy-going Han Gil-ro (Joo Sang-wook), who admires him. Seon-woo has noticed that Soo-jin wears the same perfume as her dead namesake, and she admits she wanted a divorce from her husband, who used to beat her. Seon-woo questions the dead Soo-jin's boyfriend, gym trainer Lee Jin-guk (Kim Yun-seong), but the trail leads nowhere. As the terrier-like Seo comes up with more evidence that could eventually implicate Seon-woo in the murders, Seon-woo finds himself falling hard for Soo-jin and on a deadline to solve the mystery.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Park Hee-soon - Kang Seon-woo
- Park Si-yeon - Kim Soo-jin
- Joo Sang-wook - Detective Han Gil-ro
- Kim Jung-tae - Detective Seo
- Lee Han-wi - Chief detective Sa
- Lee Kwang-soo - Gi-poong
- Cha Soo-yeon - Hye-young
- Kim Yun-seong - Lee Jin-guk
- Jo Won-hee - Nam Yeong-gil
- Yoon Jae - the other Kim Soo-jin
- Kim Gyeong-ryong - Yangpyeong neighborhood association president
- Jeong Hyeong-seok - chief inspector at tribunal
- Shin Hyeon-tak - mud boy man
- Lydia Park - chief inspector at tribunal
- Jeon Soo-kyung - Chinese restaurant manageress
- Jang Hang-jun - Chinese restaurant boss
- Kim Jeong-hak - forensics officer
Production
[edit]About her radical nude scene, Park Si-yeon said, "When I first got the script, there was no exposure scene and I did not know that I had to go naked in front of the camera until we started filming. It was tough as I have never done such thing before, but I had several heated discussions with the producer and my co-star Park Hee-soon about these scenes and we did it."[6]
Box office
[edit]Despite somewhat negative reception from film critics, the film performed strongly at the box office.[7] In total the film sold 1,246,185 admissions nationwide,[8] with the success of the film largely attributed to Park Si-yeon's numerous nude scenes.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Scent". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ^ Suk, Monica (23 February 2012). "Park Si-yeon, Park Hee-soon's film to premiere in April". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (28 July 2011). "Park Si-yeon to make comeback to big screen". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "The Scent (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Elley, Derek (24 August 2012). "The Scent". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Park Si Yeon Talks About Nude Scene in Upcoming Film "The Scent"". www.soompi.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy (30 May 2012). "Box office, April 1-30". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Korean Box Office". Hancinema. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Korean Movies Get Racier to Fend off Hollywood". The Chosun Ilbo. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Man Waiting for Adultery Park Siyeon mentioned about the bed scene". StarN News. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- The Scent at IMDb
- The Scent at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- The Scent at HanCinema