A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Cinematography
Hazy 1960s military base shot like fever dream
Acting
Lim Ji-yeon's debut performance is devastatingly controlled
Production
Vietnam-era sets that feel lived-in and suffocating
Director
Kim Dae-woo
Song Seung-heon
Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong
Lim Ji-yeon
Jong Ga-heun
Cho Yeo-jeong
Lee Sook-jin
On Ju-wan
Kyung Woo-jin
Yoo Hai-jin
Lim
Park Hyuk-kwon
Lieutenant Colonel Choi
Jang Yun-sil
Unit 4 Woman
Kim Hye-na
Unit 6 Woman
Um Tae-goo
Warrant Officer Kim
Han Ha-yoo
Hanbok Woman Fairy
Lee Seung-joon
Chief Medical Officer (uncredited)
Bae Sung-woo
Jo Hak-soo (uncredited)
Jeon Hye-jin
Lieutenant Colonel Choi's Wife (uncredited)
Ye Su-jeong
Woo-jin's Mother (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lim Ji-yeon won Best New Actress at multiple Korean film awards for this, her first film—beating out 300+ auditioners.
The film sparked controversy for glamorizing adultery while critics defended its critique of 1960s military patriarchy and Vietnam War-era Korean masculinity.
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