A director who films desire discovers his own is the most dangerous story of all.
As an adult film director, Tae-joon is called a polar bear because he has a low-talking personality but has a big body and voice when excited. Because of his lustful father, he thinks only of women as a tool to quench her sexual desire. He is currently running a cafe with coffee he learned to soothe the mind and body. He has an uninspiring sex life with the erotic actress Do Do-hee, his sex partner. On the other hand, one day when Yeon-hee, the youngest member of the Alaska directing department, works at Tae-Jun's cafe, Tae-Jun can't stand his sexual desire and violates her...
Direction
Yoon Joong-boo's deliberately uncomfortable framing implicates the viewer.
Acting
Lee Chae-dam's hollow-eyed performance cuts through the exploitation veneer.
Director
Yoon Joong-boo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean softcore 'ero-dramas' of this era often used explicit content to sidestep stricter censorship on political themes.
The 'polar bear' nickname deliberately mirrors the director's own predatory stillness before violence.
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