Untold Scandal DVD – Bae Yong-jun, Lee Soh-yeon 

Korean adaptation of Laclos’ classic tale of romantic deception, set amongst the aristocracy of 18th century Korea. Lady Cho (Lee Mi-soo) sets a challenge for her cousin, Sir Cho-wan (Bae Yong-jun), daring him to seduce the young woman who is set to become her husband’s concubine. If he is successful, Lady Cho is willing to give herself to her cousin as the prize, but if he fails, he will be condemned to spend the rest of his life as a monk. Sir Cho-wan agrees, but raises the stakes even higher by adding the famously virtuous Lady Sook (Jeon Do-yeon) to the proposed list of conquests. So begins a subtle and cynical game of seduction and deception, hidden behind the romantic conventions of the era.

Based on ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ the infamous bodice-ripping novel by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos ‘Untold Scandal’ focuses on the end of the Chosun dynasty in Korea; a period when rigid Confucianism clashed with encroaching new beliefs. Chosun’s most infamous Casanova irresistible temptress and virtuous widow entangled in provocative and dangerous liaisons! Lady Cho (Lee Mi-sook) is a brilliant woman who mastered the classics on her own and resents the limited life she must lead