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The Temptation of Sadness

The Temptation of Sadness

Drama, Romance, LGBTQ

Byung Min-soo

Kim Ga-su, Zhu Zhen-mo, Kim Mi-sook

1999

South Korea

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Completed

Korean

50 minutes

2025-02-20 02:43:15

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This film (drama)Also known as슬픈 유혹,is aSouth KoreaProducerbeauty live,At1999Released in year 。The dialogue language isKorean,Current Douban rating8.0(For reference only)。
A middle-aged man (played by Kim Ga-su) whose career is in decline and who is increasingly undervalued by his company, and whose family life is becoming less harmonious, encounters a young man (played by Zhu Zhen-mo) whose career is on the rise and who has suddenly faced the emotional turmoil of losing the man he has loved for a long time...The middle-aged man finds himself in a more difficult position at work due to the presence of the young man, whom he deeply resents. The young man has always had a deeply loved homosexual partner, but this person suddenly wants to break up after being discovered as gay. Despite the young man's desperate attempts to keep the relationship, the partner cruelly cuts off all contact, leaving the young man in tears by the Han River as he reflects on the man he once loved, asking, is public opinion really that important to us...? With few friends, the young man seeks solace from the middle-aged man during his sorrow, leading to conversations that gradually develop into a relationship. The middle-aged man covers the heartbroken young man with a blanket and, as he watches him, realizes that he is beginning to develop feelings, prompting him to flee in panic...