No Regret (2006)

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving... See full summary »

Director:

Hee-il Leesong

Writer:

Hee-il Leesong

Stars:

Nam-gil Kim, Young-hoon Lee, Hyeon-cheol Jo

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nam-gil Kim	...	Song Jae-min (as Han Lee)
Young-hoon Lee	...	Lee Su-min
Hyeon-cheol Jo	...	Jung-tae
Dong-wook Kim	...	Ga-ram
Seung-kil Jeong	...	Madame
Hwa-yeong Kim	...	Jae-min's mother
Seung-cheol Lee	...	Jae-min's father
Jeong-hwa Kim	...	Hyun-woo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doo-yeong Choi
Choon-ha Hwang	...	Jae-chul
Seung-gil Jeong
Gi-woong Park	...	Gay Employee
Mi-hyeon Park	...	Restaurant Manager
Ik-joon Yang

Storyline

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs. They meet again the next day: it is during a round of redundancy cuts at the factory where Sumin refuses an attempt by a man (who is in fact the boss' son Jaemin) to save his job. Eventually, Sumin is seduced into working as a prostitute in an up-market boy-brothel as Jaemin's obsession with him grows, leaving Jaemin helpless in the face of his overwhelming desire. This is a film of bold sexuality, where unexpected passion, desire and misunderstandings wreak havoc of an operatic intensity.

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Plot Keywords:

factory | obsession | orphan | oral sex | class distinction | 

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Taglines:

Divided by Class, United by Passion.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

16 November 2006 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

No Regret

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,181, 27 July 2008

Gross USA:

$15,347

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$305,103

Company Credits

Production Co:

Generation Blue Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karaoke track, played in the gay strip club is called - Milion Alikh Roz (Million Red Roses). An infamous Soviet/Russian song, originally performed by Alla Pugacheva. The song is about a tortured artist seeking for love with someone of a higher social status. A very clear parallel could be made between this and the essential plot of the movie.

User Reviews

Gave me "the goosebump experience"

This movie gave me one of those very rare and difficult to describe experiences, where I was completely riveted during the film, then literally ecstatic afterward thanks to the artistic brilliance on display here. I saw it at the San Francisco Frameline film festival 6/07. Maybe my experience was personal, and maybe I just enjoyed the movie more than anyone in the audience that night, I really can't say. But wow! I wanted to jump for joy when it was over. So unique, inventive, fascinating, unexpected, beautifully acted (beautiful in all senses of the word), and with direction so insanely brilliant it was a gift to this movie lover. There are some great films coming out of S. Korea; this is one. See it if you can.