South Korea Synopsis
스캔들: 조선남녀상열지사
“Prepare to be seduced.”
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Untold Scandal. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Bom Film Productions
The 2002–2004 South Korea Window
Untold Scandal holds position #36 of 91 South Korea films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Untold Scandal premiered alongside 30 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 30 other South Korea films in 2003.
The 137th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 72% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Untold Scandal, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- seduction · 3
- catholicism · 2
- cousin cousin relationship · 2
- sexual promiscuity · 1
- religious persecution · 1
- historical · 28
- eroticism · 25
- 18th century · 14
- blackmail · 11
- mature · 8
- tragic event · 7
- based on novel or book · 288
- joseon dynasty · 42
- period drama · 37
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #903 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #620 of 868 (top 71%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 4m |
| Release Date | October 2, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0380689 |