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Toxic Desire: Addiction

2014 · 91 min

A slow, uneasy plunge into guilt and dangerous attraction, where trust erodes and every confession feels like a trap.

Directed by
Yoon Yeo-chang
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Kim Sun-young, Hong Kyung-in, Lee Jeong-woo
Tagline
"Someone's always watching me but people don't believe me when I say there's someone there"
Overview
Psychiatrist Joon-sang is a well-known doctor. He is level-headed with his patients, but he's got a painful past. He'd witnessed his wife kill herself because she was raped. He'd suffered insomnia along with guilt and sadness until a beautiful girl Ji-soo comes along. She tells him every man who's loved her died and that someone was watching her. She seduces Joon-sang. A detective suspects Ji-soo to be involved with a recent murder case and asks Joon-sang for her medical records... Falling in love with something dangerous and the end of which is unknown!

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Yoon Yeo-chang
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Kim Sun-young, Hong Kyung-in, Lee Jeong-woo
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • grief
  • deception
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
mystery, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
Jeong Tae-seong
Starring
Kim Sun-young, Hong Kyung-in, Lee Jeong-woo, Park Se-jin, Lee Seol-gu, Lee Hyun-ji, Kim Young-woong, Kang Seung-beom
Runtime
91 min
Languages
Korean

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