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Green Chair

2005 · 98 min

An intimate, quietly uncomfortable study of forbidden desire, watching two lovers cling to each other while the world judges them.

Directed by
Park Cheol-su
Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
The Crime Was Their Passion.
Overview
When she falls in love with a handsome minor, a South Korean housewife finds herself at the center of a sexual scandal and hounded by hungry tabloid journalists. She vows to cut him out of her life but then he reaches the age of legal consent.

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Directed by
Park Cheol-su
Genres
Romance, Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • media
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Park Cheol-su
Written by
Kim Jeon-han
Starring
Suh Jung, Shim Ji-ho, Oh Youn-hong, Kim Hye-ok, Kim Jeon-han, Kim Yong-wan
Cinematography
Lee Eun-gil
Runtime
98 min
Country
South Korea

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