An Affair was a commercial success in Seoul, recording over . It is often cited as a representative work of Korean erotic cinema that avoids dramatic plot twists in favor of subtle, realistic emotional progression. An Affair (1998, Lee Je-yong) - The Stop Button
The story follows (played by Lee Mi-sook ), a woman in her late thirties whose life is defined by the comfortable but hollow routines of her upper-middle-class existence. She is married to a successful architect and has a ten-year-old son, but she feels an unspoken inner emptiness. Film Review: An Affair (1998) by Lee Jae-yong an affair 1998 lk21