Scandal: The Love Story of Men and Women in Joseon

The film is set in aristocratic late-18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. Irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower innocent young Soh-ok, who is to become her husband's concubine. But his attentions soon shift to graceful, aloof Lady Sook, who lives according to her convictions as a Catholic. He becomes obsessed with seducing this chaste woman who has remained celibate for nine years since her husband's death. However, conquering the most virtuous woman in the land proves to be more difficult than Chosun's notorious playboy expects.