High Society Movie
In “High Society,” a driven art gallery curator and her politically savvy husband navigate a world of privilege, scheming to break into the upper crust. As ambition intertwines with passion, they confront the true cost of elite status and their own values.
A university professor running for the National Assembly and his art gallery deputy curator wife consider trading their ethics to gain entry into high society.
Directed by Byun Hyuk, who doesn’t have any critically-acclaimed films under his belt, the movie features a list of great actors. Park Hae-Il is the main lead actor, alongside Su-Ae as the female lead. The supporting cast members are also highly-talented individuals: Yoon Je-Moon, Ra Mi-Ran, and Lee Jin-Wook to name a few. As I mentioned above, <High Society> is an R-rated movie, mainly for its sexual content. It was promoted as an erotic film, even having a separate 19+ trailer. For sure, it needed to have the right balance of sexuality and story for it to be good. Too much sexual content and no focus on story could lead it to be seen merely as a softcore adult film. The story in a film like this is what differentiates it from being just a mediocre “erotic movie” from a great mature film.
Review: “High Society” Korean Movie
Byun Hyuk has been making films for decades now and is extremely talented at doing so. The culmination of his vision and the cast & crew all doing stellar jobs for this film should be commended. It should be noted that this film is a Netflix original. It has been very interesting to see how Netflix now is expanding into supporting international filmmakers, allowing viewers to see how talented artists like Hyuk are. Netflix supporting him is even more amazing because Hyuk hadn’t made a film in almost a decade, prior to High Society. Hopefully this will get Hyuk to continue making his wonderful films.
Movie Profile
- Movie: High Society (English & literal title)
- Revised romanization: Sangryusahwe
Hangul: 상류사회 - Director: Byeon Hyeok
- Writer: Byeon Hyeok
- Producer: Kim Chul-Yong, Jang Mi-Ae, Kim Won-Guk
- Cinematographer: Park Se-Seung
- Release Date: August 29, 2018
- Runtime: 120 min.
- Genre: Drama
- Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
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