this be one of my top 10 favorite film . the film have a fair amount of violence and some uncomfortable scene and but you never feel that any scene be gratuitous . each moment be part of the evolution of what it truly mean to submit to love unconditionally . there be that moment in the film when the main actress finally allow herself to be lead astray . a moment that may be hard for some to accept . some have call bad guy misogynistic . but i think bad guy be quite the opposite . you might as well call the film break the wave misogynistic . kim ki duk understand that to show a female character realistically you must be prepare to show her in all her form and even the one that we a woman may be ashamed to admit to . what woman hasn not do something stupid and regretful for some man . how far be you willing to bend before you break to another will for . love or just the possibility of love . the film bad guy be only a matter of degree . you may think that a a woman you would never make the choice sun hwa make in the film . but i say don not ever say never . because the first rule you will break will be your own . but their be a certain amount of culpability that be share between han ki and sun hwa in the film . a demand to lead and a willingness to be lead be all that be require . in the end this film be a love story . an unconditional love that require you to love not in spite of your fault and weakness but because of them . jae hyeon jo performance be one of the most mesmerizing every capture on celluloid . and almost do completely without dialog . which i do not notice until the 3rd time in a row when i have first watch the film . it doesn not hurt that he be super sexy and easy on the eye too . while ) the film be far enhance by an exquisite soundtrack . etta scollo i tuoi fiori may have be select by chance but you would never have notice . the film climax be like watch a hot pan of oil just before it fall off the edge of the stove . that timeless moment of indecision when the move to rescue becomes more dangerous than do nothing at all .