
Careful What You Wish For(2015)
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.


“An indecent affair, a daring love of a lifetime.”
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.

Yunjin Kim
Mi-heun

Lee Jong-won
In-gyu
Kye Seong-yong
Hyo-kyung
Kim Min-kyeong
Young-woo

Son Ji-na
Eun-yeon
Kim Min-chae
Ye-seon

Ha Seung-lee
Su-jin
Hong Se-na
Yi-sook

Kim Jung-tae
Dong-wook

Son Byung-ho
Eun-yeon's Husband
Ardor is a drama, thriller film released in 2002 exploring themes of loss of loved one, forbidden love, domestic violence, doctor, relationship, divorce. Directed by Byun Young-joo, it stars Yunjin Kim, Lee Jong-won, Kye Seong-yong. In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.
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