A Good Lawyer’s Wife (2003): Cast, Box Office & Plot
A Good Lawyer’s Wife is a 2003 crime drama directed by Im Sang-soo, starring Moon So-ri as Eun Ho-jeong, Kim In-mun and Youn Yuh-jung. It runs 1 hour 46 minutes and earned $80,940 worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 46m (106 min)
- Director
- Im Sang-soo
- Original language
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Korean - Studio
- Myung Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is A Good Lawyer’s Wife About?
The premise of A Good Lawyer’s Wife without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A married woman with a child finds herself drifting apart from her unfaithful husband. As the distance widens, she is drawn into a clandestine affair with the teenage boy who lives next door, a relationship that threatens to upend her family life.
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- female nudity
- sexually dissatisfied wife
- murder of a child
- boy frontal nudity
- woman has sex with a teenager
- sexually frustrated woman
- coming of age
- female topless nudity
- cheating husband
- cheating wife
- teenage sexuality
- cunnilingus
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- bush
- voyeurism
- female rear nudity
- female full frontal nudity
- panties pulled down
- woman fingers her vagina
- extramarital affair
- male rear nudity
- premature ejaculation
- nylons
- pantyhose
- stockings
- mature woman teenage boy sex
- boy taking a bath
- suicide
- wife pregnant by another man
- exhibitionism
- reference to pubic hair
- infidelity
- woman
- dry humping
- wife masturbates in front of husband
- voyeur
- family bed
- dark room
- caught in the rain
- woman smoking
- woman wears thong and pantyhose
- clothed sex
- cowgirl sex position
- coughing blood
- hiking
- missionary position
- pokies
- male star appears nude
- sewing machine
- nude handstand
- spanking during sex
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Cast & Characters
Moon So-ri leads the cast as Eun Ho-jeong, with Kim In-mun as Ju Chang-geun and Youn Yuh-jung as Hong Byeong-han. Directed by Im Sang-soo; 13 actors are credited in all.
- Director Im Sang-soo
- Moon So-ri as Eun Ho-jeong
- Kim In-mun as Ju Chang-geun
- Youn Yuh-jung as Hong Byeong-han
- Kim Yeo-jin as Eun Ho-jung's friend
Also Starring in A Good Lawyer’s Wife
· 9 more- Baek Jeong-rim Kim Yeon
- Bong Tae-gyu Shin Ji-woon
- Kim Eung-soo Yang Taek-sik
- Hwang Jung-min Joo Young-jak
- Park Gil-su Cop Investigating Car Accident
- Jung Woo Neighborhood Thug
- Jung Jae-jin Projectionist
- Lee Bong-gyu Town Chief
- Choi Dong-hoon Police Officer
More from Im Sang-soo
More films directed by Im Sang-soo: Heaven: To The Land of Happiness, The Vampire Lives Next Door to Us, Intimate Enemies and The Old Garden.
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Plot Summary
What happens in A Good Lawyer’s Wife from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Ju Yeong-jak is a successful lawyer who works long hours. While he is working, his wife Eun Ho-jeong, who gave up her dancing career in order to be “a good lawyer’s wife,” raises their young adopted son and works as a dance instructor in the local gym.
Ju Yeong-jak’s father, Ju Chang-geun, an alcoholic with a terminal liver failure, has not slept with his wife Hong Byeong-han in 15 years. She is having an affair with another man, and when Chang-geun finally dies, she tells Yeong-jak and Ho-jeong about her relationship with the other man—an old friend from her grade school—and says that she even plans to marry him. Her daughter-in-law Ho-jeong supports her.
Full summary
The whole story of A Good Lawyer’s Wife, scene by scene
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Box Office
A Good Lawyer’s Wife grossed $80,940 worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$80.9K
- International
- $80.9K
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Trailers & Videos
The trailer of A Good Lawyer’s Wife.
How Well Do You Know A Good Lawyer’s Wife?
9 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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What is the profession of Ju Yeong-jak?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife Also Known As
12 alternative titles, including “Baramnan gajok” and “浮気な家族”.
- Also known as
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- Baramnan gajok
- 浮気な家族
- 浮気な家族：2003
- La moglie dell'avvocato
- 바람난 가족
- 偷情家族
- Eine Familie geht fremd
- Une femme Coréenne
- La mujer del abogado
- Жена хорошего адвоката
- Dobrý právník a jeho žena
- 偷食男女
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A Good Lawyer’s Wife FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of A Good Lawyer’s Wife, each answered in a sentence.
How long is A Good Lawyer’s Wife?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife runs 1 hour 46 minutes (106 minutes).
When was A Good Lawyer’s Wife released?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife was released on August 14, 2003.
Who directed A Good Lawyer’s Wife?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife was directed by Im Sang-soo.
More films by Im Sang-soo Who is in the cast of A Good Lawyer’s Wife?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife stars Moon So-ri as Eun Ho-jeong, Kim In-mun as Ju Chang-geun and Youn Yuh-jung as Hong Byeong-han, among 13 credited actors.
How much did A Good Lawyer’s Wife make at the box office?
A Good Lawyer’s Wife grossed $80,940 worldwide.
Does A Good Lawyer’s Wife have a post-credit scene?
No. A Good Lawyer’s Wife has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is A Good Lawyer’s Wife in?
The original language of A Good Lawyer’s Wife is Korean.
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