August 26, 2025 (NYC)– Hidden Face is a Unique and Twisted Tale. Director, Kim Dae-woo, has masterfully told this dramatic and erotic story of three talented Korean musicians whose lives are deeply entangled. This Well Go USA release will debut digitally on September 16, 2025.
Synopsis:
Star cellist Su-yeon disappears from her conductor-fiance Sung-jin’s life, leaving nothing but a Dear John video and an empty house. While a hurting Sung-jin attempts to fill her seat in the orchestra, Mi-ju appears as her replacement, but soon winds up taking her place in the bedroom as well in this twisted erotic thriller. Starring Cho Yeo-jeong (Parasite), Song Seung-heon (A Better Tomorrow), and Park Ji-hyun (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum).
Review:
We have often written that the films coming out of South Korea are among the best in the world. In the action and drama genres, in particular, the filmmaking is next level and the storytelling unmatched. The strength lies in the attention paid to every aspect of a film’s development. The characters have depth and realism. It is that approach that makes the new sexually charged film, Hidden Face, so intriguing.
Hidden Face is a twisted tale of a conflicted musical composer whose strong-willed Fiance’ leaves suddenly, or goes missing, leaving him greatly conflicted. The matter is complicated by the missing woman’s strong role in his Orchestra and her mother’s role as the Ensemble Director.
In his attempt to fill her seat in the Orchestra, Song Seung-heon, finds himself filling her seat in life.
The film is extremely engaging. The way it lays out the basic story and then deconstructs it in the last 2/3rds of the movie is masterful filmmaking. The Direction, acting, and cinematography are great. This is a unique, twisted, and erotic tale.
Cho Yeo-jeong, who starred in another erotic and twisted Korean film, The Concubine (2012) is really very good in Hidden Face.
This review is short and a bit cryptic because we run the risk of providing spoilers if we provide too many details. See the movie and you will understand.
I recommend this film highly; however this is a an erotic, film and it is not suitable for younger viewers.
Watch it in Korean, with English subititles.
Hidden face, the Well Go USA Entertainment release on digital September 16, 2025. You can find out more about this film at: https://wellgousa.com/films/hidden-face
Kim Dae-woo
Cho Yeo-jeong,
Park Ji-hyun
Run Time: 115 Minutes/Unrated
Country of Origin: South Korea
-review by Marc Zirogiannis, Editor in Chief
