So, let's say you're a Korean film maker who made his mark internationally with a debut picture about a young man, sick of being bullied, who enlists an aging gangster to teach him to fight. What do you do next? Well, if you're Shin Han-Sol, who made his debut in 2005 with The Art of Fighting, you make a sex comedy! Shin's sophomore pictureA Tale Of Legendary Libido has been flying under the radar so far but with a release date set for early May I'm sure we can expect to see a lot more from it soon.
Hidden in the ancient Korean folklore lies a tragic character with a massive inferiority complex. Byun Kang-se's problem stems from his seriously impaired libido due to a freak accident when he was young. He lives in a small village deep inside a mountain where women's estrogen flows freely and men do not possess much control. The women tease and ridicule Byun, a man who's without manhood within, and he hides himself in the mountains. There he encounters a traveling monk and attains the ultimate male power of never-ending erection and arousal. Around this time all men are grouped and sent off to war and only Byun remains to satisfy the women of the village who are only happy to line up outside his home and quench their sexual desires and fantasies.
Bong Tae-Gyu and Oh Dal-Soo star.