Baeksa buin

The plot description of this movie on IMDB (currently) gives the plot description of the Chinese folk tale, but the movie made so many changes to the plot that this description is completely inaccurate, while at the same time being something of a spoiler. The plot of this movie is about a young handsome pharmacist is surprised when a beautiful and rich widow declares her love for him. It seems like a stroke of good fortune but he is soon placed in a series of increasingly dangerous circumstances. This folk tale has apparently been adapted into a movie something like 12 million times. I have never seen any of the other movies, but I strongly suspect that this is not the best one. It seems rather low budget and many of the actors are either over acting or fail to make any kind of an impression at all. But the story is lively enough and the actresses playing the "widow" and her maid give lively performances.