简介：“BreakThroughtheLimitsofEroticism!”SoreadthetitleofonenewspaperadvertisementforSABANGJI,setduringtheChosŏndynasty(1392-1910)andundeniablycateringtoheterosexualmaledesiretogazeintotherealmoffemalehomoeroticism.Inclassicexploitationform,thetitlecharacterofthefilmpossessesbothmaleandfemalegenitalia,leadingSabangjitosufferanidentitycrisisandexperiencefeelingsofself-contempt. Andyetthefilmerasestheprotagonist’smasculinecharacteristicsaltogether.Sabangji’spenisneverrevealsitselfevenasacontour,existingmerelyasacrashingsoundeffectinthefirstsexscene.Theerasuremightbeasoptoplacateheterosexualmen,butitalsocreatesaspaceforfemalehomoeroticismandanalternative,iftragic,formoflove.Inthissense,anotherwisesensationalisticphraseinthenewspaperadvertisementforthefilmisquitehonest:“Hotfemale-to-femalerelationsthatriseaboveethicsandmorals!”–HanSangKim…