Villain and Widow () is a 2010 South Korean crime comedy film written and directed by Son Jae-gon about a depressed widow who rents out a room to a suspicious man who claims to be a novelist.
Plot Yeon-joo, a depressed widow, lives with her bad-tempered daughter, Seong-ah, who's an ex-child model but is now being bullied in school. Things become worse when she starts to experience financial problems. Now deep in debt, Yeon-joo decides to rent out a room in her house to a mysterious man named Chang-in who introduces himself as a novelist. Unbeknownst to her, Chang-in is a thief who's trying to get his hands on a set of Ming Dynasty tea utensils that her deceased husband stole.
Cast Han Suk-kyu as Chang-in Kim Hye-soo as Ham Yeon-joo Ji Woo as Ham Seong-ah Kim Ki-cheon as Seong-sik Lee Yong-nyeo as Next door neighbor Lee Jang-woo as Constable Oh Oh Jae-gyun as Section chief Song Um Ki-joon as Representative Ha Shin Dongho as Hyun-chul Park Won-sang as Ham Ki-soo Park Hyuk-kwon as Manager Jo Yoon Hee-seok as Doctor Nam Bae Jang-soo as Owner of real estate agency
Production In 2009, the film was given the Lotte Award and received in funding at the Asian Project Market (then-called Pusan Promotion Plan) of the 14th Busan International Film Festival.
Reception Russell Edwards of Variety called it "amusing if overlong." James Mudge of Beyond Hollywood described it as "a breath of fresh air" that "[refuses] to comply with the usual tired genre clichés." Pierce Conran of Modern Korean Cinema wrote that it "transcends genre." Kyu Hyun Kim of Koreanfilm.org wrote that it is "a superbly intelligent and supremely witty piece of entertainment."
Kim Hye-soo received Best Actress nominations at the 48th Grand Bell Awards and the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2011. She also won a Popular Star Award at the latter.
Awards and nominations Award Category Recipient Result 48th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Kim Hye-soo 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Popular Star Award
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