Gong Yoo's 'The Trunk' Receives Mixed Reactions Over Multiple Sex Scenes

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Netflix's newest K-drama, "The Trunk," has generated quite a bit of buzz with its out of nowhere more mature approach to things.

Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun Jiin's Bed Scenes in 'Trunk'
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The series, based on a novel by Kim Ryeo Ryeong, is set around a storyline that is in stark opposition to the "wholesome" image Korea seeks to portray through its dramas.

Produced by the movie distributor, the contract marriage service provider NM focuses on the character Noh In-Ji, played by Seo Hyun Jin, and stars Gong Yoo in the film "The Trunk."

Gong Yoo's 'The Trunk' Receives Mixed Reactions Over Multiple Sex
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Part of the story is that after completing her fourth contract marriage, she enters into a fifth with Han Jeong-Won (Gong Yoo).

The story revolves around Jeong-Won, played by a music producer, who deals with the leftover emotional baggage from his ex-wife and lingering over her memory.

Their romance is front and center as they maneuver through their contractual marriage and begin to uncover the mysteries of NM.

There are numerous raunchy sex scenes, making viewers feel blindsided by the service's early episodes.

The scene included a sexual encounter in a kitchen, which shocked audiences who expected a more restrained genre approach, as it did in other episodes of the series' first season.

More raunchiness follows in Episode 2, which features a naked top that pushes the very limits of imagination.

The netizen's reactions have been polarized; some feel it showcases a raw and realistic mirror of a modern relationship, while others have felt some discomfort with such explicit content.

A lot pointed out that "The Trunk" is not for family audiences because of its subject matter.

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