The director's cut is literally the exact same footage from the miniseries compiled into one film. They are EXACTLY the same, except director's cut had something like 10 minutes more content.

Both films are BL and feature one guy who really loves another but who leaves him in order to pursue a 'normal' life with a woman.

Both films are BL and feature one guy who really loves another but who leaves him in order to pursue a 'normal' life with a woman.

-Violent character
-Graphic content
-Crime spree
-Sexual assault
-Lack of conscience

Innocent men are subjected to physical abuse and torture by police in order to force a false confession.

-Police corruption
-Wrongfully accused
-Innocent man
-Physical abuse during interrogation
-Bad cops
-Human rights issues
-Miscarriage of justice

-Police corruption
-Wrongfully accused
-False imprisonment
-Innocent man
-Physical abuse during interrogation
-Bad cops pin a crime on a man they know is innocent

-Korean historical setting
-Star-crossed lovers
-Same vibes

-Japanese language film
-Stalking/watching a couple
-Peeping Tom
-Sexually explicit

-Japanese language film
-Stalking/watching a couple
-Peeping Tom
-Sexually explicit

-Voyeurism
-Dude in attic watches couple being intimate through hole in floorboards
-Peeping Tom
-Erotic content

Both films feature a mother who is suffering from some form of addiction. She is extremely neglectful towards her son and incapable of taking care of him properly.