The Isle

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Movie: The Isle
Revised romanization: Seom
Hangul: 섬
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Assistant Director: Kim Hyun-Seok
Writer: Kim Ki-Duk
Producer: Eun Lee
Cinematographer Hwang Seo-Sik
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Runtime: 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Hee-Jin (Seo Jung) works in a fishing spot isolated from the world, taking care of small fishing huts that seem to float like islands on a reservoir. Occasionally, she also prostitutes herself to the fishermen. One day, a man comes. He is full of a sense of despair and estrangement. Hee-Jin has her own streak of rustic madness.

Cast

Seo Jung - Hee-Jin
Kim Yu-Seok - Hyun-Shik
Seo Won - Eun-A
Cho Jae-Hyun - Mang-Chi
Jang Hang-Seon - Middle-aged man
Han Da-Hyun - Jung-A
Son Min-Suk - Dal-Soo
Kim Yeo-Jin
Yang Young-Jo - detective 1

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Film Festivals

2012 (16th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 19-29, 2012 - Myung Film Retrospective
2015 (14th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 26-July 18, 2015 - Myung Films

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Rodrick Mar 11 2014 1:07 am Okay, This is my all time favorite film and some may wonder why. I really don't have a good answer for it but I can say that I love the elements in this film. I even liked the minimal dialogue and the sublime story and acting where great. The soundtrack was also good. This film is very atmospheric and I found myself wishing I could be there, I really loved Seo Jeong's character as a seemingly mute caretaker of the lake getaway. It is definitely a different type of film, I am glad I discovered this film for myself while touring some of Kim Ki Duk's earlier works.

Jon DA May 15 2013 1:58 pm When I first saw this I thought it was one of the weirdest hotels on the face of the planet. I think it's a funny art film if you close your eyes on its upsetting bits. Just get a common sense really. It has a great rock track at end which I like endlessly

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