The Bow

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Movie: The Bow
Revised Romanization: Hwal
Hangul: 활
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Writer: Kim Ki-Duk
Producer: Kang Young-Goo, Jang Suk-Bin, Jung Hee-Sub, Lee Hong-Suk, Kim Ki-Duk
Cinematographer: Jang Sung-Baek
Release Date: May 12, 2005
Runtime : 88 min
Genre: Drama / Arthouse
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot

A 16-year-old girl (Han Yeo-Reum) and a 60-year-old man (Jun Sung-Hwan) live together on a permanently anchored boat. The old man has raised the girl since she was a child and now she has almost blossomed into a woman. The 60 year old man's health is that of a younger man and he uses his bow to protect the girl from men that live on land. The old man plans to marry the girl when she turns 17, but other men in the area have their eyes set on her ....

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Jun Sung-Hwan	Han Yeo-Reum	Seo Ji-Suk
Old Man	The Girl	The Student

Additional Cast Members:

Jeon Kuk-Hwan - The Student's father
Kim Ik-Tae - Man 1
Jo Hyun-Woo - Man 3
Kong Yoo-Seok - guy 1
So Jae-Ick - guy 2
Jang Da-Kyung - gisaeng

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Pillai Sanjayan Jan 16 2020 2:06 am at Last scene The bow had hitten the old man would have been the ending or the marriage of young boy & girl at the end was happy ending but salute to director Kim Ki Duk for the ending we are seeing in the film.......nice superb full movie script direction every department

lrt Sep 21 2019 4:20 am ….loved it until the ending....the ending ruined what was sensitive and beautiful. Just changed into something surreal.

CKW Feb 28 2017 3:06 pm One of the best Korean movie I've seen. Beautifully directed. The production design and score is amazing.

Juliana Sep 07 2015 12:22 am The girl is decked in red, blue, and yellow -the main prime colors. And then suddenly she is white at the end. Absolutely beautiful.

Yogesh odyssey opera Aug 29 2012 5:53 am This is not a film, it is an art....Kim ki duk is really an artist<<>>

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