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Director:
Writer:
Ki-duk Kim (writer)
Release Date:
11 February 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Trapped in a world of pleasure and pain ...
Plot:
In busy downtown Seoul, a thuggish young man notices a fresh-faced college student who sits on a bench...
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Bench
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Seoul
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College Student
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Soldier
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Loan Shark
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Awards:
3 wins
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1 nomination
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study on the vanity
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Jae-hyeon Jo | ... | Han-ki |
| Won Seo | ... | Sun-hwa |
| Yun-tae Kim | ... | Yun-tae |
| Duek-mun Choi | ... | Myeong-su |
| Yoon-young Choi | ... | Hyun-ja |
| Yoo-jin Shin | ... | Min-jung |
| Jung-young Kim | ... | Eun-hye |
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| Gung-Min Nam | ... | Hyun-su |
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Also Known As:
Bad Guy (International: English title) (literal title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Norway:15 |
Italy:VM18 (DVD) (self-applied) |
Argentina:18 |
Finland:K-18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
Singapore:R21 |
South Korea:18 |
UK:18 |
Hong Kong:III
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Blott En Dag
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In Korea, this film made skandal and unusual controversy. Many angry feminists shouted this film was an clear example of masculine violence on women in the fields of cinema. Some criticized that a college girl to hooker story was sheer farce.
Though I don't disagree with them on some points and I support some feminist and law-and-order issues, I have to say they miss an important point. Documentary about evil men degrading innocent women is not the film's real concern. The entire film is a sheer fantasy, daydreaming, fictional wish fulfillment of a poor man, maybe pimp. The real object of his desire is not a pretty woman but his own vanity. In fact it's not a college girl to hooker story. The reverse is true.
Folks, I recommend viewing this again. Then you'll understand why he (the pimp husband) cannot talk, why he doesn't touch her body and why she returns at her free will.
It's very absurd idea that the most spotlighted talent of Korean new wave couldn't think about the absurdities of surface story line.
As a study on the vanity of man, it's enough fine, I should say.