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Director:
Writer:
Ki-duk Kim (writer)
Release Date:
5 March 2004 (South Korea) more
Plot:
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Samaritan Girl - a sexy, arty flick with a message more (32 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Yeo-reum Han | ... | Jae-yeong (as Min-jeong Seo) |
| Ji-min Kwak | ... | Yeo-jin |
| Eol Lee | ... | Yeong-ki |
| Kwon Hyun-Min | ... | Salesman |
| Oh Young | ... | Musician |
| Gyun-Ho Im | ... | Tidily Guy |
| Lee Jong-Gil | ... | Happy Guy |
| Shin Taek-Ki | ... | Suicide |
| Jung-gi Park | ... | Murder Victim |
| Gul-seon Kim | ... | Second Salesman |
| Seung-won Seo | ... | Man in his 30s |
| Yoo Jae-Ik | ... | Pedestrian |
| In-gi Jung | ... | Ki-Su |
| Jin-bae Jeon | ... | Policeman #1 |
| Yook Sae-Jin | ... | Policeman #2 |
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Samaritan Girl (International: English title)
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Rated R for violence and sexual content.
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Germany:95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Spain:18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | Germany:16 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:15
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Crew or equipment visible: When the father teaches the daughter to drive the car, the sound equipment (front window) and the crew (side window) are reflected in the windows of the car. more
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Gymnopédies - La 1 Ere. Lent et Douloureux more
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Samaritan Girl is a really impressive film directed by Ki-Duk Kim. To end all the discrepancies about the title, the film has been illegally bootlegged as 'Samaria'. The real official title of this film in English is "Samaritan Girl". The film is coming out on official non-bootlegged DVD from Tartan's Asia Extreme...which I should add, have been putting out some awesome Asian films on DVD, not to mention they are the ones responsible for getting 'Oldboy' in the theater.
Anyway, Samaritan Girl is not like the rest of the Asia Extreme catalog. It's a sexy drama that is also a really interesting slice of life film. Most Korean films that have been picked up by American distributors tend to be horror or thrillers but maybe that's because blood/slasher movies sell really well. Samaritan Girl on the other hand is far from a slasher, and while there is some violence, some nudity, and blood, it's really more like a Korean interpretation of the American indie film.
The story is about two girls who are trying to save up money to get away from their town. They don't really have strong relationships with their families who are sort of out of the picture. It's like the Larry Clark film KIDS in the way that the parents aren't really there, or at least the parents think they know their kids, but they don't. Jae-Yeong, the prettier of the two girls decides to be a prostitute and makes her friend Yeo Jin, her business associate who sets up the meetings.
The film's opener is awesome, with a really great credit sequence over the girls on Korea's instant messaging program picking up a guy.
As the film progresses, there is some interesting sexual tension between the girls. They bathe together in a public shower house which is really sad and illuminates their aloneness. Yeo Jin tells Jae Young not to divulge to much to her 'clients'. Jae-Young who is clearly very childish, capricious, and obviously depressed and lacking self esteem, actually enjoys these encounters with men, as the attention is probably what makes her feel good about herself.
About halfway through the film, Jae-Young has an accident (I wont give anything away here) but Yeo Jin decides to switch roles and become the prostitute instead of the secretary. Yeo Jin's father gets wind of the whole thing and starts to follow her on her sexual encounters. He eventually catches her in the act...and I wont give away the end.
The film is really well done. And frankly, the two girls are really adorable and the film is really sweet and sad at the same time. It's also disturbing a lot of the time.
If you're not in the mood to see people getting chopped to bits, but would rather watch an awesome Korean indie film (With really cute actresses, I should mention) this film is a great one to check out.