Not long after ferociously talented South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk induced vomiting in festivalgoers with THE ISLE (2000), but before becoming a critic's darling with the gentler SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING (2003), Kim crafted this unusual love story between a mute, lovesick thug and the virginal young woman he shanghais into prostitution. While not quite a dose of cinematic ipecac, it most definitely requires an open mind. The life of 21-year-old college student Kim Sun-Hwa (Seo Won) takes an unforeseen detour the day she's approached in a Seoul park by Han-Gi (Cho Je-Hyun), a hardboiled pimp with a nasty scar across his throat. Transfixed by Sun-Hw...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins