Country: South Korea
Year: 2002
Duration: 95'
A bit of
coastline between North and South Korea. Soldiers guard the border from a
military base. One night, as a young couple makes love in the demilitarized
zone, an over-zealous soldier sees them and, mistaking the man for a spy, kills
him. The woman, who sees her lover shot in the forehead and blown up by a hand
grenade, will never recover from the shock. The soldier who killed the man is
also in a state of shock and is discharged. As he travels back to Seoul he
realizes what he has done. Tormented by guilty feelings, he can't fit back into
normal civilian life and returns to the base, where his mind degenerates until
he is transformed into a homicidal
phantom.
Biography
film director
Ki-duk Kim
Kim Ki-duk (Bonghwa, South korea, 1960) studied Fine Arts in Paris. In 1993 he won the prize for best screenplay from the Educational Institute of Screenwriting for his film A Painter and a Criminal Condemned to Death. In 1996 he directed his first film , The Crocodile, which was followed by Wild Animal (1997), Birdcage Inn (1998), The Isle and Real Fiction (2000). In 2003 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring was presented in competition at the Festival of Locarno, and his next film, Samaria, won the Silver Bear for Best Directing at 2004 Berlin Film Festival. His film 3-Iron won the Silver Lion at Venice Film Festival in 2004.
FILMOGRAFIA
A-go (The Crocodile, 1996); Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog (Wild Animal, 1997); Paran daemun (Birdcage Inn,1998); The Isle (Seom, 1999) Shilije sanghwang (Real Fiction, 2000); Soochwieen Boolmtung (indirizzo sconosciuto, 2001); Napoon namja (Bad Guy, 2002); Haensun (The Coast Guard, 2002); Bom, Yeo-reum, Ga-eul, Gyeo-ul, geu-ri-go (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, 2003); Samaria (La Samaritana, 2004); Bin-jip (Ferro 3 - la casa vuota, 2004); Hawl (L'arco, 2005); Shi gan (time, 2006); Soom (Soffio, 2007), Bi-mong (Dream, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/Director, story,
screenplay: Kim Ki-duk
Fotografia/Director of photography: Baek Dong-hyun
Scenografia/Set design: Oh Sang-man
Montaggio/Film editor: Ham Sung-won
Musica/Music: Jang Young-gyu
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Jang Dong-gun (Private Kang), Kim Jung-hak, Park Ji-ah (Mee-young)
Produttore/Producer: Kim Sang-keun, Lee Seung-jae
Produzione/Production: LJ Film
Distribuzione, vendita all'estero/ Distribution, Foreign Sales Agent: Cineclick Asia
Fotografia/Director of photography: Baek Dong-hyun
Scenografia/Set design: Oh Sang-man
Montaggio/Film editor: Ham Sung-won
Musica/Music: Jang Young-gyu
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Jang Dong-gun (Private Kang), Kim Jung-hak, Park Ji-ah (Mee-young)
Produttore/Producer: Kim Sang-keun, Lee Seung-jae
Produzione/Production: LJ Film
Distribuzione, vendita all'estero/ Distribution, Foreign Sales Agent: Cineclick Asia