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Director: Kim Ki-Duk
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From Time Out Film Guide
Women! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em! Notorious for causing viewers to scream, vomit and pass out at its Venice premiere, Kim's fourth feature is a juvenile allegory of man's love/hate relationship with woman. The mute Hee-Jin (Seo) operates a number of fishing rafts on a remote lake, supplying provisions, fishing aids and sometimes sexual services to the men who rent them. The suicidal Hyun-Sik (Kim), evidently on the run, rents a raft. She seduces him, he beats her, she takes revenge, he swallows fish hooks, she saves his life, he kicks her crotch, etc etc. At least it's all framed in striking images, but the ideas are banal, the shock tactics are desperate (fish hooks in the vagina) and the cruelty to animals is indefensible. In sum, obnoxious.Author: TR
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- Posted on Sep 08 2007 20:06 I think you shouldn't write again about Kim Ki Duk movies. YOu cannot understand them. Sorry. What about Tarkovski?
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Cast & crew
Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Producer: Lee Eun
Cast: Seo Jeong, Kim Yu-Seok, Cho Jae-Hyun, Park Seong-Hee, Jang Hang-Seon full cast
Rated: 18
Duration: 89 mins
UK Release: Sep 10 2004
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