Jung Suh, Yoosuk Kim, Sung-hee Park
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
Stats: 303 reviews
The first thing I did immediately after watching this, was to grab the dvd case and read the synopsis to try to understand the hidden theme to the film.
The dvd synopsis claims ?The Most sexually perverse movie to hit our screens since David Cronenberg?s CRASH?
Totally untr...( read more)
This is a painful and gorgeous film. Not sad. Painful. And gorgeous. And painful. Be advised that there are a couple scenes in this film that rank up there as a couple of the most difficult scenes to endure in cinematic history. You don't actually see anything, but it's clear wha...( read more)
A creepy, gruesome, gorgeous, obsessive, violent, nasty relationship.
A harsh love story between two people beaten down by life and unable to express themselves except through pain. It hardly relies on just the shock value, which it has plenty of, but shows the acts commited a...( read more)
Another very sick Korean movie, shot out-of-focus, and with very little dialogue about a group of people living on floats on a lake.
This is definitely not a film for all tastes. The Isle not only shows some of the most disturbing images on film ( animal mistreatment) but it also makes the viewer work hard to figure out what it all about. Specially the very last scene which I think was put there for each viewe...( read more)
A unusual love story to say the least, Kind of a love hate relationship with fish hooks. Dont ask! Very well filmed and acted.
Even though this is a very good film, I think it is definitely the most overrated film in Kim Ki-Duk's filmography. The cinematography is beautiful, as are the locations, or um, location.. I will just say this if you're a fan of fish, stay far away.. but if you're like Chris Coop...( read more)
yes this is not an action movie... at all.. but damn its beautiful. nice little story.. silence.. strange people... good one.
My kind of love story. Fucked up, sadomasochistic, cold, isolated - who needs dialogue?
Beautiful, angry and sad, with a curious sick poetry, as if the Marquis de Sade had gone in for pastel landscapes. full review
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