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The Bow (2005) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2005 · 90 mins · Korean
- Directed by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Starring
- Jeon Kuk-hwan, Jo Hyun-wu, Jeon Seong-hwan, Kim Ik-tae, Han Yeo-reum, Shin Taek-gi
A girl who once believed the sea encompassed everything becomes the center of an old fisherman’s world. For decades the 60‑year‑old has raised her aboard his modest fishing boat, planning to marry her on her 17th birthday. Their isolated routine of renting the vessel to day haulers and practicing strange divination rites is upended when a teenage student boards, altering the fragile balance of their lives.
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