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Hwal

Hwal

2005
Romance, Drama
1h 30m
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard... (imdb)
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Hwal

2005
Romance, Drama
1h 30m
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Rated 08 Dec 2006
75
55th
a metaphoric movie from kim ki duk, as usual.
Rated 07 Jan 2007
36
8th
In this film Kim Ki-duk passes the border from metaphorical to pathetic.
Rated 06 Jun 2008
80
94th
He's done it again. One of my favorite directors, and I've only seen (as of this post) four of his films. What he can do with a story is unbelievable.
Rated 08 Feb 2009
71
47th
the ending (although artistic) didn't please me.
Rated 06 May 2010
100
98th
Films like this are the reason cinema exists. Enigmatic and compelling, "The Bow" ebbs and flows with the some of the trickster spirit of "3-Iron" and philosophical underpinnings of "Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring". Kim Ki-duk tells a story only he could tell, accompanied by Jang Seon-back's stunning cinematography and some really exquisite original music. This is seriously a must-see, in the same league as "In the Mood for Love" and the aforementioned films.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
72
42nd
Ze wszystkich ktore widzialem ten podobal mi sie najmniej...
Rated 16 May 2011
45
16th
kim ki duk tarzi h.uzmez guzellemesi. zamani gelince evlenmek maksatli besleyip buyuttugu minik kizin, kendisini sehirli bir gencin mp3'une ve ilgisine tercih etmesi uzerine ihtiyar bir adamin asiri hazin dramasi. ihtiyarin her halukarda kendisini ve kizi tatmin etme azmi takdire sayan. kim ki duk sembollerinden zorlama mana cikarma cabasiyla baskici rejime ayaklanan halkin yenilikcilik-modernite arzusu diyerek iyice kasiyim.
Rated 16 Apr 2013
80
68th
I have a feeling I overrate this, though I remember rather enjoying it at the time.
Rated 16 Jun 2014
85
61st
Mysticism of the East World and us who are doesn't understand anything about their life, far world etc. Again we wanted go to Kim ki Duk's Worlds and live there. Doğu mistisizmini anlamasak da Kim ki Duk yine kendi dünyasına bizleri hayran bıraktı ve orada yaşama özlemimizi tekrar gün yüzüne çıkardı.
Rated 22 Aug 2015
100
97th
'cinema art'
Rated 07 Oct 2015
80
73rd
As I progress further and further through Kim Ki-Duk's fascinating body of work, my appreciation only deepens. Very few filmmakers manage to make such audacious and controversial films, and succeed in infusing them with a certain tenderness. They are also extremely visual. Using recurring imagery to show the evolution in the characters state of mind. The Bow is no exception. While the ending is even more puzzling than usual, it is a fascinating film on female coming-of-age and spirituality.
Rated 12 Dec 2019
61
37th
Quiet. That's about it. Also, what is up with Kim Ki-Duk and boats?
Rated 06 Aug 2021
98
99th
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Rated 24 Sep 2022
60
51st
Visually beautiful ad quietly lyrical With a really nice score. Too bad that all the characters were unlikable and lacked depth. I found the ending to be kind of stupid as well.

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