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Green Fish(Chorok mulkogi)

  • Dir: Lee Chang-dong

  • South Korea, 1997, Korean, 111mins, DCP

  • Cast: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, Moon Sung-keun

Lee Chang-dong’s enduring themes of disenchantment, marginalisation, and unrequited love course through the bitter veins of this powerful crime drama, which put both the director and his star Han Suk-kyu on the map, not least for its heartbreaking climactic phone booth scene, which became a popular meme in South Korea. Han plays Makdong, a young man who returns from military service, to discover that his neighborhood has become the unrecognisable victim of urban gentrification. Taking a job with a local gangster, Makdong soon attracts the ire of his fellow lieutenants, as well as the affections of the boss’ girlfriend, spiraling inevitably towards a bloody, tragic denouement.

Grand Bell Awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress

24/11 (Fri): Speaker: Joyce Yang (Researcher, film critic)

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    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.