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📊 Film Specifications
Director Kim Ki-duk
Writer Kim Ki-duk (Screenplay)
Original Title 활
Release Date May 12, 2005
Runtime 90 min (1h 30m)
Country Japan, South Korea
Language KO
Budget $950,000
Box Office $2,032,404
Studios Kim Ki Duk Film • Happinet Pictures • Cineclick Asia
The Bow (2005)
Directed by Kim Ki-duk
• Written by Kim Ki-duk
"A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man."
⭐ 3.4 / 5 (234 votes) ⏱️ 90 min 🎬 Drama
Ratings Breakdown:
234 ratings 0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars
Synopsis
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. 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.
Top Cast & Filmmakers
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Kim Ki-duk
Director
Screenplay
Kim Ki-duk
Screenplay
Han Yeo-reum
Young Girl
Jeon Seong-hwan
Old Man
Seo Ji-seok
Student
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Student's Father
Kim Ik-tae
Guy 1
Jang Dae-seong
Guy 2
Cho Hyen-woo
Guy 3
Kong Yu-seok
Man 1
So Jae-Ick
Man 2
Shin Taek-gi
Fisherman
Kim Myung-hun
Hoodwinker 1
Lee Jong-gil
Hoodwinker 2