The Bow

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Kim Ki-duk
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

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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.

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