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A North Korean fisherman breaks his boat engine by accident and drifts down to South Korea. After enduring brutal investigations in the South, he eventually gets sent back to North Korea.A North Korean fisherman breaks his boat engine by accident and drifts down to South Korea. After enduring brutal investigations in the South, he eventually gets sent back to North Korea.A North Korean fisherman breaks his boat engine by accident and drifts down to South Korea. After enduring brutal investigations in the South, he eventually gets sent back to North Korea.
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- 3 nominations total
Hwang In-moo
- Gangster #2
- (as Hwang In Mu)
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I've never been so nervous and angry recently. The movie was great.
Additionally, I was extremely annoyed with the police who questioned.-----------------------------------------
Additionally, I was extremely annoyed with the police who questioned.-----------------------------------------
This new film by Ki-Duk Kim, one of the most renowned director/writer in Korea, deals an old motif of divided nations again (after "The Coast Guard" in 2002). As the title implies, Kim sees the South-North division as a big net. A fisherman (Chul-Woo Nam by Seung-Bum Ryoo) was caught in the net, by a probable series of accidents. In both South and North, Chul-Woo is suspected as a spy by bureaucratic or corrupted investigators. One believes in freedom, the other in anti-capitalism. But it soon turns out that they are only the weft and warp of the same big net, from which Chul-Woo is so desperate to escape. The real tragedy of this net lies in that even the kindness inevitably takes part in it, for Chul-Woo whose only ambition is to keep and meet his family. Chul-Woo is a stunning symbol of a way broader types of "net" and "fishes", the political and social distortions in the North and in the South as well. Ryoo's acting was superb. Not very easy a movie to see as other Kim's movies (at least less graphic, though), but another great visualization/symbolization as other Kim's works.
In the Net, director Kim Ki-duk uses the division between North and South Korea as an allegory for the negative consequences of humans having a black and white view of the world and becoming narrow minded and judgmental. It's an original narrative that presents a complex view of a well-known issue, presenting equal criticism of both North and South Korea. Some of the characters and parts of the plot are predictable at times, but there are a lot of great performances, all starting with the lead, Ryoo Seung-Bum. Those not affected by its 14a rating, due to violence and some nudity, will find The Net to be an entertaining thriller that holds you until the end.
When a north korean fishermen caught in south korean border he face lot of consequences but anyway finally getrid from there...but it continues in north korean too...
Then he takes very decision to teach them good leason...
Must watchable movie..!!
RIP Master... Just another good and shocking movie about the totalitarian government of North Korea. i wonder till' when does the North Korean people will be able to live under this type of dictatorship and being manipulated by the government and not knowing about other cultures.
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- TriviaThe film had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Oh Jin-woo: The brighter the light, the darker its shadow...
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- Entre deux rives
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- Seoul, South Korea(on location)
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- Gross worldwide
- $599,913
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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