Film
The Bow
2005· 12· 1h 30m· Drama
“A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.”
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.
2005-05-12
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Key Crew
DirectorKim Ki-duk
ScreenplayKim Ki-duk
ProducerKang Yeong-gu
Director of PhotographyJang Seong-baek
Original Music ComposerKang Eun-il
EditorKim Ki-duk
Full cast & crew (16 cast · 18 crew)
Details
Released2005-05-12
Runtime1h 30m · 12
StatusReleased
StudiosKim Ki Duk Film · Happinet Pictures · Cineclick Asia
Budget$950,000
Box office$2M
LanguagesKorean
CountriesJapan · South Korea
Rating6.9/10 · 225 votes
Original languageko
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