Green Fish
Dir: Lee Chang-dong
South Korea, 1997, 111 minmins, 35mm
Cast: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, Moon Sung-keun
Lee Chang-dong’s enduring themes of disenchantment, marginalization, 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 unrecognizable 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 (Shim Hye-jin), spiraling inevitably towards a bloody, tragic denouement.
Grand Bell Awards: Best Actor
24/08/2019 (SAT): Film talk with Fiona Law
35mm print courtesy of the Korean Film Archive.
Tai Kwun
Chinese Subtitles
Post-screening talk
Full House
Remarks
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