The Bow

The Bow

A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.

2005 · 90 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama

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.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk · Written by Kim Ki-duk

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