Bong-keun (1988)
- Original title
- 근신
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 19
How it feels
A woodcarver lives with his wife in a hut by the ocean. After she is killed in a drowning, a series of misfortunes strike the fishing village. A crippled man named Bong-keun grows jealous of his wife's visits to pray at a phallic god, but the woodcarver helps resolve his doubts.
slow-burnmelancholicmythicquiettragicpastoralintrospectivevisually sparse
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