Green Fish (1997)

Original title

초록물고기

Directed by

Lee Chang-dong

Genre

neo-noir

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

19

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 74 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young man returns to his hometown near Seoul and gets pulled into the criminal underworld. He becomes involved with a gangster and a woman tied to that world, leading to dangerous choices.

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What happens

Green Fish (Korean: 초록 물고기) is a 1997 South Korean neo-noir crime film. It was the first feature-length film directed by Lee Chang-dong, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Lee had previously been known as a novelist and high school teacher. The film stars Han Suk-kyu in one of his first major film roles. It was the eighth-highest-attended South Korean film of 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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