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Green Fish

1997 · 111 min

A quiet, sorrowful descent into gang life, watching a naive man's loyalty curdle into tragedy amid a changing city.

Overview
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loyalty
  • family
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Lee Chang-dong
Written by
Oh Seung-uk, Lee Chang-dong
Starring
Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, Moon Sung-keun, Dong Bang-woo, Kim Yong-man, Lee Ho-seong, Han Seon-gyu, Jung Jin-young
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
111 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
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