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The Bow

2005 · 90 min

A quiet, unsettling fable of possession and desire, told through symbols and silence on a lonely boat.

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

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
isolation
coming-of-age
identity
freedom
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kim Ki-duk
Written by: Kim Ki-duk
Starring: Han Yeo-reum, Jeon Seong-hwan, Seo Ji-seok, Jeon Kuk-hwan, Kim Ik-tae, Jang Dae-seong, Cho Hyen-woo, Kong Yu-seok
Music: Kang Eun-il
Cinematography: Jang Seong-baek
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Japan, South Korea
Languages: Korean

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