The Bow
활
2005 · 1h 30m · Drama · Japan, South Korea · Rated 12 (DE)
A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.
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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Kim Ki-duk6.7Smart score
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