- 3-Iron
Infobox Film
name = 3-Iron
director =Kim Ki-duk
producer =Kim Ki-duk Film Cineclick Asia
writer =Kim Ki-duk
starring =Jae Hee Lee Seung-yeon
music =
distributor =Big Blue Film
released = 2004 (South Korea )
runtime = 88 min.
language = Korean
budget = $1,000,000 US (est.)
imdb_id = 0423866
amg_id = 1:315138"3-Iron" (or 빈집 ("Bin-jip") meaning "Empty Houses" in Korean) is a 2004
Korean film directed byKim Ki-duk . The plot revolves around the relationship between a young drifter and a battered housewife. The film is notable for the lack of dialogue between its two main characters. [http://www.beyondhollywood.com/3-iron-2004-movie-review/ Beyond Hollywood - 3-Iron review] ]Plot
The film stars
Jae Hee as Tae-suk, a loner who drives around on his motorbike delivering takeout menus, which he tapes over peoples' front-door keyholes. He later returns to break into the apartments that haven't removed the menus, presuming them to be empty. He lives in each flat while the owners are away, even washing their clothes and mending broken appliances for them. When he breaks into a large home, he is unaware that he is being watched by battered housewife Sun-hwa (played byLee Seung-yeon ). Tae-suk leaves after he makes eye contact with Sun-wha but returns after silently contemplating on the roadside. He witnesses Sunwha's husband abusing her and proceeds to catch his attention by practicing golf in the yard. He hits Sunwha's husband with golf balls and Tae-suk and Sunwha leave together. The couple begin a silent relationship, and the two begin moving from one flat to another. At one home they are caught sleeping in bed after drinking alcohol, wearing the pajamas of the apartment's resident.The most remarkable thing in this movie is the strange kind of relationship develops between a woman and a stranger. Their love has no words. But the silence itself narrates the past of the woman, and the depth of their understanding. In the midst of breaking into houses, the couple get in trouble with the law. They break into a home only to discover an elderly man, with a circle of blood around his head. They clean his body and wrap it in cloth. The man's son and daughter-in-law arrive at the apartment and assume that the two have killed the man. They are interrogated at the police station but steadfastly remain silent. Sun-hwa's husband arrives and takes her back home. It is found out that the elderly man died of lung cancer. Sun-hwa's husband bribes the policeman in charge of the investigation to allow him to hit Tae-suk with golf balls, after Sun-hwa refuses his advances. Tae-suk ends up trying to choke the police officer and is taken to jail. He continues to "golf" with an imaginary club and ball. He angers his prison guard by constantly hiding in his cell. The third time Tae-suk is actually following the guard behind him in the "180 degrees" that the eyes cannot see. He continues to practice some sort of mysterious martial art. After being released from prison, invisible to her husband's eyes, Tae-suk rejoins Sun-hwa in her house. Sun-hwa appears to say,"I love you," to her husband, but the audience can see that she reaches out for Tae-suk.
Reception
Film
review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 87% (73 out of 84) of reviewers gave the film positive ratings with an average score of 7.4. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_iron/ 3-Iron]Rotten Tomatoes ]ee also
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List of Korean language films
*Korean film
*Contemporary culture of South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics References
External links
*imdb title|id=0423866
* [http://www.impawards.com/2005/three_iron_ver2.html Korean film poster]
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