- Green Fish
Infobox Korean Film
name = Green Fish
caption = Poster for "Green Fish"
director =Lee Chang-dong
producer =
writer = Lee Chang-dong
starring =Han Suk-kyu Shim Hye-jin Moon Sung-keun Song Kang-ho
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released =February 7 ,1997 (South Korea )
runtime = 111 minutes
language = Korean
budget =
gross =
admissions = 163,655 (Seoul )cite web |url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm97.html|title=1997|accessdate=2008-01-14|publisher= [http://www.koreanfilm.org/ koreanfilm.org] |language=English]
imdb_id = 0126838
hangul = 초록 물고기
hanja = 草綠 물고기
rr = Chorok Mulgogi
mr = Ch'orok Mulgogi"Green Fish" (초록 물고기 - "Chorok Mulgogi") (1997) is a
South Korea n film. It was the first feature-length film directed byLee Chang-dong , who also wrote the screenplay. Lee had previously been known as a novelist and high school teacher. The film starsHan Suk-kyu in one of his first major film roles. It was the eighth highest-attended Korean film of 1997.Although director Lee is renowned for superb writing, he allowed Han to improvise the now-famous extended monologue inside the telephone booth. The scene became iconic enough to be "
spoof "ed by the 2002 Korean compendium of satire, "Funny Movie" directed by Gyu-seong Jang. As recently as August 2007, the scene was once again spoofed in the MBC drama "Kimchi Cheese Smile".The character of "Kim Yang-gil" (a rival mob boss), as played by Myung Kae-nam, has been parodied with an extended back-story in the black comedy "The Customer is Always Right" (2006).
The pivotal scene in a men's restroom, has recently been cited by poet/director Yu Ha for informing the basis of a similar scene in his more stylistically
baroque A Dirty Carnival .Plot
Han Suk-kyu plays a man who isn't explicitly named but is called Makdong, 'youngest sibling', throughout the movie. At the start of the film he meets a woman, Mi-ae, on the train while returning to his parents' home after completing his mandatory military service. He later seeks her out, only to discover that she's the lover of a local mob boss, Bae Tae-kon. Jobless and naive to a fault, Makdong ends up taking menial tasks from Bae and enters the world of
organized crime .Makdong's feelings for Mi-ae grow throughout the film, as does his loyalty towards Bae, who is constantly bullied by the rival mob boss, Kim Yang-gil. Bae entrusts Makdong with a mission to kill Kim, then disposes Makdong once his purpose has been served.
Cast
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Han Suk-kyu - Makdong
*Moon Sung-keun - Bae Tae-kon
*Shim Hye-jin - Mi-ae
*Han Seong-kyu - Makdong's 2nd eldest brother
*Jeong Jin-yeong - Makdong's 3rd eldest brother
*Jeong Jae-yeong
*Oh Ji-hye - Makdong's sister
*Song Kang-ho - Pan-suNotes
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