Mapado

Mapado
Theatrical poster
Hangul	마파도
RR	Mapado
MR	Map‘ado
Directed by	Chu Chang-min
Written by	Jo Joong-Hoon
Starring	Lee Mun-shik Lee Jeong-jin
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date(s)	March 10, 2005 (2005-03-10)
Running time	105 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Admissions	3,001,697

Mapado (마파도 Mapado) is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Chu Chang-min.

Plot

A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not once seen a man for 20 years. Both men soon experience a nightmare of hard labour and harassment.

Spot

"Do" can either mean "province" or "island" in Korean. Seom means island in the Korean language as well, although "do" is a Sino-Korean word used in name compound words, but "seom" standing alone . But it was not taken in real islands area. Scenes of the film was from Dongbaek village of Yeonggwang, South Korea.

External links

• Official site
• Mapado at the Internet Movie Database
• Mapado at HanCinema