Green Fish
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| Hangul | 초록 물고기 |
| Hanja | 草綠 물고기 |
| RR | Chorok Mulgogi |
| MR | Ch'orok Mulgogi |
| Directed by | Lee Chang-dong |
| Written by | Lee Chang-dong |
| Starring | Han Suk-kyu Shim Hye-jin Moon Sung-keun Song Kang-ho |
| Release date(s) | February 7, 1997 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 163,655 (Seoul)[1] |
Green Fish (초록 물고기 - Chorok Mulgogi) (1997) is a South Korean film. It was the first feature-length film directed by Lee Chang-dong, who also wrote the screenplay. Lee had previously been known as a novelist and high school teacher. The film stars Han Suk-kyu in one of his first major film roles. It was the eighth highest-attended Korean film of 1997.[1]
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 spoofed 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.
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[edit] Cast
- 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-su
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "1997" (in English). koreanfilm.org. http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm97.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
[edit] Bibliography
- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "1. At the Edge of a Metroplis in A Fine, Windy Day and Green Fish" (in English). The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 34–43. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
- Paquet, Darcy. "Green Fish" (in English). koreanfilm.org. http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm97.html#greenfish. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Festival |
Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film 1997 |
Succeeded by Christmas in August |
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