The Bow

The Bow

A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.

2005•1h 30m•6.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(219)

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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Production

Kim Ki Duk Film, Happinet Pictures, Cineclick Asia

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Han Yeo-reum

Han Yeo-reum

Young Girl

Jeon Seong-hwan

Jeon Seong-hwan

Old Man

Seo Ji-seok

Seo Ji-seok

Student

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Student's Father

Kim Ik-tae

Kim Ik-tae

Man 1

Jang Dae-sung

Man 2

Jo Hyun-wu

Jo Hyun-wu

Man 3

Shin Taek-gi

Fisherman

Pyo Sang-woo

Hoodwinker

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