Green Fish (1997)
"Chorok mulkogi" (original title)

Mak Dong has just been released from the army and is on his way home, when he helps out a woman on the train... See full synopsis »

Director:

Chang-dong Lee

Writer:

Chang-dong Lee

Stars:

Seong-kun Mun, Seong-kyu Han, Suk-kyu Han

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Seong-kun Mun	...	Bae Tae-kon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seong-kyu Han	...	Makdong's 2nd-eldest brother
Suk-kyu Han	...	Makdong
Jae-yeong Jeong	...	(as Ji-hyeon Jeong)
Jin-yeong Jeong	...	Makdong's 3rd-eldest brother
Dong-gon Kim
Byeong-Cheol Lee
Mun-shik Lee	...	Thug on train
Gye-nam Myeong	...	Kim Yang-kil
Ji-hye Oh	...	Makdong's sister
Hye-jin Shim	...	Mi-ae
Kang-ho Song	...	Pan-su

Storyline

Mak Dong has just been released from the army and is on his way home, when he helps out a woman on the train... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

color in title

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

7 February 1997 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Green Fish

Company Credits

Production Co:

East Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min 115 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Customer Is Always Right (2006)

User Reviews

A nice "modern life" film

I see this as a film about how hard it is to do the right thing in the complex modern world. Makdong's family used to own acres of farmland that are now covered in ugly apartment buildings and now they get by selling eggs to the residents. All Makdong wants to do is make this easier for his family and in the process he becomes a gangster just to get by. Even the gangsters are between doing the right thing and doing what they must to survive. Makdong's "Big Brother" likes to think of himself as different from the other thieves and killers that make up the underworld but in the end he is no better.