| Jung Suh | ... | Hee-Jin | |
| Yoosuk Kim | ... | Hyun-Shik | |
| Sung-hee Park | ... | Eun-A | |
| Jae-hyeon Jo | ... | Mang-Chee | |
| Hang-Seon Jang | ... | Middle-aged man | |
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| Yeo-jin Kim | |||
| Won Seo | |||
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| Ki-duk Kim | |||
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| Ki-duk Kim | ||
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| Eun Lee | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Sang-yun Jeon | |||
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| Seo-shik Hwang | |||
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| Min-ho Kyeong | (as Min Hokyung) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Ki-duk Kim | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Eun-jung Joo | |||
Art Department | |||
| Ki-duk Kim | .... | set designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Seung-cheol Lee | .... | sound | |
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| Seongho Jang | .... | visual effects supervisor: Mofac Studio | |
Other crew | |||
| Judy Dixon | .... | press publicist | |
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This is definitely not a film for all tastes. "The Isle" not only shows some of the most disturbing images on film but it also makes the viewer work hard to try and figure out what it all means. Especially the very last scene which I think was put there for each viewer to make they're own interpretation, as Kubrick did for the end of "2001, A Space Odyssey". Suh Jung plays Hee-Jin who rents out floating fish cabins and supplies bait, food and prostitutes. She also is a prostitute and she never utters a single word in the film. Some have called her character a mute but towards the end of the film she screams so I am thinking her silence might be of her own doing! She is attracted to one of the renters who is suicidal and is hiding out. Suh Jungs performance is very strong and its difficult to carry a film without speaking a word and the actor has to rely to a great length on how well and interesting the story is. Her performance reminds me of Isabelle Huppert in "The Piano Teacher". The amount of pain between the two characters is what they have in common. This is a film about relationships in a very strange setting with two strange people. Each character has a scene involving fish hooks and when they take place its up to the other character to try and ease the pain. Good cinematography with shots of the lake at dawn or sunset with mist and fog on the water. Very tough film to view with all the self mutilation and animal cruelty. For those of you who have viewed Asian films before then you should check out this very well made film.