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User Rating:
6.6/10   1,169 votes
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Director:
Ki-duk Kim
Writer:
Ki-duk Kim (writer)
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Release Date:
22 November 2002 (South Korea) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Tagline:
There is a line that cannot be crossed.
Plot:
At South Korea's border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Absurd korean movie. Think Calvin Klein ad meets Aliens, meets Rambo. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Dong-Kun Jang ... Kang Sang-byeong
Jeong-hak Kim ... Kim Sang-byeong
Ji-a Park ... Mi-yeong
Hye-jin Yu ... Cheol-gu
Jin Jeong
Gu-taek Kim
Kang-woo Kim
Yun-jae Park
Tae-woo Kim
Yeong-jae Kim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mi-seong Kim
Hae-jin Yu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Coast Guard (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, a graphic sex scene and language.
Runtime:
France:91 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean
Color:
Color
Company:
Korea Pictures more

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15 out of 82 people found the following comment useful:-
Absurd korean movie. Think Calvin Klein ad meets Aliens, meets Rambo., 25 May 2003
5/10
Author: Havan_IronOak from NYC

When an overzealous Korean Coast Guard soldier kills a local civilian at night when the civilian is in a restricted area, the officials give him a seven-day pass and he begins his descent into madness. Coincidentally, it's about that time that the movie begins its descent into absurdity.

Also the girlfriend of the slain punk quickly becomes a Korean Ophelia with no real Hamlet.

I'm not sure of Korean military regulations but I've never seen so many superior officers slapping, punching and kicking their subordinates. Whenever the superiors are outraged they also take it out on the entire platoon by having them run in the sea (mostly shirtless) and roll around in the mud.

I'm not so sure that this was a movie as much as it was some paramilitary fetishists idea of a porno.

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