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5.5/10   641 votes
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Hae-jyung Lee (writer)
Myung-se Lee (writer)
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9 September 2005 (South Korea) more
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Set years ago in the era of the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows a young police officer named Namsoon (Ha Ji-won) who... more | add synopsis
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The actors' work was splendid. more (15 total)

Cast

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Ji-won Ha ... Namsoon
Sung-kee Ahn ... Detective Ahn
Dong-won Kang ... Sad Eyes
Young-chang Song ... Minister of Defence
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Bo-yeon Kim
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Also Known As:
Duelist (International: English title)
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Runtime:
UK:108 min | UK:108 min (uncut) | Canada:111 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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4 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
The actors' work was splendid., 16 October 2005
7/10
Author: modam from Japan

I saw this movie in the Pusan International Film Festival. Director Myung-se Lee said it is the third edition, after the screening. Maybe, it was post-Toronto & Vancouver Festival Version.

The image is so beautiful. Films which shoot in front of blue screen (a lot of CG) won't have this charm. Costume and architecture of the Lee Dynasty are interesting, too. I wasn't bored one minute. I felt two hours short.

I think that the casting is a big success. Ji-won Ha performs the sometime-funny role of female detective Namsoon greatly. Sung-kee Ahn gives the tone to this movie. And, mysterious Sad Eyes, nobody will be able to do excluding Dong-won Kang.

Selection of music makes this movie not sophisticated. At this point, it looks like Lee's previous work "Nowhere to hide-Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda-". (However, selection of music might be a charm of the Lee works!)

I praise that all characters are solitude and independent. I saw a number of Korean movies and dramas, there are a lot of works of complex story based on the family relation and the sickness. In this movie, a simple story permits intoxicating it beautifully of the image.

The pronunciation of Japanese well known tanka is incorrect. I expect it to be corrected before screening in Japan.

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