The Coast Guard
Directed by Ki-duk Kim
South Korea, 2002
With Ki-duk Kim releasing a new film at this year’s Cannes, his older material warrants a small retrospective. Ki-duk’s best films – The Isle, Bad Guy, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring, 3-Iron – are tender and violent portraits of mostly mute protagonists, often marked by sudden and unexpected acts of brutality. The Coast Guard takes these similar tropes to form Ki-duk’s most scathing commentary on the South Korean military state.
Kang Sang-byeong (Dong-gun Jang) is the most gung-ho member of the Korean Coast Guard. He obsesses over one day finding and killing a spy just beyond the borders he patrols. He paints his face in camouflage for routine exercises, incessantly scans the shoreline with manic eyes, and lives the military code as bible. When a drunken couple crosses the forbidden fencing Kang finds his chance and doesn’t miss.
Directed by Ki-duk Kim
South Korea, 2002
With Ki-duk Kim releasing a new film at this year’s Cannes, his older material warrants a small retrospective. Ki-duk’s best films – The Isle, Bad Guy, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring, 3-Iron – are tender and violent portraits of mostly mute protagonists, often marked by sudden and unexpected acts of brutality. The Coast Guard takes these similar tropes to form Ki-duk’s most scathing commentary on the South Korean military state.
Kang Sang-byeong (Dong-gun Jang) is the most gung-ho member of the Korean Coast Guard. He obsesses over one day finding and killing a spy just beyond the borders he patrols. He paints his face in camouflage for routine exercises, incessantly scans the shoreline with manic eyes, and lives the military code as bible. When a drunken couple crosses the forbidden fencing Kang finds his chance and doesn’t miss.
- 5/13/2011
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
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