Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young...
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Title: Samaritan Girl (2004)
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Eol Lee | ... | Yeong-ki |
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Ji-min Kwak | ... | Yeo-jin |
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Yeo-reum Han | ... | Jae-yeong (as Min-jeong Seo) |
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Hyun-min Kwon | ... | Salesman |
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Yong Oh | ... | Musician |
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Gyun-Ho Im | ... | Tidily Guy |
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Yun-su Jeong | ||
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Jong-gil Lee | ... | Happy Guy |
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Taek-gi Sin | ... | Suicide |
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Jung-gi Park | ... | Murder Victim |
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Gul-seon Kim | ... | Second Salesman |
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Seung-won Seo | ... | Man in his 30s |
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Jae-ik Yu | ... | Pedestrian |
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Soo-Jeong Lee | ||
| In-gi Jeong | ... | Ki-Su | |
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Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those man she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous. One Day Yeo-Jin fails in doing her job overlooking police officers looking for under-aged prostitutes. In order to not get caught Jae-Young jumps out of a window almost killing herself. On her deathbed, she wishes to see the man again whom she fell in love with and turned away from. But the man only agrees if Yeo-Jin sleeps with him. She does but as they arrive in the hospital Jae-Young is already dead. Trying to understand her best friend, Yeo-Jin tracks down every man she slept with and does the same. As her father learns about this he gets on revenge with fatal consequences... Written by Seth
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female nudity | girl girl kiss | prostitute | police officer | teenager |Genres:
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Country:
South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
5 March 2004 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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1.85 : 1
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Addressing a variety of themes such as underaged prostitution, grief and mourning, resulting in a series of bad decisions that are devoid of sanity, but full of emotion.
Although prostitution is illegalized in Korea, it is still a national phenomenon. Many young women resort to sell their bodies to cover for tuition costs and the demands of an exceptionally materialistic society.
Kim Ki-Duk cleverly explores the issue by adding a morality check, introducing religious motives from Buddhist and Christian beliefs in the dialogue of his characters. In doing so he leaves us to speculate about the intent of an already ambiguous ending scene.
My only problems with this movie stem from its pacing, at times scenes were so drawn out that it lost my attention for a while. However it always got me back in the next scene.
If you want to see a dark and unsettling drama, give this one a shot.