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On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day... See more »
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Han Yeo-reum ...
The young girl
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The student
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The student's father
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seong-hwan Jeon ...
Old Man (no name) (as Seong-hwang Jeon)
Seok-hyeon Jo ...
Third Man

Directed by

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Kim Ki-duk

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Kim Ki-duk ... ()

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Yong-gyu Kang ... co-producer
Kim Ki-duk ... producer
Michiko Suzuki ... executive producer

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Eun-il Kang

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Seong-back Jang

Editing by

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Kim Ki-duk

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Sol Art Chung

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Kyeong-mi Kim ... (as Kyung-mi Kim)

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Ki-sun Kim ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Seok-bin Jang ... production manager

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Hun Jang ... assistant director

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Hyun-soo Jeung ... sound

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Eun-il Kang ... composer: additional music

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Joyce Kirkconnell ... driver

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  • HFR (dailies)

Storyline

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Plot Summary

A sixty and something year old captain has been raising for ten years a girl since she was six in his old fishing vessel that is permanently anchored offshore with the intention of marrying her on her seventeenth birthday. He survives bringing fishermen to fish in the vessel and predicting the future using his bow and shooting arrows in a Buddhist painting on the hull of the vessel while the girl moves back and forth in a swing. He also uses the bow and arrows to protect the girl against sexual assault of the fishermen. They live happily until the day that a teenage student comes to the ship and the girl feels attracted to him. When the teenager discovers that the girl was abducted when she was six and does not know the world, he returns to the vessel to bring the girl back to her parents. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines A girl who thought the sea was the whole world became the whole world to one old man. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 弓 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • The Bow (World-wide, English title)
  • The Bow (United States)
  • The Bow (United Kingdom)
  • L'arc (France)
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  • 90 min
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Budget $950,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Trademark (Kim Ki-duk): Despite whispering to other characters and one another, both the Old Man and Young Girl remain inaudible to the audience, rendering them silent for much of the film. See more »
Crazy Credits Title card before end credits: "Strength and a beautiful sound like in the tautness of a bow. I want to live like this until the day I die." See more »
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