The movie tells the story of an old man in his old age who picked up a 6-year-old girl 10 years ago and has been living on a fishing boat for 10 years, the girl has never been on land, and when the girl turns 17, the old man will marry the girl.
The old man has a bow, which is sometimes used to scare tourists who make advances to the girl, sometimes used to tell fortunes, and when the bow is not used as a weapon, the old man is able to play it as a musical instrument.
A college student visiting the city falls in love with the innocent girl, he resents the old man for keeping her prisoner on the boat and for marrying her, and wants to take the girl to land, the old man forces her to die, the girl comes back and marries the old man, the old man draws the bow, shoots an arrow into the sky, and then jumps into the sea while the girl keeps writhing as if she is in the midst of coitus, and the arrow from before suddenly shoots into the wooden planks between her legs, and she After the girl and the college student leave, the fishing boat sinks and a line appears on the screen that reads: “The taut strings of the bow make a sound of power and beauty, and I would like to be able to live my life in this way”.
The movie has very little dialog and the hero and heroine do not have a single line.
2005 / Korea Japan / Drama Romance Erotica / Kim Ki-duk / Han Ye-yun Jeon Sung-hwan
Plot Summary:
In the endless sea there are two fishing boats owned by an old man (Jeon Sung-hwan) who relies on them to make a living, while people from the land come here to fish or watch the scenery.
The old man lives with a young girl (Han Ye-yun), whom he picked up on shore 10 years ago and who has not been on land since.
The old man waits for the girl to turn 17 and then he will marry her.
The men who come to fish often try to take advantage of the girl, and the old man has to warn them with sharp arrows to protect her.
One day, a college student (Seo Ji Seok), who came to fish with his father, is attracted to a mysterious girl on a boat.
Feeling bad, the old man spies on the girl every day and doesn’t allow her to get close to the college student, while the 16-year-old girl gradually becomes curious about the outside world.
When the college student learns that the girl is going to marry the old man, he decides to take the young girl with him and escape to land ……
