Samaria (2004)

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Police Officer | Father | Murder | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Yeo-reum Han	...	Jae-yeong (as Min-jeong Seo)
Ji-min Kwak	...	Yeo-jin
Eol Lee	...	Yeong-ki
Kwon Hyun-Min	...	Salesman
Oh Young	...	Musician
Gyun-Ho Im	...	Tidily Guy
Lee Jong-Gil	...	Happy Guy
Shin Taek-Ki	...	Suicide
Jung-gi Park	...	Murder Victim
Gul-seon Kim	...	Second Salesman
Seung-won Seo	...	Man in his 30s
Yoo Jae-Ik	...	Pedestrian
In-gi Jung	...	Ki-Su
Jin-bae Jeon	...	Policeman #1
Yook Sae-Jin	...	Policeman #2

Directed by
Ki-duk Kim

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ki-duk Kim		writer

Produced by
Jeong-min Bae	....	producer
Jeong-min Baek	....	producer
Dong-joo Kim	....	executive producer
Ki-duk Kim	....	executive producer
Yoon-ho Kim	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Park Ji
Ji-woong Park

Cinematography by
Sun Sang-Jae
Sang-jae Seon

Film Editing by
Ki-duk Kim

Set Decoration by
Ki-duk Kim

Costume Design by
Lim Seung-Hee

Makeup Department
Lim Seung-Hee	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chul-soo Yang	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Song Je-Yin	....	sound
Sang-gyun Park	....	sound mixer

Production Companies

• Kim Ki-Duk Film

Distributors

• Cineclick Asia (2004) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Show East (2004) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• AmaFilms (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Cineworx (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Eurocine Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Filmhouse (2005) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Toshiba Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Fundamental Films (2009) (China) (TV)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Happinet Corporation (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2004) (USA) (all media)
• Tartan Video USA (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Visionary Thinking (2004) (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (all media)
• Visionary Thinking (2004) (Serbia and Montenegro) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• HFR  dailies

Also Known As:

Samaritan Girl (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexual content.

Runtime:

Germany:95 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby SR

Certification:

Spain:18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | Germany:16 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:15

Company:

Kim Ki-Duk Film

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the father teaches the daughter to drive the car, the sound equipment (front window) and the crew (side window) are reflected in the windows of the car.

Soundtrack:

Gymnopédies - La 1 Ere. Lent et Douloureux

Abstract Korean movie

Director Kim Ki-Duk gives us insight about teenage prostitution in Korea, but is this really a movie about prostitution? Looking deeper than the visual settings, I found that the movie hits more emotionally about relationships, between friends and family. The movie is basically broken into two parts. Part one is about Jae-Young, an amateur prostitute and her best friend Yeo-Jin, her manager. The second part is about Yeo-Jin and her father. Each part has its tense moments, and the director, pretty much does a good job telling the story and showing the audience: tragedy and closeness. There's not a lot of sex or violence like typical prostitution movies, but then again it is not about prostitution, it only uses it as a medium to get the point across. Happy viewing!