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7.3/10   4,858 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Ki-duk Kim (writer)
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Release Date:
5 March 2004 (South Korea) more
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Plot:
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Inconceivable plot and illogical characters,but touching ending more (32 total)

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Samaritan Girl (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and sexual content.
Runtime:
Germany:95 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

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. more
Soundtrack:
Gymnopédies - La 1 Ere. Lent et Douloureux more

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Inconceivable plot and illogical characters,but touching ending, 19 February 2009
Author: Angelcake89 from United Kingdom

I like the films premise of friendship in the beginning but as having seen other Kim Ki Duk films such as spring,summer,autumn,winter and spring,as well as 3 iron, i did'nt like this so much. its such the first half was decent until a long list of unrealistic events that put me off the film deals with these two girls who decide to travel to Europe and need money so like you do they decide to run a prostitution business until something goes wrong and in not the way the misleading DVD synopsis described, which implied that she was "killed" in an police raid,which leads to the other girl feeling guilty so she decides to sleep with her dead friends previous clients just to return all their money(why not just give them back their cash?)i know that most of Kim's films has the characters depictions that never bare any relation to real life,but still i found this film hard to get,especially the father,who goes on a revenge spree on the men who think its OK to sleep with underage girls,fair enough,he disgraces them a bit etc,but loses control at the end. The film doesn't rate highly to me as the previous films because the characters,actions and plot seem so illogical,though the ending is quite touching.

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