Address Unknown (2001)

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Release Date: Jun 2, 2001 Wide

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Following up on his hallucinatory meditation on sex, death, and fish hooks in The Isle, Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk spins this brutal exploration on the lingering anger and exploitation of America's occupation of South Korea. Even though all her letters are returned stamped "Address Unknown," a middle-aged woman nevertheless compulsively writes letter after letter to the American soldier with whom she bore an African-American/Korean child. Her son, named Chang-guk, is the object of societal

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Ki-duk Kim

In Theaters: Jun 2, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Jan 24, 2006

Cast

Dong-kun Yang
Chang-Guk
Young-min Kim
Ji-Hum
Ban Min-Yung
Eun-Ok
Jae Hyun Cho
Dog-Eye
Pang Eun-Jin
Chang-Guk's Mother
Myung Kye-Nam
Ji-Hum's Father
Lee In-Ock
Eun-Ok's Mother
Mitch Malum
James
Eun-jin Bang
Gye-nam Myeong
In-ok Lee
Jae-hyeon Jo
Min-jung Ban

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An eheis tin ypomoni na parakoloythiseis gia miamisi ora tin poiitiki epanaliptikotita toy skinotheti poy einai asygkratitos oso pote sti mizeria poy petaei stoys iroes toy, mporei mesa ston aparadekto iho, ti ftini fotografia kai tin aneleita koyrastiki

October 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses

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It's difficult to recommend Ki-duk Kim's films. His movies are never complacent, but even the most passionate examples can be dull. Address Unknown is one such film, an explosive concept made dull by a director still learning his craft and working out the kinks. Fans of the director will still want to check it out, but

August 24, 2010

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I like Kim Ki-Duk films... 3-Iron, Spring Summer Autumn Winter, Bi-Mong - they meander along but I'm always happy to follow. This is one of his depressing films, where dislikable people do dislikable things to each other, themselves and, in this case, dogs. All the main characters have some kind of major breakdown by

September 13, 2010