Address Unknown (2001 film)
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| Hangul | 수취인불명 |
| Hanja | 受取人不明 |
| Revised Romanization | Suchwiin bulmyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Such'wiin pulmyŏng |
| Directed by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Produced by | Lee Seung-jae |
| Written by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Starring |
Yang Dong-geun Ban Min-jeong Bang Eun-jin Cho Jae-hyun Mitch Malem |
| Cinematography | Seo Jeong-min |
| Edited by | Hahm Sung-won |
| Distributed by | Tube Entertainment |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Address Unknown (Hangul: 수취인불명; RR: Suchwiin bulmyeong) is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. It was the opening film of the 2001 Venice Film Festival. The film is based on real-life stories from the director's life, and those known to him.
Plot
It is set in the South Korean countryside around a U.S. military base, and particularly involves the villages that are affected by its presence. This includes an unstable, near psychotic American soldier (Mitch Malem) who survives on a diet of LSD and rage, Eun-ok, a girl with one defective eye, Jihum a lonesome boy and Chang-guk, who lives in an old abandoned U.S. Air Force bus with his mother. She has taught Chang-guk English in an attempt to prepare him for their new life in the United States, reunited with his father who she mails regularly, although the letters are always returned "address unknown".
References
External links
- Address Unknown at the Internet Movie Database
- Address Unknown at the Korean Movie Database
- Interview with Kim Ki-duk at AsianDB.com