Loading Page
The Bow(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-05-12
69%
202 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.
Overview:
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard.
Languages: Korean.
Countries:
Japan,
South Korea
Budget: $950,000.00
Revenue: $2,032,404.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Kim Ki Duk Film
Cineclick Asia
Movie: The Bow
Top 9 Billed Cast
Han Yeo-reum
Young Girl
전성환
Old Man
서지석
Student
전국환
Student's Father
김익태
Man 1
Jo Hyun-wu
Man 3
Video Trailer The Bow
Loading Photos
Photo Type :Total items
Recommendations Movies
64%
Birdcage Inn(ko)
1998-10-31
Jin-a, a young prostitute, moves into a seaside motel called the Birdcage Inn, run by a dysfunctional family. Struggling with her circumstances and the family's treatment, she forms an unlikely bond with the daughter, Hye-mi. As they navigate love, betrayal, and personal growth, their friendship ultimately leads to a deeper understanding and a chance for redemption.
67%
Sara(cn)
2015-03-05
Journalist Sara has just spent four months completing an in-depth investigation piece. Her editor-in-chief, afraid of offending powerful politicians and business moguls, refuses to run it. Sara’s boyfriend, who works for the same magazine, chooses not to warn her and even sides with the editor-in-chief. In just one moment, Sara is turned off by her work, her love relationship, and even about life.At this low point in her life, Sara exiles herself to Chiang Mai, Thailand. One evening, while at a bar, Sara meets child prostitute Dok-My. During her time getting to know Dok-My and through the process of rescuing her, Sara becomes haunted by the memories of her own past…
65%
The Waiting List(es)
2000-06-02
At a rundown bus station in rural Cuba, the line of passengers waiting just keeps getting longer. The problem is that every bus that passes by is already full. Their only hope is to wait for the station's bus to be fixed. As the disparate group settles in, relationships start forming between the passengers: Emilio, a young engineer, becomes smitten with a beautiful young woman who is en route to meet her Spanish fiancé, a blind man gets support from the others to go to the head of the line. Frustration and disorder reign when the one bus brakes down and no one can leave. Resigned to working together, the group magically transforms the station into a beautiful place where no one wants to leave.
54%
The Fatal Mallet(en)
1914-06-01
Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.
54%
Hellevator: The Bottled Fools(ja)
2004-02-28
Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.
42%
Vampire Cop Ricky(ko)
2006-02-09
A mosquito from Transylvania finds its way to Seoul where it bites Na Do-yol, a corrupt police officer. Soon after he begins to develop a thirst for blood, and finds out that he has vampire super powers whenever he becomes sexually aroused. When Do-yol's past misdeeds come back to threaten his partner and girlfriend, he decides to clean up his act and sets out for revenge.
70%
Chicken with Plums(fr)
2011-10-26
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
70%
Samaritan Girl(ko)
2004-03-05
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those men, she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous.
71%
The Bear(fr)
1988-10-21
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
77%
Time of the Gypsies(sh)
1988-12-21
In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
68%
Honeymoon Trips(it)
1995-12-15
The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.
67%
Summertime(fr)
2015-08-19
In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.
78%
Two Women(it)
1960-12-22
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
64%
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen(en)
2012-03-09
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
78%
Departures(ja)
2008-09-13
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
74%
Burning(ko)
2018-05-17
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.
70%
The Guard(en)
2011-07-07
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Similar Movies
44%
Zandalee(en)
1991-05-09
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johnny and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair.
63%
The Good Earth(en)
1937-06-02
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
73%
El televisor(es)
1974-07-05
Enrique buys a color television set just to satisfy a personal pleasure long time deferred but, from that moment on, he becomes obsessed with it in such way that eventually he is incapable to differ reality from fiction.
60%
Bare Essence of Life(ja)
2009-06-06
Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a kindergarten and is from Tokyo.
54%
Daddy and Them(en)
2001-10-26
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
71%
The Sea Wolf(en)
1941-03-21
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
0%
Old Wounds(sq)
1969-05-22
An old man refuses to undergo an operation in the hospital because he does not trust the abilities of the female surgeon.
58%
How Stella Got Her Groove Back(en)
1998-08-14
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
50%
All Ladies Do It(it)
1992-02-21
After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.
78%
Straight Outta Compton(en)
2015-08-11
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
61%
Life Is Beautiful(ml)
2000-04-14
Vinayachandran and Sindhu are an ideal couple, who are so fond of each other that the greatest thing that they love, according to their neighbours Nambiarettan and Shoshammetathi. Vinayan has just joined a reputed public school as a teacher of Malayalam. The fact that he wants to teach Malayalam is projected as a politically correct stand, which Vinayan promptly starts elaborating with his unconventional ways of teaching.
61%
When the Trees Fall(uk)
2018-09-20
In the rural Ukraine, in a ghostly world where fantasy tears the veil of reality, life fiercely fights death every day and old values and vengeance reign over people's souls, Vitka, an imaginative and rebellious little girl, is the fascinated witness to the crazy love that Larysa, her teenage cousin, feels for Scar, a young criminal.
53%
The House Across the Bay(en)
1940-03-01
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
56%
No Boys, No Cry(ja)
2009-05-28
A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.
81%
Memories of Murder(ko)
2003-04-25
During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.
71%
Welcome to the Dollhouse(en)
1995-09-10
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
69%
Force Majeure(sv)
2014-08-15
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
75%
Winter Sleep(tr)
2014-06-13
Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.
67%
He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not(fr)
2002-03-27
A talented art student named Angélique is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec, a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife. When he eventually decides to stay in his marriage, it causes Angélique to spiral. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.