3-Iron
Aka: Bin Jip
Land: Korea 2004
Genre: Drama
Lz: 90 Minuten
Bild: NTSC
Ton: Korean DD 5.1
Untertitel: English, Korean
Starring: Lee Seung Yeon, Jae Hi
Directed: Kim Ki Duk
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Regioncode: 3
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Synopsis
Director Kim Kiduk's 11th film, "3-Iron" (the Korean title is "Bin Jip," meaning
vacant houses) revolves around the story of a woman locked in violence and
harassment, and a homeless young man with nothing to lose. Taeseok (played
by Jae Hui) distributes fliers door-to-door on a motorcycle. Whenever he finds a
vacant house, he resides in it for days, cleaning the house and repairing broken
gadgets during his stays. One day, he visits a gorgeous mansion where
Seonhwa (played by Lee Seungyeon) lives like a ghost while being beaten by her
husband. One day, he saves her from her husband's violence by wielding a threeiron
golf club against him. From then on, they live together like a married couple.
One day, they visit a house where they find an abandoned body of an old man
who has died from a cancer. They even perform a funeral service for him and
spend some time in the house until the old man's son reports them to the police.
Taesok is imprisoned on charges of kidnapping, murder and housebreaking.
Seonhwa's evil husband arrives and the police and take her back to the house.
Seonhwa and Taeseok nevertheless search for each other, visiting vacant
houses until they meet again. The last footage of the movie, reminiscent Chinese
Taoist philosopher Zhuang Zi's sayings, offers a glimpse of the director's
philosophy: "It's hard to tell that the world we live in is either a reality or a dream."
Although no ghost appears in the movie, the two main characters move like
ghosts wandering from one house to another, sparing dialogue. Throughout the
film, Seonhwa has only three lines: "Ouch!," "I love you," and "Let's have a meal."
It must be noted that Taeseok's transformation is germinated by the existence of
Seonhwa who was once a most-sought-after entertainer but now is outcast both
in home and society - ironically a similar experience actress Lee Seungyeon also
shared in real life. Interestingly, this movie also appears to be devoted to actress
Lee who last year caused controversy over her nude project appearing as a
Korean comfort woman during the Second World War. Lee's nude photos, in
which she posed in the role of a sex slave for Japanese military soldiers, angered
former comfort women and the entire public. Director Kim Ki-duk won the Silver
Lion, special prize for best director, at the Venice International Film Festival for
this film last year.