Green Fish Reviews

Rated:
60
from 116 members

This landmark Korean film finds our hero, Mak-dong discharged from the military and returning home to find his village transformed into a city. Confused, alone and alienated he drifts into the shady world of organised crime, which offers some stability and familiarity in its codes of honour and respect. However morality comes .. Read more

Starring	Han Suk-Kyu, Moon Sung-Keun, Shim Hye-Jin
Director	Lee Chang-Dong
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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Screenwriter Lee's debut feature offers a wry, regretful chunk of recent social history in the guise of a gangster... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

dated Korean ganster film

Both Peppermint Candy and Oasis were excellent films, but I cannot understand why it is Lee Chang-Dong's first film Green Fish that has got a DVD release in this country. It shows none of the originality of his later films, and is quite frankly nothing more than a cliched take on the ubiquitous Korean gangster film.
- - A customer from Brighton
  - Posted 18 Jun 2007 09:28
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Gangsters are bad

Fairly run of the mill tale about a naive guy falling in with the wrong crowd and getting caught up in their evil gangster naughtiness, probably worth a look but won't make any 'films to see before you die' kind of lists.
- - A customer from Barking
  - Posted 10 Oct 2007 14:39
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Gangsters are bad

Fairly run of the mill tale about a naive guy falling in with the wrong crowd and getting caught up in their evil gangster naughtiness, probably worth a look but won't make any 'films to see before you die' kind of lists.
- - A customer from Barking
  - Posted 10 Oct 2007 14:39

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

dated Korean ganster film

Both Peppermint Candy and Oasis were excellent films, but I cannot understand why it is Lee Chang-Dong's first film Green Fish that has got a DVD release in this country. It shows none of the originality of his later films, and is quite frankly nothing more than a cliched take on the ubiquitous Korean gangster film.
- - A customer from Brighton
  - Posted 18 Jun 2007 09:28
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Gangsters are bad

Fairly run of the mill tale about a naive guy falling in with the wrong crowd and getting caught up in their evil gangster naughtiness, probably worth a look but won't make any 'films to see before you die' kind of lists.
- - A customer from Barking
  - Posted 10 Oct 2007 14:39

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Critics' reviews
Screenwriter Lee's debut feature offers a wry, regretful chunk of recent social history in the guise of a gangster... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008