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Samaritan Girl Reviews

2004

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To fulfil their dreams of traveling to Europe, two teenage girls Yeo-jin and Jae-young start a prostitution business. Yeo-jin handles the business side, while Jae-young "entertains" the customers. When Jae-young is accidentally killed during a police raid, Yeo-jin locates their clients in an act of penance, sleeping with them .. Read more

Starring	Lee Uhi, Kwak Ji-Min, Seo Min-Jung
Director	Kim Ki-Duk
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- This ludicrous melodrama contrives to sanitise, glamorise and deplore teenage prostitution, all at the same time.... read more on Time Out
- 49478
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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- - 33
  - 16
  Fairly Good
  
  연기가 좀 부족했지만 영화자체는 상당히 괜찮&#... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 12 Sep 2007 at 13:31
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- - 0
  - 0
  Difficult, Depressing yet touchingly poignant. Defo worth a watch.
  
  This is a hard film to watch (don't watch it when depressed, it might tip you over the edge!) This film is by turns hearbreakingly depressing and touchingly... read more »
  
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- - BrenJamesUK
  - 2 reviews
  - York
  - 01 Jun 2012 at 00:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Difficult, Depressing yet touchingly poignant. Defo worth a watch.
  
  This is a hard film to watch (don't watch it when depressed, it might tip you over the edge!) This film is by turns hearbreakingly depressing and touchingly... read more »
  
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- - BrenJames
  - 2 reviews
  - York
  - 16 Mar 2012 at 12:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Morally Ambivalent Samaritan
  
  Ki-duk Kim, writer and director of ‘The Isle’ and writer of ‘Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring’, fills both roles for this later work. ... read more »
  
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- - Robinski
  - 142 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 22 Nov 2011 at 02:32
- - 1
  - 1
  Disturbing film...
  
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  Disturbing in so many ways... Not so much for its sanitized portrayal of under-age prostitution, but for the way in which the viewer is led to believe that this... read more »
  
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- 1042001
- - Tomosan
  - 35 reviews
  - Hindhead
  - 18 Sep 2011 at 16:36
- - 1
  - 2
  Description of movie doesn't do it justice whatsoever.
  
  The description of the movie really doesn't do it justice.
  
  To me it sounded really sleazy and so for a long time i didn't want to watch it. ... read more »
  
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- - JuiceOfLife
  - 27 reviews
  - 15 Aug 2011 at 16:35
- - 4
  - 3
  Between this and "sympathy for Mr Vengeance"...
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I now know why so many Korean TV stars, superstars, politicians and models kill themselves.Yes gritty and enigmatic, but essentially just bleak, disturbing and... read more »
  
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- - Adzni
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Apr 2010 at 22:12
- - 33
  - 16
  Fairly Good
  
  연기가 좀 부족했지만 영화자체는 상당히 괜찮&#... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 12 Sep 2007 at 13:31
- - 4
  - 2
  Nice photography but little substance
  
  This is an interesting film with a promising story, good acting, beautiful photography and a few surprising twists and turns. Yet somehow it doesn't quite ... read more »
  
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- - ThomasKus
  - 143 reviews
  - Gloucester
  - 17 Nov 2006 at 17:53
- - 5
  - 1
  Good Samaritan.
  
  Another great piece of film making from South Korea. Two friends plan to finance a trip to Europe by prostituting themselves, but after one accidentally dies in... read more »
  
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- - drunkenmaster
  - 479 reviews
  - Merthyr Tydfil,
  - 12 Oct 2006 at 19:05
- - 42
  - 38
  Poor
  
  If you hate subtitles don't go for this film, as it is full of subtitles from start to finish.
  
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- - a customer
  - Lanarkshire, Scotland
  - 13 Sep 2006 at 13:29
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- - 33
  - 16
  Fairly Good
  
  연기가 좀 부족했지만 영화자체는 상당히 괜찮&#... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 474480
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - England
  - 12 Sep 2007 at 13:31
- - 42
  - 38
  Poor
  
  If you hate subtitles don't go for this film, as it is full of subtitles from start to finish.
  
  Report this review
- 285265
- - a customer
  - Lanarkshire, Scotland
  - 13 Sep 2006 at 13:29
- - 5
  - 1
  Good Samaritan.
  
  Another great piece of film making from South Korea. Two friends plan to finance a trip to Europe by prostituting themselves, but after one accidentally dies in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 373485
- - drunkenmaster
  - 479 reviews
  - Merthyr Tydfil,
  - 12 Oct 2006 at 19:05
- - 4
  - 2
  Nice photography but little substance
  
  This is an interesting film with a promising story, good acting, beautiful photography and a few surprising twists and turns. Yet somehow it doesn't quite ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 386057
- - ThomasKus
  - 143 reviews
  - Gloucester
  - 17 Nov 2006 at 17:53
- - 4
  - 3
  Between this and "sympathy for Mr Vengeance"...
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I now know why so many Korean TV stars, superstars, politicians and models kill themselves.Yes gritty and enigmatic, but essentially just bleak, disturbing and... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 883095
- - Adzni
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Apr 2010 at 22:12
- - 1
  - 0
  Morally Ambivalent Samaritan
  
  Ki-duk Kim, writer and director of ‘The Isle’ and writer of ‘Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring’, fills both roles for this later work. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1065647
- - Robinski
  - 142 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 22 Nov 2011 at 02:32
- - 1
  - 1
  Disturbing film...
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Disturbing in so many ways... Not so much for its sanitized portrayal of under-age prostitution, but for the way in which the viewer is led to believe that this... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1042001
- - Tomosan
  - 35 reviews
  - Hindhead
  - 18 Sep 2011 at 16:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Difficult, Depressing yet touchingly poignant. Defo worth a watch.
  
  This is a hard film to watch (don't watch it when depressed, it might tip you over the edge!) This film is by turns hearbreakingly depressing and touchingly... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1102909
- - BrenJames
  - 2 reviews
  - York
  - 16 Mar 2012 at 12:31
- - 0
  - 0
  Difficult, Depressing yet touchingly poignant. Defo worth a watch.
  
  This is a hard film to watch (don't watch it when depressed, it might tip you over the edge!) This film is by turns hearbreakingly depressing and touchingly... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1122865
- - BrenJamesUK
  - 2 reviews
  - York
  - 01 Jun 2012 at 00:50
- - 1
  - 2
  Description of movie doesn't do it justice whatsoever.
  
  The description of the movie really doesn't do it justice.
  
  To me it sounded really sleazy and so for a long time i didn't want to watch it. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1029505
- - JuiceOfLife
  - 27 reviews
  - 15 Aug 2011 at 16:35

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- This ludicrous melodrama contrives to sanitise, glamorise and deplore teenage prostitution, all at the same time.... read more on Time Out
- 49478
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19

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  To fulfil their dreams of traveling to Europe, two teenage girls Yeo-jin and Jae-young start a prostitution business. Yeo-jin handles the business side, while Jae-young "entertains" the customers. When Jae-young is accidentally killed during a police raid, Yeo-jin locates their clients in an act of ...