Stars: Jae-hyeon Jo, Won Seo

Director: Ki-Duk Kim

Summary: A gangland leader falls in love with a college student, when he tries to force himself on her, he is beaten by the police. When the student finds herself forced into prostitution after she commits a crime on shopping trip, the gangster who fell in love with her is made her keeper.

When a beautiful student girl is unsettlingly kissed by a forceful stranger in a crowd in front of her boyfriend, it's clear who the BAD GUY is. He's a gang leader and has fallen in love at first sight. This unacceptable behaviour causes him to be beaten up by police but he is compelled to meet this girl once more. When she's drawn into a life of prostitution to repay a debt, it's the smitten BAD GUY who winds up protecting her. A powerful, uneasy and controversial take on gangland romance.

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Something of a swan song for the legendary Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger partnership, 1956's The Battle of the River Plateis their penultimate film together (the following year's Ill Met By Moonlightwas the last). Shot in a semi-documentary style that stands apart from the "magical realism" of much of their previous work--Canterbury Tales, A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes--the film tells the story of the pursuit of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee by three British cruisers off the River Plate in Uruguay during November 1939.

Incorporating actual wartime footage adds to the authentic air, albeit one that sits uneasily with the obviously studio-bound look of the rest. Among the solid cast Peter Finch stands out as the beleaguered Captain Langsdorff of the Graf Spee, while John Gregson is his counterpart, the stalwart British hero type. Things get a bit odd when Christopher Lee pops up in the unlikely role of a Latin-American nightclub boss. It's an atypical Powell and Pressburger picture and not exactly their best, but still a fine World War II picture that documents an important incident in the opening salvos of the war. --Mark Walker

Aspect Ratio:	Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Korean
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Directors Commentary, Original Theatrical Trailer, Behind The Scenes, Cast Interviews, Asia Extreme Trailer Reel
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2001
Release Date:	July 26, 2004
Runtime:	100 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3439
Label:	Asia Extreme
Keywords:	Subtitled, Bad, General, Guy, Drama, Korean
Genre:	Drama