The Japanese are occupiers of the
Kingdom of Korea in 1925. Chun Man-Duk has lost his wife, he lives with his 16-year-old son Suk-Yi and they
take care of each other. The
Japanese want to kill all the tigers until there are no more in the
mountains. The last one left is
the Mountain Lord of Mt. Jirisan. The Japanese will stop at nothing to finish off this tiger. Tiger skins fascinate Japanese
dignitary Maezono and he pushes the Japanese soldiers and the Korean
hunters for a kill. The men try to persuade
Chun Man-duk to join the hunt because he knows the trails of the lion and he
was once a well-known top shooter. When he refuses, they talk his son into joining the hunt. They believe this will draw Chun
Man-duk into going with them and he will agree to help them.
There is a LOT going
on in this film. Goo-Gyeong has
scars on his face from hunting this tiger before. He is determined to use any means possible to be the one to
have the last shot. Chun’s son
feels he is not doing anything with his life and he’s disappointed his father
won’t join the hunt. He doesn’t
know the back history of his family and this tiger. The animals seem very real but none of the hunt scenes would be
possible without using computer-generated imagery. I really felt for the tiger and I could not understand
the reasoning behind killing this magnificent animal? 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
139
min, Action directed by Hoon-jung Park with Choi Min-sik, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Hong-pa,
Kim Sang-ho, Lee Eun-woo, Ren Osugi, Ra Mi-ran, Yoo Jae-Myung, Jung Suk-Won,
Kim Hong-Fa, Hyun Seung-Min.
Note: Imdb 7.2 out of 10, 55% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Letter boxd average rating 3.3* out of 5*.
Special
Note: Filming began on this movie December 15, 2014 in the Guryong Valley, Jirisan National Park, South
Korea. Hoon-jung Park also
directed New World of 2013 and The Showdown of 2011. The names in this film are listed differently on Asian Wikipedia and I have followed that spelling.
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