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3-Iron — Main characters

Main characters

  • Tae-suk, the motorcyle-riding, house fixer-upper male protagonist
  • Sun-hwa, his romantic interest who is in an abusive marriage
  • Min-gyu, Sun-hwa's abusive husband

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Director: KIM Ki-duk (Korean, Seoul)
Year released: 2004
Running time: 1:25
Setting: Mostly urban Korea
IMDb: 3-Iron
Release data (Box Office Mojo): 3-Iron

Tae-suk: the motorcycle-riding, house fixer-upper male protagonist

Sun-hwa: his romantic interest who is in an abusive marriage

Min-gyu: Sun-hwa's abusive husband

Topics of focus for this film:

Relationship between "society" and this couple.

Reconstructing "worlds".

Role of Buddhism in this film.

Dream and dreaminess in this film compared to the others screened.

Place of women in this film and the others screend.

Is this film misogynistic?

Module 01: Scenes 00-07 (31 min.)
Module 02: Scenes 11-20 (35 min.)
Module 03: Scenes 21-28 (20 min.)

Availability on campus:

East Asian library—EAST PN1997.2.P592 2004 Media Room