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DVD : The Coast GuardIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Dong-Kun Jang, Jeong-hak Kim, Ji-a Park, Hye-jin Yu, Jin Jeong directed by: Ki-duk Kim (II)  List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.96 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0842498020272 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Tartan Video Manufacturer: Tartan Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tartan Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 09, 2005 Running Time: 94 minutes Studio: Tartan Video Theatrical Release Date: 2002 Sales Rank: 41097 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang (Dong-Kun Jang) monitors a lonely stretch of beach on the Korean shoreline. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits eagerly for a chance to prove his worth as a soldier. One night, Kang shoots without hesitation, mistakenly killing an innocent civilian. Despite receiving honors, he slowly begins to unravel under the grief of what hes done. Losing his grip on reality, tensions and paranoia escalate and further tragedy may become unavoidable. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Relatively Early Kim Ki Duk movieA reviewer questioned whether soldiers who guarded cost line to shoot anything moves after dusk? well.. Certainly not as long as my own experience is concerned.( I served in a GP which was located in DMZ) However, I heard quite few heresays about the island Kim Ki Duck portrays (he precisely mentioned the island and outfit of the units ,but every Koreans know where it is and who they are . They are ROK marines). It is fairly dangerous place that is pretty close to the North Korean costline. Read More Rating: - How dangerous and far-reaching can an act of violence be?Did you know that South Korea's coastline is monitored by soldiers that, after dusk, shoot anybody in sight in order to prevent the infiltration of spies? I didn't, but I learnt that peculiar fact after watching "The Coast Guard" (2002). "The Coast Guard" is directed by Kim Ki-duk, a South Korean already well-known for previous art house movies ripe with symbolism. In this case, Kim Ki-duk wanted to make a film that helped spectators to understand what Korea is going through, as a country ... Read More Rating:  - to what degree do we serve our duties?(the one star review isn't even worth addressing any further than this: haha.) what we have here is a breath taking look at one man's desire for respect, and the subsequent losing of his mind. Ki-Duk Kim knows how to tell a story, no more needs to be said in that respect, and especially if said story is to be laced in melancholy and a slight feeling of bleakness. it's not necessarily a claustrophobic film, but one does feel almost trapped on the beach where the vast ... Read More Rating:  - One of the worst movies everThe other reviewer must be related to this director. This is ONE of the worst movies I've seen, though right now I can't think of one that ranks below it. I was just about to shut if off at one point but made myself stick with it because there wasn't anything on TV. The acting was laugh out loud bad, the business about the shooter going insane went on and on and on. Yeah, beat the viewers over the head since they are too stupid to get it that he's traumatized. Read More Rating: - Cinematic Symbolism with Great Depth in Excellent Film by Ki-duk Kim...Ki-duk Kim is in high form criticizing a small aspect of the South Korean society, the Coast Guard, and through a surrealistic approach he throws out everything on the table at once. Nothing is left untouched or too sacred not to be expressed in this film, as he brings the disturbing reality of the tension between the Coast Guard and the civil population in nearby village. Yet, Ki-duk Kim succeeds in turning it into a bizarre analogy of how the Koreans dealt and deal with national divides where the people ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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