The Isle
About The Isle
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
The Isle is a 2000 thriller film directed by Kim Ki-duk. Released in April 2000, it runs 90 minutes.
The film is filed under softcore, eroticism, sadomasochism, and card game.
Kim Yu-seok stars as Hyun-shik, Suh Jung as Hee-jin, Seo Won as Eun-ah, and Son Min-seok as Dal-soo. The screenplay is by Kim Ki-duk. In the United States it streams on FlixFling.
Nine 1/2 Weeks, In the Realm of the Senses, and Sleeping Beauty make useful companions to The Isle, all filed under prostitute. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 385 votes.