The Bow
“A girl who thought the sea was the whole world, became the whole world to an old man.”
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard.
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Cast
16 people
Han Yeo-reum
Young Girl
Known for
Samaritan Girl
Jeon Seong-hwan
Old Man
Seo Ji-seok
Student
Known for
Time
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Student's Father
Known for
Crash Landing on You
I Saw the Devil
Kim Ik-tae
Guy 1
Known for
The K2
Lady Vengeance
Jang Dae-seong
Guy 2
Also in
My Wife is a Gangster 3
Don't Tell Papa
Cho Hyen-woo
Guy 3
Known for
Taxi Driver
Teach You a Lesson
Kong Yu-seok
Man 1
Known for
Failan
Ditto
So Jae-Ick
Man 2
Known for
Breath
Time
Shin Taek-gi
Fisherman
Known for
Samaritan Girl
Breath
Kim Myung-hun
Hoodwinker 1
Also in
Secret Reunion
Lee Jong-gil
Hoodwinker 2
Known for
Samaritan Girl
Kim Ki-duk Director · Kang Eun-il Composer Jang Seong-baek Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $950K · First release May 12, 2005
Box office
Budget
$950,000
Worldwide gross
$2,032,404
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Kim Ki Duk Film
Production
Happinet Pictures
Production
Cineclick Asia
Production
Japan · South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
활
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
France · May 12, 2005
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
South Korea · May 12, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
February 8, 2006 · Theatrical
Canada
August 27, 2005 · Premiere · Montréal Film Festival
Czechia
July 1, 2005 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
September 17, 2005 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
Germany
July 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 1, 2005 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Israel
December 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
November 4, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
May 12, 2005 · Digital
Netherlands
December 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
March 3, 2006 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 1, 2006 · Premiere · Fantasporto Film Festival
Singapore
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 2, 2005 · Theatrical
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