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Ieoh Island

“𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.” A psycho-sexual mystery thriller with salt in the air and women in flowing gowns, all on a dying island that never fails to bead sweat on the forehead but run chills through bones. It’s not horror, but the kind of creep factor that crawls under the skin. In the drawn-out storytelling of parallel narratives that create dizzy circles, it’s a frustrating peculiar watch that pays off in its final moments. Fantastic performances. Shocking and beautiful moments. And a critique on the quick development of Korea while looking at the spiteful roles Korean men and women play against each other to survive in foreshadowing pollution and quick-profit schemes that largely root all of the issues we have today in modern Korea. Largely foundational in modern Korea cinema in terms of multi-genre narratives. “𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘌𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴.”