Plot
A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.
Release Year: 2006
Rating: 7.0/10 (9,112 voted)
Director:
Chan-wook Park
Stars: Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-jin Choi
Storyline A young woman who believes she's a cyborg hears voices and harms herself while at work making radios. She's hospitalized in a mental institution where she eats nothing and talks to inanimate objects. She's Young-goon, granddaughter of a woman who thought she was a mouse (and whose dentures Young-goon wears) and a mother who's a butcher without much social grace. Young-goon comes to the attention of Il-sun, a ping-pong playing patient at the institution who makes it his goal to get her to eat. Will he succeed? Which way does sanity lie?
Writers: Chan-wook Park, Seo-Gyeong Jeong
Cast: Su-jeong Lim
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Cha Young-goon
Rain
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Park Il-sun
Hie-jin Choi
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Choi Seul-gi
Byeong-ok Kim
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Judge
Yong-nyeo Lee
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Young-goon's mother
Dal-su Oh
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Shin Duk-cheon
Ho-jeong Yu
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Il-sun's mother
Trivia: Su-jeong Lim had to get her weight down to just 39 kg to shoot this film.
Quotes: Cha Young-goon:
Mom, I think I'm a cyborg. Young-goon's mother:
...What is that? Cha Young-goon:
I think it's kind of... like a robot? Young-goon's mother:
...Have you missed your period? Because you're a 'sy-bor'?
User Review
Another great film from Park
Rating: 9/10
I have to say, I really don't see where all the dislike and criticisms
come from. Granted, Cyborg is a far different film from all of Park's
other works, and especially in the world of romantic comedies falls
into the really freaking weird category, but I found it to be really
entertaining. It was very sweet, but in a good way. No excessive
cuteness, no magical cure to being crazy. The crazy people are crazy,
and that ain't gonna change anytime soon. The cinematography and
visuals were great. I really loved the set design of the hospital. And
all of the side characters were a great cast of crazies. I have not
watched a great deal of Korean cinema, and have never seen the leads in
anything before. I live in Korea, so I'm very aware of Rain (or Be, as
its pronounced here), but I thought that both pulled off their rolls
very well, especially the girl. If you are looking for something fun,
light hearted and a little bizarre, check this out. Just know that it
is not your normal Park Chan Wook film.
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