The Coast Guard
The Coast Guard movie poster
Korean name
Hangul
해안선
Revised RomanizationHaeanseon
McCune–ReischauerHaeansŏn
Directed byKim Ki-duk[1]
Written byKim Ki-duk
Produced byKim Dong-joo
Lee Seung-jae
StarringJang Dong-gun
Park Ji-a
CinematographyBaek Dong-hyeon
Edited byKim Sun-min
Distributed byKorea Pictures
Cineclick Asia
Release date
  • November 22, 2002 (2002-11-22)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$1 million
Box officeUS$2,440,549[2]

The Coast Guard (Korean: 해안선; RR: Haeanseon, lit. 'Coastline') is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. The film deals with military atrocities and the absurdities of borders and conflicts.

Plot

Private Kang is a South Korean marine guarding the South Korean coastline near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, overly eager to shoot a North Korean spy during his time on duty. On one dimly-lit night, a drunk local couple sneaks into the fenced-off demilitarized zone to have sex. Kang spots the man on his blurry night-vision scope, and mistaking him for a North Korean spy, kills him with his rifle and grenade.

Kang and the girlfriend of the dead civilian both have mental breakdowns.

The woman believes the members of the coastal guards are her dead lover, and engages in sexual affairs with them. She eventually becomes pregnant and is forced into a botched abortion by the unit's incompetent medics. The woman's brother, enraged, attempts to stab members of the unit but is subdued and arrested by local police.

Kang is commended for his action and is granted leave as a reward, during which he shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. His friends consequently ostracize him and his girlfriend leaves him. Upon return to his post, he is cornered and beaten by the dead civilian's friends, and his PTSD worsens. After several episodes, the military deems Kang mentally unfit for service and honorably discharges him. Kang refuses to leave, and after several failed attempts to return to service, resorts to stealing military equipment and killing members of his unit.

He then goes to Myeongdong in Seoul, where he stabs people at random with his bayonet before being confronted by armed policemen.[3] Gunfire then erupts.[4]

Cast

  • Jang Dong-gun as Private Kang
  • Kim Jung-hak as Private Kim
  • Park Ji-a as Mi-young
  • Yoo Hae-jin as Cheol-gu
  • Jeong Jin as So Cho-jang
  • Kim Ku-taek as Sergeant Jang
  • Kim Kang-woo as Private Jo
  • Park Yoon-jae as Private Yoon
  • Kim Tae-woo as Private Seo
  • Kim Young-jae as medic
  • Kim Mi-sung as tourist woman #1
  • In-seong as agent 2
  • No Jun-ho as man stabbed with bayonet
  • Won Deok-hyun as kid
  • Shim Hoon-ki as coast guard 2
  • Jung Hee-tae as agent 7
  • Jeon Sung-ae as Young-kil's mother
  • Park Sung-il as Private Kang's friend
  • Choi Min as provost

Production

Filming took place around Jeonju and Seoul, South Korea from June 18, 2002 to July 19, 2002.[5][3] The actors playing the marines went through a mini-boot camp to help them get into the roles of South Korean marines, the director himself a veteran of the South Korean marine corps.[5] One day of filming was interrupted so the cast and crew could watch the 2002 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals between South Korea and Spain.[3]

Awards

Wins

38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2003:

Nominations

38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2003:

Notes

  • ""The Coast Guard" for Karlovy Vary". cineclickasia.com. 2003-05-30. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  1. ↑ Infobox data from Hae anseon (2002) at IMDb
  2. ↑ "The Coast Guard". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "[해안선] 2002` 김기덕 감독, 장동건.박지아.유해진 주연/ 전체 촬영 일기 by 최민". 네이버 블로그 | 배우 최민의 블로그 입니다.
  4. ↑ Synopsis from Seibert, Perry. "The Coast Guard". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-12-12.; "Coast Guard, The; synopsis". cineclickasia.com. Retrieved 2007-12-13. and Kim Ki-duk (director and writer) (2003-02-18). 해안선 (The Coast Guard) (DVD). Seoul: 엔터원.
  5. 1 2 "새영화 의 감독 김기덕과 배우 장동건". May 20, 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Awards from "Awards for Hae anseon (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  7. ↑ "The Coast Guard". NETPAC. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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