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The film received positive critical reviews. The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 87% of 23 critics have given the film a positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_yellow_sea |title=The Yellow Sea |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]] |accessdate=2019-12-21}}</ref> On review aggregator website [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".<ref name="meta_TheW">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-yellow-sea|title=The Yellow Sea|website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=2016-12-21}}</ref>
The film received positive critical reviews. The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 87% of 23 critics have given the film a positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_yellow_sea |title=The Yellow Sea |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]] |accessdate=2019-12-21}}</ref> On review aggregator website [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".<ref name="meta_TheW">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-yellow-sea|title=The Yellow Sea|website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=2016-12-21}}</ref>

Mark Olsen of ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote "A breakneck mix of bone-crunching freneticism and bloody close-quarters knife-fighting with a strand of romantic melancholy".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Olsen |first1=Mark |title=Movie review: 'The Yellow Sea' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-02-la-et-capsules-the-yellow-sea20111202-story.html |website=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=20 December 2019 |date=2 December 2011}}</ref>
''[[The New York Times]]'''s Manohla Dargis wrote "A rush of a movie from South Korea that slips and slides from horror to humor on rivers of blood and offers the haunting image of a man, primitive incarnate, beating other men with an enormous, gnawed-over meat bone."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |title=‘The Yellow Sea,’ From South Korea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/the-yellow-sea-from-south-korea-review.html?ref=movies&mtrref=undefined&gwh=256BF736F7AE270398288432515D9081&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL |website=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=20 December 2019 |date=1 December 2011}}</ref>
''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'''s Maggie Lee stated "The raging stamina, unrelenting violence, rapid-fire editing and truncated narrative all give one no pause for thought or even breath. By the time the central mystery is revealed in a nice twist, it gets swallowed in the messy, anti-climactic end."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |title=The Yellow Sea: Cannes 2011 Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/yellow-sea-cannes-2011-film-191636 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate=20 December 2019 |language=en |date=24 May 2011}}</ref> Peter Bradshaw of ''[[The Guardian]]'' added "This noirish South Korean gangster film is a deafening explosion of energy, gruesome violence and chaos that, despite its implausibilities, has brashness and style... Perhaps The Yellow Sea does not really hang together, and, yes, it could perhaps have lost 30 minutes. But its power and bite-strength are impressive."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=The Yellow Sea – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/20/the-yellow-sea-review |website=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=20 December 2019 |date=20 October 2011}}</ref>


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==

Revision as of 22:21, 20 December 2019

The Yellow Sea
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNa Hong-jin
Screenplay byNa Hong-jin
StarringHa Jung-woo
Kim Yoon-seok
CinematographyLee Sung-jae
Music byYoungkyu Jang
Byung-hoon Lee
Production
companies
Fox International Productions
Popcorn Films
Distributed byShowbox/Mediaplex
20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22)
Running time
140 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Mandarin
BudgetUS$9 million
Box officeUS$15.8 million[2]

The Yellow Sea (Korean: 황해; RR: Hwanghae) is a 2010 South Korean action thriller film[3][4] directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok in the lead roles. This film marks the reunion of the director and the lead actors who also first collaborated for the 2008 film The Chaser, in which Ha Jung-woo played the antagonist and Kim Yoon-seok played the protagonist. In The Yellow Sea, Ha Jung-woo plays the protagonist while Kim Yoon-seok plays the antagonist.

The film revolves around a cab driver who agrees to carry out a hit on a professor in exchange for getting his debts paid. He soon becomes a fugitive after the hit goes wrong, and is chased by both the police and the gangster who assigned him the task.

The Yellow Sea was released in South Korea on 22 December 2010.

Plot

In northeastern Chinese city of Yanji in Yanbian Prefecture, Gu-nam (Ha Jung-woo), an ethnic Korean, or Joseonjok, toils away as a taxi driver. When not working, he is often found at gambling halls. Gu-nam is now in serious debt. His wife left to work in South Korea and promised to send money back. He has yet to hear from her and is tormented by nightmares of her having an extra-marital affair. To make matters worse, Gu-nam is fired from his job and debt collectors take most of his severance pay.

Local gangster, Myun Jung-hak (Kim Yoon-seok), offers him a deal: if Gu-nam goes to South Korea to kill a businessman, he will get CN¥57,000 (US$10,000). Gu-nam accepts and leaves for South Korea by train and a rickety fishing boat, with US$500 for expenses.

When Gu-nam arrives in South Korea, he carefully scopes out his target for days, while also searching for his wife. When the time arrives for Gu-nam to take out his target, a string of unexpected events occurs, leaving him desperately looking for a way out. Meanwhile, the police, the South Korean mob, as well as the ethnic Korean Chinese mafia, all frantically search for Gu-nam.

Cast

  • Ha Jung-woo as Gu-nam
  • Kim Yoon-seok as Myun Jung-hak
  • Jo Sung-ha as Tae-won
  • Lee Chul-min as Choi Sung-nam
  • Kwak Do-won as Prof. Kim Seung-hyun
  • Lim Ye-won as Prof. Kim's wife
  • Tak Sung-eun as Gu-nam's wife
  • Kim Ki-hwan as Prof. Kim's driver
  • Ki Se-hyung as Tae-won's subordinate
  • Lee El as Joo-young, Tae-won's mistress
  • Oh Yoon-hong as Tae-won's wife
  • Jung Man-sik as Detective
  • Jung Min-sung as Detective
  • Kim Dong-hyun as Detective
  • Park Byeong-eun as bank employee
  • Jang So-yeon as employee at Do-man Hotel
  • Yang Ki-won as detective
  • Sung Byoung-sook as Gu-nam's mother
  • Kong Jung-hwan as Jeon Pil-kyoo
  • Baek Won-gil as Korean-Chinese kidnapper 1
  • Kang Hyun-joong as Busan port sailor
  • Yoo Ha-bok as Yanbian taxi boss
  • Lee Hee-joon as policeman
  • Lee Jun-hyeok as dog seller 2
  • Kim Jae-hwa as Jung-hak's girlfriend (uncredited)

Release

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival,[5] as well as the 2011 Filmfest München.

The Australian and UK films rights were sold to Bounty Films. The UK release of the film was on October 21, 2011.

Reception

The film opened on December 22, 2010 in South Korea and was top of the box office, selling 1.05 million tickets in its first five days of release, according to the Korean Film Council.[6] The film sold a total of 2,142,742 tickets nationwide.[7]

The film received positive critical reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 87% of 23 critics have given the film a positive reviews.[8] On review aggregator website Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".[9]

Mark Olsen of The Los Angeles Times wrote "A breakneck mix of bone-crunching freneticism and bloody close-quarters knife-fighting with a strand of romantic melancholy".[10] The New York Times's Manohla Dargis wrote "A rush of a movie from South Korea that slips and slides from horror to humor on rivers of blood and offers the haunting image of a man, primitive incarnate, beating other men with an enormous, gnawed-over meat bone."[11] The Hollywood Reporter's Maggie Lee stated "The raging stamina, unrelenting violence, rapid-fire editing and truncated narrative all give one no pause for thought or even breath. By the time the central mystery is revealed in a nice twist, it gets swallowed in the messy, anti-climactic end."[12] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian added "This noirish South Korean gangster film is a deafening explosion of energy, gruesome violence and chaos that, despite its implausibilities, has brashness and style... Perhaps The Yellow Sea does not really hang together, and, yes, it could perhaps have lost 30 minutes. But its power and bite-strength are impressive."[13]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2011
 48th Grand Bell Awards Best Film The Yellow Sea Nominated
Best Director Na Hong-jin Nominated
Best Actor Kim Yoon-seok Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jo Sung-ha Won
Best Cinematography Lee Sung-jae Nominated
Best Editing Kim Sun-min Nominated
Best Art Direction Lee Hoo-gyoun Nominated
Best Lighting Hwang Soon-wook Nominated
Best Costume Design Chae Kyung-hwa Won
Best Visual Effects Kim Tae-hun, Jeong Jae-hun Nominated
Best Sound Effects Choi Tae-young Nominated
32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actor Kim Yoon-seok Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jo Sung-ha Nominated
Best Cinematography Lee Sung-jae Nominated
Best Art Direction Lee Hoo-gyoun Nominated
Best Lighting Hwang Soon-wook Won
47th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Film The Yellow Sea Nominated
Best Director Na Hong-jin Nominated
Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
5th Asian Film Awards Best Director Na Hong-jin Nominated
Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
Best Production Designer Lee Hwo-kyoung Nominated
Best Composer Jang Young-gyu and Lee Byung-hoon Nominated
5th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Achievement in Directing Na Hong-jin Nominated
64th Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Nominated
31st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Actor Ha Jung-woo Won
20th Buil Film Awards Nominated
15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Best Director Na Hong-jin Won
Best of Puchon Nominated
Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Nominated

References

  1. ^ "The Yellow Sea". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  2. ^ "Hwanghae (The Yellow Sea) (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  3. ^ The Yellow Sea on iTunes | Genre: Action & Adventure
  4. ^ THE YELLOW SEA | British Board of Film Classification
  5. ^ "Official Selection 2011". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  6. ^ Park, Soo-mee (27 December 2010). "Yellow Sea Tops Korean Holiday Box Office". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  7. ^ "Theatrical Releases in 2010: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  8. ^ "The Yellow Sea". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  9. ^ "The Yellow Sea". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  10. ^ Olsen, Mark (2 December 2011). "Movie review: 'The Yellow Sea'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  11. ^ Dargis, Manohla (1 December 2011). "'The Yellow Sea,' From South Korea". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  12. ^ Dargis, Manohla (24 May 2011). "The Yellow Sea: Cannes 2011 Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  13. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (20 October 2011). "The Yellow Sea – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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