The tiger brings Seok's body to Man-duk's cabin.Īfter several failures, mounting hunter deaths, and the onset of a harsh winter, soldiers of the Japanese army are dispatched to participate in escalating efforts to find and kill the tiger, and several attempts are made to enlist Man-duk to facilitate the hunt, all of which he resolutely resists. In the present time, Seok loves a girl in town, and secretly joins one of Gu-kyung's hunts in aspiration of earning a bounty sufficient to convince her father to allow them to marry during the hunt, Seok wounds the tiger, but is himself mortally wounded.
The surviving cub grows up to become the Mountain Lord. Man-duk, however, secretly relocates the cubs to a safe den, though the one-eyed cub's sibling dies not long afterward. He advises Gu-kyung to them to leave them to their fate, allowing the mountain to decide if they are to survive. Man-duk spares the one-eyed cub and its sibling by intervening against the more junior hunter Gu-kyung, who delivered the killing shot on their mother. It is revealed that years ago, Man-duk mortally wounded the tiger's mother when she leapt at him as he neared her kill to defend her two nearby cubs. Gu-kyung, Chun Man-duk's former hunting partner, is the resolute but ruthless leader of a band of Korean hunters that continually attempt to track and kill the tiger for the bounty, including by killing its mate and two cubs while using the latter for bait. The tiger is known locally in hushed tones as the Mountain Lord, and locals who revere it fear that the tiger's demise will allow unchecked numbers of wolves and boars, thereby upsetting the ecological balance. The Japanese governor-general overseeing the occupation gathers tiger pelts as a hobby to display cultural dominance over the Korean people, and soon becomes obsessed with killing possibly the last remaining tiger in Korea, an enormous one-eyed male that lives on the mountain he has killed scores of hunters and evaded capture many times, including Chun Man-duk and his former hunting companions. Following a tragic accident years ago in which he killed his beloved wife while hunting for a large male tiger to financially provide for his family, he has retired his rifle, sworn off hunting, and become a humble herb gatherer among his cherished mountains. Of particular note, what Man Deok says has he leaves his burning house ca ji ca jah (spelling?) which is "Let's go together", I believe, not I'm going.In Japanese-occupied Korea in 1925, Chun Man-duk, a revered hunter, lives with his teenage son, Seok, in a hut near Mount Jirisan. I don't know Korean, but I can tell if sentences are left out or when some phrases are changed or not translated. Small SPOILER: The subs on Netflix are good, but not perfect. But, I am a huge fan of these types of movies and love the mystical quality of them. A lot of people felt like it was too long or got boring. I've read several reviews and commentaries on this movie.
#The tiger hunter movie
So the Japanese soldiers who are hunting the tiger in this movie and the tiger's fight against them have this underlying symbolism to them. A symbol that becomes apparent at the end of the movie. A tiger that has overcome trials and tribulations and understands the world is known to turn white, becoming a white tiger. Also, the tiger is a symbolic animal for the Korean people reflecting their courage and resilience against their many years of adversity. The time period of the film is set during the Japanese occupation and during this time period the Japanese army was charged with searching out and destroying pockets of resistance groups hiding out on Mt.
The story is allegorical in more than just a man against beast, beast against man way. The film truly transports you to another time and another place. Not just the cinematography (the camera work is stunningly beautiful), but the period setting, the costumes, the characters, and, most of all, the locations (particularly Mt Jirisan) are just breathtakingly beautiful. You might parallel it with movies like Crouching Tiger, etc since the atmosphere, the cinematography, the actions scenes are all combined to transport us into a world that is more mystical than realistic.though the actions scenes are quite realistic and far too intense for a younger audience. So you need to suspend reality going into this movie.
#The tiger hunter full
Not a fairy tale like today's, where they all end up with "And They Lived Happily Ever After", but like the fairy tales of my youth which were, in actuality, quite violent and bloody and full of allegory and mysticism.
This review may contain spoilers For me, it's important to understand going in to this movie that what you are watching is a fairy tale.
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