Crocodile

"The most twisted love story you'll ever see!"

1996 1h 42m KO

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6.3

MID

★6.3TMDB · 62

Drama

Synopsis

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Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of society undermines South Korea’s boasts of its newfound economic position as an Asian Tiger. One day, Crocodile finds a girl floating in his river.

“The most twisted love story you'll ever see!”

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Cast

Cho Jae-hyun
Crocodile
Jeon Moo-song
Old Man Woo
An Jae-hong
Beggar
Woo Yun-kyeong
Hyun-jung
Yang Dong-jae
Chun-ho
Han Tae-il
Detective
Song Keum-sik
Executive

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Ki-duk
Writers: Kim Ki-duk
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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1 / 7

ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Park Gok-ji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Cho Jae-hyun and Jeon Moo-song and An Jae-hong carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The most twisted love story you'll ever see!".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0296492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 62 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kim Ki-duk directs. Park Gok-ji cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Park Gok-ji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Cho Jae-hyun and Jeon Moo-song and An Jae-hong carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The most twisted love story you'll ever see!".
6IMDB entry: tt0296492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 62 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.