
Samaritan Girl
Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections
Boxlist takeSerious and emotional: a slow-burning drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 146 votes
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What lines up
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
Yeo-jin and Jae-yeong are two teenage girls who are trying to earn money for a trip to Europe. To reach this end, Jae-yeong is prostituting herself while Yeo-jin acts as her pimp, setting her up with the clients and staying on guard for the police. Things take a turn for the worse when Yeo-jin gets distracted from her duty and the police raid the motel where Jae-yeong is meeting with a client. To avoid getting caught, Jae-yeong jumps out of a window, fatally injuring herself.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Kim Ki Duk Film
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











