Animals do show emotions, but not in the human way as it was shown in the film. As from the tiger's perspective, it turned out to be a little fiction, because of the animal showing same or equal emotions as the humans. Like humans hunt animals for pleasure and its skin, teeth, nails et cetera. From the human perspective, all the narration was quite rational and historically matches.
The film was kind of mix of reality and fiction. "Respect the mountain and take what it gives you."
Though, in a few shots it was below par, at a time very much comparable quality to the recent CGI tigers such as Richard Parker and Shere Khan from 'Life of Pi' and 'The Jungle Book' respectively. They did pretty awesomely, but it was a much harder job than the big ape they had created earlier. Go', the same visual effects team behind this film as well. I was excited to watch it after learning about the plot, because the Korean experimental films are quite fascinating as they are made in the most realistic way. The battle between the man and the beast only brings the bloody war that's going to change forever whoever involved in it. All the attempts go in vain, until the Japanese soldiers and Korean hunters team up and go after that last living tiger. But when the Japanese army chief obsessed with one particular magnificent tiger that lives in the mountains of Jirisan, summons all the hunters to get it. So I think the director did his best with the kind of screenplay he had, I would say the whole team effort was good.ĭuring the Japanese rule of Korea in the 1925, a fine hunter who lives with his son in the forest near a village has given up hunting since his wife's death. But turning them into a film is a tough task because they're one man's vision and not everybody share the same perspective, hence the disagreement surface. Reading this kind of story might work well because of we individually visualise them as what we want. From the director of 'New World' and second time working with the same actor. This time he donned in a hunter's avatar and his role was pretty inspiring. **The standoff between the man and the last beast.**Īfter the stunning performance in the 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents', the Korean superstar Choi Min-Sik is back for another unique film.