2015 · drama · period · action
The Tiger
Directed by Park Hoon-jung2h 19m2015
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
Our read: The Tiger (2015) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · period · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme drama / period, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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