3-Iron

– A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking f..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 28 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
빈집
3-Iron (2004) - Also known as 빈집

A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs out for a while, fixing himself something to eat, washing laundry or making small repairs in return. He always tries to leave before the owners get back but in one ostensibly empty mansion he meets the abused wife of a rich man and she escapes with him...

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3-Iron (2004) - Trailer

Release Date:

15 Oct 2004

Language:

Korean

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim

Main Actors:

Seung-Yun Lee, Hee Jae, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jeong-ho Choi

Plot:

The lonely and silent rider Tae-suk breaks in empty houses and lives a normal life while the owners are traveling. He does not steal anything and moves from house to house without any loss other than food, and he cleans the houses, provides small repairs or washes some clothes to pay for the hospitality. When he enters in the house of Sun-hwa, he does not see the woman that is wounded in her room after being beaten up on by her abusive husband Min-gyu Lee. Tae-suk helps the hurt woman and when Min-gyu returns, he hits the husband with golf balls and Sun-hwa leaves her husband with Tae-suk on his motorcycle. When they break in the house of an old man, they find that the man is dead and Tae-suk provides funeral service for him. However, his son returns and Tae-suk and Sun-hwa are arrested by two abusive police detectives. He is sent to prison and Sun-hwa is forced to return home. But she never forgets him.

Awards:

15 wins & 9 nominations.

Gross profit:

$100,000

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
Metacritic:
72%