Thousand Year Old Wolf (1983)
In the last years of Koryo, there lived a family of hunters deep in the forest. Chang-su is head of the family. He lives with his brothers Man-su and Jong-su, who are past the age of marriage, his wife Sam-ok, his son Bok, and his daughter Sun-ie. When the three brothers go hunting, Mt. Baek-rang bandits kidnap Sam-ok and carry her away. The bandits demand the skin of thousand-year-old wolf living in Mt. Baek-rang in exchange for Sam-ok. Chang-su catches the thousand-year-old wolf and gives it to the bandits. But the moment Chang-su and Sam-ok are reunited, Chang-su mistakes her for the wolf and kills her accidentally. Chang-su and his brothers fall into despair. Man-su coincidentally meets Jin-jin, the granddaughter of Old Man Hwang and they get married. However, Jin-jin is actually a female wolf who has come for revenge. She kills Man-su and Jong-su. As she approaches Sun-ie, she shoots an arrow and…
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Best movie ever!
A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action
All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.