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Marionette

Original title: Nareul gieokhae
  • 2017
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
336
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Kim Hee-won in Marionette (2017)
A story about teenagers who live as someone's marionette before they even normally go through the process of ego development or even think about moral values.
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A story about teenagers who live as someone's marionette before they even normally go through the process of ego development or even think about moral values.A story about teenagers who live as someone's marionette before they even normally go through the process of ego development or even think about moral values.A story about teenagers who live as someone's marionette before they even normally go through the process of ego development or even think about moral values.

  • Director
    • Han-Wook Lee
  • Writer
    • Han-Wook Lee
  • Stars
    • Lee Yoo-young
    • Kim Hee-won
    • Kim Da-mi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    336
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Han-Wook Lee
    • Writer
      • Han-Wook Lee
    • Stars
      • Lee Yoo-young
      • Kim Hee-won
      • Kim Da-mi
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Lee Yoo-young
    Lee Yoo-young
    • Han Seo-rin
    Kim Hee-won
    Kim Hee-won
    • Oh Gook-cheol
    Kim Da-mi
    Kim Da-mi
    • Yoo Min-ah
    Go Gyu-pil
    Go Gyu-pil
    • Detective Moon
    Lee Hak-joo
    Lee Hak-joo
    • Kim Dong-jin
    Lee Je-Yeon
    • Kim Jin-ho
    Myungkyu Kim
    • Se-jeong's friend #2
    Kim Young-sun
    Kim Young-sun
    • Han Soon-jeong
    Jang Yun-sil
    • Min-ah's home room teacher
    • (as Yun-sil Jang)
    • Director
      • Han-Wook Lee
    • Writer
      • Han-Wook Lee
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    1pwie

    this is a propaganda movie

    Absolutely idiotic behavior of actors, which could not happen in real life.

    This is a propaganda movie aiming at protecting young girls from sexual abuse. Absolutely not worth watching.
    7paul_m_haakonsen

    Quite an interesting thriller...

    I had the chance to sit down to watch the 2017 South Korean thriller "Marionette" here in 2021. Sure, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it. But it being a South Korean movie, and one that I hadn't already seen, was more than sufficient to make me have an interest in sitting down to watch it.

    And I must say that I really found writer and director Han-Wook Lee's 2017 movie to be a rather entertaining and enjoyable movie. It definitely had a very riveting and compelling story that grabbed me and took me along for a very well-told but also sort of disturbing storytelling.

    "Marionette" is the type of movie that will not have a widely broad appeal I think, given the contents of the storyline and the topic that it deals with. But if you sit down to watch it, it is actually a rather good movie. And it revolves around some disturbing issues about abusive mentality and modern technology. Something that is very relatable to today's world and society, unfortunately.

    The acting in the movie is good, and the actors and actresses do put on some very compelling and believable performances, which definitely helps to bring the movie to life in a very realistic manner. And the movie had some very detailed characters that you easily associate and relate to, and this definitely made the movie all the more enjoyable.

    I thoroughly enjoyed Han-Wook Lee's "Marionette" and it was quite a surprise of a movie as it turned out to be this interesting. My rating of this 2017 thriller lands on a well-deserved seven out of ten stars. It is definitely well-worth the time to sit down and watch.

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 2018 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Маріонетка
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,151,259
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 56m(116 min)
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