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Bird Cage Inn1998

Bird Cage Inn (1998): featured artwork

Introduction

Introduction for Bird Cage Inn (1998) is being prepared.
Ki-duk, Kim (Director), Bird Cage Inn, 1998 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00846637

Body of Work

With a red-light district in Seoul being demolished, the residents find they have to relocate. Jin-a opts to leave Seoul and heads to the eastern city of Pohang. She takes up residence in a boarding house run by a small family which includes the parents, a daughter attending university and a son in high school. At first Jin-a is very happy. However, she continues to sell her body, driving herself into confrontation with the repressed daughter, Hye-mi. Things go from bad to worse when Jin-a meets Hye-mi's boyfriend ...

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