The dark gray sky, the roaring air force planes flew by from time to time; the yellow fields, the clumps of rice stubble stood tall and straight... This is a corner of South Korea in 1970. On the country road, American soldiers run and sing while singing. The military song. Not far away, the Star-Spangled Banner slowly rose. Everyone came out with a blunt anger, and they fought each other with their fists and feet, trying to kill all living things with savage eyes. It's like the tone of the whole film: wild and outrageous, straight to the point. Kim Ki-duk has always spared no effort in digging out human nature and desire, extending his tentacles into the darkest territory. However, this film is the most shocking, and its strength is also three-pointed. Because this time he cramped and pulled the bone to expose not only human nature, but also history. There are not many directors who dare to face history, and even fewer directors dare to dissect the national character left by history. In addition to honesty, what he needs more is courage. In 1970, South Korea was undergoing postwar reconstruction with US assistance. The US military is stationed in South Korea in the name of aid. In the hard written records of history books, what we see is a South Korea whose economy is developing rapidly, and the Asian dragons are ready to go. This should be a prosperous era, however, in this film, all we can see is an unspeakable pain in a desolate background. After the war in the 1950s, the Korean peninsula was broken. The US economic aid seems to be a booster for South Korea's economic take-off, and it also acts as a catalyst for the degeneration of South Korea's national character. Just like the title of the film "Unknown Recipient", the pains caused by history cannot be pursued or collected in the end, just as the scars in the fate of everyone in the film are also "Unknown Recipient". The young girl Enluo is delicate and beautiful, but she always covers half of her face with bangs. Her father was killed in the war, and she and her mother and brother lived on martyr's relief. Playing as a teenager, one of her eyes was injured by her brother with a homemade pistol, and since then she has only dared to show half of her face. In the face of Ji Hua, who has a crush on her, she has always carefully kept her distance. For her, the pain and inferiority caused by her eyes are greater than everything else. And all she can do is offer her chastity to the American soldiers. Because in that place, only the US military has the medical technology to cure her eyes. When she finally healed her eyes and stopped going to see Ji Hua with her hair covered, her old lover no longer recognized her. He kept saying "I don't care about your appearance", but when faced with Enluo's hoarse questioning, he cowardly didn't even dare to raise his head. Whether it is in the face of emotions, or the face of the country, everyone is confused and contradictory, just like the anonymous passers-by in this film who insist on defending their blood, but bowing down to the Americans; they See those who speak English as traitors, and at the same time have infinite yearning for all kinds of American manufacturing. This sense of contradiction is inexplicable, just like a person who has exhausted his vitality in a war is benevolent and at the mercy of others, and in turn loses himself. To them, the United States is a lone boat in the vast ocean and a beacon on the other side. In this endless barren sea, in the final analysis, the confusion about identity is the biggest loss. Regarding identity, the young man Changgu is the biggest loser. He has curly hair, dark complexion, and a sturdy figure. His appearance, which is very different from Asians, already shows his special identity. His father was a dark-skinned American soldier, and his mother was a crazy woman who spoke English all day long. He lived with his mother and wrote "American Air The dog man was finally killed. In the way he was most familiar with killing dogs, he was hung upside down on a tree and beaten to death with a stick. It seemed like a long-planned revenge. Chang Gu was planted in the ground and bid farewell to the land with the strange posture of inserting green onions upside down. ... Metaphors that can be seen everywhere, like untouchable scabs, once opened, blood will flow into rivers. However, in the face of such pain and sorrow, no one can condemn or collect debts, because the envelope of this history has been stamped - the recipient is unknown.
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