After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Yerik Zholzhaksynov
- young King
- (as Erik Zholzhaksynov)
Nikolai Tacheyev
- young Yan Ge - teacher who killed the girl
- (as Nikolay Tacheev)
Olga Yenzak
- Old woman
- (as Olga Enzak)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThis film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #876.
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From Kazakhstan, this is an adaptation of a novel by Anatoli Kim, a Soviet man of Korean descent. When a teacher murders one of his young students, the student's father vows revenge. He follows the teacher from Korea to Russia, but is unable to enact his revenge. He then begets a son to fulfill his legacy. The story itself isn't particularly interesting, though it's not bad, either. The film looks quite beautiful and has a couple of memorable sequences. This film was rediscovered as part of Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, but didn't make the recent box set that Criterion released. There may be future installments of the series, but for now this can be watched on Hulu Plus.
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- zetes
- Feb 22, 2014
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- Also known as
- The Red Flute
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
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