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Green Fish

1997 · 111 min · Director: Lee Chang-dong ★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,812 ratings

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Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

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Green Fish (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 32%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Nostalgia

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Empathy
Nostalgia
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity rises around 63 %, then peaks around 73 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension43 %35 %27 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy42 %26 %34 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Nostalgia44 %31 %35 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension46 %41 %31 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension46 %44 %30 %0 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Tension52 %51 %30 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Tension55 %53 %30 %0 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Humor52 %44 %31 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Nostalgia51 %35 %42 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Empathy56 %36 %49 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Tension56 %43 %40 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Humor49 %39 %34 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Tension54 %47 %43 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 75′Tension67 %60 %55 %0 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Empathy69 %62 %57 %0 %
77.5 %≈ 86′Tension61 %56 %45 %0 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Tension56 %47 %44 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 97′Nostalgia55 %35 %47 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 103′Nostalgia39 %19 %29 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 108′Tension26 %14 %13 %15 %
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MS
Moon Sung-keun

Moon Sung-keun

Bae Tae-gon

DB
Dong Bang-woo

Kim Yang-gil

KY
Kim Yong-man

Manager Park

LH
Lee Ho-seong

Mak-dong's 1st-eldest Brother

HS
Han Seon-gyu

Mak-dong's 2nd-eldest Brother

Jung Jin-young

Mak-dong's 3rd-eldest Brother

OJ
Oh Ji-hye

Mak-dong's Sister

SY
Son Young-soon

Mother

CY
Cha Yu-kyeong

2nd Brother's Wife

Song Kang-ho

Pan-su

LM
Lee Moon-sik

Thug on Train

PN
Park Nam-hyeon

Chan-jong

Kwon Tae-won

Mr. Oh

JD
Jo Deok-jae

Thug

MK
Min Kyung-jin

Manager

PH
Park Hye-sook

3rd Brother's Wife

KD
Kim Dong-gon

Sandwich Man

Details

Directed by
Lee Chang-dong
Written by
Lee Chang-dong, Oh Seung-uk
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
111 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,812 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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