Han-Ki, a boss of the red district hoodlums, accidentally meets a female college student on the street. Intrigued, he stares at her, and she coldly stares back. Han-Ki forces the girl to kiss him, much to her disgust. Like a character from a John Fowles novel, Han-Ki catches her as if catching a butterfly, and locks her up into prostitution. As in his prior films, Kim Ki-Duk takes a controversial issue and shows his skills as a storyteller. In this film, the director again depicts the lives of the lower class and their lack of basic human needs. The main character Han-Ki has almost no lines, and he never manages to express his sexual desires in a normal way. Even the reasons behind his misdeeds are shrouded in mystery. These low lives also suffer from miscommunication, just like the people in the ′civilized world′. This is director Kim′s first big budget film, made with US$ 620,000. All his prior films were made with a budget under US$ 250,000. (Han Sang-Jun)