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| Hangul | 마파도 |
| RR | Mapado |
| MR | Map‘ado |
| Directed by | Chu Chang-min |
| Written by | Jo Joong-Hoon |
| Starring | Lee Mun-shik Lee Jeong-jin |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | March 10, 2005 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 3,001,697 |
Mapado (마파도 Mapado) is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Chu Chang-min.
A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not once seen a man for 20 years. Both men soon experience a nightmare of hard labour and harassment.
"Do" can either mean "province" or "island" in Korean. Seom means island in the Korean language as well, although "do" is a Sino-Korean word used in name compound words, but "seom" standing alone . But it was not taken in real islands area. Scenes of the film was from Dongbaek village of Yeonggwang, South Korea.
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