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 labor and harassment.
Acting
Veteran actresses commit fully to feral grandma energy
Writing
Sharp gender satire hiding inside crude comedy beats
Director
Choo Chang-min
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mapado satirizes Korea's rapidly aging rural population and the gender imbalance in farming communities.
Director Choo Chang-min later directed the massive hit Masquerade (2012), making this his hidden wild child.
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