''Mapado'' () is a 2005 South Korean film directed by

Choo Chang-min Choo Chang-min (born 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His 2012 period film '' Masquerade'' became one of the top-grossing Korean films of all time. Career Choo Chang-min began his career as an assistant director on such ...

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Plot

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.

Title

''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" can stand alone. Filming for ''Mapado'' did not take place on an island, but in Dongbaek village in

Yeonggwang County Yeonggwang County (''Yeonggwang-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Speciality Yeonggwang is a large producer of a fish, the small yellow croaker which are sometimes given by Korean people as a gift to others. It is called ...

, South Korea.

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* * * 2005 films 2005 black comedy films South Korean black comedy films Films set on islands Films directed by Choo Chang-min 2000s Korean-language films 2005 directorial debut films 2005 comedy films 2000s South Korean films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub