The Last of the Sea Women
2024 · Movie · PG · 87 min · ★ 7.4 · 68% critics
On Jeju Island, a community of women divers works to protect a centuries-old way of life as environmental change, pollution, and fading interest from younger generations put it at risk. This documentary follows their labor, resilience, and efforts to keep the tradition alive.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-09-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (24 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy documentaries about extreme ocean lives and endangered traditions, especially if The Deepest Breath or Last Breath appealed to you; Not for you if you want a deeply detailed history or a purely personal character study.
Pros: fascinating tradition; inspiring women; emotional introduction | Cons: lacks depth; uneven focus; more politics than expected
Themes
- diving
- apnoe-diving
- struggle for survival
- free diving
- traditional culture
- threatened ecosystem
- south korea
- jeju island
- traditional values
- documentary
- south korean
- haenyeo
Cast & crew
- JS
Jang Soon-duk
as Self
- KJ
Kang Joo-hwa
as Self
- WJ
Woo Jeong-min
as Self
- LG
Lee Geum-ok
as Self
- JY
Jeong Young-ae
as Self
- PI
Park In-sook
as Self
- LH
Lee Hee-soon
as Self
- KI
Ko Im-saeng
as Self
- JS
Jin So-hee
as Self
- SS
Seo Soon-shil
as Self
Directed by Sue Kim