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The Last of the Sea Women

2024 · Movie · PG · 87 min

6.8(24)unSUB Rating

Documentary

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
TMDB rating (input)
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