Mokdo is an isolated island off the coast of Onsan, Ulsan, surrounded by industrial complexes. The film follows the journey of the sea daughter from Mokdo¡¯s origin myth as she passes through love, death, pollution, and displacement. Moving between records and fantasy, it asks what has been sacrificed in the tide of industrialization.
Mokdo is an isolated island off the coast of Onsan, Ulsan, surrounded by industrial complexes. The film follows the journey of the daughter of the sea from Mokdo¡¯s origin myth as she passes through love, death, pollution, and displacement. Moving between records and fantasy, it asks what has been sacrificed in the tide of industrialization.
[Lee Shin-young, Director]
I am drawn to things that may seem useless. I find beauty in objects and moments that cannot be easily explained through purpose or function, and I seek to create stories that ask questions at the boundary where reality and fantasy meet.