Castaway on the moon? Strange title isn’t it? But there is much more than the title. This has become one of my favorite Korean movies. A loose remake of Cast Away (Tom hanks), its at par with the original. While the previous movie dealt with a man gets estranged on an island due to a ship wreck and survives for several years far away from civilization.
In this movie, the theme is similar but our prodigy gets lost within the proximity of civilization itself. This might sound silly, but in fact is perfectly apt, the way its portrayed. Kim, stands on top of a bridge, ready to end up his life, as he is under dept, and has lost hope for life. He jumps,and gets washed on to a nearby island. He wakes up, and realizes that he needs to get back. He screams, write HELP on the sand, but in this busy world, no one has time to bother, except a girl (whose name is Kim as well), who is a “cyber addict”, who 24/7 spends her time in front of the computer, either ordering things, or at the window, taking photos of the moon. She is isolated from the world as well, by her own reasons. She accidentally happens to see Kim through her camera lens and find him amusing, as he is the only one on the island, like her.
On the island, Kim starts survival tactics, He feels like eating noodles once, and he practically grows corn (seeds obtained from bird droppings!) and prepares noodles from them!- This is shown wonderfully. All this is observed by Kim as well, who also
Finally cops arrive on the island, for some inspection and suddenly find a disheveled man inhabiting this piece of land. He retaliates, stating its his home. They capture him thinking he is some illegal migrant. But their officer leaves him free, understanding his condition. Meanwhile, Kim sees all this, and comes running down to the street, wanting to be with him. Finally both unite. This is the brief story.
