Park Chong-won directs this Korean drama about a group of old high school buddies hailing from Seoul who visit their eremitic friend Chang-hyun (Hwang In-sung) up in his isolated trout farm. Min-su, his brittle wife Jung-wa, her sexy younger sister Sae-wa, along with Byung-kwan and his classless wife Young-suk, eat Chang-hyun's trout sashimi with abandon. Soon it becomes clear that there is still a lot of chemistry between Chang-hyun and his ex-girlfriend Jung-wa. Bored as the wife of a banker, she suggests that he return to Seoul so they can start over. Meanwhile, Sae-wa also falls for the rakish Chang-hyun, and soon coupling and recoupling ensues. By the middle of the film, Rainbow Trout takes on a darker tone, when the local redneck hunters start terrorizing the townies. This film was screened at the 1999 Pusan Film Festival.
by Jonathan Crow
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