The Recurring Motives in the Films of Kim Ki-Duk

A diploma work deals with the recurring motives as a means of artistic expression of the fundamental ideas throughout the films of contemporary South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk. The work is partly essayistic especially when dealing with ethical and socio-political problems in the modern society. The recurring motives would be tor example: motive of water, nature, voyeurism, prostitution, sadomasochism, the arts, motive of semi-abstraction, motives of dark sides of the society etc