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Pulsie — 18 years ago(April 24, 2007 12:51 PM)

In trivia for this movie you can read this;
"Lim Su-jeong had to get her weight down to just 39 kg to shoot this film."
Her bio-page says she's 167cm tall, which would make that weight VERY unhealthy; body fat ratio certainly below the threshold where the female reproductive system shuts down, possibly low enough to cause organ damage.
Is this true, and if so why did she "have to" do this?

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Looking at the body fat on her face and her back in the scenes where she's bare - I'd say it's a load of rubbish. 49kg? Sure ok but 39kg? Not a chance.

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She still looks fine to me, though.

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WEll she gotta lose the weight because in the movie, she was suppose to be thin and anorexic since she doesnt eat.

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How long did she think she was a cyborg for?
Now, I'm no doctor here, but using logic I'd say that not eating will kill you. Correct me if I'm wrong. She refused to eat while she was a "cyborg", and wasn't forced until the hospital.
Terrible movie, btw.

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have to agree with you on that - Christian Bale took that to the extreme in The Machinist

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Actually, while watching this movie, I didn't have the impression that she looked anorexic; IMO she was thinner in Janghwa, Hongryeon. But maybe I'm spoiled after watching the Machinist.
See you in heaven, tofu-sensei. 😉
Ivan

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thinking that food would cause her cyborg-body to malfunction, she refuses to eat anything. at one point she has to be force fed through a tube.
39kg does seem kinda low, though 😉

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