Set in 1925 Korea under Japanese colonial rule, this South Korean film follows the last Amur tiger in the mountains and the aging hunter tasked with killing it. The story frames the tiger as a symbol of Korean identity and resistance, with Japanese authority serving as the clear antagonist. That anti-colonial backbone gives the film a strong nationalist current rooted in Korean historical grievance, which is traditional in a cultural sense rather than progressive. Family legacy, man-versus-nature respect, and indigenous Korean identity are central threads. The label lands at Mixed because the anti-colonial pride reads as traditional cultural pride, while modern audiences may see the colonial critique through a progressive lens.