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In-hwan Park | ... |
Tae-gu Kang (Father)
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Mun-hee Na | ... |
Mrs. Kang
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Yeong-min Kang (Son)
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Chang-ku Kang (Uncle)
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Ho-kyung Go | ... |
Mi-na Kang (Daughter)
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Yun-seong Lee | ... |
Mi-su Kang (Daughter)
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Cheol-ho Choi | ... |
Male lodger (committing suicide by taking pills)
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Ju-bong Gi | ... |
Lonely man
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Ka-hyeon Jang | ... |
Hyun-suk's lover
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Jae-yeong Jeong | ... |
Hyun-suk
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Woong-in Jeong | ... |
Mi-su's admirer
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Su-Won Ji | ... |
Eun-su
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Gi-yeong Lee | ... |
Killer
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A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation. Written by Paul Benmussa
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South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
25 April 1998 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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I can't account for the lackluster ratings for this on IMDB (though its primary domestic distribution right now is bootleg video, which might account for something.) I saw it at the movies, and it rates as one of the great South Korean black comedies. A bit like Hitchcock, this tells the story of a family that takes over an inn deep, deep in the country - only realizing when they get there it was a big mistake. For one thing, they're miles from any human being. Things take a turn for the macabre when their visitors and guests end up dying under ambiguous circumstances, and the family has to find some way of disposing of the bodies before the cops roll in. Of course, they eventually do come to investigate, making the tale even more twisted than it was before.
Don't let any prejudices against South Korean cinema keep you away; at its best, their film output is second to none, and attracts international favor from film festivals and critics. This film is one of the unequivocal winners.