Phone (2002) Pon (original title)

Director:

Byeong-ki Ahn

Release Date:

26 July 2002 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Last Call You'll Ever Get ...

Plot:

After writing a series of articles about pedophilia, the journalist Ji-won receives threatening calls on her cellular and she changes her number...

Plot Keywords:

Cell Phone | Journalist | Moonlight Sonata | Screaming | Guilt

Cast

Ji-won Ha	...	Ji-won
Yu-mi Kim	...	Ho-jeong
Woo-jae Choi	...	Chang-hoon
Ji-yeon Choi	...	Jin-hie
Seo-woo Eun	...	Yeong-ju
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeong-yun Choi	...	Woman in elevator
Seong-hwan Jeong

Directed by
Byeong-ki Ahn

Original Music by
Sang-ho Lee

Cinematography by
Yong-shik Mun

Production Design by
Yo-han Lee

Production Companies

• Toilet Pictures

Distributors

• Tartan (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Buena Vista International Korea
• Buena Vista International
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Eagle Pictures (2004) (Italy)
• Force Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• MTV Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Manga Films (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2002) (USA) (all media)
• SBP (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sunrise Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2005-????) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA
• Tartan Video (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Tartan (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Pon" - South Korea (original title)
"Voice" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/disturbing images and some sexual material

Runtime:

Japan:100 min | Italy:102 min | South Korea:104 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | South Korea:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 | Denmark:15 | France:-12 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Company:

Toilet Pictures

Movie Connections:

References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Nice horror movie

although not quite as good as Ringu or Dark Water - or even Oodhishon - this movie is very interesting and a good horror movie from Korea. The little girl plays enormously well - it is amazing that such a young girl can perform like that. The horror elements are quite good, and the story is pretty good. I wonder why all Asian horror movies contain classical music? Anyway, I really enjoyed watching this movie and I am hopeful that Asian horror will at least stay on this enormously high level which it has achieved in recent years. The ghost story in Phone blends well with the drama, and like in Oodishon, sometimes it is difficult to know what is real and what is not. The lead role is so beautiful. I thought she is very attractive and that might remove some of the horror. Anyway, this movie is not as scary as Ringu or Dark Water. It does contain a few chills though, and I actually had to watch it at daylight because when I saw some of the first scene in the elevator I thought we would see a re-run of the unbelievable terror and ghostly "realism" of "Dark Water". "Phone" is highly recommended! 7/10.