Dead Friend (2004)
"Ryeong" (original title)

A teenage girl suffering from amnesia discovers that she is somehow connected to a group of people who are being killed off one by one by a vengeful ghost.

Director:

Tae-kyeong Kim

Writer:

Tae-kyeong Kim

Stars:

Ha-Neul Kim, Sang-mi Nam, Bin

Cast

Credited cast:
Ha-Neul Kim	...	Min Ji-won
Sang-mi Nam	...	Su-in
Bin	...	Eun-seo
Yi Shin	...	Mi-kyeong
Hie-ju Jeon	...	Yu-jeong
Yun-ji Lee	...	Eun-jeong
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ran Choi	...	Su-in's mum
Ju-bong Gi	...	Detective
Hae-suk Kim	...	Ji-won's mum
Grina Park
Jin Ryu	...	Park Jun-ho

Storyline

The teenager Min Ji-won is suffering from amnesia and being haunted by weird visions. When she meets her former high school friend Oh Yu-jeong, she receives a picture of her high school group of friends: Kim Eun-seo, who had recently died; Shin Mi-kyeong, who is in the hospital and Eun-jeong. Ji-won questions who took the picture, and when she visits her former friends, she recalls Han Su-in, a girl that was badly treated and humiliated by their group, disclosing her past and the fate of Su-in and finding a scary hidden truth.

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Plot Keywords:

amnesia | ghost | jealousy | water | bodily possession

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Taglines:

Don't remember... Take it to your grave.

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

18 June 2004 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Ghost

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Box Office

Budget:

$1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Popcorn Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A good ghost story that will keep you guessing

A good Korean horror with a number of surprising twists and turns. Unlike some of the corny ghost movies you may have seen before, this one takes "ghosts" up a step. I don't want to spoil the movie for you because it's worth watching but I'll briefly explain it. Its about a girl called Ji-Won who for some reason has suffered from amnesia (you will find out why later in the film.) She finds out three people she somehow knows are being killed off by an unforgiving ghost. But you will have to carefully watch any flashbacks that are shown during the movieto fully understand it. Expect to have to watch it twice. An unraveling ghost story involving sadness, jealousy and revenge. If you liked The Ring and The Grudge then you will probably like this.