Ryeong (2004)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Tae-kyeong Kim

Writer:

Tae-kyeong Kim (writer)

Release Date:

18 June 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Amnesia | Ghost | Jealousy | Spiritual Possession

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

Also Known As:

Dead Friend (International: English title)
The Ghost (International: English title) (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

South Korea:98 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:12 | Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Company:

Popcorn Films

Creepy, But With a Complex and Confused Twist

The teenager Min Ji-won (Ha-Neul Kim) is suffering from amnesia and being haunted by weird visions. When she meets her former high school friend Oh Yu-jeong (Hie-ju Jeon), she receives a picture of her high school group of friends: Kim Eun-seo (Bin), who had recently died; Shin Mi-kyeong (Yi Shin), who is in the hospital and Eun-jeong (Yun-ji Lee). Ji-won questions who took the picture, and when she visits her former friends, she recalls Han Su-in (Sang-mi Nam), 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.

"The Ghost" is a creepy and scary movie, but like other Asian horror movies (for example, "The Tale of the Twin Sisters" or "Rinne"), has a complex, confused and intriguing twist in the end. My first difficulty was to associate the names of the characters performed by the gorgeous actresses with their faces. I repeated the first chapters three times to make this association. When Ji-won meets her mother in the end unraveling the mystery, I repeated three or four times to clarify the twist. If I were in the movie theater, I would not have the chance of rewinding and understanding the plot. But Asian horror movie is my favorite genre and I liked this film a lot, and I startled many times, especially with the scary atmosphere and the soundtrack. This is the type of movie that deserves to be watched at least two times. My vote is seven.

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