Bulshinjiok (2009)

After Hee-jin's younger sister So-jin, who is possessed by a spirit,disappears,the neighbors die one by one and a secret underlying their deaths is revealed.

Directors:

Yong-Joo Lee, Lee Yong-ju

Writers:

Je-yong Lee, Lee Yong-ju (screenwriter)

Stars:

Young-nam Jang, Bo-yeon Kim, Chang-jik Lee

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Young-nam Jang	...	Su-kyeong
Bo-yeon Kim	...	Mother
Chang-jik Lee
Hee-Kyung Moon	...	Kyeong-ja (as Hie-kyung Moon)
Sang-mi Nam	...	Hee-jin
Ji-eun Oh	...	Jeong-mi
Seung-ryong Ryu	...	Tae-hwan (as Ryu Seung-Ryong)
Eun-kyung Shim	...	So-jin
Eun-Kyung Shin

Storyline

When 13-year-old So-Jin disappears, her elder sister Hee-Jin returns to the apartment of their religious-maniac mother. Tae-Hwan, a cop, who reluctantly has to take the case seriously is confronted with more and more suicides that are difficult to explain rationally. And why does the skeptical Hee-Jin, who keeps having gruesome encounters with suicides, have to keep coughing?

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | college student | christian | flashback | basement | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [South Korea]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

12 August 2009 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Opetana

Company Credits

Production Co:

Showbox/Mediaplex

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Early working title for the film was "Bi Myeong" (Scream).

User Reviews

...very professionally made and enjoyable movie, personally not to scary

i have to say, the koreans know how to make a good movie. i think that for every 10 i watch maybe only 2 are bad and the rest are all very good. this particular movie was no exception. it was a very well made movie with a very good cast. the girl that plays the missing little sister is probably one of the hottest acting commodities in Korea right now. she is a great actress already at such a young age. there's at least 2 other movies that she was the main lead that i can recall and both were even better than this( sunny and hansel&gretel ). she could have won awards for either one of those movies.

hmmm..., what genre to put this movie in? it has got elements of religious fanaticism, supernatural elements, eastern Asian mysticism, a decent detective and mystery story...oh well, who cares...it is just a good movie that is all. the movie was paced fairly well and the story was not too convoluted. it wasn't too scary or creepy to me like some reviewers have said, although i think it will scare some people.

i personally enjoy these types of movies with east-Asian mysticism, Christian fanatics and supernatural elements and it was a fairly entertaining movie and i always wanted to find out what was going to happen next.