The Wailing

The Wailing

  • Director: Na Hong-jin
  • Countries of origin: South Korea, United States
  • Language: Korean, Japanese
  • Release date: June 3, 2016
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Виття
  • "The Wailing" is invested by Twentieth Century Fox Korea branch distribution, Na Hong-jin directed by the Do-Won Gwak , Hwang Jeong Min , 천우희 starring thriller, on May 11, 2016 release in South Korea   .
    The film tells the story of a weird Japanese who came to a small village after a serial poisoning incident. After the daughter of policeman Zhong Jiu was implicated, he had no choice but to find Taoist priest Nikko to work together to find out the truth   .
    On October 24, 2016, the film won the 36th Film Critics Awards Top Ten Films.   On October 25, the film won 제37회청룡영화상 Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score, Best Editing Award. 

    Details

    • Release date June 3, 2016
    • Filming locations South Korea
    • Production companies 20th Century Fox, Fox International Production, Ivanhoe Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,420,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $786,633

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $77,892

    Gross worldwide

    $49,851,770

    Movie reviews

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    • By Drake 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      "The Cry" movie notes (no dry goods, non-movie reviews, do not click)

      1. First of all, I would like to express my consistent position. Although this film is not my favorite, Luo Hongzhen is still the pillar and master of Korean films in my heart.

      2. At the same time, I have to admit that the viewing of this film is inevitably affected by many factors outside the film. I haven't paid much attention to and reported it on the front line of Cannes, and no one has even mentioned Luo Hongzhen himself and the film's information for a long time. I have secretly...

    • By Salvador 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      Just wait for the director's cut...

      There are too many questions, and no clear answers are given in the film. If this method of handling is to ask the audience to guess, then you will know by looking at the comments of the audience. The audience cannot guess at all...

      The film is said to be a metaphor for the social reality of South Korea, and there are a lot of religious metaphors mainly Christian, such as The beginning is quoted from the text of the resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament of the Bible. In the play,...

    • By Edgardo 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      Opinions and Textual Research on "The Cry"

      Countless fans have high expectations for director Luo Hongzhen's work after six years of silence, but after watching the movie, everyone's evaluation is not as consistent as the director's previous works "The Chaser" and "The Yellow Sea" Good reviews. Many people find the film obscure and unintelligible, but obscure and unintelligible are two completely different concepts. If you want to understand this movie, you need to understand a lot of backgrounds in religion, history, etc. Here is a...

    • By Celine 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      Take genre films to a new level

      If you want to see this film on the big screen, you have to go to the FIRST Film Festival in Xining. This film by Luo Hongzhen was selected as this year's closing film.

      At the beginning of the film, there are two lines from the Gospel of Luke:

      They were alarmed and afraid, thinking that what they saw was a soul. Jesus said, "Why do you look so sad, and why do you have doubts in your hearts?"

      You look at my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is really me,...

    • By Kaci 2022-04-23 07:03:15

      An in-depth analysis of the plot of "The Cry"!

      Many people have two extreme evaluations of this film, but for me, it is not so good (at least not as good as the memory of murder), but not so bad (it is not a star or a half that is better than domestic horror films). Let’s go back to the film itself. Many people must have a lot of things they don’t understand about the plot of the film. Share my thoughts below.
      1: The identity of the Japanese old man: a devil, not a ghost, the film finally transformed. At the beginning, all the...

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    • By Claudie 2023-09-30 02:17:26

      The victimized image of the natives, the demonic image of the Japanese, and the powerlessness of the Christian church have always reminded me of Korean history, postwar racial hatred of Japan, and economic and spiritual dependence on the West, a kind of national grandeur Reflect. However, no matter from the perspective of religion or ethnicity, the saying of "a movie that throws the bait on the audience" is...

    • By Nina 2023-07-29 17:38:59

      I don't understand, only the bloody plot drags...

    • By Kobe 2023-06-30 16:36:59

      The scene design is too messy, the plot is chaotic without a main line, the story is incomplete, the scary parts are obviously not new, the only good thing is the acting skills of the actors, but unfortunately this is not a drama, it is a...

    • By Devyn 2023-06-12 20:33:54

      I finally watched this rare Korean film that I remembered for several years because of its name. I always thought it was the documentary literature of contemporary Korean cults, but it turned out to be true, and it was played so fast that even the zombies were brought along. Religion, rituals, shamanism, political metaphors, and geo-trauma are all my favorite ingredients. Burning them together doesn't make people shudder. It's a pity, maybe there's something wrong with the cooking method and...

    • By Troy 2023-05-23 17:23:26

      The first part should be called "Laughter", and in the second half, it starts to lie in the trough, all kinds of high-energy, all kinds of gods unfold, all kinds of strange forces are chaos, groups of demons dance together... The director's rhythm control is quite good, the details such as the lines It was also handled properly. Loli really liked her performance. At the end, the whole person was not well, and I couldn't sleep at all in the middle of the night. Some so-called horror films made...

    Movie plot

    An unknown mysterious figure ( played by Kunimura Hayabusa) came to a small town called Gokseong. He was scornfully called "Japanese" by the local residents, and he built a house deep in the woods far from the residential area. Since then, Strange things started to happen constantly. The people in the town had a strange disease, they had a rash all over their bodies, and their tempers became very grumpy. Later, a couple was found dead...
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    Evaluation action

    The overall style of the movie still follows Luo Hongzhen's usual gloomy and humid "dirty, messy" aesthetics, and the fog in the mountains of Gucheng where the story takes place adds to the solemn suspenseful atmosphere. (Timeline Review ) 
    The film retains the extreme harshness of Luohong Town, including the irony of social reality, the police's incompetence in homicides, etc., but there are also many religious, superstition, and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Il-Gwang: Not everything that moves, breathes, and talks is alive.

    • Grandmother: It's started. You better brace yourself.

    • [last lines]

      Jong-Goo: It's okay... my baby. You know Daddy's a policeman. I'll take care of everything... Daddy will.