I watched "Kunchi Rock" two days ago, and felt that I didn't understand it, and didn't dare to watch it again, so I started to flip through the film reviews. Saw an in-depth analysis on the Korean Naver blog. Then the translation is as follows: The original blog is attached here, and those who can communicate in Korean can click on it to solve the puzzles by themselves~~
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Translated from https://blog.naver.com/dupen/221265867101
At first, I thought "Kunchi Rock" was just a horror movie with one of the world's seven horror sites as the background. In fact, it was a fictitious film mourning the "Shiyue Shipwreck" incident.
The movie begins with two teenagers who look like high school students
At the beginning of the movie, two middle school students who looked like they were in their teens, out of curiosity, made youtube videos in order to gain popularity. They disappeared after filming the video. Right in front of Gate 402 of Kunjiayan Hospital. Why start with two teenagers who look like middle school students? When the Horror Fans Association went to the hospital to make a popular video, the graffiti on the wall of the hospital corridor can clearly know the answer. . Because the middle school students are about the same age as the students who died in the sinking of the Shiyue ship.
In addition to the two male students, the movie also mentions that three female students have also jumped off the roof of the hospital or went crazy because of their involvement in Konjiam. Are the stories of these students all inexplicable? After being associated with the Shiyue incident, the answer is self-evident.
Shiyue Memorial Ribbon, 304 angels
Ribbons commemorating the Shiyue incident were clearly painted on the walls of the hospital corridors. Although it is not yellow but black, it is also recognizable as the memorial ribbon of the Shiyue Shipwreck. The 304 angels written below are also the same as the number of students killed in the Shiyue incident. With angels, it probably means that the children who died were angels.
Number 402? prison? Whose prison?
When I saw No. 402, which was absolutely impossible to open, I thought of No. 503. Only the first number is changed, and the following numbers are always consistent. Not only that, doesn’t the closed, unopenable door remind people of former President Park Geun-hye being imprisoned in a maze? 503 is not a random number, but the prison where the former President Park Geun-hye was imprisoned, and it also refers to him. Can't be opened...
However, according to the director’s interview, the number 402 was originally set to number 416. Because the Shiyue incident was April 16th. But considering that it was too explicit, it was replaced with No. 402. Therefore, the door that cannot be opened also symbolizes the rescue door that is inaccessible on the Shiyue ship. No matter whose heart it symbolizes, or the door on the ship, because it cannot be opened, it caused a greater disaster.
Who is the sick chicken full of needles?
Here is another representative item suggesting former President Park Geun-hye.
In the laboratory, the thing that fell out of the experiment bottle that Charlotte knocked down on the ground was the corpse of a needle-stuffed chicken. When it comes to chickens, who do you think of? This analogy is very explicit. And the dead chicken exudes an unbearable stench. (Some Koreans would ironically call Park Geun-hye "chicken swing" (homonym))
Who will the dean remind you of?
Many photos appeared in the scattered photo frames in the dean's room. There is a photo of the dean and former President Park Zhengxi, and a photo of the dean playing table tennis. But the appearance of the dean in the photo must remind you of another person. Both the costume and the posture are reminiscent of Ling Ai, who thought she was noble (the appearance of Park Geun-hye playing table tennis once appeared on TV).
In the movie, there are many places in the video introducing Kunjiam that mirror former President Park Jung-hee, and there are also rumors that it is used for torture like the Nanying-dong torture room. In short, seeing the video will remind people of two presidents surnamed Park. And when the photo was found in the dean's room, Charlotte asked after learning that Park Jeong-hee was Park Geun-hye's father and once served as the president: Is the president's father also the president? It's obvious irony.
Date, the secret hidden in the numbers
The director originally planned to replace Room 402 with Room 416 (April 16 is the time of the Shiyue Shipwreck incident).
In addition, there are many related time appearing in the movie.
The first date when the two teenagers disappeared was March 10. March 10th was the day when Park Geun-hye was impeached.
The heroes of the movie went on an expedition for the live broadcast on October 26th. October 26 was the date when Park Jung-hee was shot and killed by Kim Jae-gyu.
The opening date of the Kunjiayan Mental Hospital was May 16th, suggesting a 5.16 military coup.
The closing date October 26 is the date of Park Zhengxi's death.
And why are there 7 people going on the expedition?
The sinking of the Sewol Shipwreck happened in 7 hours.
The temperature on the 2nd and 3rd floors is 13 degrees, and 13 meters is the length of the defense line set for the salvage of the Shiyue shipwreck.
Finally, the number of spectators who appeared on the captain's computer screen was 503, which is also reminiscent of cell 503.
But the director explained that 503 here means the result of 516 minus the number 13 which symbolizes this horror.
People kept under water
The climax of the movie is that the members of horror times did not know who was dragged away and locked up somewhere, where there was a hole in the ceiling and there was water in the hole. Why is the water not below but above? The answer is simple. Because it symbolizes the cabin where the children were trapped in the shipwreck of the Shiyue, the ship leaked, and water was poured into the hole along the way. The boat gradually sank to the bottom, and water continued to pour into the cabin. In the movie, through the faint light, many people can be seen standing in white clothes, glaring complainingly, which is also reminiscent of the victims.
This film tells the story of the president of the Horror Fans Association summoning members of Horror Times into the Kunjiam Mental Hospital for live broadcast in order to make money. Although the mental hospital they were going to was in the mountains, they had experienced water sports before going.
Why water sports? The members mentioned that it would be fun to start an adventure with water sports in such cold weather, but more importantly, it is implying that this is a water-related accident that starts in the water.
Another point is that the initial purpose of this operation is to make money. The captain said that as long as the click-through rate reaches 200,000, the revenue will be 100 million more. One million is already sufficiently tempting for us, what about 500 million? Of course it will be very exciting.
What is implied here is that the Shiyue number is related to Qianquan.
That's why everything is set in the movie that is related to money.
In the descending ceremony, the two members who had planned the plan in advance stepped back slightly and artificially imitated the ghost ringing the bell. It looks like a ghost appears...
But ghosts really appeared.
This makes people wonder whether the Shiyue accident was also artificial. A show was made to cover up the political events at the time, but this show became a real accident. Originally intended to pretend to be in danger, and then rescue all the staff, but in the end it really became a catastrophe. In the actual incident, there was also a short period of fake news that all the staff had been rescued safely.
The captain in the base camp has been instructing the members of the expedition to move. Even if an unnatural phenomenon has been discovered, he has always said loudly, knowing that the members are in great danger: Never leave the hospital.
This is also reminiscent of the broadcast on the ship at the time of the Shiyue incident that repeated the passengers' orders not to leave their positions.
In the end, tragedies were caused by some people's money, desire, and desire for power.
Through this movie, the audience once again recalled the terrible nightmare of April 16.
From a certain point of view, isn't this also the scariest movie in history?
The ending of the movie is not explained straightforwardly, just like the ending of the Shiyue shipwreck accident, ambiguous.
Only one thing is clear, that is, it is hard to forget.
Thanks again for the in-depth analysis of the original author Fly to the dream~
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