Program Series: Monstrous: The Dark Side of New Korean Cinema
The Chaser
Inspired by the true story of Yoo Young-chul, one of Korea’s most infamous serial killers, The Chaser is the debut feature of Na Hong-jin (The Wailing). Joong-ho, a corrupt ex-cop turned heartless pimp, finds himself in debt when two of his girls mysteriously disappear. Suspicious of the last patron of the missing women, Joong-ho hatches a plan to “bait” the customer with another woman, Mi-jin. Amidst its dizzying suspense, terrifying bloody violence, and breathless chase scenes, The Chaser imagines what justice looks like under a socio-political system that is neither practical nor sympathetic to victims of violence, corruption, and modernization.
Epitaph
Epitaph, directed by brothers Jung Sik and Jung Bum-shik, is a horror... film composed of three bizarre stories that unfold at the intersection of love, death, and obsession. At Ansaeng, a hospital located in Kyung-sung during Japanese colonial rule in 1942, a series of inexplicable incidents occur—an intern becomes obsessed with the corpse of a young woman; a girl, the sole survivor of a horrific accident, is terrorized by ghosts; and two doctors are terrified by serial murders targeting Japanese soldiers. Visually stunning with mesmerizing art direction and arresting shot compositions, Epitaph is a strangely beautiful, atypical entry in the horror genre.
The Chaser DIRECTOR: Na Hong-jin. WRITTEN BY: Na Hong-jin, Hong Won-chan, Lee Shinho. CAST: Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Yeong-hee. 2008. 123 min. South Korea. Color. Scope. Korean. 35mm.
Epitaph DIRECTOR: Jung Sik, Jung Bum-shik. WRITTEN BY: Jung Sik, Jung Bum-shik. CAST: Kim Bo-kyung, Kim Tae-woo, Jin Goo. 2007. 98 min. South Korea. Color. Korean. Not rated. 35mm. Print courtesy of KOFA.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the Korea Foundation.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
Donors to the Academy Museum’s fund in support of Asian American Pacific Islander programming include Esther S. M. Chui-Chao, Julia and Ken Gouw, and Dr. Peter Lam Kin Ngok of Media Asia Group Holdings Limited.
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