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The Wailing is a 2016 South Korean mystery, thriller, and horror film directed and written by Na Hong-jin. The cast includes Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Jun Kunimura, and Chun Woo-hee. The movie was distributed by 20th Century Studios and 20th Century Fox Korea, with additional companies including Fox International Productions, Ivanhoe Pictures, and Side Mirror. It is available via video on demand.
The narrative is set in South Korea and involves a police investigation into a small town mystery. Key themes include exorcism and a daughter. The film has a runtime of 156 minutes and was originally in Korean and Japanese. It received review scores of 99%, 8/10, and 81/100, alongside an IMDb rating of 7.4 and a TMDb vote average of 7.376.
Production details list a capital cost of 8,000,000 and a budget of 10,951,000. The film generated a box office total of 51,539,562 and revenue of 49,851,770. Attendance figures reached 6,879,989. Music was composed by Dalpalan, with Hong Kyung-pyo serving as director of photography.
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7.4A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Cast
- Kwak Do-won as Jong-goo
- Hwang Jung-min as Il-gwang
- Chun Woo-hee as Moo-myeong
- Jun Kunimura as The Stranger
- Kim Hwan-hee as Hyo-jin
- Heo Jin as Mother-in-Law
Themes
- daughter
- small town
- police
- investigation
- exorcism
- possession
- murder
- priest
- rural area
- curse
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Na Hong-jin
- Screenwriter
- Na Hong-jin
- Cast member
- Jang So-yeon
- Composer
- Dalpalan
- Cinematographer
- Hong Kyung-pyo
- Narrative location
- South Korea
- Duration
- 156
- FilmAffinity ID
- 689813
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2016-05-20
- title
- 곡성
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- box office
- 786633
- attendance
- 6879989
- review score
- 81/100
- capital cost
- 8000000
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