| Epitaph | |||||||||
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| Director: | Jung Sik Jung Bum-shik | ||||||||
| Producer: | Jang So-jeong | ||||||||
| Starring: | Jin Goo Kim Tae-woo Kim Bo-kyung Ko Joo-yeon | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Yoon Nam-joo | ||||||||
| Editing: | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum | ||||||||
| Music: | Park Yeong-ran | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 98 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean、Japanese | ||||||||
| Gross: | [1] | ||||||||
Epitaph is a 2007 South Korean film directed by brothers Jung Sik and Jung Bum-shik. The film is a horror film set primarily in 1942, while Korea was under the colonial rule of Japan. It is framed by scenes set in 1979.
Dr. Park Jung-nam finds a photo album dating back to his days as an intern at the Ansaeng Hospital. This triggers memories of his life. In 1942, as a young medical intern, Jung-nam's arranged marriage ended when his fiancée, whom he had never met, committed suicide. Later he was assigned to monitor the morgue late at night. There he fell in love with a corpse, which is later revealed as the body of his deceased fiancée. Soon other mysterious events take place in the hospital, involving a young girl haunted by ghosts and a serial killer targeting Japanese soldiers.
The cinematography, directing and acting by horror film mainstays Kim Eung-soo and Ye Soo-jeong have earned the film praise as "visually as well as intellectually impressive, with some gorgeous cinematography and wonderfully composed shots,"[2] and "a significant contribution to rehabilitating K-horror's international reputation."[3]
2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards[4] [5]
2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2007 Korean Film Awards
2008 Golden Cinematography Awards