The Wailing

– A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A poli..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
2016
Original Name:
곡성
The Wailing (2016) - Also known as 곡성

A 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.

The Wailing (2016) - Trailer

Release Date:

03 Jun 2016

Language:

Korean, Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Hong-jin Na

Writer:

Hong-jin Na (screenplay by), Hong-jin Na

Main Actors:

Do-won Kwak, Jung-min Hwang, Jun Kunimura, Woo-hee Chun

Plot:

In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner tells a gossip for him that a Japanese stranger that lives in a secluded house in the mountains would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo decides to visit the Japanese with his partner and a young priest that speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head and pictures of the infected people that died on the walls. However they are attacked by the guard dog and they only can leave the place when the stranger arrives. Jong-Goo finds one shoe of his beloved daughter Hyo-jin in the house of the stranger and soon she becomes sick. His mother-in-law summons the shaman Il-gwang to save her granddaughter while a mysterious woman tells Jong-Goo that the stranger is the responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung?

Awards:

29 wins & 51 nominations.

Gross profit:

$785,405

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
Metacritic:
81%