Do you often watch horror movies? A variety of horror movies are being produced in different countries around the world, and the atmosphere of horror movies can vary from country to country. But have you seen a lot of Korean horror movies? It is often reported that Korean horror films are also produced world-famously and are receiving favorable reviews.
So, this time, let's look at 'Bunshinsaba', which was the most talked about Korean horror movie.
Source: Japan <Bunshinsaba> special edition release (cine21.com)
"Bunshinsaba" is the third horror film directed by Ahn Byung-gi, who made hits after "Scissors" in 2000 and "Phone" in 2002. It's a horror story. This is the second Korean film that Buena Vista International Korea has invested in, following “Phone,” with a net production cost of 2.7 billion won. Meanwhile, the film was sold to Japanese film company Happynet for a minimum guarantee of $3 million, and was released in Japan on April 23, 2005 under the title 'Gokkuri Award', reaching number 8 in its first week. It was also the closing film of the 8th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, was selected as the closing film of the 17th Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival, and was invited to the competition section of the 12th Gerardome International Fantasy Film Festival.
To tell you about the plot of the movie, Yoo-jin (Lee Se-eun), who was bullied by the kids after transferring from Seoul, can't stand the bullying anymore, so one day she wants to curse her friends. cast an order. She will use the Bunshinsaba spell on friends she previously hated and hated enough to kill. And after this day, the order to make a copycat came true, and this is the story of an incident in which classmates died one by one.
Source: Five Korean Horror Movies for the summer of 2004 [4] - <Bunshinsaba> (cine21.com)
Cine21, if you refer to the sentence "Five Korean horror films to be responsible for the summer of 2004 [4] - <Bunshinsaba>" published on April 20, 2004, "Bunshinsabah" uses a unique material called a spell to call ghosts. As a result, it can be seen that it has been praised for increasing the genre diversity of horror films. And, unlike existing materials such as ghosts or curses, "Bunshinsabah" was evaluated to stimulate the imagination of being able to communicate with ghosts using pencils and papers that are easily accessible in everyday life.
Entertainment on July 18, 2017, if you read the sentence, "The greatest horror movie of all time, released in August, where a 'dead friend' comes to visit you," "Sabah your alter ego" successfully serializes a horror movie. It was evaluated as leading. It is also known that even after the first work released in 2004, in 2017 it returned as a Korean-Chinese joint project titled "Bunshinsaba: Friend's Curse". As the series of horror films continues like this, there are many favorable reviews saying that fans' expectations and curiosity have increased.
According to the information on Namu Wiki, you can see that "Bunshinsaba" emphasized the female protagonists of Korean horror films. Female actors such as Kim Gyu-ri, Lee Yu-ri, and Lee Se-eun played the lead roles in the movie, and it can be seen that they played the role of fighting against ghosts or unfolding the truth. It can be said that the way female protagonists play an active role gave Korean horror films a female role.
However, I think there will be many friends who are curious about whether "bunshinsaba" is a unique culture in Korea, so let's learn about "bunshinsaba" in relation to traditional culture next time!
