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Current status - Released
Total runtime - 156 mins.
Release date - 12-05-2016
Release year - 2016
Genres - Horror, Mystery
Overall ratings and scores for The Wailing:
Happiness Score - 7.3/10, World Popularity Score - 23.698/100, IMDB Score - 7.4, Metascore - 81, Internet Movie Database - 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 99%, Metacritic - 81/100, .
The Wailing movie has Total Global Votes - 1364, Total IMD Votes - 70,048
The Wailing Movie Introduction: Movie The Wailing, release year 2016 is written by Na Hong-jin and directed by Na Hong-jin. The leading star-cast in this movie are Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won along with the other stars and crew members.
Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Movie story-line: 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.
Movie synopsis: In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner relays gossip that a Japanese stranger, who lives in a secluded house in the mountains, would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo decides to visit the stranger along with his partner and a young priest who speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head, pictures on the walls of the infected people that died, and an attacking guard dog that prevents their departure until 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 responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung?
Highlights - The Wailing (2016)
Total budget - $10,951,000.00
Total revenue - $49,851,770.00
Produced by -
Produced in - South KoreaUnited States of America
Available languages - Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어/조선말),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 34 wins & 57 nominations
Certificate(s) - DE : 16 BR : 16 FR : 12 FR : 12 FR : 12 IE : 16 GB : 16 GB : 16
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of The Wailing (2016)
Lead Actors - Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won
Writer(s) - Na Hong-jin
Director(s) - Na Hong-jin
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about The Wailing (2016)
What is the release date of The Wailing (2016)?
Release date of The Wailing (2016) is 12-05-2016.
What is the total runtime of The Wailing (2016) in minutes?
Total runtime of The Wailing (2016) in minutes is 156 min.
What is the budget consumed to produce The Wailing (2016) movie?
The budget consumed to produce The Wailing (2016) movie is around $10,951,000.00.
How much revenue is expected from movie The Wailing (2016)?
Expected revenue from movie movie The Wailing (2016) is around $49,851,770.00.
What is the pupularity of The Wailing (2016)?
Worldwide pupularity of The Wailing (2016) movie is 23.698%.
What is the name of the production company of film The Wailing (2016)?
Production company of film The Wailing (2016) is/are .
Which country the film The Wailing (2016) is produced in?
Film production country for the film The Wailing (2016) is South Korea, United States of America, .
Which language the film The Wailing (2016) is produced in?
Film The Wailing (2016) is produced in Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어/조선말), language(s).
Which Genre the film The Wailing (2016) belongs to?
Movie The Wailing (2016) is categorized under Drama, Horror, Mystery genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film The Wailing (2016)?
Lead actors of the film The Wailing (2016) are Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won.
Who is the writer of the film The Wailing (2016)?
The writer(s) of the film The Wailing (2016) is/are Na Hong-jin.
Who is the director of the film The Wailing (2016)?
The director(s) of the film The Wailing (2016) is/are Na Hong-jin.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by The Wailing (2016) movie?
Movie The Wailing (2016) has 34 wins & 57 nominations awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of The Wailing (2016) in-short?
Short plot of movie The Wailing (2016): Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter..
What is the full story of The Wailing (2016) movie?
Full plot of movie The Wailing (2016): In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner relays gossip that a Japanese stranger, who lives in a secluded house in the mountains, would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo decides to visit the stranger along with his partner and a young priest who speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head, pictures on the walls of the infected people that died, and an attacking guard dog that prevents their departure until 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 responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung?.
Where to find full details of The Wailing (2016) movie?
You can find the full details of movie The Wailing (2016) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5215952
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List of full Starcast and crew members of The Wailing (2016)
Full Starcast:
Name: Kwak Do-won
Character: Jong-Goo
Name: Hwang Jung-min
Character: Il-Gwang
Name: Chun Woo-hee
Character: Moo Myeong
Name: Jun Kunimura
Character: The Stranger
Name: Kim Hwan-hee
Character: Hyo-jin
Name: Heo Jin
Character: Mother-in-law
Name: Jang So-yeon
Character: Jong-Goo's wife
Name: Kim Do-yoon
Character: Yang Yi-sam
Name: Jo Han-chul
Character: Detective 1
Name: Son Kang-gook
Character: Oh Sung-bok
Name: Park Sung-yeon
Character: Kwon Myung-joo
Name: Bae Yong-geun
Character: Police officer
Name: Kim Ki-chun
Character: Police box chief
Name: Yoo Soon-woong
Character: Police station chief
Name: Lee Yong-nyeo
Character: Jak-boo's mom
Name: Hwang Suk-jung
Character: Merchant
Name: Moon Chang-gil
Character: Doctor
Name: Lee Jung-eun
Character: Deok-gi's wife
Name: Jeon Bae-soo
Character: Deok-gi
Name: Song Min-seok
Character: Paramedic
Name: Jo Yeon-hee
Character: Bar woman
Name: Lee Seon-hee
Character: Byeong-gyoo's wife
Crew Members:
Name: John Penotti
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Executive Producer
Name: Hong Kyung-pyo
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Dalpalan
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Jang Young-gyu
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Kim Sun-min
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Na Hong-jin
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Na Hong-jin
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Writer
Name: Lim Min-sub
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Kim Ho-sung
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Chae Kyung-hwa
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design
Name: Yoo Il-seung
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Camera Operator
Name: Noh Nam-seok
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunts
Name: Kwak Tae-yong
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Special Effects Makeup Artist
Name: Park Yong-gi
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound
Name: Robert Friedland
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Executive Producer
Name: Lee Hwo-kyoung
Department: Art
Job/Role: Production Design
Name: Kevin Kang
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Digital Intermediate
Name: Suh Dong-hyun
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Heo Seo-hyoung
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Supervisor
Name: Jeong Min-kyung
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Kim Seo-young
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup & Hair
Name: Kim Chang-ho
Department: Lighting
Job/Role: Lighting Director
Name: Kim Young-tak
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Yu Cheong
Department: Art
Job/Role: Props
Name: Yoo Sang-seob
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Fight Choreographer
Name: Kim Gi-hyeon
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Assistant Camera
Name: Jeon Min
Department: Production
Job/Role: Line Producer
Name: Song Min-seok
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunts
Name: Ryu Yeon
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Digital Intermediate Producer
Name: Lim Byeong-woo
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Director
Name: Yang Jin-sun
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Designer
Name: Kwon Gwi-deok
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Fight Choreographer
Name: Kim Dong-han
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer
Name: Choi Cha-won
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Kim Sin-yong
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound
Name: Jung Jae hun
Department: Visual Effects
Job/Role: Visual Effects
Name: Cheong Jai-hoon
Department: Visual Effects
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**A father's struggle to see his daughter to get well.** A new film from the writer, director of 'The Chaser' and 'The Yellow Sea'. This time its a horror-thriller that focused on a rural police officer who witnesses a series of strange events escalating fears among its people. The original title was 'Goksung', which means the name of the village where this story takes place. This film is specially for those who like Korean films. But I'm sure that everyone would enjoy it equally. Very typical Korean film yet an engaging theme and thrilling, particularly towards the final quarter. The opening, and almost the first act were like a black comedy. That does remain same after sometime. Because they wanted to give an impression what kind of person is this story's lead man. He's a cop, but feared of supernatural stuffs. So one day, he gets an early morning call to head where a family was slaughtered by one of its members. In his small village, with a small population, events like this are very rare, but when another similar incident was reported, ruled out what it was considered, but something else beyond humans. After the strange dreams, he comes to know his family too got affected by it, particularly his young daughter. Followed by when it gets serious issue, the family decides to bring in a shaman and so the ceremony begins to free her from whatever possessed. This is where the film turns more aggressive in revealing following event with twists and turns. The rest of the film should be watched to know how it all ends. The first thing was the film length. It was too long, nearly 150 minutes, but the screenplay filled with many enthralling scenes and dialogues. So I don't think sitting for that long would be an issue for most of the people. Surely you will be on your seat edge most of the time on your watch. Good story, but very confusing. I mean not puzzling way, but the events and its characters, especially the conclusion which is not exactly a perfect one with proper detail. So you might look for some clarifications after watching the film. > "If you go fishing, do you know what you'll catch? He's just fishing. Not even he knows what he'll catch." The concept was a little confusing like what kind of horror is this. At one stage there comes a zombie, but it follows right after an exorcism on a girl possessed by a ghost. The writer used the time as long as he wants to develop them. So the narration was slow, but very steady on its direction going deep. If you are good at Korean films, the style they make, you might predict some of the scenes correctly. Like I said the final few minutes might confuse you, but really well done part if you understand that clearly. The film characters wise, I liked how it all connected at the end. But as a story, the solution did not seem right. I think not the fitting one or more convincing. I know who would you root, I mean most of you back what character, so from that perspective, feels it compromised a bit after put up a stern fight with what they had believed. I liked how culturally this story was narrated. I mean as its set in a small village, the ceremonies to fight the evil spirit was conducted traditional way, not the western style, except it opened with a quote from the bible. The actors were perfect, particularly I liked where it was shot. A fine location to mix horror and cop themes. The suspense keeps the film alive, but you won't always looking at that, because the theme expands quite bigger than you expect. There are some unexpected turns, you might find yourself scratching your head for how deep it could go. Don't worry, in the end, it all comes together, or maybe watching it twice could help you with that. As I said the runtime might not favour you for the second viewing. Besides, pay a good attention while watching it for the first time, then you will get everything. Particularly if you are an animal lover, that's a biggest clue you could get in this film. I think it will be one of the best horror you would find around the world this year. It might get remade elsewhere, but the chances are less and it could remain as one of the Korean classics in the line of many others like 'Memories of Murder'. You don't have to be a Korean film fan or this director's, but if you do, surely you will have an advantage in understanding it clearly and like it more than the others. Definitely it is one of the best Korean films, but I don't think so a must see, not according to me. Though I won't conclude my review without recommending it to you. So I say watch it. _7.5/10_
Watching "The Wailing" is quite an undertaking. With a runtime of almost 3 hours this Korean Horror-Triller is a shear beast. Unfortunately I feel like pretty much more than half the runtime should have been cut. "The Wailing" circles around in a seemingly endless "who done it" or, to be more precise, "who is it" and even though the acting of our lead Do-won Kwak was not too bad, the dialogues bothered me constantly. I find myself repeating this for about every Asian movie and I assume it must be a cultural thing. I mostly find the talk so generic and pointless, that you could reduce some movies to 5-10 important lines and let them be quiet for the entire rest of the runtime. And this movie is no different. The best acting performance was delivered by Jun Kunimura, who not only presented a great play with mimic, but also refused to talk much (I bet he knew I would appreciate that). The cinematography was pretty good and I liked the realistic appearing gore effects. Not so much on the "possessed zombies" but therefore on the crime scenes and such. With that many pro's and con's "The Wailing" ends up somewhere in the middle and can therefore be labeled average.
I don't often use the word masterpiece. I've seen 1,040 films in my life, totalling 1,549 hours of filmography. There's maybe 7 I would label a masterpiece with full usage and definition of the word. The Wailing is the eighth film of one thousand and forty films I very willingly, gladly and without hesitation give the title of Masterpiece to. I'm not too big of a fan of Asian supernatural horror. Whilst I very much enjoy it and give most films a pretty decent average rating, I find a lot of them bleed into one another with similar plots and a very safe view on the supernatural. In Japan it tends to be curses that have people die in mysterious ways, South Korea, a cursed object that has people murder each other are the most common ones I come across. When I clicked The Wailing was supernatural, I prepared myself for a 6 or maybe 7 out of 10 movie that was good but wouldn't hold its own too well in the vast expanse of horror. The Wailing gave me some stunning frames. The cinematography in this is beautiful. The gore frames are gruesome, unadulterated and unapologetic. The ritualism and belief of South Korea are shown in their full glory without fear. Na Hong Jin doesn't shy away from racial tension between the Japanese and South Koreans with a slightly historical take with a beautiful twisting story that left me with my mouth gaping open but still feeling just slightly uncomfortable - something I believe Hong Jin did on purpose. I was shown acting that was so well done, no matter what I watch these actors in from now on, I will always know them from The Wailing. The varying supernatural aspects were unique, something that stunned me, unafraid to step out of genre restrictions and lead the way with something new. With a story line that is intriguing, stunning and just raw, this two and a half hour journey was worth watching. This is a film deserving of the hype that numerous other Asian horrors got but turned out to be predictable messed. THIS is the Korean horror of 2016, the one that should have lead the forefront of South Korean, or even Asian, horror into 2017. This is a film that shows prowess, promise and skill. Hong Jin treats us to such wonderful skills from not just himself but his script writer, his cast, his editing team, his make up team, etc, everyone involved. You can feel the passion and love and pure dedication that went into this movie. A full 10/10 is just not enough for this film. A twisting, numbing, horrifying masterpiece.
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