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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Sorum
| image = Sorum film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Yoon Jong-chan
| producer = Hwang Pil-seon
| writer = Yoon Jong-chan
| starring = Kim Myung-min
Jang Jin-young
| music = Park Jeong-ho
Yoon Min-hwa
| cinematography = Hwang Seo-sik
| editing = Kyung Min-ho
| distributor = Buena Vista International
| released =
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
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'Sorum' is a 2001 South Korean horror film and the feature film debut of director Yoon Jong-chan. Starring Kim Myung-min and Jang Jin-young, it tells the story of a young taxi driver who moves into a dilapidated old apartment building, the site of a brutal tragedy thirty years earlier. The film has been nominated for and won several awards.
Plot
Looking for a new start, a young taxi driver moves into Apt. 504 of an old tenement named Migum Apartments. He soon finds that the previous tenant died mysteriously, and everyone on the floor is connected to the man.
After befriending the neighbor living a few doors down, he falls into an affair that sends them both down a dark path. But there's something else odd about the atmosphere in the run-down building. Does a ghost haunt those living here, or does the evil exist in those left alive?
Cast
* Kim Myung-min as Yong-hyun
* Jang Jin-young as Sun-yeong
* Gi Ju-bong as writer Lee
* Jo An as Eun-soo
* Kim Gi-cheon
* Lee Han-wi
* Lee Kwang-gi
* Park Yeong-hoon
* Kim Joo-ryoung
* Kwon Tae-won
* Choi Woong as Writer Lee's son
Awards
2001 Sitges Film Festival
* Best Actress: Jang Jin-young
2001 Busan Film Critics Awards
* Best New Actor: Kim Myung-min
* Best New Actress: Jang Jin-young
2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards
* Best Actress: Jang Jin-young
2001 Director's Cut Awards
* Best Actress: Jang Jin-young
* Best New Actor: Kim Myung-min
2002 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film
*Best Actress: Jang Jin-young
*Best Director: Yoon Jong-chan
*Special Jury Award: Yoon Jong-chan
2002 Mlaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema
* Best Actress: Jang Jin-young
Reception
'Dread Central' wrote, "'Sorum' is definitely a slow burn", but called the film's "subtle horror" effective.
References
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