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Living Death (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Living Death
| image = LivingDeath_Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Lee Yong-ju
| producer = Jeong Seung-hye
Lee Jeong-se
Jo Cheol-hyeon
| writer = Lee Yong-ju
| starring = Nam Sang-mi
Shim Eun-kyung
Ryu Seung-ryong
Kim Bo-yeon
| music = Kim Hong-jib
| cinematography = Jo Sang-yoon
| editing = Kim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
| studio = Ahchim Production
| distributor = Showbox
| released =
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross = [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2009W33&id=_fDISTRUSTHELL01 "Distrust Hell (Bulsinjiok / Scream) (2009)"]. 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
}}
'Living Death' ( lit. "Distrust Hell", also known as 'Possessed') is a 2009 South Korean horror film written and directed by Lee Yong-ju.[http://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-movie-news-living-death-press-meeting-20442.html 'Living Death' press meeting"]. 'Hancinema'. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-18. The film received 248,503 admissions in South Korea.
Plot
A college student named Hee-jin (Nam Sang-mi) returns home when her 14-year-old sister So-jin (Shim Eun-kyung) goes missing. Her mother (Kim Bo-yeon), a fanatic churchgoer, resorts to prayer and refuses to work with the lazy police to find So-jin. Meanwhile, a neighbor commits suicide and leaves a will for So-jin, and Hee-jin hears rumors that her sister had been possessed. The whereabouts of So-jin become increasingly elusive and the dead neighbor begins appearing in Hee-jin's dreams.
Cast
Production
The early working title for the film was 'Bi-myeong' ("Scream"). It was shown during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Awards and nominations
References
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