Blood Rain (film)
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| Directed by | Kim Dae-seung |
| Produced by | Kim Mi-hee |
| Written by | Lee Won-jae Kim Seong-je |
| Starring | Cha Seung-won Park Yong-woo Ji Sung |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
| Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
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119 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$14,270,938[1] |
Blood Rain (Hangul: 혈의 누; RR: Hyeolui Nu) is a 2005 South Korean film. A murder mystery set in 1808, the film touches on historical prejudice against Roman Catholicism in the Joseon Dynasty. Although primarily a period thriller, director Kim Dae-seung weaves together an unconventional mix of styles—a puzzle-box mystery plot traditionally associated with detective fiction, class-conscious social commentary, lush cinematography, sets and costume design, and a flair for gore.[2][3]
Plot
It is year 1808 on Donghwa Island, a small island with a technologically advanced (for its time) paper mill. The presence of the mill has spawned a bustling village, and given its townspeople a certain degree of wealth. With climate and trees perfectly suited for papermaking—and a location remote enough to ensure both privacy and secrecy—the island has established a profitable business in high quality paper, with trade routes stretching as far away as China.
This isolated and largely autonomous island begins to be plagued by a string of gruesome murders. However, it's not just the mounting death toll that's causing residents to worry, but the sadistic, methodical way in which the victims were killed. With the killer still on the loose, the government sends in special investigator Wonkyu to crack the case. While conducting his dogged investigation, he soon uncovers a myriad of hidden secrets, tracing the murders back to an incident that occurred some seven years earlier, in which the former owner of the mill was executed for practicing Catholicism. The townspeople, for their part, are convinced that the dead man's ghost has come back for revenge. As the young officer digs deeper into the island's dark past, Wonkyu discovers that there may be something even more frightening than the murders or the murderer—a truth that will make him question the depths of human nature.
Cast
- Cha Seung-won as Wonkyu[4]
- Park Yong-woo as In-kwon[5]
- Ji Sung as Du-ho
- Yoon Se-ah as So-yeon
- Choi Ji-na as Manshin
- Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Chi-sung
- Choi Jong-won as Royal emissary Choi
- Chun Ho-jin as Commission agent Kang
Awards and nominations
- Best Film
- Best Director – Kim Dae-seung
- Best Supporting Actor – Park Yong-woo
- Best Cinematography – Choi Young-hwan
- Best Editing – Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
- Best Lighting – Kim Sung-kwan
- Technical Award – Shin Jae-ho
- Best Art Direction – Min Eon-ok
- Best Costume Design – Jung Kyung-hee
- Nomination – Best Film
- Nomination – Best Director – Kim Dae-seung
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actor – Park Yong-woo
- Nomination – Best Original Screenplay – Lee Won-jae
- Nomination – Best Cinematography – Choi Young-hwan
- Nomination – Best Editing – Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
- Nomination – Best Lighting – Kim Sung-kwan
- Nomination – Best Planning – Kim Mi-hee
- Nomination – Best Visual Effects – Han Tae-jeong (Insight Visual), Jeong Do-an (Demolition), Shin Jae-ho (Mage)
- Technical Award – Shin Jae-ho (Special Make-up Effects)
- Nomination – Best Film
- Nomination – Best Director – Kim Dae-seung
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actor – Park Yong-woo
- Nomination – Best Cinematography – Choi Young-hwan
- Nomination – Best Lighting – Kim Sung-kwan
- Nomination – Best Art Direction – Min Eon-ok
- 2005 Korean Film Awards
- Best Supporting Actor – Park Yong-woo
- Best Art Direction – Min Eon-ok
- Best Visual Effects – Shin Jae-ho
- Best Sound – Kim Suk-won, Kim Chang-seop
- Nomination – Best Director – Kim Dae-seung
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actress – Choi Ji-na
- Nomination – Best New Actress – Yoon Se-ah
- Nomination – Best Screenplay – Lee Won-jae
- Nomination – Best Cinematography – Choi Young-hwan
- Nomination – Best Music – Jo Yeong-wook
- Grand Prize
- Best Film
- Nomination – Best Actor – Cha Seung-won
- Nomination – Best Screenplay – Lee Won-jae
References
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- Official website (Korean)
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- Blood Rain at the Korean Movie Database
- Blood Rain at HanCinema
- ↑ "Blood Rain". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
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- 2005 films
- Korean-language films
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- 2000s crime films
- 2000s thriller films
- South Korean films
- South Korean crime thriller films
- South Korean mystery films
- Serial killer films
- Police detective films
- 1808 in fiction
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in the Joseon Dynasty
- Films directed by Kim Dae-seung
- Cinema Service films
