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Yeogo goedam dubeonjjae i-yagi (1999)

Country of Origin: South Korea / Kyrgyzstan
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 97 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby SR

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Cine 2000
Producers: Lee Chun-yeon, Oh Ki-min
Production Chief: Kim Se-jin
Production Section Chief: Kim Hong-baek

SCRIPT
Kim Tae-youg, Min Kyu-dong

DIRECTION
Directors: Kim Tae-yong, Min Kyu-dong
Assistant Directors: Kang I-kwan, Park Kwan-su, Park Ji-seong, Lee Kweon

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Kim Yun-su
Assistant Directors of Photography: Chi Kil-yong, Kim Ki-tae, Lee Jeong-in, Seon Dong-hyon
Gaffer: Choi Seong-won
Assistant Lighting: Koh Nak-seon, Weon Jong-bae, Lee Kil-hun, Park Min-su, Kweon Myoung-hwan, Kuk Su-ran
Stills: Cho Jin-cheol
Labs: Hollywood Film Lab
Telecine: A&D

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Kim Sang-beom

MUSIC
Music: Cho Seong-wu

SOUND
Sound Recording / Mixing: Wave Lab
Boom Operator: Ryu Je-hyoung
Synchronous Sound Recordist: Ryu Dae-hyeon

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Park Seon-jee, Park Hyo-jin, Kang Eun-shil
Costumes: Lee Seung-hyon, Cheon Eun-suk, Kim Mi-kyoung

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kim Chang-hee, Kim Jae-min

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Oh Sang-man, Lee Dae-hun
Set Decorators: Lee Se-ho, Chang seon-mee, Cheong Hi-tae
Art: Cheon Mee
Painting Team: Kim Bo-kwan, Yun Il-lang

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Team: Park Kwan-su, Park Ji-seong, Lee Kweon, Lee Kyu-hong, Lee Chang-su, Yun Kyoung-hwan, Oh Ju-hyon
Public Relations: Cheon Ryeo-jeong, Park Ju-young
Production Assistants: Yun Kyoung-hwan, Oh Ju-hyon, Lee Se-ho
Scrapper (?): Cheong Jae-eun
Advertising Designer: Lee Kwan-yong
Advertising Photos: Lee Jae-yong
Marketing: Ahn Eun-mee

CASTING
Casting Directors: MTM Min Yang-ki, Kim Cheong-hyon

CAST
Lee Young-jin (Shi-eun)
Park Ye-jin (Hyo-shin)
Kim Min-seon (Min-ah)
Kong Hyo-jin
Paek Jong-hak
Cheong Jin-kak

SUMMARY

Schoolgirl Min-Ah finds a diary which, when read, causes her to suffer hallucinations. The diary belonged to two fellow students, one of who, Hyo-Shin, then commits suicide. As the school tries to come to terms with the girl's senseless death, Min-Ah starts to believe that she's been possessed by Hyo-Shin...

AVAILABILITY

South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Cinema Service

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Subway Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

South Korea
Rating: N-12

AWARDS

2001
Slamdance International Film Festival, USA

Vision Award for Cinematography (Yoon-soo Kim) - winner
Grand Jury Prize (Tae-Yong Kim, Kyu-Dong Min) - nominated

TIMELINE

1999
December

13: South Korea - rated by the ratings board
24: South Korea - theatrical release

2001
March

1: Hong Kong - shown at the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
14: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

May
30: USA - shown at the Seattle International Film Festival

June
18: USA - shown at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

July
24: Australia - shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Memento Mori
Yeogo goedam II
Whispering Corridors 2

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Yeogo goedam (1998)

KEYWORDS

ghosts, lesbianism, schools, teenagers, diaries, sequels, suicides, homophobia

 


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