Bok-Soon runs a street stall, cares for her younger sister, and is feared by many because of her quick temper. When Tae-Soo murders her sister, rage consumes her completely as she stalks the killer.
Acting
Kim Go-eun's feral transformation pre-dates her global fame.
Direction
Hwang In-ho keeps Tae-soo terrifyingly banal, never cinematic.
Sound
Rural soundscape that makes violence feel inevitable, staged.
Director
Hwang In-ho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kim Go-eun's first lead role after A Muse made her infamous; she reportedly broke down sobbing after the final violent scene wrapped.
Released the same year as Sea Fog and A Hard Day, part of a 2014 wave of Korean thrillers interrogating working-class desperation through genre violence.
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