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IEOH ISLAND
1977
Director
Kim Ki-young
Starring
Lee Hwa-si
Kim Jung-chul
Choi Yun-seok
Kwon Mi-hye
Runtime
112 minutes
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IEOH ISLAND is a bizarre murder mystery from one of Korean cinema’s unquestionable masters, Kim Ki-young (THE HOUSEMAID). Kim’s third film with his young star Lee Hwa-si is justly hailed as one of the most bizarre Korean films of all time for its preponderance of shamanic necrophilia, foggy island of women divers and cursed men, flashbacks-within-flashbacks, and lots of dead fish.
Suspected and acquitted of killing a native son of the remote and matriarchal IEOH ISLAND, a businessman travels there in hopes of uncovering the truth behind the man’s disappearance and the perplexing allure of Ieoh’s mysterious inhabitants - who still live according to “the old ways”. A giant of Korean cinema, Kim’s trademark transgressive horror combines psychosexual drama with a parable of pollution to create an unforgettably hypnotic take on the missing-person story - building to a truly shocking finale!
IEOH ISLAND is a bizarre murder mystery from one of Korean cinema’s unquestionable masters, Kim Ki-young (THE HOUSEMAID). Kim’s third film with his young star Lee Hwa-si is justly hailed as one of the most bizarre Korean films of all time for its preponderance of shamanic necrophilia, foggy island of women divers and cursed men, flashbacks-within-flashbacks, and lots of dead fish.
Suspected and acquitted of killing a native son of the remote and matriarchal IEOH ISLAND, a businessman travels there in hopes of uncovering the truth behind the man’s disappearance and the perplexing allure of Ieoh’s mysterious inhabitants - who still live according to “the old ways”. A giant of Korean cinema, Kim’s trademark transgressive horror combines psychosexual drama with a parable of pollution to create an unforgettably hypnotic take on the missing-person story - building to a truly shocking finale!