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Budget. US$2.8 million. Box office. US$4,443,849 [1] Epitaph ( Korean : 기담; Hanja : 奇談; RR : Gidam) is a 2007 South Korean film directed by brothers Jung Sik and Jung Bum-shik. The film is a horror film set primarily in 1942, while Korea was under the colonial rule of Japan. It is framed by scenes set in 1979.
- US$2.8 million
- Jang So-jeong
- Park Yeong-ran
Aug 1, 2007 · Epitaph: Directed by Jung Bum-shik, Sik Jung. With Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Dong-kyu, Kim Eung-soo, Jin Goo. A series of horrifying events plague a Korean hospital in the 1940s.
- (1.2K)
- Drama, Horror
- Jung Bum-shik, Sik Jung
- 2007-08-01
Aug 1, 2007 · Watch Trailer. In 1979, Dr. Park receives an old photo album from his twenties in 1941 when mysterious things befell him and his colleagues at Ansaeng Hospital. In 1942, as a young medical intern, Park was bound by his parents to marry a girl. But Jung Nam's arranged marriage ended when his fiancée, whom he had never met, committed suicide.
- (112)
- South Korea
- 15+
- Jung Bum Shik
Aug 1, 2007 · 98min | Release date in South Korea: 2007/08/01. Re-release date: 2021/07/14. Synopsis. "In a modern hospital in 1941, doctors witness weird events and learn DEATH is the sole healer." In 1979, Dr. PARK receives an old photo album from his twenties in 1941 when mysterious things befell him and his colleagues.
- Jeong Beom-Sik, Jeong Sik
“In a modern hospital in 1941, doctors witness weird events and learn DEATH is the sole healer.” In 1979, Dr. PARK receives an old photo album from his twenties in 1941 when mysterious things befell him and his colleagues. PARK was bound by his parents to marry a girl whom he never met, but fell in love with a dead woman who happened to be his arranged marriage. Meanwhile, a little girl ...
Epitaph kicks off with faux 40s surgery footage, which provides a gory hook, but incorporates anachronistic shots which betray the levels of artistry the film will quickly reach. A framing device set in the late 70s, for a film largely taking place in the early 40s, removes a sense of immediacy – but replaces it with a bittersweet tone that ...
