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Sinkhole

Korean Cinema Today

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time114min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Disaster reveals the society′s hidden face. It is, therefore, an effective device to show social problems with its story where characters must run for survival. Sinkhole shows where Korean disaster movies are currently situated. Dongwon (Kim Sung-kyun) manages to buy a house in Seoul after 11 years since he moved into the city. However, he gets into fight with a neighbor Mansoo (Cha Seoung-won) from the very first day at his new place. A little later, an enormous sinkhole is created in the middle of the city. It gulps a small apartment building a whole down to 500meters deep underground from where people struggle to escape. The film brilliantly uses the images of the rise and fall that link to the real estate issues in Korea and the desperate disaster in contrast. It is colorfully full of laughter, spectacle, social issues that can be shared, and touching moments in its limited running time. Its creativity that humorously develops the sensitive story adds more fun to it. (SONG Kyung-won)
Director
Director
KIM Ji-hoon
Born in Korea in 1971, he won the Young Fantastic Grand Prize at the 2004 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for his first feature, Mokpo the Harbor (2004). After that, he received favorable reviews from critics and audiences for his dramatic film May 18 (2007), which depicts the tragic reality of the May 18 Democratization Movement. He also directed Sector 7 (2011) and The Tower (2012), which depict the disasters taking place in the enclosed space.
Credit
  • Director
    KIM Ji-hoon
  • ProducerSoo-nam LEE
  • CastSeoung-won CHA
    Sung-kyun KIM
    Kwang-soo LEE
    Hye-jun KIM
  • Production CompanyTHE TOWER PICTURES
    INC.
    adonisolo@naver.com
  • World SalesShowbox Corp.
    sales@showbox.co.kr
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