Exhuma almost feels like watching two movies; one of them is grounded horror, which almost works like an investigative thriller. The other one is where our four heroes—shaman Hwa-Rim, her prodigy Bong Gil, geomancer cum feng-shui expert Sang-deok, and mortician Young-geun—try to contain the samurai demon that often turns into a vicious fireball. Jang Jae-hyun’s latest work relies a lot on both history and mythology, and unless you’re well-versed in the basics of Japan’s occupation of Korea as well as the five elements of Taoism, you might find yourself lost at sea initially. However, Exhuma still works as a satisfying horror experience, albeit a bit uneven if we go by the tone. At times it feels a bit information dense, but the stellar cast led by the legendary Choi Min-sik (who plays Sang-deok) pretty much makes up for it. In this article, we’re going...
- 6/5/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Exhuma: Feng Shui & Korean Mythology, Explained: What Did “The Fox Cuts Off The Tiger’s Waist” Mean?
On the surface, Exhuma appears to be a Korean horror film rooted in its history and culture, revolving around a family with generational trauma. A film that, for a lot of us, might be hard to comprehend because of its historical references, yet is still enjoyable thanks to its atmospheric horror that keeps a viewer engaged throughout. However, to really understand the horrors of Exhuma, we must first try to understand “Feng Shui” and how it plays a huge role in the core of this story, along with the Japanese occupation of Korea. In the first scene, the lead character, a shaman, corrects the air hostess about her being Korean and not Japanese. A minute detail that permeates the whole film by acting to foreshadow what’s to come. In Exhuma, Park Ji-Yong struggles to diagnose his son’s ailment through Western medicine and decides to call upon a Korean...
- 6/3/2024
- by Ruchika Bhat
- DMT
Broker Review — Broker (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda and starring Song Kang-ho, Dong-won Gang, Bae Doona, Ji-eun Lee, Lee Joo-young, Im Seung-soo, Park Hae-joon, Ryu Kyung-Soo, Dong-hwi Lee, Lee Moo-saeng, Ji-yong Park, Sae-byeok Song and Kim Sun-young. Broker, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, asks a lot of hard questions [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: Broker (2022): Hirokazu Koreeda’s Moving Film Skillfully Shows Audiences the Complexities of its Intriguing Premise...
- 12/18/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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