Antarctic Journal
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 Antarctic Journal poster |
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| Hangul | 남극일기 |
| Hanja | 南極日記 |
| RR | Namgeukilgi |
| MR | Namgŭkilgi |
| Directed by | Yim Pil-sung |
| Produced by | Cha Seoung-jae |
| Written by | Yim Pil-sung Bong Joon-ho |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Yu Ji-tae |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Cinematography | Jeong Jeong-hun |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
| Release date(s) | May 19, 2005 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | $8 mil. US (est.) |
Antarctic Journal (2005) is the feature film debut by South Korean director Yim Pil-sung. The movie mixes elements of psychological thriller and classical horror films while showing the hardships met by a modern antarctic expedition trying to reach the pole of inaccessibility. The film had generated some buzz before its release due to its large budget (over $8,000,000US) and notable cast but wasn't a box office hit.
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[edit] Plot
During their journey to the Pole of Inaccessibility (POI), the remotest point of the Antarctic, the expedition of six men, led by Captain Choi Do-hyung, discovers a journal that was left behind by a British expedition 80 years earlier. The journal was remarkably preserved in a box in the snow and Kim Min-jae, another member of the expedition, gets the job of examining it. It turns out that the two expeditions shared the same goal and soon other strange similarities between them start to show up. Will they make it to their destination before the sun goes down for the Antarctic winter?
[edit] Cast
- Song Kang-ho - Choi Do-hyung
- Yu Ji-tae - Kim Min-jae
- Choi Duek-mun - Seo Jae-kyung
- Kim Kyeong-ik - Yang Geun-chan
- Park Hie-sun - Lee Young-min
- Yun Je-moon - Sung-hoon
- Kang Hye-jeong - Yoo-jin
- Sam Hammington - English expedition party (voice)
Produced on location in New Zealand by Beachfront Films NZ Producers Bridget Bourke/Richard Cox
[edit] See also
- List of Korean language films
- Cinema of Korea
- K-Horror
- Contemporary culture of South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
[edit] External links
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