Loner (film)
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| Hangul | 외톨이 |
| RR | Woetoli |
| MR | Oet‘oli |
| Directed by | Park Jae-sik |
| Produced by | Lee Ho-seong |
| Starring | Ko Eun-ah Jeong Yoo-seok Chae Min-seo |
| Cinematography | Lee Seung-min |
| Editing by | Lee Hye-yeon |
| Distributed by | Mirovision |
| Release date(s) | September 18, 2008 |
| Running time | 117 min. |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 74,753 |
| Gross revenue | $412,300 |
Loner (외톨이, Wetoli aka Orphaned or Hikikomori) is a 2008 South Korean film. The debut feature by director Park Jae-sik, Loner is a horror film about hikikomori, the phenomenon of reclusive individuals who have chosen to withdraw from social life.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Soo-na, a 17 year-old student who lives in a huge mansion with her uncle and grandmother, is driven over the edge after the suicide of her best friend. She locks herself in her room, talks to someone that nobody else can see, and tries to kill herself in front of her family. Her uncle, Se-jin, enlists the help of his fiancée, Yoon-mi, a psychiatrist who specialises in hikikomori. Yoon-mi suspects that Soo-na's condition is related to some hidden family history.
[edit] Cast
- Ko Eun-ah ... Jeong Soo-na
- Jeong Yu-seok ... Jeong Se-jin
- Chae Min-seo ... Choi Yoon-mi
- Jeong Yeong-sook ... Grandmother
- Lim Dae-ho ... Gwan Ri-in
- Lee Da-in ... Lee Ha-jeong
- Lee Yeon-soo ... Han Song-i
- Lee Eun ... Lee Eun-hee
- Jeong Da-hye ... Teacher
- Song Min-jeong ... Kim Mi-jeong
[edit] Production
The set of the mansion cost $300,000 to build, and took a month to construct.[1]
[edit] Release
Loner was released in South Korea on 18 September 2008,[2] and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 45,710 admissions.[3] As of 5 October, the film had received a total of 74,753 admissions,[2] and as of 12 October had grossed a total of $412,300.[4]
[edit] Critical response
James Mudge of BeyondHollywood described Loner as "one of the better and more thoughtful films of its type for some time", and said, "The film features some skilfully sustained tension and a palpable sense of dread, as well as an overbearing sense that things are unlikely to work out well for any of the characters, even for those who manage to make it through to the end credits. Whilst there are a few death scenes and some good use of special effects, the film is generally quite low key, and is arguably all the better for it, as this ensures that the psychological chills remain at the fore."[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kim Do-hyung. "The Horror Crouching Behind a Lonely Girl". Korean Film Observatory #28, pp. 50. Korean Film Council, 2008. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Loner (2008) - 외톨이". HanCinema. Retrieved on 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Korean Box Office" (Week-end 2008.09.19 ~ 2008.09.21). HanCinema. Retrieved on 17 December 2008.
- ^ "South Korea Box Office October 10–12, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 17 December 2008.
- ^ Mudge, James. "Loner (2008) Movie Review". BeyondHollywood, 17 December 2008. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Loner (film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website (Korean)
- Loner at the Korean Movie Database
- Loner at HanCinema
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