A Bloody Aria
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 들 |
| Revised Romanization | Guta Yubalja-deul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kuta Yubalja-dŭl |
| Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
| Produced by | Kim Tae-hoon Lee Seo-yeol |
| Written by | Won Shin-yun |
| Starring |
Han Suk-kyu Lee Moon-sik Oh Dal-su Lee Byung-joon Cha Ye-ryun |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Cinematography | Kim Dong-eun |
| Edited by | Choi Jae-geun Eom Jin-hwa |
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Korea Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Prime Entertainment |
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Release date
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Running time
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115 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$584,409 |
A Bloody Aria (Hangul: 구타 유발자들; RR: Guta Yubalja-deul) is a 2006 South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Won Shin-yun, that starred Han Suk-kyu, Lee Moon-sik, Oh Dal-su, Lee Byung-joon, and Cha Ye-ryun. The Los Angeles Times described the movie as a "thriller about a fated convergence of people from different strata of Korean society who queasily slide between roles of tormentor and victim."
An aspiring opera singer In-jeong travels to countryside with her college professor Yeong-seon. She wants to learn more about the outcome of her audition for a part in an upcoming opera performance. The two park on a deserted riverbank to make a campfire. Instead of talking about the audition, Yeong-seon tries to rape In-jeong who escapes to a forest. Yeong-seon wants to leave but his car gets stuck. Three local thugs with motorcycles discover the car and confront him. Meanwhile, In-jeong stops a man on a scooter who promises to take her to a public transport terminal after they meet his friends who are waiting at the river. As it turns out, he is the leader of the group and takes In-jeong back to the riverbank where she reunites with the scared Yeong-seon but the two do not admit knowing each other. The thugs eat roasted pork and have a small talk with the professor when a young student Hyeon-jae rolls out from a bag that was placed on one of the motorcycles. The thug leader starts harassing the boy. His behavior becomes more psychotic when In-jeong voices her disapproval. He orders the thugs to rape her and forces the student and Yeong-seon to fight until one of them drops. Hyeon-jae knows taekwondo and easily defeats Yeong-seon. He then proceeds to beat the thugs. With all of them unconscious, the boy digs a hole in the ground, buries the men up to their chests and pours gasoline on their heads preparing to set them on fire. Yeong-seon runs for help and In-jeong tries to stop the student. While she's talking to him, the leader regains consciousness and manages to hit the boy with a shovel and escape from the hole. After waking up, one of the thugs beats the injured boy so badly that all believe him dead.
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