Addicted (2002 film)
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| Revised Romanization | Jungdok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chungdok |
| Directed by | Park Young-hoon |
| Produced by | Lee Choon-Yeon |
| Written by | Byun Won-mi |
| Starring |
Lee Byung-hun Lee Mi-yeon Lee Eol Park Sun-young |
| Cinematography | Kim Byeong-il |
| Distributed by | ShowBox |
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114 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $4,086,108 |
Addicted is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed by Park Young-hoon and starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Mi-yeon. In 2009 it was remade into an American film called Possession.
Two brothers have different interests; Dae-jun (Lee Byung-hun) loves car racing, while Ho-jun (Lee Eol) loves carpentry, art and gardening. Despite their differences, the two brothers are very close. Ho-jun marries his girlfriend, Eun-soo (Lee Mi-yeon). Dae-jun decides to take part in a car race even though his brother, who is concerned for his safety, asks him not to do that particular race. With a heavy heart, Ho-jun plans on attending the car race to support Dae-jun. However, Ho-jun runs late and has to hail a taxi. The speeding taxi crashes into a lorry, and Ho-jun is seriously injured. At the same time as the taxi crashes, Dae-jun's car overturns in the middle of the race, and he is also badly injured.
Both Dae-jun and Ho-jun fall into comas. A year later, Dae-jun wakes up, but is unable to walk properly, due in part to his physical injuries. He is brought home by Eun-soo, where she attempts to take care of him while he recovers. Over time, Eun-soo realises that Dae-jun is behaving identically to her husband. Dae-jun tries to convince Eun-soo that he feels like he is actually Ho-jun, but cannot explain why. He agrees to go for a hypnosis test, and his answers so reflect his brother's character that the doctor concludes that Ho-jun's spirit has entered Dae-jun's body. Eun-soo is devastated by this revelation.
Eun-soo, unable to accept Dae-jun as Ho-jun, tells Dae-jun's girlfriend He-jin that she is unable to live with Dae-jun. He-jin offers to take Dae-jun away to work with her at a farm and Dae-jun agrees to go there for the sake of Eun-soo. However, one rainy day, Dae-jun appears to Eun-soo, just as Ho-jun had before. They discuss memories together and Eun-soo finally accepts Dae-jun as the "possessed" spirit of her former husband. Dae-jun and Eun-soo then share a slow, steamy, emotional night together after the tearful revelation. They start to live life together as a happy and loving couple. In time, Eun-soo becomes pregnant with Dae-jun's child.
Meanwhile, the real Ho-jun is still on life support. The doctor suggests to Eun-soo that there is no chance of Ho-jun waking up and it may be best if he were allowed to die in peace. She agrees, and watches with Dae-jun as Ho-jun is taken off life support. He-jin returns and tells Eun-soo that she has accepted the fact that Dae-jun is no longer himself, and that she can no longer love him. She decides to go abroad to study.
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