Bedevilled (2010 film)
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 의 |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Pok-nam sarinsakŏnŭi jŏnmal |
| Directed by | Jang Cheol-soo |
| Produced by | Park Kyu-young |
| Written by | Choi Kwang-young |
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Seo Young-hee Ji Sung-won |
| Music by | Kim Tae-seong |
| Cinematography | Kim Gi-tae |
| Edited by | Kim Mi-joo |
| Distributed by | Sponge ENT |
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115 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$636,363 |
| Box office | US$1,124,187 |
Bedevilled (Hangul: 김복남 살인사건의 전말; Hanja: 金福南 殺人事件의 前末; RR: Kim Bok-nam Salinsageonui Jeonmal; lit. "The Whole Story of the Kim Bok-nam Murder Case") is a 2010 South Korean horror/thriller film starring Seo Young-hee and Ji Sung-won. The film premiered as an official selection of International Critics' Week at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
It is the feature directorial debut of Jang Cheol-soo, who worked as an assistant director on the Kim Ki-duk films Samaritan Girl and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. The film was a runaway hit in Korea, with the box-office returns far exceeding its ₩700 million (US$636,363) budget.
Hae-won is a middle-rank officer working in a Seoul bank. A stern, tense, single woman, she is brought down by work-related stress and her hypercompetitive environment. Desperate for a change of pace, she takes up an offer from a long-forgotten friend to take a vacation in Mudo, a desolate Southern island where she spent childhood. Arriving at the island, she is warmly welcomed by Bok-nam, with whom she had a close friendship when both were in their teens, but whose constant letters she's since ignored. Life on the undeveloped, socially regressive island is hard, and Bok-nam is treated as little more than a slave by her abusive husband Man-jong, his brother, and the local old women. All of Bok-nam's love is reserved for her young daughter Yeon-hee, with whom she tries to escape from the small, claustrophobic island. When the attempt is foiled by Man-jong and his friends, Bok-nam finally snaps, murdering the island's inhabitants with a sickle.
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