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Bakjwi

Bakjwi

2009Movie⏱️ 2h 14mR🏆 #2386 Top Rated
DramaFantasyHorrorRomance
7.1
IMDB Rating
54,359 votes

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

Director
Park Chan-wook
Writers
Émile Zola, Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
Stars
Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Choi Hee-jin
Release Date
April 30, 2009
Language
Korean, English, French
Country
South Korea, United States
🏆 18
Wins
🎯 21
Nominations
💬 153
Reviews
📋 90.3K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho
as Sang-hyun
Kim Ok-bin
Kim Ok-bin
as Tae-ju
👤
Choi Hee-jin
as Nurse Sa
Seo Dong-soo
Seo Dong-soo
as Hyo-sung
👤
Lee Hwa-ryong
as Doctor Koo
Ra Mi-ran
Ra Mi-ran
as Nurse Yu
Park In-hwan
Park In-hwan
as Priest Roh
Eriq Ebouaney
Eriq Ebouaney
as Emmanuel Research Director
👤
Thati Pele
as Emmanuel Research Nun
👤
Choi Jong-ryul
as Grandfather

💰 Box Office

$13,085,435
Worldwide Gross
$318,574
Domestic Gross
$55,889
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
DTS
Color
Color
Filming Location
Seoul, South Korea
Production
CJ Entertainment, Focus Features International (FFI), Benex Movie Expert Fund

🏷️ Keywords

vampire2000swheelchairsouth koreadark comedy

🎯 Categories

KoreanDark ComedyDark FantasyDark RomanceSupernatural HorrorVampire HorrorDramaFantasyHorrorRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Different kind of Beast
by kosmasp2009-11-04
9/10

"No pun intended. I'm not going to spoil anything about the story, but it's safe to assume that you already know, what kind of character the main actor portrays. And of course being a priest while being "naughty" exaggerates all that. Plus this is the most erotic movie from Park Chan Wook yet. If you have seen Wook's previous works/movies you know he is very visual (in a good way) and it shows again here. While it strays away from the vengeance theme of his prior movies on the surface, it still has quite some heat hidden underneath. And when that boils, quite a few bad..."

💡 Did You Know?

The movie borrows many elements from Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin. Tae-ju is named after Thérèse and Lady Ra is named after Madame Raquin.

📖 Synopsis

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.