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Eun Ji

2019 · 90 min

A slow-building, uneasy thriller that traps you on a remote island with a woman whose isolation turns into a quiet, creeping dread.

Directed by
Goo Mo
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Kim Yu-yeon, Kim Jin-geun, Park Sun-woo
Overview
Yeonmo Island is a small and serene island. Eun-ji enters the island for some peace, with a guitar and some scuba gear. The men in the fishing village start stirring, as a beautiful woman appears. Especially Yong-tae, the president of the island, and his subordinates, Yoon-gil and Byeong-sam, look creepily at her. One day, Eun-ji finds out that the men in the village have blocked the boat that is supposed to get her off the island. The residents, the police and everyone else gathers around her...

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Directed by
Goo Mo
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Kim Yu-yeon, Kim Jin-geun, Park Sun-woo
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • power
  • survival
  • corruption
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
mystery, thriller
Directed by
Goo Mo
Written by
Goo Mo
Starring
Kim Yu-yeon, Kim Jin-geun, Park Sun-woo, Baek Seung-chul, Son Joo-yeong, Seong Hong-il, Oh Je-geun
Runtime
90 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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