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Memento Mori

KIM Taeyong / MIN Kyudong

Korea1999 97min Color

Synopsis

Min-ah finds a strange diary belonging to two of her fellow students. Suddenly, one of the girls commits suicide without warning, and the entire school is shocked. Somehow, Min-Ah starts to feel like she is being possessed by the recently deceased student.

Program Note

The second in the Whispering Corridors series, in which school ghost stories combine with ghosts of people who died unfairly. This prototype Korean-style horror, Memento Mori, had the best reviews of the whole series, which achieved cult status with a huge following. The 20th anniversary of its initial release will be marked by the issue of a digitally restored version. (MO Eun-young)

Diretor

KIM Taeyong

MAD SAD BAD (2014)
Late Autumn (2011)
The Birth of a Family (2006)
On The Road, Two (2005)
Twentidentity (2003)
Memento Mori (1999)

MIN Kyudong

Memento Mori (1999)

Credit

Producer
OH Kimin
Screenplay
KIM Taeyong, MIN Kyudong
Cinematographer
KIM Yunsu
Editor
KIM Sangbeom
Music
JO Sungwoo
Production Design
OH Sangman, LEE Daehoon