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Bookmark this pageWhispering Corridors (1998)
Director: Park Ki-Hyung
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From Time Out Film Guide
The highest grossing Korean film of its year, a gory supernatural thriller set in a high school for girls. Teachers who have maltreated pupils meet grisly deaths one by one; eventually pupil-turned-teacher Eun-Young (Lee Mi-Yeon, from Motel Cactus) consults the old yearbooks and realises that the vengeful ghost of a suicide is regularly re-manifesting herself. Carrie-like menstruation metaphors count for less than the underlying critique of the Korean education system, which is what made the film such a hot item on domestic release. As Park's debut feature (after the excellent short Great Pretenders), it's a little disappointing that so much of it is so generic. But it has enough flair to suggest interesting work ahead.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Park Ki-Hyung
Producer: Lee Chun-Yun
Cast: Lee Mi-Yeon, Park Yong-Su, Kim Kyu-Li, Choi Sae-Yun, Park Jin-Hee full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 110 mins
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