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Rejecting current trends in mainstream genres and the conventions of commercial cinema, Choyonnghan-Kajok, an experimental black comedy, follows an eccentric story line with some surprise attacks on t... read more read more...he audience. Comedy and horror elements are used intermittently to create a thriller in a family setting. The events are seen through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Mi-na, daughter of the Kang family, who decide to run Mt. Lodge in the suburbs of Seoul after the father is dismissed from his company. Contrary to expectations, there are no guests lining up at the door, and the youngest daughter is upset by a strange noise she hears at night. After two weeks, the first guest appears, but he is found dead the next day. The family buries him in a hurry to avoid bad publicity. Then a couple arrives and commits double suicide and they have to bury them, too. By the time they get used to digging, it's announced a road construction will pass beside their property. The set of the film, Mt. Lodge, was created in real size by a set specialist and architect large enough for camera equipment to move around. Although the subtexts are not labored, the sanctity of family solidarity and the capacity for sudden violence in the very conservative Korean society are some of the themes the audience is left to reflect. Choyonnghan-Kajok was screened as part of the International Forum of Young Cinema at the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: In-hwan Park, Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi, Mun-hee Na, Ji-woon Kim

Release Date: January 1, 1998

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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002

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  • DrBenway
    December 16, 2008
    DrBenway
    The Quiet Family, of which many may know Miike's musical remake Happiness Of The Katakuris, focuses on the Kang family and their attempts to run a successful mountain lodge. Individually the family is a strange bunch, but together they are just that...family, bonding when it come... read mores to covering up the untimely deaths of their residents, each family member excelling in their own disposal method.

    An understatement, in every sense of the word, that makes light of a family's attempts to keep everything together when everything in life seems to be falling apart.
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  • Jossepi
    January 24, 2008
    Jossepi
    Different from the crazy musical Happiness of the Katakuris remake, this one is actually funny. At first it makes you think it's a scary, bizzare movie until to the piont where it just becomes sick repetitive burying work. Dark comedy to the max. ^0^
  • sleepykiss
    April 25, 2009
    sleepykiss
    So very funny. KHSong is hysterical. But the soundtrack is strange, it has nothing to do with whats going on in the scenes lol.
  • angelwingz684
    March 29, 2009
    angelwingz684
    Awesome movie that has an awesome soundtrack. Especially the beginning song and ending song. Also a great part is when the uncle or the brother I forget which is listening to guests doing it and giggles like a school girl. That's awesomely hilarious.
  • thefaygandarling
    June 14, 2007
    thefaygandarling
    A korean film that is pretty much the same as Takishi Miike's Happiness of the Katakuris, but I enjoy the latter one because it is a fun musical.
  • dlwilson2
    March 16, 2007
    dlwilson2
    Between the dark and sinister plot twists, the insane events and impromptu zombie-raisings, and the claymation action sequences, you've got everything in this film. Action, love, special effects, horror, shock, and more.

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Anton Bitel
July 22, 2005
Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette

This Hitchcockean farce puts the dead in deadpan. Full Review

Derek Elley
March 26, 2009
Derek Elley, Variety

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Emanuel Levy
July 21, 2005
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