The Wailing Page #4

Synopsis: In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner tells a gossip for him that a Japanese stranger that lives in a secluded house in the mountains would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo decides to visit the Japanese with his partner and a young priest that speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head and pictures of the infected people that died on the walls. However they are attacked by the guard dog and they only can leave the place when the stranger arrives. Jong-Goo finds one shoe of his beloved daughter Hyo-jin in the house of the stranger and soon she becomes sick. His mother-in-law summons the shaman Il-gwang to save her granddaughter while a mysterious woman tells Jong-Goo that the stranger is the responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung?
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Hong-jin Na
  29 wins & 51 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
156 min
$785,405
2,313 Views


That guy I told you about,

he'll begin tomorrow.

Where is Hyo Jin now?

Pay attention to what I'm saying!

Have the money ready!

Where is Hyo Jin?

She's at home, where else would she be!

Halmeoni next door said she'll watch her.

And why are you both here

and not with our kid?

Do you even care?

Stop moving around!

Something is wrong...

Baby!

What happened?

Hyo Jin! Hyo Jin!

What is this?!

Don't cry, look!

Don't cry! It's okay!

It's okay!

It's okay!

Are you okay?

This is because of her dad!

Where else would she learn...

That child learned from the father!

The father!

Look at this!

He is responsible for this,

I'm sure of it.

When we were at his house,

I felt my body react,

so hot and unsettling...

A man living on the mountain...

He doesn't seem like a living person...

Whatever it is,

we have to do something.

If we don't,

the same fate awaits us...

Close that door dammit!

What is inside that vat..?

Which one?

The one with the red top.

Oh...

Just bean paste.

Here.

Bring it here.

What's the problem?

Are you deaf?

That's good, move! Move!

What is it?

Damn!

We got a real nasty one.

Hyo Jin!

Hyo Jin!

She came into contact with something recently, right?

I'm not sure I understand what you...

Is there anyone that could have touched her?

This is the most powerful ghost I have ever encountered...

You disturbed it.

Then what are we supposed to do?

Who is it..?

Has she been in contact with anyone...

If you know say something!

A Japanese person...

I knew as much.

That man is not a person.

That stranger is a ghost.

Get a move on!

All those people in your village,

they've been taken over by the ghost.

If we don't do anything about it soon

your daughter won't be only one that suffers.

Everything on two legs will die in your village.

On my count!

One, two, three..!

This man is a farmer named Park Chon Bae.

He is the owner of this house.

He killed his own wife?

Is seems that way.

What did you say this bastard's name was?

Park Chon Bae. Park Chon Bae.

And then what?

What do you mean and then what?!

We have to get rid of it!

Throw him out of the village,

or kill him...

Tomorrow night I am going to do a ritual

to get rid of this ghost.

Good.

You have the money?

How much will it..?

Do you have at least 10 million won?

Yes, just tell me when you need it.

Good.

Listen carefully!

The ritual I am going to do tomorrow...

It is not your average ritual...

It is out-of-body.

The ritual is very dangerous

and people have gone crazy from it.

No matter what happens you cannot interrupt it.

Be extra careful tomorrow, no visitors,

no eating and no drinking.

If you fail to follow my instructions

the results are on you.

Yes.

It's settled then.

Go home now.

I had something I wanted to ask you...

About..?

About the Japanese man.

You said he was a ghost...

And..?

How can a living man be a ghost..?

It doesn't make sense...

That's because he's not a living man...

He's been dead for a long time now.

I'm sure he was a person at some point

but he's not anymore...

Just takes over the body like a possession?

At first it was.

As long as you can breathe, speak and move

you're among the living

but precisely because of that

the village is overrun with dead bodies.

This ghost,

if it isn't stopped it will devour the entire village

and move on. A wild ghost.

A wild ghost?

It's a wild ghost,

(Heulg:
Earth, soil, ground, filth. Gwisin: Ghost, apparition, evil spirit.)

it can move and roam freely,

they are the most malevolent.

Okay then why, why?

My daughter --

Your daughter possessed..?

What could she possibly have done...

Yes...

When you go fishing,

do you always know what you're going drag out..?

No.

This ghost is fishing,

it doesn't know what it'll pull out either.

Threw out the bait

and your daughter just happened to notice it.

That's all there is to it!

Park Chon Bae.

This one?

Not this one?

No.

Pay.

Twenty-one thousand won.

What are you?!

I would like this one.

...

I'm going to die!

Hyo Jin!

Yeobo! Yeobo!

Hyo Jin! Hyo Jin!

Hyo Jin! Hyo Jin!

Hyo Jin!

Stop it.. Make it stop...

Please...

Put an end to all of this..!

Hyo Jin! Hyo Jin!

Abeoji! Abeoji!

Abeoji! Abeoji!

Hyo Jin! Hyo Jin!

That's enough you bastards!

You bastard!

Stop it!

Enough of this!

Stop before I start arresting you bastards!

Stop!

Go!

Get out!

She's been like this ever since..?

I think we should talk to the pastor.

(Sinbu:
Pastor.)

Is everything you just told me the truth..?

Yes.

From what that mudang told you,

the perspective for someone like him...

Ghosts are spirits of people who have died, right?

And yet the man is living...

I heard about him several times myself actually,

some say he is a well-known

university professor,

others say he is kind of scary...

I've also heard that he is a monk.

But all this...

It's just gossip!

How can you believe in --

Pastor, it's really not that simple...

Still insisting...

This spirit,

have you seen it..?

You didn't even see this spirit

so how do you believe in it..?

You need to go back to the hospital,

trust in the doctor,

don't listen to anyone else.

The church can not offer any assistance.

Come with me so we can go talk to him.

Whether he's a ghost or not,

I just really need to see it with my own eyes...

If he is a ghost...

Can he not die by my hands..?

Not everyone can do it.

What's up.

Hey.

What did you call us in for

this early in the morning?

Hyeon Cheol is having a baby,

he couldn't come.

What happened to your face?!

You're not f***ing around with me right?

You're serious..?

Yes.

How far do we need to walk..?

Dumb ass...

At times like this...

Idiot.

Let's go!

Did you look..?

What are you doing just standing there?

Go look around!

What is that..?

Park Chon Bae,

this piece of sh*t..!

Jong Goo! Jong Goo!

Jong Goo!

You found him?

That way!

You guys follow me!

Where?

What is that??

What is it?

Sh*t!

Stay back!

Stay back..!

Hey! Hey! That's enough!

What are you trying to kill him?

Sorry about that!

What are you doing?!

Stop! Stop!

Let go of the stick!

Yi San!

Abeoji!

There's someone over there...

That's him!

Get him!

Where are you going!

Bastard!

Don't lose him!

Son of a b*tch!

There!

What is it?

Why'd we stop?

What the...

Look here!

Where?

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, Jong Goo!

I gotta' catch him...

I have to save Hyo jin,

Hyo Jin...

He must be caught so

that Hyo Jin can be saved.

Stop it with that.

Hyeon Gi... Hyeon Gi...

I have to save Hyo Jin.

Yes.

I have to save Hyo Jin!

I have to catch that bastard!

Don't cry you son of a b*tch.

Answer the phone...

What is it?

Sh*t!

Was it a person?

The fool has taken the bait...

Are you okay baby?

You're okay?

Come here!

Doesn't hurt anymore?

Drink this.

Good.

Just leave it as it is.

Because it's too messy.

Leave it be.

All of this because of that man.

Go and rest,

you must be tired.

Completely clueless...

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