Bedevilled

[Machine Translation] A masterpiece of Korean violence that has won all the awards at domestic and international film festivals! A shocking film in which everything unimaginable is at the limit! Directed by Jang Cheol-su, a disciple of Kim Ki-duk. Starring Seo Yeon-hee, who emerged with "The Chaser" and won all the awards for Best Actress at Korean film festivals with this film. --Hae-won, a single woman working at a bank in Seoul, comes to an island of her childhood memories to escape the troubles of city life. It is an isolated island with only nine inhabitants. She is greeted by her childhood friend Kim Bong-nam, who has never left the island since she was born. Bong-nam's friendly smile shows his joy at Hae-won's homecoming, but behind that smile is the hellish suffering he has endured over the years. By day, she was used like a slave by the old men of the village, and by night, she was a slave to the men of the village, and her husband beat her on a daily basis. Bong-nam pleaded with Hae-won to take her to Seoul, but Hae-won, who had come to the island to avoid trouble, was simply being selfish. Then one day, an irreversible tragedy strikes Bong-nam. At that moment, the curtain opens on a tragedy that will turn this beautiful island into a hellscape...

*Rated 18-and-over.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer, audio commentary from Yudai Yamguchi and Noboru Iguchi, event footage, and interview with the director and cast

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国内外の映画祭で賞を総なめにした韓国バイオレンスの傑作!! 想像を絶する全てが限界の衝撃作!! 監督はキム・ギドクの愛弟子チャン・チョルス。主演は『チェイサー』で頭角を現し、本作で韓国映画祭で主演女優賞を総なめのソ・ヨンヒ。――ソウルの銀行に勤める独身女性ヘウォンは、トラブル続きの都会生活から逃れるように、子供の頃に暮らした思い出の島にやってくる。そこは、たった9人の住民が暮らす絶海の孤島であった。彼女を出迎えたのは、生まれてから一度も島を離れたことがない幼馴染みのキム・ボンナム。人なつっこい笑顔でヘウォンの帰郷を喜ぶボンナムだったが、その表情の陰には地獄のような苦しみに耐えてきた日々があった。昼は村の老人たちに奴隷のようにこき使われ、夜は男たちの慰み者になり、夫からの暴力も日常茶飯事。ボンナムはヘウォンに「ソウルへ連れていって」と懇願するが、面倒事を避けようと島を訪れたヘウォンにとって、それは単なるわがままでしかなかった。そんなある日、ついに取り返しのつかない悲劇がボンナムを襲う。その瞬間、この美しい島を地獄絵図に変える惨劇の幕が開いた・・・。

予告編、バタリアンズ山口雄大×井口昇によるオーディオコメンタリー、イベント映像、チャン・チョルス(監督)、チ・ソンウォン・インタビュー