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The Wailing
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Title (English)	The Wailing
Title (Korean)	곡성
Title (Hanja)	哭聲
Directed by	Na Hong-jin
Written by	Na Hong-jin
Produced by	Suh Dong-hyun Kim Ho-sung
Starring	Kwak Do-won Hwang Jung-min Chun Woo-hee Jun Kunimura
Release date	May 12, 20216 (South Korea)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean Japanese

This Wikipedia entry will focus on key elements of the film The Wailing/곡성 and analyze their importance in the film.

• Possession VS Zombie
• Spirituality
• Colonial Trauma

Plot

Cast

• Do-won as Jong-goo
• Hwang Jung-min as Il-gwang
• Chun Woo-hee as Moo-myung
• Jun Kunimura as Japanese Man
• Kim Hwan-hee as Hyo-jin
• Heo Jin as Jong-goo's mother-in-law.
• Jang So-yeon as Jong-goo's wife
• Kim Do-yoon as Yang I-sam
• Son Gang-guk as Oh Seong-bok
• Park Sung-yeon as Kwon Myeong-joo.
• Kil Chang-gyoo as Park Choon-bae
• Jeon Bae-soo as Deok-gi
• Jeong Mi-nam as Heung-gook
• Choi Gwi-hwa as Byeong-gyoo
• Lee Seon-hee as Byeong-gyu's wife
• Jo Yeon-hee as Bar hostess
• Baek Seung-cheol as Friend.
• Kwon Hyeok-joon as Friend.
• Park Chae-ik as Friend.
• Kim Gi-cheon as Dispatch captain.
• Yoo Soon-woong as Chief of police.
• Jo Han-cheol as Detective 1.
• Kim Song-il as Police.
• Bae Yong-geun as Police.
• Im Jae-il as Police.
• Lee In-cheol as Father.
• Jo Seon-joo as Bar hostess.
• Lee Chang-hoon as Doctor.
• Kim Ji-won as Nurse.

Release and Reception

Release

The Wailing was released on May 12, 2016 in South Korea.

Reception

Awards and Nominations

Academic Analysis

곡성 vs 곡성

The Korean title of The Wailing, 곡성, is an important element in setting the appropriate ambiance for the film, as well as bringing the director Na Hong-jin’s lived experience to the film. [Gokseong] is a county situated in the southern part of the Korean peninsula in Jeollanam-do where, till this day, has been free of industrial influence. Na Hong-jin spent a large part of his childhood visiting Gokseong where his grandmother resided. During personal interviews, Hong-jin referenced his memory of the serene landscape that portrayed a feeling of living nature and high spirituality. Hong-jin explained that he vividly remembers how the land felt alive and that it could come to life at any moment.

Possession VS Zombie

According to Hisup Shin, author of “Monstrous National Allegory: The Making of Monstrous Otherness in Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing” the film differs from the popularized genre we see today. He states, “In contrast to the genre convention of mass contagion and apocalyptic narrative, the zombie sequence in the film from symptoms of infection/possession to zombification is a supernatural mystery that resonates with the spiritual or physical effects of horror. There is also no indication of establishing the social or symbolic meaning of zombification by linking it to any type of man-made errors.” The distinction Hisup Shin makes here is accurate, however, he continues to group The Wailing into the zombie genre. There is a distinct difference between zombies and those who are possessed, and the film should be categorized in the occult genre. To understand why, it is important to analyze the differences between a zombie and one who is possessed.

Zombie

The current trend in Zombie films is to challenge humanity in a time of distress and portray the state of current society. Hisup Shin states, “At the time when the relentless drive of neoliberalism whetted by ‘increasing volatility withing global capitalism’ continues to weaken the traditional barriers of security, the zombie trope captures the sum of all fears and anxieties dwarfing our capacity for reasoning and problem solving.” Capitalism is also the factor in the method of the zombie virus outbreak. In the current genre, the outbreak or release of a contagion is not localized but will affect the world on a global scale.

Possession

Spirituality

Colonial Trauma

Bibliography

References

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