''The Hole'' (; literally "The Trap") is a
1997 South Korean film directed by
Kim Sung-hong
Kim Sung-hong (김성홍) (born August 7, 1956) is a South Korean film director.
Filmography
* ''Doctor'' (닥터, Dak teol) (2012)
* ''Missing'' (실종, Sil Jong) (2009)
* ''Say Yes (film), Say Yes'' (세이 예스 Sae-yi yaeseu) (2001)
* '' ...
.
Plot
Jin-sook has a close relationship with her son, Don-woo, and is surprised when he announces his engagement to Su-jin. After the wedding, the three end up living together, with a nervous Su-jin keen to impress her new mother-in-law. But Jin-sook is determined to sabotage her son's marriage.
Cast
* Yoon So-jeong ... Jin-sook
*
Choi Ji-woo
Choi Ji-woo (born Choi Mi-hyang on June 11, 1975) is a South Korean actress. Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful women, she has received critical acclaim for her work in a wide range of melodramas, most notably '' Beautiful Days'' (2 ...
... Su-jin
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Park Yong-woo
Park Yong-woo (; born March 16, 1971) is a South Korean actor.
Early life
Park Yong-woo's father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead, he nurtured his imag ...
... Dong-woo
* Mun Su-jin
* Lee Seung-woo
* Jeon Hong-ryeol
* Koo Hye-ryung
* Youn Sung-hun
* Tae Yu-rim
* Kim Gye-pae
* Seo Eun-sun
* Kim Tae-beom
* Gang Gyeong-ja
* Lee Seok-hwan
* O Hyo-seok
Release
''The Hole'' was released in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
on 1 November 1997 and received a total of 141,717 admissions in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, making it the tenth biggest selling Korean film of that year.
Critical response
David Cornelius of ''DVD Talk'' found the film somewhat limited in scope, saying, "The limitations placed upon the story prevent any broadening of ideas, leaving us only with a clichéd chunk of domestic thriller that plays out by the numbers". However, he also acknowledged that such limitations also helped the film in other areas, saying, "''The Hole'' becomes very claustrophobic, with a tension that never lets up for the last forty-some minutes. It's grandiose and outrageous, yes, but it's also highly effective in building the right kind of scares".
[Cornelius, David.]
The Hole (Region 3)
. ''DVD Talk'', 1 June 2006. Retrieved on 27 June 2009.
References
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1997 films
Incest in film
1990s Korean-language films
1997 thriller films
South Korean thriller films