Ieoh Island

Ieoh Island

1977 · 112 min · KO · 6.7 (27 votes)
Dir. Kim Ki-young · Starring Lee Hwa-si, Kim Jung-chul, Choi Yun-seok, Kwon Mi-hye, Park Jeong-ja, Park Am · Music Sang-gi Han
MysteryDrama

A company hopes to open a spa hotel named after Ieodo, a mythical island inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the proposed location of the hotel, a journalist disappears under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors goes to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the mystery.

VIBE

A hauntingly beautiful and unsettling journey into a remote community's grief and folklore. The film's atmosphere is thick with unspoken sorrow and a pervasive sense of dread, drawing you into its mysterious depths.

eeriemelancholicmysterioussomberslow-burnfolk horrorarthouseatmosphericperiod piecemythologygriefisolationthe unknown
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