Box of Death (1955)

Original title

주검의 상자

Directed by

Kim Ki-young

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles with the mysteries surrounding a sealed box that holds a dead relative's secrets. The film focuses on the tensions and revelations that emerge as characters confront the past.

historicalmelodramaticintimatestarkslow-burncontemplative

What happens

Box of Death (Korean: 주검의 상자) is a 1955 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. It was the celebrated director's debut film, and the first Korean film to use synchronous sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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