The Quiet Family (1998)

Original title

조용한 가족

Directed by

Kim Ji-woon

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy horror

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

18

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 206 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family runs a remote hunting lodge where guests keep dying by accident. They try to hide the deaths as the situation spirals out of control.

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What happens

The Quiet Family (Korean: 조용한 가족; RR: Joyonghan gajok) is a 1998 South Korean black comedy horror film written and directed by Kim Jee-woon, in his directorial debut. The story centers on a family who owns a hunting lodge in a remote area, whose customers always happen to end up dying. Among the film's main cast are pre-stardom Choi Min-sik and Song Kang-ho. The film was loosely remade in Japanese as The Happiness of the Katakuris by Takashi Miike, in Indian Tamil as Yaamirukka Bayamey, in Kannada as Namo Bhootatma and in Telugu as Next Nuvve. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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