Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Ghost in Love (1999)

Ghost in Love poster
Original title
자귀모
Directed by
Lee Kwang-hoon
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, horror film, ghost film, romantic fiction
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
19
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman kills herself after she suspects her boyfriend is cheating. She becomes a ghost and considers taking revenge on him as he quickly dates someone else.

tragicmelancholicdarkly comiceeriewhimsicalsombersuspensefulmoody

What happens

Ghost in Love (Korean: 자귀모; RR: Jagwimo; aka Suicide Ghost Club) is a 1999 South Korean film written by Li Hong-zhou and directed by Lee Kwang-hoon. The film stars Kim Hee-sun in the title role as the girlfriend of a man she suspects of cheating on her. She throws herself underneath an oncoming train (with some help from nearby ghosts), and discovers that in the afterlife she can roam as a ghost and take revenge, if she wants to, on her former boyfriend, who has quickly moved on. Lee Sung-jae also stars as Kantorates, a ghost who befriends the protagonist. The film was released on August 14, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?