Volcano High (2001)
- Original title
- 화산고
- Directed by
- Kim Tae-gyun
- Genre
- action film, martial arts film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 90 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A troublemaking student transfers to a high school where students have martial arts skills and psychic powers. He gets caught up in fights between clubs and a conflict over a mysterious manuscript.
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What happens
Volcano High (Korean: 화산고; RR: Hwasango) is a 2001 South Korean martial arts action comedy film. It revolves around a troublemaking high school student named Kim Kyung-soo (portrayed by Jang Hyuk) who finds himself transferred to the last school that will take him, the prestigious Volcano High, an institution whose students display an incredible talent in martial arts, with a few demonstrating even more mysterious psychic powers. Kyung-soo is drawn into fights between different clubs, a manuscript that is told to hold great power, and a group of teachers that will do whatever possible to keep the students in line. It was the 9th highest grossing Korean film of 2001 with 1,687,800 admissions nationwide, and had both an original domestic version and edited international version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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