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Blood Rain

Blood Rain

Thriller · Mystery · 2005

When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.

Movie details

Blood Rain

“Period crime thriller.”

2005 Thriller · Mystery 1h 59m

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

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When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kim Dae-seung

Written by

Kim Seong-je · Lee Won-jae · Kim Dae-seung

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won

Lee Won-kyu

Park Yong-woo

Park Yong-woo

Kim In-kwon

Ji Sung

Ji Sung

Du-ho

Yoon Se-a

Yoon Se-a

Kang So-yeon

Choi Jong-won

Choi Jong-won

Messenger Choi

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Jo Dal-ryung

Yoo Hai-jin

Yoo Hai-jin

Dok-gi

Court is in session

Put Blood Rain on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.