Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater

Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater
Hangul 삼거리 극장
Hanja 三거리 劇場
Revised Romanization Samgeori Geukjang
McCune–Reischauer Samgŏri Kŭkjang
Directed by Jeon Kye-soo
Produced by Hwang Yoon-kyeong
Lee Seung-jae
Written by Jeon Kye-soo
Starring Kim Kkot-bi
Chun Ho-jin
Park Joon-myeon
Jo Hee-bong
Music by Kim Dong-ki
Cinematography Kim Yeong-min
Edited by Kim Hyeong-joo
Production
company
LJ Films
Prime Entertainment
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Cinema Service
Release dates
  • November 23, 2006 (2006-11-23)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (Korean: 삼거리 극장; lit. Three-way Intersection Theater; aka The Ghost Theater) is a 2006 South Korean musical fantasy comedy horror film written and directed by Jeon Kye-soo.

Plot

The plot follows a young girl, Seong So-dan as she searches for her grandmother, who disappears at the beginning of the film after announcing that she wanted to go and see "her film". So-dan goes to the movie theatre to look for her and stops the suicidal manager from hanging himself, he gives her a job working in the box office so she can wait and see if her grandmother will show up. One night, while she is working late at the theater, four ghosts appear to her; Wanda, a bulimic ex-kisaeng who obsessively counts her own hair; Elisa, a Joseon Dynasty princess; Ijawa Hiroshi, a Japanese soldier stationed in Korea and Mosquito. Each of the ghosts is identical to a member of the theater staff working during the day.

So-dan overcomes her fear of the ghosts and joins them as they perform in the theatre at night. She eventually discovers that they were part of an acting troupe, which also included her grandmother and the manager. The four of them were killed at the premier of their debut film "Minosoo: The Bull-headed Man" and have decided to haunt the theatre until the film is shown again.

Cast

Reception

Although the film performed only moderately at the box office and had only a limited DVD release, it is gaining reputation as a cult film and has been compared to the work of Tim Burton and to The Rocky Horror Picture Show thanks to its surreal edge.[1]

References

  1. ↑ , Review of "Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater". Retrieved on July 13, 2010.
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