I asked for a localization of this film and finally my prayers were answered. The Closet directed and written by Kim Kwang Bin stars veteran actor Ha Jung Woo along side Kim Nam Gil. I believe that this film is Bin's debut film from what I've heard.....
A father and daughter move to the countryside to start over again. The father's wife had passed away in an accident that shook his daughter as well as himself to his core. There's a closet in the daughter's room that calls to her but little does she know the haunting secrets that lay dormant in that dark space.....
I thought that the closet was going to be a thriller film for some reason. You know a film that focuses more on the mystery using psychological traits instead of a straight out the gate horror film. The Closet delivers viewers both classic horror and a psychological thrillers that beings in questions then ends in clear thought out answers. A good chunk of the film gives the same chilly atmosphere as a film such as the Exorcist where ghosts go boo in the night.... Well in this case, laughs in the closet. Then the film does little twists to make you think that maybe the father wasn't all the way mentally there causing him to hurt his own child. He only hears voices because he made all of that up to block out the fact that he killed his own daughter. I won't tell you if this was actually the case of if she got spirited away. The Closet takes old ideas in cinema, digs them into a solid storyline to let a deeper subject about child mistreatment shine. Some hair raising moments are in there to keep you entertained all the way to the satisfying ending.
Woo returns to his roots of playing emotionally unstable characters who find their power to overcome at the breaking point. I wouldn't call this is best role but the character reminds fans such as myself why I look forward to his pure acting talent, Nam comes in the film as part comedic relief and half of the solution to the problem occurring. He's an actor who has also proved time and time again that he has the ability to play a variety of roles that don't make his performance stumble. Lastly, the child actors are the real MVPS of the film. Got to applaud them for creating such a spooky feel for the film. Ha Jung Woo needed this film after the literal disaster Ash fall was.... He's better than that film. The Closet shows us all this clear as day.
I would recommend this film as one of Ha Jung Woo's best films that should be watched if you like him as an actor. The Closet is very re-watchable as well. It's one of the film that South Korea did right last year.
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