The Doll Master

chaimaemae · Wed May 02, 2007 7:56 am Arang

Arang ( 2006 )

Director: Sang-hoon Ahn

Synopsis : Veteran detective So-young and her rookie partner Hyun-gi happen onto an incendiary homicide case. While Hyun-gi is goofing up and distracting So-young, So-young senses that there is something wrong in the case. They discover that the present case is somehow related to the mysterious death of a girl ten years previously. At this point, So-young becomes plagued with nightmares in which the girl appears. And the serial killings continue . . .

Cast :
So-yeong Choo
Won-jung Jeong
Ok-bin Kim
Dong-Wook Lee ... Hyun-ki
Jong-su Lee ... Dong-min
Yun-ah Song ... So-young

Jisatsu~Saakura. · Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:42 pm

I love Asian ghost-bashfests! xD
But it also had some content at the end
Really good movie

sage · Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:07 pm

havent' seen it yet...but i was always interested in checking it out.

shayshay852 · Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:08 pm

This movie was very good I liked it alot =) I HIGHLY recommend this one :D

ijonchrist · Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:52 am

Yeah, this was a good entertaining ghost movie! I'd definitely recommend it, and I will have to see it again in the near future. I'm a bit confused with the ending though... anyone here want to try and explain what they got from it?

My three main questions are:

SPOILERS

1. Was there really a ghost?
2. What was with the scene with So-young and Min-jung in all white at the salt house?
3. Who was the guy that got the email at the end, and why is he getting the email anyway?

shayshay852 · Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:20 pm

ijonchrist wrote: Yeah, this was a good entertaining ghost movie! I'd definitely recommend it, and I will have to see it again in the near future. I'm a bit confused with the ending though... anyone here want to try and explain what they got from it?

My three main questions are:

SPOILERS

1. Was there really a ghost?
2. What was with the scene with So-young and Min-jung in all white at the salt house?
3. Who was the guy that got the email at the end, and why is he getting the email anyway?

1.yes there really was a ghost she was getting back at the people who had raped her and she was in the woman's dream
2.what do you mean all white what scene is that? unless you mean the little girl in white and girl that got raped in white when the little girl was playing with jacks?
3.I think the guy who got the email is the guy that raped the main character when she was younger and the ghost was returning the favor by killing her rapist

ijonchrist · Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:40 am

shayshay852 wrote:

1.yes there really was a ghost she was getting back at the people who had raped her and she was in the woman's dream
2.what do you mean all white what scene is that? unless you mean the little girl in white and girl that got raped in white when the little girl was playing with jacks?
3.I think the guy who got the email is the guy that raped the main character when she was younger and the ghost was returning the favor by killing her rapist

Hmmm, more SPOILERS here:

1. Ok, this partly makes sense to me. The ghost was guiding So-yeung through her dreams then, right? However, I didn't think she was really getting back at the rapists... the other detective was doing all the killing, wasn't he? The cigarettes were causing hallucinations and poisoning them, I thought...

2. There is a scene after the crime is solved that shows So-yeung and Min-jung in the salt house together... apparently in spirit. They're all in white clothes and the house is filled with bright light. I now reckon this is to show that So-yeung has helped to bring Min-jung's spirit peace, as well as conquering one of her own demons (revenge).

3. Yes, I see this now that you've clarified it for me. Makes complete sense... except for the fact that I didn't think the spirit was doing the killings in the first place.

shayshay852 · Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:15 pm

ijonchrist wrote: shayshay852 wrote:

1.yes there really was a ghost she was getting back at the people who had raped her and she was in the woman's dream
2.what do you mean all white what scene is that? unless you mean the little girl in white and girl that got raped in white when the little girl was playing with jacks?
3.I think the guy who got the email is the guy that raped the main character when she was younger and the ghost was returning the favor by killing her rapist

Hmmm, more SPOILERS here:

1. Ok, this partly makes sense to me. The ghost was guiding So-yeung through her dreams then, right? However, I didn't think she was really getting back at the rapists... the other detective was doing all the killing, wasn't he? The cigarettes were causing hallucinations and poisoning them, I thought...

2. There is a scene after the crime is solved that shows So-yeung and Min-jung in the salt house together... apparently in spirit. They're all in white clothes and the house is filled with bright light. I now reckon this is to show that So-yeung has helped to bring Min-jung's spirit peace, as well as conquering one of her own demons (revenge).

3. Yes, I see this now that you've clarified it for me. Makes complete sense... except for the fact that I didn't think the spirit was doing the killings in the first place.

Actually she was doing the killing the man that was the main character killed the LAST rapist that was in the interview room but the ghost killed the other guys she turned into the chemical w/e thing and sufficated them inside that's basically what she was doing

ijonchrist · Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:06 pm

Ok, I follow you then. Thanks for discussing this with me Shay, it's been very helpful analysis all in all.

I will be watching this again with my wife, probably before long. She wasn't here when I saw it and has expressed an interest in this one. I will bear all of your points in mind during the second screening and get back to this thread again.

Thanks again!

shayshay852 · Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:22 pm =)

You welcome =) I hope you and your wife enjoy =D