Now forced to navigate a life of bloodthirst, Sang-hyun must reckon with his new existence as well as his feelings for Tae-ju (Kim Ok-bin). She cuts a terrifying figure as she says, I think you girls need to be taught a lesson. In the midst of this, he volunteers at a local hospital and takes part in an experiment to help cure a blood disease, but as he receives transfusions that seem to cure the virus, he becomes a vampire. Kim Ji-woon’s best film is this hair-raising horror film based on an ancient Korean folk tale about two children dealing with a beautiful but evil stepmother (Yeom Jung-ah). In the film, which was written and directed by Park Chan-wook, Catholic priest Sang-hyun (played by South Korean staple Sang Kong-ho) experiences a startling realization he's in love with his friend's wife, and suddenly, being with her by any means necessary seems like the cure for the doubt and depression hidden by his devout exterior. Very simplistic answer: We can go all socio economic and all that good stuff, but if you want to keep it simple: Korea is a small market (40 million population).

A relatively loose adaptation of French writer Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin, the 2009 film Thirst - called Bakjwi, or 'bat,' in South Korea - is an utterly unique story of love, horror, and gore, and also owns an interesting distinction in South Korean cinema as the first movie in the country's history to contain full frontal male nudity.

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