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Acacia (film)
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Acacia is a 2003 South Korean horror film
, directed by Park Ki-hyeong and starring Shim Hye-jin and Kim Jin-geun. A rerelease in 2011 changed the title to 'Root of Evil'.
tree in his new home's backyard, believing it to be his mother, and it soon becomes the focal point for an increasing number of strange occurrences when Jin-seong appears to have run away.
Jin-seong befriends an older girl named Min-jee. She tells Jin-seong that she cannot go to school as she has lost a lot of blood. After she kisses Jin-seong, he becomes even more aggressive and violent. He turns even worse as Mi-sook becomes pregnant and has a new baby named Hae-sung. Jin-seong, experiencing many emotional difficulties, becomes more withdrawn and confused. He starts to develop an anger towards his adopted family, so much so that he tries to smother the new baby. Mi-sook gets so frustrated with Jin-Seong's actions and obsession towards the acacia tree that she decides to chop the tree down, which results in Jin-Seong allegedly running away.
After Jin-Seong runs away, the previously dying tree starts to bloom with spectacular life. Min-jee starts changing as well, becoming more obsessed with the acacia tree. She starts claiming to hear Jin-Seong's voice coming from inside the tree, witnessing paranormal experiences occurring around the tree, flowers and ants attacking the people in Jin-Seong's family.
It is revealed that his mother gravely injured Jin-Seong by accident while she was trying to chop down the tree. Her husband sees this and helps her bury their adopted son's body, thinking he's dead. But when Jin-Seong's arm moves, alerting the couple that he is alive, Do-il smashes his body with the shovel and finishes burying him. Jin-Seong's mother, out of guilt and stress, creates an illusion for herself that her son has run away, sinking further and further into her guilt, losing her grip on reality.
The movie ends with the police finding Jin-Seong's body buried under the acacia tree, with the roots lovingly wrapped around his body.
K-Horror
Korean horror, sometimes referred to as K-Horror, is the term given to horror films made as part of the cinema of Korea. Korean horror features many of the same motifs, themes, and imagery as Japanese horror. Korean horror has been around since the early years of Korean cinema; however, it wasn't...
, directed by Park Ki-hyeong and starring Shim Hye-jin and Kim Jin-geun. A rerelease in 2011 changed the title to 'Root of Evil'.
Plot
Unable to have children of their own, married couple Mi-sook and Do-il adopt a young boy named Lee Jin-seong. His name soon gets changed to Kim Jin-seong when he moves with Mi-sook and Do-il. The boy is drawn to an acaciaAcacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
tree in his new home's backyard, believing it to be his mother, and it soon becomes the focal point for an increasing number of strange occurrences when Jin-seong appears to have run away.
Jin-seong befriends an older girl named Min-jee. She tells Jin-seong that she cannot go to school as she has lost a lot of blood. After she kisses Jin-seong, he becomes even more aggressive and violent. He turns even worse as Mi-sook becomes pregnant and has a new baby named Hae-sung. Jin-seong, experiencing many emotional difficulties, becomes more withdrawn and confused. He starts to develop an anger towards his adopted family, so much so that he tries to smother the new baby. Mi-sook gets so frustrated with Jin-Seong's actions and obsession towards the acacia tree that she decides to chop the tree down, which results in Jin-Seong allegedly running away.
After Jin-Seong runs away, the previously dying tree starts to bloom with spectacular life. Min-jee starts changing as well, becoming more obsessed with the acacia tree. She starts claiming to hear Jin-Seong's voice coming from inside the tree, witnessing paranormal experiences occurring around the tree, flowers and ants attacking the people in Jin-Seong's family.
It is revealed that his mother gravely injured Jin-Seong by accident while she was trying to chop down the tree. Her husband sees this and helps her bury their adopted son's body, thinking he's dead. But when Jin-Seong's arm moves, alerting the couple that he is alive, Do-il smashes his body with the shovel and finishes burying him. Jin-Seong's mother, out of guilt and stress, creates an illusion for herself that her son has run away, sinking further and further into her guilt, losing her grip on reality.
The movie ends with the police finding Jin-Seong's body buried under the acacia tree, with the roots lovingly wrapped around his body.
Cast
- Shim Hye-jinShim Hye-jinShim Hye-jin is a South Korean actress and model. Shim was regarded as a representative actress that dominated the screen of the 1990s in South Korea. Shim started her career as a model, and entered stardom with a Coca-Cola commercial in the late 1980s...
... Choi Mi-sook - Kim Jin-geun ... Kim Do-il
- Oh-bin Mun ... Kim Jin-seong
- Park Woong
- Jeong Na-yun ... Min-ji
- Lee Young-hee
- Min Hye-ryeong
External links
- Review at Koreanfilm.org