Howling (2012 film)

Howling

Film poster
Hangul 하울링
Revised Romanization Haulling
McCune–Reischauer Haŏulring
Directed by Yoo Ha
Produced by Lee Tae-hun
Written by Yoo Ha
Based on The Hunter 
by Asa Nonami
Starring Song Kang-ho
Lee Na-young
Music by Kim Jun-seok
Cinematography Gong Pyeong-jae
Edited by Park Gok-ji
Production
company
Opus Pictures
Film Poeta
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
United Pictures
Release dates
  • February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)
Running time
 114 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget ₩7.0 billion
Box office ₩11,765,039,500
$10,354,039[1]

Howling (Hangul: 하울링; RR: Haulling; MR: Haŏulring) is a 2012 South Korean film written and directed by Yoo Ha based on the 1996 novel The Hunter (凍える牙 lit. "Freezing Fang") by Japanese writer Asa Nonami.[2] The plot follows two detectives, a veteran male cop (Song Kang-ho) and female rookie (Lee Na-young), who discover that the serial killer they are after is not human, but instead a dog.[3]

Plot

Mapo district, Seoul. Middle-aged police detective Jo Sang-gil (Song Kang-ho), a single father with a young son and daughter, is assigned the seemingly straightforward case of a man, Oh Gyeong-il, who set fire to himself inside a car. Chafing at his lack of promotion after so long on the police force, but under pressure from his boss-cum-friend (Shin Jung-geun), he also grudgingly agrees to work with rookie detective Cha Eun-young (Lee Na-young), a 30-year-old divorcee who has just been transferred from motorcycle patrol duty. The dead man, who had drugs in his system, has a large dog-bite on his thigh but no fingerprints. The police discover the immolation was not suicide but was triggered by a timer in the victim's trouser belt. Sang-gil traces the sex club the victim had visited but bawls out Eun-young when she makes an amateurish error during a fight. Against protocol, Sang-gil omits to file reports on the progress of the case, as he wants to earn all the kudos himself and thereby a promotion. His boss finds out, just as a second victim, Nam Sang-hun, is found bitten to death by a large dog or wolf. After talking to dog-trainers, the police learn the man they need to see is Min Tae-shik, a retired police dog trainer who lives with his drug addict daughter; during a raid on his house, Min escapes and a wolf-dog subsequently kills a woman in the backstreets. Eun-young starts questioning police-dog trainers, as well as investigating those missing or dead, and comes up with the name of Kang Myung-ho, who supposedly committed suicide a while ago. She sets off to investigate on her own.[4][5][6][7]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Box office by Country: Howling". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ↑ Yoon, Ina (23 February 2015). "How Can Foreign Stories be Localized?". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  3. ↑ Kim, Jessica (26 January 2012). "Film Howling release date set to February 16". 10Asia.
  4. ↑ Elley, Derek (2 March 2012). "Howling". Film Business Asia.
  5. ↑ Shim, Sun-ah (9 February 2012). "Howling resonates with fringe emotions". Yonhap.
  6. ↑ Lee, Jin-ho (13 February 2012). "Howling Held Up By Song Kang Ho and Lee Na Young". enewsWorld.
  7. ↑ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Howling". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (12 January 2012). "Song reprises detective role in Howling". The Korea Times.
  9. ↑ Lee, Jin-ho (13 February 2012). "Song Kang Ho Says He Won't be Embarrassed of Howling". enewsWorld.
  10. ↑ "Lee Na-young tracking serial killers?". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Lee, Claire (8 February 2012). "Howling: Portrait of the minority". The Korea Herald.
  12. ↑ "Lee Na-young Faces Tough Challenge on New Movie". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 February 2012.
  13. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (22 February 2012). "Lee Na-young unfazed by questions about age, marriage prospects". Korea JoongAng Daily.

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