Ahead of its premiere this month at the Cannes Film Festival, Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing, his follow-up to The Chaser and The Yellow Sea, has been picked up for North American distribution by Well Go USA for release on May 27th.
In The Wailing (Goksung), “The arrival of a mysterious stranger (Chun Woo-hee) in an otherwise quiet village coincides with a rash of vicious murders, causing panic and suspicion amongst the villagers. When the daughter of investigating officer Jong-Goo (Kwak Do-won) falls under the same savage spell, he calls for a shaman (Hwang Jung-min) to assist in finding the culprit.”
The trailer has just landed online and apparently doesn’t even scratch the surface of how fucking crazy this Korean thriller is.
