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Akasia (2003) is a Korean movie. Ki-hyeong Park has directed this movie. Shim Hye-jin,Jin-geun Kim,Oh-bin Mun,Na-yoon Jeong are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. Akasia (2003) is considered one of the best Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
After unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il and his father convince his wife Choi Mi-sook to adopt a child in an orphanage. Mi-sook is connected to arts and chooses the six years Kim Jin-sung that loves to draw trees. The boy becomes close to the eight years old next door neighbor Min-jee and is attracted to an old Acacia tree in their lawn. When Mi-sook unexpectedly gets pregnant, her mother asks her to return Jin-sung to the orphanage, beginning the rejection process of the boy. When the baby is born, Mi-sook does not treat Jin-sung well, who believes the acacia tree is his mother, and in a rainy night he vanishes. Along the next days, the family becomes insane, disclosing a dark secret about Jin-sung.
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Akasia (2003) Reviews
Pay attention!
Acacia is a slow-moving film; I'll grant any viewer that truth. There are lot of scenes within the film that seem completely unrelated to the tapestry of the film itself, like the expounding of the relationship between two children. The dialogue of the adults is also stilted and questionable, which in turn confuses the viewer and tempts one to just shut the film off. To that I plead: just hang on a little bit longer! Acacia is an odd film, repeating a time-line and waiting until the very end to make sense of everything. It's not a film for people with short attention spans, and that's just stone-cold fact. But by paying attention to the peculiarities of the actors, the ending is made just that much more impactful. When the adopted son "disappears" and the scene opens with the mother, the father, and the father-in-law sitting at the table discussing what to do, it seems odd that one of the comments made is "We can't let him go unreported". That seems like a pretty "der" observation; but in the end, it comes out that the three adults are in on the accidental murder and subsequent cover-up of the adopted-son's death. Suddenly, as the adults all succumb to their own guilt and supernatural influences, the stilted acting and peculiar scene-shoot make sense. The film is shot as a circular progression, rather than the typical linear style that nearly everyone is accustomed to. It's like combining the experiences of watching "The 6th Sense" the first and second time--you're unaware of what's going on, but at the same time you're noting the inconsistencies of character behavior. I enjoyed this film because there wasn't a whole lot of predictability to it, and it lacked the key trademark of most Asian horror films--the freaky noise that the characters hear before they die. I appreciated that, because after "Ju-On" I can't stand freaky noises anymore.
Ambiguous, Bold and Original Chiller
After unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il (Jin-geun Kim) and his father convince his wife Choi Mi-sook (Hye-jin Shim) to adopt a child in an orphanage. Mi-sook is connected to arts and chooses the six years Kim Jin-sung (Oh-bin Mun) that loves to draw trees. The boy becomes close to the eight years old next door neighbor Min-jee (Na-yoon Jeong) and is attracted to an old Acacia tree in their lawn. When Mi-sook unexpectedly gets pregnant, her mother asks her to return Jin-sung to the orphanage, beginning the rejection process of the boy. When the baby is born, Mi-sook does not treat Jin-sung well, who believes the acacia tree is his mother, and in a rainy night he vanishes. Along the next days, the family becomes insane, disclosing a dark secret about Jin-sung. South-Korean horror movies are the best in the genre usually supported by three points: ambiguity, boldness and originality in non-linear chillers, with a great twist in the end; The writers and directors are not afraid to usually explore bold situations that Hollywood does not dare to use like for example death of children. These three factors are constant, and in "Acacia" is no exception. The ambiguity of the screenplay permits to disclose in a low-pace either a family drama or a supernatural story. All the situations have explanations; the viewer has just to join the pieces of the puzzle and find them. In this story, the innocence of the foster kid makes him believe that his mother is a tree because somebody had justified the loss of his mother in a rainy day explaining that she became a tree. The rejection process of the boy when the baby is born is usual between siblings, imagine with a little child brought from an orphanage. The greatest difficulty of South-Korean movies is that they force the viewer to think, and unfortunately many people are not used to do that, giving a low rating to a very good movie. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): Not Available
excellent for me
Ever since i saw this movie I look for it in any VD stores. At first I thought the movie is boring but I focuses my attention to the story not on it's mood and even sounds. I was horrified about what happened to the kid, it was mysterious at first but as the story goes I soon find the movie great. Well, the only matter which confuses me is the genre of the movie. I got almost cried after the end so I do recommend that the movie is drama not horror. I really like the movie!!! Especially the kid!!!.... Hope I could have a VD of that movie because there is none available in the store in here and also a book or story book about it... I was shock about the comment of some people out there... I love the movie, hope the director will soon have another episode about that story....That's all..thanks.
A slow-moving but creepy South Korean horror.
"Acacia" stars Hye-jin Shim and Jin-guen Kim as a married couple unable to conceive a child.The husband is a doctor and the wife spends her time judging student art and knitting.Things change when the couple adopts six year old Jin-seong,a mysterious boy obsessed with drawing pictures of an acacia tree that he believes is the reincarnation of his dead mother.Soon the wife becomes pregnant and Jin-seong becomes more unhappy.On one rainy night he disappears mysteriously..."Acacia" is a slow-moving horror film with plenty of creepy atmosphere.It's a psychologically spooky little horror flick with a supremely dark score.The film delivers a few unexpected surprises and is wonderfully shot and photographed,so if you are a fan of Asian horror you can't miss it.8 out of 10.
Good but...
... there's a mixed feeling while watching "Acacia", a family thriller with flirts to the horror genre. Here, a married couple adopts a boy, who they see as the angel to light their lives. But soon they have a child of their own, and their adoptive one isn't happy at all... Cleverly using its shots, this is a superbly framed picture which at times is really creepy without ending up too gratuitous. Editing, however, ends up confusing more than helpful, and even after the final denouement, it's still a bit confusing. But it isn't a bad movie at all, instead it's a solid exercise with some pretty scary stuff. Very interesting indeed, and a proof that there is always an alternate way to shoot this kind of material.