 | This article is missing information about the film's production, and theatrical/home media release. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (October 2018) |
| Antarctic Journal | |
|---|---|
 Korean theatrical release poster | |
| Hangul | 남극일기 |
| Hanja | 南極日記 |
| Revised Romanization | Namgeugilgi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Namgŭgilgi |
| Directed by | Yim Pil-sung |
| Written by | Yim Pil-sung Bong Joon-ho Lee Hae-jun |
| Produced by | Cha Seung-jae Noh Jong-yun Chae Hoe-seung |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Yoo Ji-tae |
| Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Distributed by | Showbox Entertainment |
| Release date |
|
| Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$6,500,000 |
| Box office | US$5,568,811 |
Antarctic Journal is a 2005 South Korea survival psychological horror film. It is the feature film debut by director Yim Pil-sung. The film mixes elements of psychological thriller and classical horror films while showing the hardships met by a modern Korean antarctic expedition trying to reach the pole of inaccessibility. The film generated some buzz before its release due to its large budget (over US$6.5 million) and notable cast, but wasn't a box office hit.
Plot
 | This plot summary may be a hook or written as if for a listings magazine. Please help improve it by ensuring it covers the whole story, however briefly, and in an encyclopedic style. (November 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
During their journey to the Pole of Inaccessibility (POI), the remotest point of the Antarctic, the expedition of six men, led by Captain Choi Do-hyung, discovers a journal that was left behind by a British expedition 80 years earlier. The journal was remarkably preserved in a box in the snow and Kim Min-jae, another member of the expedition, gets the job of examining it. It turns out that the two expeditions shared the same goal and soon other strange similarities between them start to show up. Will they make it to their destination before the sun goes down for the Antarctic winter?
Cast
- Song Kang-ho - Choi Do-hyung
- Yoo Ji-tae - Kim Min-jae
- Choi Deok-moon - Seo Jae-kyung
- Kim Kyeong-ik - Yang Geun-chan
- Park Hee-soon - Lee Young-min
- Yoon Je-moon - Sung-hoon
- Kang Hye-jung - Yoo-jin
- Sam Hammington - English expedition party (voice)
- Oh Hee-joon as Person
Reception
 | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2018) |
Derek Elley from Variety wrote, "Some awesome widescreen lensing, with New Zealand convincingly repping the polar wastes, can't compensate for the dramatic emptiness of Antarctic Journal, in which the script gets lost along with the explorers."
See also
References
- "Antarctic Journal". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- Elley, Derek (16 June 2005). "Antarctic Journal". Variety.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
External links
- Antarctic Journal at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Antarctic Journal at IMDb
- Antarctic Journal at Rotten Tomatoes
- Kyu Hyun Kim's review at Koreanfilm.org
| Films by Bong Joon-ho | |
|---|---|
| Written and directed |
|
| Written only |
|
| Lee Hae-jun | |
|---|---|
| Films directed |
|
| Films written |
|
 | This South Korean film–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 2005 films
- 2000s adventure drama films
- South Korean adventure drama films
- South Korean mystery thriller films
- Films set in Antarctica
- Films shot in New Zealand
- Films directed by Yim Pil-sung
- Films with screenplays by Bong Joon-ho
- 2000s Korean-language films
- 2005 thriller films
- 2000s mystery thriller films
- Showbox films
- 2005 directorial debut films
- 2000s South Korean films
- South Korean film stubs