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  1. The Piper ( Korean : 손님; RR : Sonnim; lit. The Guest) is a 2015 South Korean period horror - thriller film inspired by the Pied Piper of Hamelin legend. [1] [2] It is written and directed by Kim Gwang-tae, in his directorial debut. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Plot.

  2. Kim Gwang-tae’s debut film gives the piper a son and sets the action in a secret village in the mountain in the wake of the Korean War.

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    Movie:The Piper (English title) / Guest (literal title)
    Revised romanization:Sonnim
    Hangul:손님
    Director: Kim Gwang-Tae

    After the Korean War, Woo-Ryong (Ryu Seung-Ryong) and his son Young-Nam (Goo Seung-Hyun) walk to Seoul. Woo-Ryong wants to get Young-Nam treated for tuberculosis. Along the way there, they find an obscured path on a mountainside road. Woo-Ryong decides to venture down the hidden path. Soon, Woo-Ryong and Young-Nam come across a village. The village...

    Additional Cast Members: 1. Gyul Hwi- Duk-Soo 2. Kim Young-Sun- female shaman 3. Jung Joon-Won- Chul-Soo 4. Kim Jung-Young- Chul-Soo's mother 5. Lee Dong-Hee- Dae-Hee 6. Song Ye-Dam- Young-Ho 7. Song Ye-Joon- Young-Sung 8. Park Si-Yeon- Ah-Ran 9. Lee Min-Ji- Min-Young 10. Son San- Myung-San 11. Yoon Dae-Yul- Bong-Woo 12. Shin Mi-Young- Yeon-Mi 13. ...

  3. Oct 4, 2015 · Kim Woo-ryong (Ryu Seung-ryong, “The Target”), a flute player with a crippled leg, lost his wife during the Korean War, which left most people destitute.

  4. First-time director Kim Gwangtae delivers a fresh take on the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” with his visceral film The Piper. Set in the hinterlands of Korea in the war-torn 1950s, the film begins with a devoted father and son traversing the country in hopes of finding a cure for the boy’s tuberculosis.

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    • CJ Entertainment, Smiley Face, UBU Film
    • Kim Kwang-Tae
  5. Mar 11, 2016 · In filmmaker Kim Gwang-tae's weirdly unsettling horror film, the fable of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is transposed to South Korea in the early 1950s. Kim (Ryu Seung-ryong) is a crippled flautist, traveling to Seoul to seek medical help for his tubercular young son.

  6. Jul 9, 2015 · Taking its cue from a Brothers Grimm fairly tale (itself a take on an old German legend), Kim Gwang-tae's debut The Piper hums a familiar tune, yet this fable of mistrust and deceit remains...