Completed - KOREAN - Drama - 133 minutes
Year of production : 2009 Director(s) : Chan-Wook PARK Cast : Kang-Ho SONG, Ok-Vin KIM
Sang-hyun is a beloved and admired priest in a small town, who devotedly serves at a local hospital. He goes to Africa to volunteer as a test subject in an experiment to find a vaccine to the new deadly infectious disease caused by Emmanuel Virus(E.V.). The experiment fails and Sang-hyun gets infected by E.V. but he ends up being miraculously cured and returns home. News of Sang-hyun's recovery from E.V. spreads and people start believing he has the gift of healing and flock to receive his prayers. From those who come to him, Sang-hyun meets a childhood friend named Kang-woo and his wife Tae-ju. Sang-hyun is immediately drawn to Tae-ju. One day, Sang-hyun coughs up blood, dies, and comes back to life the next day as a vampire. Tae-ju gets attracted to Sang-hyun who has now turned into a vampire, and they begin a secret love affair. Sang-hyun asks Tae-ju to run away with him but she turns him down. Instead, they plot to kill Kang-woo...
Country(ies) : KOREA (South) Financing plan : Universal Pictures
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