Insane (film)

Insane
Poster
Hangul 날, 보러와요
Directed by Lee Cheol-ha
Production
company
OAL
Valentine Films
A&G Modes
Distributed by Megabox Plus M
Release date
  • April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)
Running time
 91 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$7.6 million[2]

Insane (Hangul: 날, 보러와요; RR: Nal, Boreowayo, "Come to see Me") is a 2016 South Korean thriller film directed by Lee Cheol-ha.[1][2] It was released in South Korea on April 7, 2016.[1]

Plot

During the day and in the middle of downtown, Kang Soo-Ah (Kang Ye-won) is taken away against her will and brought to a psychiatric hospital. She is locked up there without knowing why. She is constantly forcefully drugged and suffers cruel violence. Soo-Ah begins to write down in detail all of the horrific acts that take place at the psychiatric hospital.

One year later, Na Nam-Soo (Lee Sang-yoon) is working as a programming director for the same broadcasting station he was suspended from the previous year. He is assigned to a project and receives a notebook containing horrific entries about a psychiatric hospital which had burned down in a fire. He reads the notebook and feels intrigued by what happened. To uncover the truth, Nam-Soo seeks out Soo-Ah, who is now in prison as a murder suspect.

Cast

  • Kang Ye-won as Kang Soo-ah [1]
  • Lee Sang-yoon as Na Nam-soo [1]
  • Choi Jin-ho as Jang Hyung-sik
  • Ji Dae-han as Kang Byung-joo
  • Chun Min-hee as Mi-ro
  • Lee Hak-joo as Dong-sik
  • Choi Yoon-so as Ji-young
  • Jo Jae-yoon as Detective Park
  • Kim Jong-soo as Detective Cha
  • Jang Tae-seong as Depeartment Head Koo
  • Yu Geon as Lee Woo-jin
  • Jeon Kwang-jin as death angel
  • Kim Ho-won as emergency room doctor
  • Ahn Ji-hye as Yeo-kyung
  • Park Se-jin as prison doctor
  • Kim Hyun as patient's family member
  • Kil Hae-yeon as Kang Soo-ah's mother

Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend in South Korea with US$2.3 million.[3] On its second weekend it was second placed behind Time Renegades with US$1.43 million.[2]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016
 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor
Lee Sang-yoon
 Nominated
53rd Grand Bell Awards Best Actress
Kang Ye-won
 Nominated
Best New Actor
Lee Sang-yoon
 Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Insane (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Kil, Sonia (April 17, 2016). "Korea Box Office: Kwak Jae-yong's 'Time Renegades' Debuts on Top". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "South Korea Box Office April 8–10, 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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