가시

I wanted to see this because of the main actor Jang Hyuk. And the story seemed like a typical Korean madness story. And a little bit like the American movie: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. It is truly a movie with many creepy things, sorry but it's difficult to explain, it must be watched. You feel kinda disgusted. They carry it out well, but it's not a movie I'd want to watch again.

It's too much, but I bet these things happen in real life all over the world. And in the end there's only one kind of end. The title is "Ga-Shi" in Korean and they have given it the English title Innocent thing. However, the more correct translation would be Thorn.

★★

Title: 가시 (Innocent things)
Distributed by: Invent D
Release dates: April 10, 2014
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot
Joon-ki (Jang Hyuk) was once a former rugby athlete and is currently a popular physical education teacher at an all-girls' high school. His pregnant wife Seo-yeon (Sunwoo Sun) is due to give birth to their first child imminently. Although he's used to playful advances from pubescent students, things take a dangerous turn when Young-eun (Jo Bo-ah) falls hard for her teacher and daringly confesses her feelings for him. Amid growing rumors, he is soon consumed with guilt and attempts to end the relationship. However Young-eun's pure love slowly turns to obsession. She starts to regard everyone related with Joon-ki as obstacles, and the farther he keeps her away, the bolder her obsession and madness grows.


Cast
Jang Hyuk as Kim Joon-ki
Jo Bo-ah as Ha Young-eun
Sunwoo Sun as Seo-yeon
Lee Do-ah as Min-joo
Do Gwang-won as Seok-jin
Jang Seo-kyeong as Joo-hee
Shin Cheol-jin as school custodian
Park Jin-young as Jang-in, Joon-ki's father-in-law
Do Yong-gu as gynecologist
Wang Tae-eon as principal
Kim Kyeong-sik as Teacher Park
Han Hee-jung as housekeeper
Son Hee-seon as Joon-ki's mother-in-law
Yoo Ji-yeon as Cheo-hyeong, Joon-ki's sister-in-law
Kim Won-sik as Dong-seo
Yoon Bok-in as OB/Gyn nurse