Into the Mirror

**Into the Mirror**
Into the Mirror
	Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	Kim Sung-ho
Written by	Kim Sung-ho
Produced by	Kim Eun-young
Starring	Yoo Ji-tae; Kim Hye-na; Kim Myung-min
Cinematography	Jeong Han-cheol
Edited by	Kim Sun-min
Music by	Mun Dae-hyeon
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date	August 14, 2003;
Running time	113 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$70,277

Into the Mirror (Korean: 거울 속으로; RR: Geoul sokeuro) is a 2003 South Korean supernatural horror film about a series of grisly deaths in a department store, all involving mirrors, and the troubled detective who investigates them. It was the debut film of director Kim Sung-ho.

Plot

After accidentally causing the death of his partner during a hostage situation, Wu Young-min quits the police force to work for his uncle as head security of Dreampia, an immense shopping center. Dreampia is currently in the rebuilding stages as a fire destroyed parts of it five years ago. The re-opening was scheduled in a few days, until some strange murders begin to occur in the building. It seems that the victims, all employees of the mall, have committed suicide in very gruesome and unconventional ways.

Young-min is very suspicious about the police explanation, and starts his own investigation, but unfortunately for him, an old acquaintance, Ha Hyun-su, is in charge of the police investigation. Hyun-su still blames Young-min for the death of their friend and is not interested in cooperation. The more clues they stumble on, the more strange and unnatural the truth becomes.

The film explores the theory of dualism, doppelgangers and the Other through the visual medium of mirrors and reflections.

Cast

Yoo Ji-tae as Wu Young-min
Kim Hye-na as Lee Ji-hyun
Kim Myung-min as Ha Hyun-su

Reception

Derek Elley of Variety described Into the Mirror as an "Intermittently effective tale of a burned-out ex-cop who's drawn into a series of supernatural murders too often resorts to corny genre moments."^[3]

Remake

An American remake was produced in 2008, titled Mirrors.

Into the Mirror was released on the flip side of the unrated version of the Mirrors 2 DVD.

References

^ "Into the Mirror". Korean Cinema 2003. Korean Film Commission(KO FIC). 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
^ "Into the Mirror". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
^ "Into The Mirror". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

External links

Into the Mirror at IMDb
Into the Mirror at Rotten Tomatoes

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[IntoTheMirrorKOFIC-1] "Into the Mirror". Korean Cinema 2003. Korean Film Commission(KO FIC). 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

[mojo-2] "Into the Mirror". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

[IntoTheMirrorVar-3] "Into The Mirror". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

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