Trailer
Plot summary
A wealthy Korean American family calls in the shaman Lee Hwa-rim and her protégé Yoon Bong-gil because its newborn son has fallen ill. Hwa-rim identifies the cause as a Grave's Call, the spirit of a vengeful ancestor. The patriarch, Park Ji-yong, wants the grave of his grandfather moved to appease that spirit, and Hwa-rim brings in Kim Sang-duk, a feng shui master and geomancer, and the mortician Ko Young-geun, with a fee of 500,000 dollars. Sang-duk needs the money for his daughter's wedding. The grave lies on a mountain close to the border with North Korea, and Ji-yong insists on cremation. Sang-duk, uneasy about the place, refuses the job until Ji-yong doubles the payment, and Hwa-rim offers to perform a ritual while the ground is opened.
Cast
- Kim Byung-ohas Daimyo Oni (stand-in)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Exhuma (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Jang Jae-hyun said he avoided CGI and did not build sets, using real locations and props instead. For ghost images, the actors wore makeup for six hours and were then deliberately photographed blurry.
- Exhuma became the first South Korean film released in 2024 to pass 10 million ticket sales, reaching that mark on its 32nd day in theaters, according to distributor Showbox.
