A priest working for a hospital selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project intended to eradicate a deadly virus. However, the virus eventually takes over the priest. He nearly dies, but makes a miraculous recovery by an accidental transfusion of vampire blood. He realizes his sole reason for living: the pleasures of the flesh.

Bakjwi (2009)
  • Rating: (14,569 votes)
  • Runtime:133 minutes
  • Director: Chan-wook Park
  • Country:South Korea
  • Actors:
    Priest Sang-hyeon
    Kang-ho Song
    Tae-ju
    Ok-bin Kim
    Lady Ra
    Hae-suk Kim
    Kang-woo
    Ha-kyun Shin
    Priest Noh
    In-hwan Park
    Yeong-doo
    Dal-su Oh
    Seung-dae
    Young-chang Song
    Evelyn
    Mercedes Cabral
    Immanuel
    Eriq Ebouaney
    Nurse
    Hee-jin Choi
  • Genres:Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
  • Producers:
    Soo-hyun Ahn
    producer  
    Joon H. Choi
    associate producer  
    Hak-beom Kim
    co-associate producer  
    Katharine Kim
    co-executive producer  
    Miky Lee
    executive producer  
    Ki-moon Nam
    co-associate producer  
    Chan-wook Park
    producer  
    Bob Seh
    co-associate producer  
  • Plots: Sang-hyun, a priest working for a hospital, selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project intended to eradicate a deadly virus. However, the virus eventually takes over the priest. He nearly dies, but makes a miraculous recovery by an accidental transfusion of vampire blood. He realizes his sole reason for living: the pleasures of the flesh. Written by Pusan International Film Festival
Bakjwi
  • User's comment:"Thirst" - My First Impression by Topher-Liam Froehlich

    Thirst

    I found that this film was beautifully crafted. The cinematography was well above excellent. I though almost any frame could be frozen, and you would have yourself an exquisite photograph. The use of color stands out most. In many instances the camera was gliding through the scene and the work was flawless.

    Park Chan Wook's direction was fantastic. He had me believing unwaveringly in his far- fetched universe. There were several touches of verbal and visual humor (of a dark nature) that just added another depth to the picture as a whole.

    The acting I would not call outstanding but it suited the film and worked well enough.

    For me, the only place where this film lacked was in the story. At times, I will not lie, the goings on between characters just did not make sense. Sometimes the story flow was clunky. Overall, I was disappointed with the subdued narrative, and I felt it ran a little too long.

    But I still recommend this film, for its vision, its visual flourish, its dark humor, and at the end of the day, it is an interesting film even if imperfect. 9/10


  • Quotes: Priest Sang-hyeon: Grant me the following in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Like a leper rotting in flesh, let all avoid me. Like a cripple without limbs, let me not move freely. Remove my cheeks, tht tears may not roll down them. Crush my lips and tongue, that I may not sin with them. Pull out my nails, that I may not grasp nothing. Let my shoulders and back be bent, that I may carry nothing. Like a man with tumor in the head let me lack judgment. Ravage my body sworn to chastity leave me with no pride, and have me live in shame. Let no one pray for me. But only the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me. Priest Sang-hyeon: I don't kill anyone, you know. Hoy-sung... He loved helping the hungry. He'd offer me his blood if he wasn't in a coma. If you only heard the sponge cake story.
  • Also known as: Thirst (Denmark - imdb display title), Thirst (International - imdb display title, English title), Thirst (Sweden - imdb display title), Thirst (USA - imdb display title), Жажда (Russia), Bian Fu (China - imdb display title, Mandarin title), Ceci est mon sang (Canada - French title), Dipsa (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Durst (Germany - DVD box title), Kan arzusu (Turkey - festival title, Turkish title), Kawaki (Japan), Pragnienie (Poland - imdb display title), Sede de Sangue (Brazil), Szomjúság (Hungary - imdb display title), Thirst - Este é o meu Sangue (Portugal), Thirst, ceci est mon sang (France), Untitled Chan-wook Park Project (International - working title, English title), Zizen (Czech Republic - festival title),

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