Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil

Empty village, late summer. One small shoe, lost in the dust. A special-needs boy spies ghouls plotting world conquest from an abandoned house. The bloodlust rises. He seeks help from a monk, but a night of full moon and rubber-shoe justice is at hand. Pre-CGI South Korean horror comedies remain a strange delight.

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Nam Ki-nam directed Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil in 1989. See Nam Ki-nam's full filmography, where to start with Nam Ki-nam, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nam Ki-nam.

Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil was released in 1989 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.