The Villagers
The movie we are going to read today is about a new teacher in a small village with a missing student he discovers the authorities don’t care so he himself solved the mystery this film is the South Korean action thriller film release in 2018 titled “The Villagers” directed by Jin-Soon Lim with a duration of 1 hour and 39 minutes starring Ma Dong-seok (Yeok Gi-cheol), Kim Sae-ron (Kang Yoo-jin) and Jang Gwang (Kim Gi-tae).
The film begins with a young woman named Han Soo-yeon walking alone in the middle of the dark night she met a car on the road since then she has disappeared. Meanwhile Yeok Gi-cheol is a former boxer and now the current coach of a boxing team who found out that there is corruption going on in the boxing association so he wants to leave.
He also had a fight with the Vice Chairman of the association because he was completely fired as s coach. After that, Gi-cheol was sent to a small village to teach before arriving, the car suddenly breaks down on the the way. He called a car and saw the picture of the missing girl on the side of the road.
After a while the company he called to pick him up arrived. When they arrives at the village he saw some young women who seemed to be being bullied. The girl is Kang Yoo-jin who has made posters for her missing best friend but her school bullies just destroy them. Gi-cheol arrives there thinking that Yoo-jin is bing bullied but it turns out that she is even cooler than the bullies. However, Gi-cheol sees his police friend who lives there named Dong-soo.
After Yoo-jin visited her best friend’s grandmother to bring medicine because she was alone after Soo-yeon disappeared. She went to her friend’s room and remembered the happy moments when they are together. She also saw something next to their photo. That noght while Gi-cheol was sweating he saw something strange outside.
A businessman uses minors to work in the bar he runs. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin was on her way home at that time with a mysterious man following her. Fortunately a bus arrived so she survived without her knowing.
The nest day, Gi-cheol was introduced to fellow teachers at the school where he would be taught sports. He was sitting next to the silent art teacher Ji-seong and the principal ordered the charge for the students who couldn’t pay tuition. So he went to the canteen to look for the children one by one but the principal ignored him.
Kim Gi-tae who runs the school and is a politician also arrives there. The principal introduces Gi-cheol as their new teacher who is a former boxing champion while on the side Yoo-in finds out that he will be her new teacher but the girl thinks he looks like mafia. When Gi-cheol also saw her, he followed her because she also felt that she was missing something in school that would cause her not to be able to graduate. Wen she asks her classmate Soo-yon because the girl owes a lot to the merchant.
Gi-cheol suspects that he is running away, so Yoo-jin gets angry with him which he is very surprised because Yoo-jin is putting a picture in the school bulletin the homeroom teacher scolds her and tells her not to waste time on just run away and take care of yourself. Gi-cheol later saw her running away from class.
When he continues to look for those who can’t pay the rent in town there is Yoo-jin looking for what she left in her friend’s room and the teacher finds it. Later, while he was playing with a claw machine the girl who was ahead of him also saw him and continue to search. Gi-cheol went through his confession where Yoo-jin what she was looking for, which actually a bar where her friend works as a part time job.
She asks inside if they saw the one in the picture but the people there send her out when Gi-cheol follow her and he goes upstairs. Luckily the teacher saves her from the guards in the area. The girl didn’t want to leave so Gi-cheol forced her because it’s bad to go to that kind of place.
They asked a woman from inside but the woman didn’t know the girl and recommended asking Lee Seul, the manager of the women working at the bar. Meanwhile the higher ups of the police received bribes from the bar operator so they could do all the illegal activities.
When Gi-cheol was going home with Yoo-jin, a girl named Lee Seul wanted to talk. The teacher agreed but they had to go home first because he was worried that her parents might be looking for her. Yoo-jjin didn’t drop off at their house and was going to walk but as she was going home a car following her that she thought wasn’t there but it stopped in front.
Yoo-jin felt scared so she ran but a man chased him from the car and put her to sleep with electricity when Gi-cheol left the child’s phone in the car. He returned it and caught the attempted abduction of the student when he was coming. The criminal left in a hurry and immediately took Yoo-jin to the hospital because no scars are found on the child. The police are about to leave but Yoo-jin announced that it might have something to do with the disappearance of her friend.
The police just said that they will investigate but they don;t do anything about the case while Gi-cheol hears this after the police leave he asks Dong-soo why the case doesn’t seem to be investigated he says a report needs to be filed that comes directly from the close relative. Gi-cheol immediately too action, He went to the child’s grandmother to properly file a report on her missing granddaughter and he gave a copy to his police friend to start an investigation but he seemed to refuse because he got out of the car because he said he will take care of it right away.
When Gi-cheol returns to school he talks to Soo-yeon’s homeroom teacher and he also notices that the teacher doesn’t care about the child because he thinks she just ran away from home. He wanted to appeal but a fellow teacher dissuaded him and explained that running away is normal for young people today.
When she saw Yoo-jin he talked to her to tell her not to go to back to the bar and to report to the police the girl said that even if she report nothing will happen. Gi-cheol just want him not to get hurt again but the child is stubborn. Dong-soo was scolded by his superior because the case he filed prevented him from filing a report regarding the case of the child missing from school.
Gi-cheol saw that the art teacher was with Yoo-jin, he also noticed someone smoking in the bathroom but when he went to see. No one wanted to admit that what he had so he looked for it inside, He was shocked to see that there was a camera attached inside. The principal called him to report what he saw but he was scolded filing a police report on the missing student because they didn’t want the school to get involved to the problem that it could destroy and gave him a warning.
However, Gi-cheol examines the recovered camera and realizes that the art teacher put there the clothes he was wearing when he returned from his office. He also saw that Ji-seong’s laptop was left open and when he opened it, He discovered that the teacher and Soo-yeon had a conversation the day before she disappeared. So he suspected Ji-seong had something to do with the student’s disappearance.
He immedaitely called Yoo-jin but she didn’t want to answer because the girl had someone to pick up. When he also called his police friend he was also being scolded. Gi-cheol talked to Yoo-jin and informed her of the discovery that Ji-seong had something to do with Soo-yeon’s disappearance but she is currently with her now.
When Gi-cheol found out that they were together, He told her to let him know where they were so that he could follow them. They stopped for a moment at a stoplight with a policeman on the other side but the girl was unable to ask for help. She was also surprised that they were taking the wrong road that should lead to the town. The teacher said that they were just passing but his house first. Which she immediately informed Gi-cheol while they were on their way. Yoo-jin saw the teacher’s key that belonged to her friend.
She asked if he and Soo-yeon really had a conversation the day she disappeared but the teacher suddenly slapped him. When Yoo-jin wakes up at Ji-seong’s house, She finds her bestfriend’s cellphone there but the teacher denies that he has anything to do with its disappearance until Gi-cheol also comes outside looking for a way to pass . When he hears it Ji-soeng intended to hide the student but Gi-cheol saw him in the mirror.
It broke the door to enter and punched the teacher. When he saves Yoo-jin, Gi-cheol finds out what he did to Soo-eon. The teacher begs him not to report it to the police and that he will tell everything. He recounts that night he received a message from Soo-yeon. He picked up the scarred student but he got out of the car because someone said he was going to see Soo-yeon. When he got back and he looked for his cellphone and all he found there was. Gi-cheol asks him why he didn’t report to the police.
He said he was just new to school and he was afraid of getting into trouble. When suddenly a policeman came outside which surprised them. It turned out that Yoo-jin reported because the teacher was imprisoned but Gi-cheol noticed that the police are still not working on the case he reported. Outside, Gi-cheol talked to his police friend to find out the progress of the case but he found out that he didn’t pass the case because he said it was an order from his superiors and there was nothing he could do.
The police inform the club operator Byeong-doo of the obtained evidence on the missing student. When Kim found out about this, he was furious because it could ruin his candidacy and name because of Gi-cheol interference Kim kicked him out of school.
Yoo-jin hasn’t stopped looking for her friend, while Gi-cheol receives a call from Dong-soo that the missing student has been found but he is dead, Yoo-jin also arrives crying after knowing what happened to her friend. After that Gi-cheol took the child home but they went straight to the hospital after hearing that Soo-yeon’s grandmother was rushed there.
Meanwhile, Dong-soo smuggled the evidence to investigate but it was caught on CCTV. When the police got something he immediately informed Gi-cheol that the girl named Lee Seul contacted someone but someone attacked him. Gi-cheol immediately went to the bar while Yoo-in was left at the hospital.
He looks for Lee Seul there and when he see her he talks to her and informs her that Soo-yeon was found dead which surprises her. Lee Seul tells the story of what happened when the girl was a singer at the club as part timer. She said goodbye for a while to talk to the sick grandmother when Kim saw her and asked her for help and informed him that she was a student because she had to go home early.
Kim was also surprised to learn that it was a minor. He scolds the bar manager Byeong-doo for using students until they hear a noise. It turned out that Soo-yeon ran away from what was planned for her but Byeong-doo looked for her while Lee Seul was left behind so she had no idea what happened next.
Gi-cheol also saw Byeong-doo arrive at the bar with the staff he was supposed to talk to him but his staff attacked him so he knocked everyone down even Byeong-doo. After he confessed to him and everyone said he was coming he went to the place he looked for the girl he found her inside the bathroom but was killed by Ji-seong.
He immediately sends Kim to the big problem it brings because it turns out that the psychopathic teacher who always gives him headaches is his son but Kim finds out that he child is still alive so that his name will not be damaged in the candidacy he killed the students.
At the hospital Yoo-jin went to the bathroom but Ji-seong followed her there and kidnapped her. When Gi-seoul found out everything he hurried to leave but he heard from Dong-soo that the teacher was released last night and Yoo-jin is also missing now. Yoo-jin is now held by Ji-seong and heads to his secret room.
Gi-cheol immediately went to Ji-seong’s house to look for him there but he couldn’t find him. He also discovered the secret room the the house but the boy wasn’t there yet but he found an address written on it. Meanwhile his father is also looking for Ji-seong he hides Yoo-jin inside the cabinet because his father is sure to kill her when she sees her.
Kim was also surprised to see what the son was hiding, He was furious at what he was doing to ruin his name while Yoo-jin was watching everything suddenly he heard something inside the cabinet but he couldn’t open it as someone called then he leave immediately.
When Ji-seong opens the cabinet, Yoo-jin spray him in the eye to try to escape but she doesn’t know the way out. She just hid under the table but Ji-seong saw her. Gi-cheol also came to the house and was looking for the boy. Yoo-jin tried to run away but was injured by the scattered broken glass because of that Gi-cheol found out where she is.
Before the psychopath could get close he heard the teacher’s arrival. When Gi-cheol went inside he found You-jin alone while he was helping the child Ji-seong suddenly attacked him but it didn’t work. He taught the psychopath a lesson but he felt pity. He left him to help Yoo-jin but Ji-seong attacked him again causing him to injure his head.
Ge-cheol couldn’t help but put the psychopath to sleep and immediately took Yoo-jin to the hospital even though he was felling dizzy. During those time Kim won the governorship but Gi-cheol will not just keep quiet about his evil deeds.
When the newly elected was going home after declaring his victory, Gi-cheol crashed their car and Kim’s men tried to stop him but Gi-cheol put him to sleep with just one blow and Kim threatened that he is now a governor but it broke the window of his car.
The police also arrive, which made Kim happy thinking that it was safe. It turned out that the police were there to arrest him after Dong-soo revealed everything. Kim was arrested along with his police accomplices. In the end, Gi-cheol left the village start a new life before he left he visit Yoo-jin to the hospital to give what he got from the stuff toy and left the village completely.
This is where our story ends. I hope you like it. Thank you very much.
Plot Summary:
- Gi-cheol is adjusting to his new life in the village when he notices that Yoo-jin, a high school students is determined to find her missing friend Soo-yeon. Despite the apparent apathy of the villagers and local authorities, Gi-cheol decides to help Yoo-jin in her search. As they delve deeper into the mystery, they uncover dark secrets and corruption within the village. The investigation reveals a series of disturbing truths that challenge their perception of the seemingly quiet community.
Main Cast of The Villagers
| Ma Dong-seok Yeok Gi-cheol |
| Kim Sae-ron Kang Yoo-jin |
| Jang Gwang Kim Gi-tae |
| Lee Sang-yob Kim Ji-seong |
| Jin Sun-kyu Byeong-doo |
| Oh Hee-joon Dong-soow= |
| Bae Jin-ah Lee Seul |
| Son Young-soon Soo yeon’s grandmother |
| Kim Min-che Yoo-jin’s mother |
| Shin Se-hwi Han Soo-yeon |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- When was The Villagers released?
- November 2018
- How long is The Villagers?
- 1 hour and 39 minutes
- Who stars in The Villagers?
- Ma Dong-seok (Yeok Gi-cheol)
- Kim Sae-ron (Kang Yoo-jin)
- Jang Gwang (Kim Gi-tae)
- Who directed The Villagers?
- Jin-Soon Lim15
- What genre is The Villagers?
- action
- crime
- mystery
- thriller
- Who wrote The Villagers?
- Jin-Soon Lim
- What is The Villagers rated?
- 15
