Film Analysis Of The Film 'Frog Boys'

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Children The Actual Case The film is based on an actual unsolved case that shocked the nation for over a decade, and regarded the disappearance of five kids, from 9 to 13 years old, in the Daegu Mountains in 1991. The children (U Cheol-won, Jo Ho-yeon, Kim Yeong-gyu, Park Chan-in and Kim Jong-sik ) were living in a village near Mt. Waryong and on the 26th of that year decided to head on the mountain to search for salamander eggs, following a path that begun in the back of their school. After failing to return for several hours, their worried parents called the police. The authorities though, were certain that it was a usual case of children getting away for a few days and then returning and they did not proceed on a formal investigation, …show more content…

A special police investigation team was assigned exclusively to the case until 2001, having searched the mountain over 500 times, without being able to find a single clue though. Expectantly, extreme theories started to surface: abduction from aliens, from North Koreans, from scientists for secret experiments, while there were even those that even suggested that the parents have killed their children and then buried them. During this time, the police received more than 550 wrong …show more content…

Ryu Seung-ryong as Hwang Woo-hyuk is very impressive. His depiction of a man who transforms from accuser to accused is so stunning, that there are moments when he appears the most tragic figure of the film, even surpassing the parents. His performance is one of the picture's biggest assets. Sung Ji-ru and Kim Yeo-jin that play Jong-ho's parents are also impressive in their respective parts. The cinematography by Ki Se-hoon is also a point of excellence, with the depiction of the various eras and the rural area the film takes place in being accurate and impressive. Kim Hyeong-ju has done a great job in editing, although he had a difficult task with many flashbacks, which he managed to blend artfully in the script. Overall, "Children" is a great film, which excels in all aspects, with the sole exception of the last part, which actually deprives it of the masterpiece status. It is also a good chance for the spectator to discover a case that shocked the country for more than a

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