Antarctic Journal
2005 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 6.1 · 47% critics
A team of Korean explorers pushes deeper into Antarctica and discovers a journal from an earlier expedition that vanished decades before. As the brutal cold, isolation, and eerie parallels mount, the journey turns into a tense mystery shaped by paranoia, fear, and fraying trust.
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Details
- Original title
- 남극일기
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-05-19
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 47/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (61 votes)
- Box office
- $5,568,811
- Budget
- $6,500,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow, unsettling survival mysteries with a bleak mood, especially if Spider Forest worked for you; Not for you if you want fast scares, clear answers, or brisk pacing.
Pros: eerie frozen atmosphere; strong slow-burn tension; intriguing central mystery | Cons: uneven pacing; confusing story turns; vague payoff
Themes
- expedition
- survival
- psychological
- arctic
- mystery
Cast & crew
Song Kang-ho
as Choi Do-hyung
Yoo Ji-tae
as Kim Min-jae
Park Hee-soon
as Lee Young-min
Yoon Je-moon
as Kim Sung-hoon
Choi Deok-moon
as Seo Jae-kyung
Kang Hye-jung
as Lee Yu-jin
Kim Kyung-ik
as Yang Geun-chan
Park Jung-soo
as Ghost
Ross Anderson
Sam Hammington
Directed by Yim Pil-sung