Film details
- Director
- Prabhat Gurung
- Country
- South Korea
- Duration
- 6 min
- Language
- Korean
- Writer
- Prabhat Gurung
- Producer
- Tanveer Hossain
- Cast
- Hyojong Yu, Seunghyun Kim
Director’s statement
If I were to die, I would not come back as a threatening ghost. I would probably be a lost, frightened, tormented soul, who would still be making a case that I am still alive.
Through the genre of thriller-western peppered with dark humour, I am exploring the theme of inevitability of death in mortal beings. Inspired by the Spaghetti Western genre, this western set in Korea is a "Kimchi Western".
Synopsis
Set in late 19th century Korea, in a desolate cemetery, an old Gravedigger faces a life-threatening situation when a Dead man comes back to life from inside the coffin.
Prabhat Gurung
Director
Prabhat Gurung is a Nepalese writer-director whose work is deeply rooted in his indigenous Gurung heritage. He holds an MFA in Film from The City College of New York. He received the Forum Filmmaker Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2025. His directional short film “The Old Man and The Grave” premiered at the Busan International Film Festival 2025. He is an alumnus of BIFAN Fantastic Film School 2026, Busan Asian Film Academy 2025, and Produire Au Sud 2023.