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  • Thirst
  • Opened July 31, 2009 | Runtime:2 hr. 13 min.
  • R
    graphic bloody violence, disturbing images, strong sexual content, nudity, and language
  • Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered Read More
  • Cast: Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Hae-suk, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Park In-hwan
  • Director: Park Chan-wook
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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  • Kim Ok-vin as Tae-ju in "Thirst."
  • Kim Ok-vin as Tae-ju and Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun in "Thirst."
  • Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun in "Thirst."
  • Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun and Mercedes Cabral as Evelyn in "Thirst."
  • Director Park Chan-wook on the set of "Thirst."
  • Kim Ok-vin as Tae-ju in "Thirst."
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Thirst Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Seen it 8/16/2009

    by bipolarpunkgrl

    The movie was pretty strait forward... Not really what I was expecting considering the directer but I loved the movie anyway. The imagery was beautiful and the ending brought fulfillment. I will definitely be getting this one on DVD when released.

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    Thirst

    by cattex

    I was disappointed in the movie. I didn't like the characters. "Let the Right One In", was a good movie.................

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Thirst Critic Reviews

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  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A gaudy, daring, operatic, and bloody funny provocation of a melodrama from...

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    Are you hungering for that rare vampire movie with serious intellectual heft,...

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Thirst is deliriously bonkers and keeps getting more so; you watch it holding...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Movies exist to cloak our desires in disguises we can accept, and there is an...

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