Folklore (TV series)
Folklore is a television horror anthology series that premiered on HBO Asia on October 7, 2018.[1]
| Folklore | |
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| Created by | Eric Khoo |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | See below |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Zhao Wei Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO Asia |
| Original release | October 7 – November 11, 2018 |
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Premise
Created by Singaporean director Eric Khoo, the six-episode series features stories based on Asian superstitions and national folkloric myths, with each episode helmed by a director from a different country.[2]
Cast
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Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Country | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "A Mother's Love" | Joko Anwar | Joko Anwar | Indonesia | October 7, 2018 | |
| A single mother and her young son discover a group of dirty and underfed children living in a mansion's attic. Upon saving them and returning them to their families, she has unknowingly snatched these children from their adopted mother - Wewe Gombel - and must now beware her vengeful wrath. | ||||||
| 2 | "Tatami" | Takumi Saitoh | Tomoki Kanazawa & Masato Tanno | Japan | October 14, 2018 | |
| A murder scene writer returns home to attend his father's funeral and begins to experience constant flashbacks of his childhood. He then discovers a secret door in the house that leads to a room that hides a horrifying secret from his family's past. | ||||||
| 3 | "Nobody" | Eric Khoo | Amanda Lee Koe | Singapore | October 21, 2018 | |
| A Pontianak is awoken when a foreman and a construction worker attempt to bury the body of a dead girl instead of burning her. A series of unfortunate events begin to occur at the construction site. | ||||||
| 4 | "Pob" | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Thailand | October 28, 2018 | |
| A journalist meets with Pob, a Thai ghost, who confesses to a murder. Finally finding an outlet for complaint, Pob explains how the murder happened and requests for his story to be published. However, the journalist declines and the two make a deal of a lifetime. | ||||||
| 5 | "Toyol" | Ho Yuhang | Ho Yuhang | Malaysia | November 4, 2018 | |
| A Member of Parliament (MP) of a fishing town turns to a mysterious woman who possesses shamanistic powers in order to salvage his town's dire economic situation. She fixes all his problems and the two soon become lovers. However, the woman has a dark secret that threatens to destroy his life. | ||||||
| 6 | "Mongdal" | Lee Sang-woo | Lee Sang-woo | South Korea | November 11, 2018 | |
| A mother tries to appease the moods and demands of her borderline psychopathic son. When a new girl comes to town, her son falls quickly and deeply for the new girl and is determined to win her over possibly even against her will. When things take a tragic turn, his mother will stop at nothing to make her son happy even if it means finding a bride to join him in the afterlife. | ||||||
Production
Development
Episodes were directed by Khoo, Joko Anwar,[3] Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Takumi Saitoh,[4] Lee Sang-Woo and Ho Yuhang.[5]
Casting
Kim Yoo-jung was offered a role in the South Korean episode.[6]
Release
All six episodes of the series have received preview screenings at various film festivals in advance of the television premiere. Anwar's "A Mother's Love" and Ratanaruang's "Pob" received a preview screening at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival as part of its Primetime stream of selected television projects.[5] Another two episodes, Saitoh's "Tatami" and Khoo's "Nobody", received a preview screening at the 2018 Sitges Film Festival as part of Serial Sitges section,[7][8] while Ho's "Toyol" and Lee's "Mongdal" were screened at the 2018 Fantastic Fest in Austin as part of Folklore program.[9]
The Indonesian episode had its West Coast premiere on November 14, 2018 at 19th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival.[10]
The extended version of the South Korean episode would have its world premiere at the 23rd annual Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival as part of "Korean Fantastic: Crossover" section.[11][12] However, it was canceled due to circumstances of the production company.[13]
References
- Widianto, Stanley (September 21, 2018). "'Folklore': Finding the origins of fear". The Jakarta Post.
- Tseng, Douglas (September 6, 2018). "First Look: Eric Khoo And HBO Asia Team Up On Horror Series 'Folklore'". Today.
- Wira, Ni Nyoman (September 22, 2018). "Joko Anwar explores emotional layers of Indonesian ghost in 'Folklore: A Mother's Love'". The Jakarta Post.
- "2018/10/10 [CREATE] HBOアジア ドラマ「Folklore」情報" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- Frater, Patrick (September 6, 2018). "Toronto: 'Folklore' Gives Primetime Festival Slot to Asian Horror". Variety.
- Son, Bong-suk (December 29, 2017). "배우 김유정, HBO 드라마 출연 제안 받아" [Actress Kim Yoo-jung receives suggestion of HBO drama starring] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- "Folklore: Tatami". Sitges Film Festival.
- "Folklore: Nobody". Sitges Film Festival.
- "Folklore at Fantastic Fest". Fantastic Fest.
- "Folklore Episode 1: A Mother's Love". 2018 San Diego Asian Film Festival. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- Sung, Ha-hoon (May 31, 2019). ""구토용 봉지 준비하세요", 센 영화 원한다면 부천으로". ohmystar (in Korean). Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- Shin, Mi-rae (June 30, 2019). "매체간의 경계를 허물다(ft.행복의 진수) [M+BIFAN 현장③]". MBN (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- "티켓 카탈로그 변경사항 안내 (6/18 ver)". BIFAN (in Korean). June 12, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
External links
- Folklore on IMDb
- Official website
- Folklore: Mongdal at Naver (in Korean)
- Folklore: Mongdal at Daum (in Korean)
- Folklore: Mongdal at the Korean Movie Database