The Gingko Bed (1996)

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Country: South Korea
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Release: 1996-02-17
Director: Je-kyu Kang
Writers: Je-kyu Kang
Language: Korean
Stars: Suk-kyu Han , Hye-jin Shim , Hee-kyung Jin , Hyeon-jun Shin , Jang-soo Bae , Lee Beom-soo , Sun-kyung Kim
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: 7 wins & 14 nominations
AKA: The Gingko Bed (United Kingdom) , Gingko (Greece) , Chiếc Giường Gỗ Bạch Quả (Vietnam) , The Gingko Bed (United States of America) , 銀杏のベッド (Japan) , Legend of Gingko 2 (Germany) , Gingko Bed (France, French Republic) , Eunhaengnamoo chimdae (Korea) , Gingko Bed , Eunhaengnamoo chimdae , Ginnan no ki no shindai (Japan) , Ichô no bed (Japan) , The Gingko Bed
Plot: Su-Hyun, a 30-year-old art lecturer and his girlfriend, Sun-Young have lived a peaceful life until he comes across an antique wooden bed made from gingko tree and gets pursued by the ghost of General Hwang. Resurrected General Hwang roves modern Seoul ripping the hearts out of people to maintain human form. Su-Hyun does not know why General Hwang seeks to kill him but soon finds out that in their previous lives they were enemies. More than a thousand years ago, court musician Su-Hyun fell in love with princess Midan, who was General Hwang's fiancé. Princess and the court musician's elopement ends in tragedy when Hwang abducts Midan and kills Su-Hyun. On this mournful scene arise a pair of gingko trees housing the souls of Midan and Su-Hyun. General Hwang destroys one of the trees and the other tree embodying Midan's soul gets crafted into a bed. Confined in the bed for a thousand years, Midan longs to meet her beloved court musician, reincarnated as Su-Hyun. Discovering the heartbreaking love story in his past life leads Su-Hyun to confront with General Hwang, who still desires Midan. Su-Hyun and Midan's short reunion was impeded by General Hwang's bursting on the scene. Now, Midan chooses to be locked up in the bed, to run away from Hwang despite it being in flame. Midan and Su-Hyun may have to wait another thousand years to meet again but they're convinced that their love for each other will never die.
IMDB:tt0141122