Ieoh Island

Ieoh Island

1977 · 112 min · ★ 6.5 · Mystery, Drama, Horror

A company hopes to open a spa hotel named after Ieodo, a mythical island inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the proposed location of the hotel, a journalist disappears under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors goes to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the mystery.

Directed by Kim Ki-young · Written by Ha Yu-Sang

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

wavveTVING

Rent or Buy

wavve

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 57m together

Ieoh Island

A Woman's War

Both from Kim Ki-young.

More from Kim Ki-youngSee all →

Free WomanFree Woman · 1982
Free Woman
★ 9.01982
MovieDrama
A Korean woman raised in Spain with European values towards life and romance finds living in her ancestral land stifling and it eats away at her vitality.
The Twilight TrainThe Twilight Train · 1957
The Twilight Train
★ 9.01957
MovieDramaRomance
The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.
A Woman's WarA Woman's War · 1957
A Woman's War
★ 9.01957
MovieDrama
A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.
The Deaf WorkerThe Deaf Worker · 1980
The Deaf Worker
★ 8.01980
MovieDrama
A deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.
WomanWoman · 1968
Woman
★ 8.01968
MovieDrama
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells her about his feeling she promises him that she would leave her hair after she dies as part his heritage for the man. But when he looks for her later she is already dead, and her hair was already sold to another person. He meets another woman he becomes intimate with, but finds that she is his biological mother.
Touch-Me-NotTouch-Me-Not · 1956
Touch-Me-Not
★ 8.01956
MovieActionRomance
A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits.
GoryeojangGoryeojang · 1963
Goryeojang
★ 7.41963
MovieDrama
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
The HousemaidThe Housemaid · 1960
The Housemaid
★ 7.11960
MovieCrimeDrama
A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
The Sea KnowsThe Sea Knows · 1961
The Sea Knows
★ 7.01961
MovieDramaWar
A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
The HousemaidThe Housemaid · 2010
The Housemaid
★ 6.32010
MovieThrillerDrama
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
Hunting of FoolsHunting of Fools · 1984
Hunting of Fools
★ 6.31984
MovieDrama
Seok-ho is unable to overcome his fear that he will not graduate from college for only a limited number of the class will get their diplomas. Seok-ho tries to kill himself and ends up in a mental institution. Then he persuades his fellow patient, Hong-ik, to escape with him. After dealing with several incidents, they become miners. They meet a simple young woman. In order to construct an ideal land, they head for a deserted island in the South Sea. However, just before they're about to leave for the island, Seok-ho realizes that the island is a fantasy of an insane man so he runs off with the woman. Left behind, Hong-ik is disheartened but he gets together with the elderly innkeeper couple whose own son died of a mental illness. They head for the deserted island on a boat.
TransgressionTransgression · 1974
Transgression
★ 6.31974
MovieDrama
Chim-Ae, an orphan, is saved by an old monk of Seo San Temple, Mu Bul Dang while he is wandering in war fires. Then he enters the priesthood and trains himself a mountaineering asceticism. When he becomes an eminent young priest, the last trial to receive the mantle of the preceding abbot applies on him. The old monk sends the fairest of the fair, Myo-Hyang of cottage Ni Am to Chim-Ae to form a connection with her. But Chim-Ae quickly removes his earthly desires towards woman and goes through this hardship by fasting meditation. However the old monk recognizes that love sprouted between two youngsters and shows Chim-Ae the face of transgression which he mentally violated without hesitation to make Chim-Ae and Myo-Hyang go back to mundane existence.
A Woman After a Killer ButterflyA Woman After a Killer Butterfly · 1978
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly
★ 5.61978
MovieDramaMystery
A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted double suicide with a stranger while picnicking with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream, and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.
Yangsan ProvinceYangsan Province · 1955
Yangsan Province
★ 5.01955
MovieDramaRomance
The film is a historical melodrama about a high government official who wants to marry a woman who is engaged to marry another man.
Insect WomanInsect Woman · 1972
Insect Woman
★ 4.91972
MovieHorrorDrama
A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.
Woman of FireWoman of Fire · 1971
Woman of Fire
★ 4.81971
MovieCrimeDrama
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.

More Like This

King KongKing Kong · 1933
King Kong
★ 7.61933
MovieAdventureFantasy
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
AnthropophagousAnthropophagous · 1980
Anthropophagous
★ 5.41980
MovieHorror
Tourists take a boat to a remote island, where they find that most of the people have disappeared, and something is stalking them. They find a hidden room in the big mansion on a hill, and an ancient diary, which gives them clues to the source of the terror.
And the Ship Sails OnAnd the Ship Sails On · 1983
And the Ship Sails On
★ 7.21983
MovieComedyDrama
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
Murder AhoyMurder Ahoy · 1964
Murder Ahoy
★ 7.11964
MovieDramaThriller
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
The FogThe Fog · 2005
The Fog
★ 4.62005
MovieHorrorMystery
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now they're back – long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge.
Strangers on a TrainStrangers on a Train · 1951
Strangers on a Train
★ 7.71951
MovieCrimeThriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
The Last Voyage of the DemeterThe Last Voyage of the Demeter · 2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
★ 6.72023
MovieHorrorFantasy
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
The FogThe Fog · 1980
The Fog
★ 6.71980
MovieHorror
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
★ 7.22003
MovieAdventureDrama
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
The IsleThe Isle · 2000
The Isle
★ 6.92000
MovieDramaThriller
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
OrcaOrca · 1977
Orca
★ 6.21977
MovieHorrorThriller
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
Russian DollsRussian Dolls · 2005
Russian Dolls
★ 6.62005
MovieComedyDrama
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter