Sorum is a 2001 South Korean horror film and the feature film debut of director Yoon Jong-chan. Starring Kim Myung-min and Jang Jin-young, it tells the story of a young taxi driver who moves into a dilapidated old apartment building, the site of a brutal tragedy thirty years earlier. The film has been nominated for and won several awards. Plot Looking for a new start, a young taxi driver moves into Apt. 504 of an old tenement named Migum Apartments. He soon finds that the previous tenant died mysteriously, and everyone on the floor is connected to the man. After befriending the neighbor living a few doors down, he falls into an affair that sends them both down a dark path. But there's something else odd about the atmosphere in the run-down building. Does a ghost haunt those living here, or does the evil exist in those left alive? Cast Kim Myung-min as Yong-hyun Jang Jin-young as Sun-yeong Gi Ju-bong as writer Lee Jo An as Eun-soo Kim Gi-cheon Lee Han-wi Lee Kwang-gi Park Yeong-hoon Kim Joo-ryoung Kwon Tae-won Choi Woong as Writer Lee's son Awards 2001 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress: Jang Jin-young 2001 Busan Film Critics Awards Best New Actor: Kim Myung-min Best New Actress: Jang Jin-young 2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress: Jang Jin-young 2001 Director's Cut Awards Best Actress: Jang Jin-young Best New Actor: Kim Myung-min 2002 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Best Actress: Jang Jin-young Best Director: Yoon Jong-chan Special Jury Award: Yoon Jong-chan 2002 Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Best Actress: Jang Jin-young Reception Dread Central wrote, "Sorum is definitely a slow burn", but called the film's "subtle horror" effective. References External links 2001 films South Korean horror films 2000s Korean-language films 2001 horror films South Korean ghost films 2000s ghost films Films directed by Yoon Jong-chan 2001 directorial debut films 2000s South Korean films