Film | 00:14:43 | 2025

In the early 1900s, Arang, an itinerant jangseung carver, arrives in a remote mountain village gripped by a prolonged drought. As she carves a new jangseung, she begins to notice disturbing traces of ritual throughout the village, along with jangseung bearing the faces of women and children. Arang soon discovers that whenever drought strikes, human lives have been offered as sacrifices. When she herself is chosen as the next offering, she raises her axe and cuts through the sacred straw rope binding the jangseung. As the village’s long-buried han—its grief and resentment—is finally released, rain begins to fall upon the parched earth.

Jinho Ryu is a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, OTT Content, Policy, and Business. He has professional experience in producing TV series animation and Film previsualization. And he continues to engage in media education and creative activities. Currently, his research focuses on how to integrate AI into existing production processes.

Joa Jung studies film and television development and genre storytelling at Chung-Ang University’s Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film. Joa Jung’s work explores new approaches to visual storytelling through emerging technologies, including AI, while keeping human experiences and compelling stories at its core.