The Divine Fury

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jason Kim directs. Cho Sang-yun behind the camera. Koo Ja-wan scores. Kim Sun-min cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 7 years ago.
• 2Directed by Jason Kim, shot by Cho Sang-yun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Koo Ja-wan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Kim Sun-min shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Park Seo-jun and Ahn Sung-ki and Woo Do-hwan carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Will you stand with good or evil?".
• 7IMDB entry: tt10550884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 10 themes, including "martial arts", "fight", "supernatural", "exorcism".

The technical file

Cinematography

Cho Sang-yun

Original score

Koo Ja-wan

Editing

Kim Sun-min

Production design

Lee Bong-hwan

Costume design

Chae Kyung-hwa

Makeup / hair

Seol Ha-woon

Sound

Chang Chul-ho

Runtime

129 min · 2h 9m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Box office

$11,750,306

Original language

KO

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

The Divine Fury (2019) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  The Divine Fury_2nd Trailer_Int'l

  Trailer · Official
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  The Divine Fury_Teaser Trailer_ ENG

  Teaser · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Dr Nostromo2026-04-30
  ★ 6/10

  63/100 An MMA hero, who rejected God as a child when his father was killed, finds himself the central figure in a war between an exorcist and a black bishop. Although somewhat long-winded, this was a compelling story with extremely rich and likable characters. As such, it's firmly character driven with less scares and action than you'd expect but still very effective with what they had. No surprises but certainly worth a watch and, with a modicum of violence, and practically no bad language, fairly suitable for young teens ...if they don't scare too easily. --DrNostromo.com

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Lotte Entertainment

  KR

• CO

  Content K

  KR

• 

  KEYEAST

  KR

Key crew

• Special Effects SupervisorJeon Gun-ik
• StuntsKim Yong-ho
• VFX SupervisorSeo Byeong-chul
• StuntsChoi Kwang-rak
• Martial Arts ChoreographerLim Wang-sub
• StoryboardLee Yoon-ho
• VFX SupervisorJay Seung Jaegal
• Sound EffectsYoo Seok-won
• VFX SupervisorHa Jae-gu
• Assistant EditorHwang Eun-ju
• StuntsJeong Seong-ho
• Production Sound MixerLee Soon-sung
• Lighting DirectorPark Jun-gyu
• Key GripKim Seong-o
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistSeol Ha-woon
• Set DecorationKim Hak-hyun
• Sound Effects DesignerPark Jin-hong
• Executive ProducerCha Won-chun
• ProducerPark Sung-hye
• Co-ProducerPark A-hyoung
• ProducerShin Pil-soon
• Production DesignLee Bong-hwan
• Costume DesignChae Kyung-hwa
• Sound SupervisorPark Yong-ki

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• martial arts
• fight
• supernatural
• exorcism
• murder
• priest
• religion
• devil
• tragic past
• death

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2019-08-16
• Physical2019-11-19NR

Also known as

International titles

• The Divine Fury (2019)MY
• Божий жнецьUA
• Božská zuřivostCZ
• 驱魔使者TW
• Божественный гневRU
• ディヴァイン・フューリー／使者：2019JP
• The Divine FuryKR