Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
Svaha: The Sixth Finger is a 2019 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Jang Jae-hyun, starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Jung-min, Lee Jae-in, Jung Jin-young, Lee David and Jin Seon-kyu. The film was number one at the box office in its opening week, with a strong 840,000 sales and collected 1.18 million viewers in its first five days. It depicts a mystery involving a Buddhist sect while posing questions about faith in general.
The story starts when Lee Geum-hwa and her twin sister are born. Geum-hwa's sister's fetus feeds on her leg and Geum-hwa is born with a deformed leg. Meanwhile, Pastor Park, a man who works at exposing cults, is hired to investigate a mysterious group called Dongbanggyo or "Deer Mountain". Park learns the scriptures of Dongbanggyo were written by Kim Pungsa and finds an article about a Buddhist master Nechung Tenpa wanting to meet the founder of Dongbanggyo, Kim Je-seok. Park learns that Kim Je-seok made a significant donation to a youth detention centre about 20 years ago. He also learns that Kim Je-seok adopted four juvenile delinquents who killed their fathers.
Detailed information:
Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Park Jung-min, Lee Jae-in
Original release: February 20, 2019
Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt7299298/
