Quiet Haenam village takes starring role in Na Hong-jin's 'Hope'

Na Hong-jin's creature feature "Hope" drew more than 3 million admissions in less than two weeks in theaters.

Now the village where much of it was filmed is drawing visitors of its own.

The film's main location is Namchang-ri, in the Bukpyeong area of Haenam-gun, South Jeolla Province.

Over roughly eight months of production, its narrow alleys and low-slung buildings stood in for Hopo-ri, the fictional town at the heart of the story.

The production settled on the village for its landscape and wo ...