Casual Person

1st Sep 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Su-an unwraps her birthday present, the camera pans downwards to reveal that it is a Wii. After Seok-woo asks her if she doesn't like it, Su-an looks over to a Wii that she already owns, and some wrapping paper that the gift was wrapped in is suddenly visible in front of the Wii box. (00:07:50)

Casual Person

1st Sep 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Seok-woo speaks with Su-an after she speaks with her mother, Seok-woo sits with her on the bed and places his left hand on the side of the bed. The camera changes angles and his left hand has now changed position to be behind him. (00:06:58)

Casual Person

1st Sep 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: Just after Seok-woo calls to send Kim to his office, he looks at an article of a mysterious fish death at Jinyang Reservoir. He puts his hand over his face when he does this, but when Kim walks into the office in the next shot, his hand is no longer over his face. (00:04:30)

Casual Person

1st Sep 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Seok-woo gets off the phone with the client, he clears his desk and picks up the phone again to make another call. In the shot where he first picks up the phone and presses the button, his fingers are at a curled angle and his little finger is pressed against the back side of the phone. In the next shot, his fingers are suddenly in a more relaxed and his little finger is positioned along the side of the phone with his other fingers. (00:04:17)

Casual Person

1st Sep 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: Whilst Seok-woo is on the phone with the client, in the shot where he says "This could be based on a false report", he is shown with three fingers wrapped around the phone. In a close-up shot, he suddenly has four fingers wrapped around the phone. This continues for the next two shots where his little finger is shown curled against the side of the phone, then wrapped around the phone again. (00:03:40)

Casual Person

28th Aug 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: Just after the truck driver has drove past the quarantine checkpoint, his phone rings and attempts to reach for it. At first, he is sitting with his back against the seat and extends his arm to reach for the phone. A close-up shot of the phone is then shown where he continues to reach but gets no further. In the next shot, the man is then shown leaning his body out of his seat and forwards towards the phone even though he was sitting with his back against the seat when he began reaching and his hand was not seen moving any further toward the phone in the previous shot. (00:02:08)

Casual Person

20th Aug 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: When the worker at the checkpoint is explaining to the truck driver that there was a tiny leak at the biotech district, he is shown wearing a mask that is pulled down underneath his chin. When the camera changes to a different angle, the worker's mask is now pulled over his chin to be positioned just under his lip. (00:01:30)

Casual Person

20th Aug 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

Continuity mistake: At the checkpoint, after the truck gets sprayed with water, the driver begins to drive towards the man with the signal. In the shot where he is driving after the truck has been sprayed, the driver is shown looking straight forwards. In the next shot, the driver is suddenly looking to his left. (00:01:20)

Casual Person

20th Aug 2020

Lolita (1962)

Continuity mistake: When Lolita is trying to wake up Humbert by saying "The hotel's on fire", Humbert awakens by rolling over onto his back and placing his left hand over his chest. The shot then cuts to an angle closer to him, where his left hand is now placed over his mouth. (01:28:48)

Casual Person

20th Aug 2020

Lolita (1962)

Continuity mistake: When Humbert hands Lolita the sandwich that's loaded with mayonnaise, he is shown holding onto the plate with his left hand and touching the bread with his right. Lolita then takes the plate and Humbert's left hand is suddenly empty and is holding the plate with his right hand. (00:34:10)

Casual Person

9th Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: After Fujiwara has finished smoking the last blue cigarette, he spits it out and is shown sitting with his head in a forwards direction, whilst Kouzuki cuts off his underwear. When it cuts to the next shot, Fujiwara is suddenly looking downwards at his lap as Kouzuki finishes cutting. (Extended Cut). (02:37:00)

Casual Person

9th Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: When the scene between Sook-Hee, Hideko and Fujiwara after his arrival is shown again from Hideko's perspective, just after he says "A decent bone structure for a Korean", he winks at Hideko and turns back to Sook-Hee, standing mostly upright when he does so. Hideko is then shown watching them and in the reflection of the mirror, Fujiwara can now be seen leaning forwards to be more face to face with Sook-Hee. (Extended Cut). (01:51:58)

Casual Person

9th Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Hideko runs into the bathroom to throw up, she places her hands on the counter and starts vomiting into the sink. It then cuts to a close-up of Hideko, where she is now holding onto the frame of the sink whilst vomiting. (Extended Cut). (00:19:15)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Kouzuki begins to notice the blue smoke after cutting off Fujiwara's underwear, he is first shown facing Fujiwara and begins to turn around whilst he says "It's odd. Your smoke." After finishing the line, just before the shot cuts, he is turned completely away from Fujiwara. We are then shown a wide shot of the room where Kouzuki has suddenly turned around more towards Fujiwara's position. (02:15:24)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

The Handmaiden mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Kouzuki finishes cutting off Fujiwara's underwear with a pair of scissors, he is shown holding the scissors in his left hand by the blades whilst pulling the underwear off with an object in his right hand. A close-up shot of the scissors is then shown where he is now holding the scissors by the handle. (02:15:08)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee and Hideko are on the ship headed for Shanghai, Sook-Hee turns to face towards the railings of the ship. In the wider shot, her body is positioned mostly towards the railings, but rotated a couple of degrees to the right. A close-up shot of Sook-Hee sticking the moustache to the gloves is then shown where her body is completely facing the railings with no rotated angle. The camera then cuts back to the wider shot again and Sook-Hee is suddenly turned to the right again. (02:14:44)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

The Handmaiden mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Fujiwara is explaining to Kouzuki about his wedding night, it cuts to Hideko and Fujiwara in bed on that night. Hideko unfolds a tissue she had in the bed and removes a knife from it. The tissue is positioned right next to the bed, but when Hideko starts to make moaning noises, the tissue is suddenly a few inches further away from the bed. (02:11:40 - 02:12:25)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: In the basement, when Kouzuki asks Fujiwara about his wedding night with Hideko, Fujiwara asks for a cigarette, to which Kouzuki takes one of the blue cigarettes out of Fujiwara's case and places it in his mouth. When he lights the cigarette and asks "So how was Hideko", Fujiwara can be seen in the corner of shot holding onto the cigarette using only his mouth. The shot then cuts to Fujiwara, suddenly holding onto the cigarette with two fingers. (02:10:17)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

The Handmaiden mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee and Hideko are standing at the counter at the station to get tickets, in a close-up shot of their passports, the man behind the counter is holding the passports in his left hand and their tickets in the right hand. The man goes to look over some papers with his left hand and he is suddenly holding both the passports and tickets with his right hand. (02:08:58)

Casual Person

3rd Aug 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: When Fujiwara takes off his trousers whilst he is trying to have sex with Hideko, he throws them on the ground beside him. The trousers land on the floor off-screen around a foot or two away from him. When the two men find Fujiwara the next morning, the trousers are much further away from him. (02:02:56 - 02:04:50)

Casual Person

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