Howling

Howling (하울링, 2012) is a South Korean crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Yoo Ha, it puts Song Kang-ho front and center as a worn-down detective.

A string of strange deaths runs through the city, and the killer isn't a person — it's a mysterious wolfdog. The case lands on a middle-aged investigator and his rookie partner (Lee Na-young), the two everyone at the precinct treats as dead weight. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that someone is steering the animal, and the trail reopens old wounds of their own.

Yoo Ha cares less about the hunt for a predator than about the cold, the burnout and the contempt aimed at whoever sits lowest on the ladder. Song Kang-ho carries it all in quiet half-tones, with no heroics. Adapted from a Japanese crime novel. Stream Howling (2012) online on iFILM.