Memories of Murder (2003)

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129 min - Crime | Drama | Mystery - 2 May 2003 (South Korea)

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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 20,057 users Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 88 user | 99 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com

In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead... See full summary »

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Kang-ho Song	...	Detective Park Doo-Man
	Sang-kyung Kim	...	Detective Seo Tae-Yoon
	Roe-ha Kim	...	Detective Cho Yong-koo
	Jae-ho Song	...	Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
	Hie-bong Byeon	...	Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
	Seo-hie Ko	...	Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
	No-shik Park	...	Baek, Kwang-ho
	Hae-il Park	...	Park, Hyeon-gyu
	Jong-ryol Choi	...	Du-man's father
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Mi-seon Jeon	...	Kwok Seol-yung
	In-seon Jeong
	Ha-kyeong Kim
	Jae-eung Lee
	Young-hwa Seo
	Ji-ru Sung

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In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo-Man and Detective Cho Yong-koo, two brutal and stupid local detectives without any technique, investigate the murder using brutality and torturing the suspects, without any practical result. The Detective Seo Tae-Yoon from Seul comes to the country to help the investigations and is convinced that a serial-killer is killing the women. When a third woman is found dead in the same "modus-operandi", the detectives find leads of the assassin. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | English

Release Date:

2 May 2003 (South Korea) See more »

Also Known As:

A halál jele See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,487 (USA) (17 July 2005) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$14,131 (USA) (31 July 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, Muhan Investment, Sidus Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Canada: 129 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Germany: 127 min (Filmfest Hamburg) | South Korea: 130 min | USA: 132 min | Argentina: 128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Despite the film being based on a series of real murders in the Korean provincial town of Hwaeseong during the 1980s, Joon-ho Bong also drew a lot inspiration from a play called 'Come See Me' which dramatized the incidents, to the extent that he stated in an interview: "If it weren't for KIM Gwang-rim's play [Come See Me], I would have had a lot of problems establishing the structure." While he also gained the idea for the depiction of the era from the graphic novel 'From Hell' by the writer Alan Moore, which was given to Bong by the journalist Tony Rayns as a gift. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The letter from the FBI about the semen DNA testing is signed by director Clarence M. Kelly. Kelly was director from 1973-1978. William H. Webster was director in 1986. See more »

Quotes

Rape suspect: But... is wanking a crime?
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Connections

References Body Heat (1981) See more »

Memories of Murder (2003)
Salinui chueok (original title)

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