Memories of Murder

Salinui chueok

South Korea

2003

130 Min

Color

1.85:1

English, Korean

Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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PROD Cha Seoung-jae, Kim Moo Ryung, Jong-yun No

SCR Bong Joon-ho, Kim Kwang-rim, Sung Bo Shim

CAST Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho, Byeon Hie-bong, Ko Seo-hie, Park No-shik, Park Hae-il, Choi Jong-ryol

PROD DES Yu Seong-hie, Ryu Seong-hie

San Sebastián (Competition): Silver Seashell, Best New Director, FIPRESCI Prize, Toronto, London, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary

Synopsis

Based on the true story of South Korea’s first serial killer… when women start turning up dead in a small town in South Korea in 1986, two reluctantly-partnered cops resolve to bring the killer to justice. But it was a very different world then, and without DNA testing or modern forensics the investigators are forced to rely mainly on intuition and brute force. At times both touching and humorous, Memories of Murder is a riveting tale of a mysterious killer and the ceaseless pressure on those charged with stopping his rampage. —Palm Pictures

Director

Bong Joon-ho

BONG Joon-ho studied Sociology at the Yonsei University and graduated from the Korean Film Academy. By 1995 he made three short films Memories in My Frame, White Man and Incoherence. He wrote and directed his first feature, Barking Dogs Never Bite, which won a Fipresci Award at the Hong Kong Film Festival in 2001. His second feature Memories of Murder won the Silver Shell award for the best director in San Sebastian Film Festival in 2003. In 2006 his third feature film, The Host, was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. —london.korean-culture.org

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Adam Moody

30May13

Sociopolitical unraveling in Korea in the backdrop of a gruesome murder mystery. Slow-paced with a gut-wrenching climactic emotional punch.

j.h m

8Feb13

My best Korean film. This has everything- true story, tragic history of Korea, thrilling moments, fun, sadness.. every detail Bong Joon Ho put in this film is unique and genius.

aechjay

12Dec12

My favorite film by Bong Joon-ho.

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Stu Witmer

10Dec12

This is not a murder mystery. Nor is it a Who-Dun-it. Rather it is a study in individual human nature and how that can change given time and circumstances. The final scene, the final line, the final word, is perhaps the most chilling thing I've ever seen in a movie.

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