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Memories of Murder (Korean: 살인의 추억) is a 2003 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, from a screenplay by Bong and Shim Sung-bo, and based on the 1996 play Come to See Me by Kim Kwang-rim. It stars Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung.
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May 2, 2003 · Memories of Murder: Directed by Bong Joon Ho. With Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho. In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Bong Joon Ho
- 2003-05-02
- Memories of Murder (2003) is based on what director Bong Joon Ho has described as “the first real case of serial murder in Korea”: between 1986 and 1991, the rural area of Hwaseong was terrorized by the killings of ten women.
- Although it’s not a direct adaptation, a significant model for the film was a 1996 play called Come to See Me, by Kim Gwang Rim (who is credited with Memories’ “original story”).
- Because the real-life murders had not been solved by the time he was undertaking to make the film, Bong was flummoxed by the challenge of telling a story with no definite conclusion.
- Bong wanted to accentuate the somber mood of the film by maintaining a costume and set-dressing palette that was devoid of most primary colors (aside from the occasional red, as with the clothing of the initial victims).
Memories of Murder is a South Korean crime drama directed by Bong Joon-ho. Set in the 1980s, the film follows two detectives as they attempt to solve a series of brutal murders in a rural town. With performances by Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung, the film explores themes of desperation and inefficiency within the justice system as the detectives struggle against mounting pressure and their ...
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is a 2003 South Korean crime thriller film co-written and directed by Bong Joon-ho, starring Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung.
In 1986, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha) are two simple-minded detectives assigned to a double murder investigation in a South Korean province. But when the murderer strikes several more times with the same pattern, the detectives realize that they are chasing the country's first documented serial killer. Relying on only their basic skills...
•Song Kang-ho as Park Doo-man
•Kim Sang-kyung as Seo Tae-yoon
•Kim Roi-ha as Cho Yong-koo
•Song Jae-ho as Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
•Byun Hee-bong as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
•Go Seo-hee as Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
Apr 20, 2021 · A loose but historically redolent evocation of the serial killings that plagued the rural South Korean city of Hwaseong between 1986 and 1991, Bong’s 2003 masterpiece defrosted his country’s most...
May 2, 2003 · In 1986, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha) are two simple-minded detectives assigned to a double murder investigation in a South Korean province. But when the murderer strikes several...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
