Released Date:
2006-06-15
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
141 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (4488 Reviews)
Director:
Ha YooByung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss President Hwang is cornered by a corrupt prosecutor, Byung-du volunteers for a whack job and wins the big man's trust. However, his real trouble begins when friend Min-ho, an aspiring movie director, asks him to be a consultant for the latter's debut film.
Released Date:
2009-09-24
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
124 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (832 Reviews)
Director:
Yong-gyun KimSuk-yeon Lee (screenplay)
Seol-Rok Ya (novel)
A Joseon dynasty bounty hunter becomes the body guard of the queen he secretly loves.
Released Date:
2010-08-12
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
141 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (63241 Reviews)
Director:
Jee-woon KimJee-woon Kim (adaptation)
Hoon-jung Park (screenplay)
Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for human meat. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancè Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
Released Date:
2010-10-28
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (1009 Reviews)
Director:
Seung-wan RyooHoon-jung Park (screenplay)
Seung-wan Ryoo (script editor)
A serial killer targeting elementary school students is on the loose. When the most probable suspect dies and the case looks like it's reached a dead end, police brass decide to create a killer - and anyone will do. Though Detective CHOI boasts an incredible number of arrests over his career his rank never showed it. Deciding this is his last chance for professional redemption, he makes a deal with JANG, who he has been investigating, and together they decide to set up an existing suspect as the murderer. The only hurdle in their plan is public prosecutor JOO, who takes on the case and who had been involved in a deal with rival construction contractor KIM. When secret deals and back alley agreements start to come to light, it only serves to drag all of them deeper and deeper into a dark hole of questionable ethics and abuse of the law.
Released Date:
2012-08-23
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (354 Reviews)
Director:
Hwi KimGenres:
ThrillerPool Kang (comic story)
Hwi Kim (screenplay)
On a raining evening, middle-school student Yeo-Seon (Kim Sae-Ron), resident of a middle-class apartment complex, walks home alone from the bus stop, but she doesn't make it home. 10 days later, her decapitated body is found in a red suitcase. Gyung-Hee (Kim Yunjin) is Yeo-Seon's stepmother. She carries tremendous guilt, because she did not pick her up stepdaughter on the evening that she was abducted. A few days later, Gyung-Hee is so startled, she falls to the floor in the parking lot of her apartment complex. A girl stands in front of her. The young girl's name is Soo-Yeo (Kim Sae-Ron) and she carries an uncanny resemblance to her murdered stepdaughter. Soo-Yeo also lives in the same apartment complex. Another 10 days later, the murderer has yet to be caught and he has killed again. Meanwhile, several people in the apartment complex begin to suspect one of their own residents, Seung-Hyuk (Kim Sung-Kyun), is the serial killer, but they keep it to themselves for various reasons. The neighborhood pizza delivery boy (Do Ji-Han), the apartment complex security guard (Cheon Ho-Jin), the man who sold the red suitcase (Lim Ha-Ryong) and Gyung-Hee are all aware of circumstantial evidence that links Seung-Hyuk to the murders. Can and will they act upon their hunches before he strikes again?
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