I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda) (2010)

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Directed by

Jee-woon Kim

Starring (View all)

Byung-hun Lee
Kim Soo-hyeon

Min-sik Choi
Kyung-chul

Jun-hyuk Lee
Agent

Bo-ra Nam
Section chief's daughter

In-seo Kim
Se-jung

Chun Ho-jin
Section Chief Oh

Gook-hwan Jeon
Squad Chief Jang

Yeong-Seon Kim
Nun 1

Written by

Jee-woon Kim
adaptation

Hoon-jung Park
screenplay

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Another masterpiece from Kim Ji-woon...

7 years, 2 months ago at Oct 5 8:56

PvtCaboose91

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"I'll give him pain that's 1000 times... No, 10,000 times more painful."

Kim Ji-woon is arguably one of the greatest talents to emerge from the Korean film industry over recent years. Through movies like A Tale of Two Sisters and A Bittersweet Life, Kim has displayed tremendous versatility; crafting films of various genres, and twisting each genre formula to make it feel fresh and r... read more

I Saw the Devil

6 years, 9 months ago at Feb 28 23:44

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"I Saw the Devil" tells the story of Kyung-chul, a psychopath who loves crime and the murder is an art given the diabolical and twisted methods used to end their numerous victims, all young girls. But the choice of one of them overturns his work, one of the young daughter of a retired police detective, and in the same boyfriend, also an actor, take revenge and personal goal. The clash of the titan... read more

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Description: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. 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 fiance Dae-hoon, 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 ... (more)

Release date: 12 August 2010

Tags: Thriller (16), Drama (14), Korean (13), Revenge (10), Crime (10), 2010 (9), Violence (8), South Korea (6), Gore (5), 2010s (5), Korea (5), Serial Killer (5), Horror (5), Blood (3), Murder (3), Seoul (3), Torture (2), Nudity (2), Asian (2), Rape (2)

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