Memories of Murder (살인의 추억 - Salinui Chueok) (2003)

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Directed by

Joon-ho Bong

Starring (View all)

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

No-shik Park
Baek Gwang-ho

Hae-il Park
Park Hyeon-gyu

Mi-sun Jun
Kwok Seol-yung

Written by

Joon-ho Bong
writer

Sung-bo Shim
writer

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14 years, 3 months ago at Mar 20 20:46

Spike Marshall

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Memories of Murder opens in a ponderous mood as a small town detective named Park Doo-Man (played by Mr. Vengeance himself Kang-ho Song) discovers the body of a murdered girl stuffed into a stone partition of a ditch. Her hands are bound and her mouth gagged; she will soon be joined by many more.

The year is 1986 and South Korea’s police force is ultimately ill equipped to deal with... read more

Ingenious Korean film with a smart ending...

13 years ago at Jun 14 15:26

MithilVBhoras

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Korean Cinema is one of those areas which I have yet to completely explore. Thanks to the Brutal thrilling Korean classic Oldboy, came out in 2003, I got highly excited about exploring the Korean world continuing my journey with this incredible film: Memories of Murder.

Memories of Murder, based on a true story, is a crime thriller set in the late 1980's. Two rural cops and a speci... read more

A very good movie

8 years, 3 months ago at Mar 4 15:17

johanlefourbe

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Since I kept hearing some really good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, I wasn't disappointed, that's for sure. Indeed, right from the start, I recognized the unique style of Joon-ho Bong which was in this case to mix a very dark and realistic serial-killer thriller with some unexpected humor. He already did something similar with 'Gwoemul' in which he mixed a typic... read more

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South Korea in 1986 under the military dictatorship: Two rural cops and a special detective from the capital investigate a series of brutal rape murder. Their crude measures become more desperate with each new corpse found

Tags: Crime (17), Mystery (15), Thriller (14), Korean (14), Serial Killer (12), Drama (10), Murder (9), South Korea (8), Korea (7), 2003 (7), 2000s (7), Based On A True Story (6), Rain (6), Mental Retardation (6), Torture (5), Rape (5), Police (4), Foreign (3), Based On True Story (3), Corrupt Cop (3)

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MEMORIES OF MURDER is much more than just another serial killer story; this South Korean thriller is a movie of real depth, a genre-transcending tale that shines a light on social and political issues as well as presenting that country's police force in a typically unflattering light. The main story of the tale is also interesting, as is the complex back story, and although slow-paced this is one of those films that creeps up on you to become gripping by the end. Song Kang-ho leads a great cast, but the real star here is director Bong Joon Ho, who followed this up with the equally great THE HOST and SNOWPIERCER.” read more