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Memories of Murder

Name: Memories of Murder
Genre: drama, horror, crime, thriller
Released: 2003-04-25
Duration: 2 h 11 min

2003 · NR · 2h 11m · Korean

The worst of them will stay with you... forever.

Release & where to watch

In theaters: July 15, 2005

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A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

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Genres

dramahorrorcrimethriller

Details

Budget$2.8M

Box office$26M

Directed by

Bong Joon Ho

Written by

Bong Joon Ho, Shim Sung-bo

Cinematography

Kim Hyung-koo

Music

Taro Iwashiro

Starring

Song Kang-ho as Detective Park Doo-man · Kim Sang-kyung as Detective Seo Tae-yoon · Kim Roi-ha as Detective 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 · Ryu Tae-ho as Jo Byung-soon · Park No-shik as Baek Kwang-ho