Memories of Murder

2003 [KOREAN]

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 80 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 257723 257.7K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Joon-ho Bong Photo
Joon-ho Bong

Top cast

Kang-ho Song Photo
Kang-ho Song as Detective Park Doo-man
Hae-il Park Photo
Hae-il Park as Park Hyeon-gyu
Hee-Bong Byun Photo
Hee-Bong Byun as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
Hye-ran Yeom Photo
Hye-ran Yeom as So-hyun's Mom
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1.18 GB
1280*682
Korean 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 100
2.42 GB
1920*1024
Korean 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 100
5.94 GB
3840*2160
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles kr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 92

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Groverdox 8 / 10

What's Korean for "nuance"?

The more South Korean films I see, the more I understand how it came to pass that filmmakers from that part of Asia are basically leading the world in terms of cinema in the 21st century.These films are always very well made, with interesting plots and characterisation. But above all, they have nuance in spades. Nothing on screen is as simple as it appears. None of the characters are typical heroes or typical villains. None of the responses to anything on-screen are simple, either.Scenes unfold in comedy and then tragedy, or the other way around - or both at once.The additional layers to every scene and every character add a panoramic realism to what unfolds. These characters live and breathe on the screen. After watching "Memories of Murder", "The Wailing", or "The Host", you imagine that the characters are still doing what they were doing when the credits played.That's the gift the South Koreans have given us with their wonderful and inventive cinema.Forget America, unless you are addicted to comic book movies or remakes.Korea is the one to watch.
Reviewed by dbborroughs 8 / 10

Must See

After two women are found dead in a rural community, a detective arrives from the big city to help out. Things quickly mushroom with the discovery of more bodies, more suspects and no end in sight.Whether you like police films or not you should see this movie about the real hunt for Korea's first known serial killer simply because its a great movie. This is a movie that alters your expectations and changes your view of things. Its impossible to guess whats going to happen simply because the twists and turns are so unexpected. At times this is a funny funny movie, especially if you like shows like Law and Order or CSI since what we take for granted in those shows is stood on its head. At other times this is a very taut thriller and you become as desperate as the police in needing to put an end to the madness.On top of all of this is a picture of Korea in 1986, a place with political unrest and civil defense drills that for me at least makes it seem like something out of the 1950's.This is brilliant brilliant film-making.I've given the film an 8 out of 10, even though it probably deserves to be higher, simply because some 12 hours after seeing the film, I'm still pondering what I thought of it, how good is it? At least an 8. I'm sure a second and third and fourth viewings will change my mind.Yea its that good
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