In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
- Awards
- 33 wins & 10 nominations
Kim Roe-ha
- Detective Cho Yong-koo
- (as Roe-ha Kim)
Song Jae-ho
- Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
- (as Jae-ho Song)
Byun Hee-Bong
- Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
- (as Hie-bong Byeon)
Ko Seo-hie
- Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
- (as Seo-hie Ko)
Park No-shik
- Baek Gwang-ho
- (as Park No-sik)
Jeon Mi-seon
- Kwok Seol-yung
- (as Mi-seon Jeon)
Seo Young-hwa
- Eon Deok-nyeo
- (as Young-hwa Seo)
Choi Jong-ryol
- Gwang-ho's father
- (as Jong-ryol Choi)
Yoo Seung-mok
- Journalist
- (as Seung-mok Yoo)
Lee Jae-eung
- Boy in Opening Scene
- (as Jae-eung Lee)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBeginning in June 2000, it took Bong Joon Ho a year to write the script for Memories of Murder (2003), yet he has stated that: "For the first six months, I didn't write a line of the script. I just did research."
- GoofsIn the letter received from the FBI written in English, there are four spelling mistakes - 'examnation' instead of 'examination', 'insrumental' instead of 'instrumental', 'dateed' instead of 'dated' and 'Octorber' instead of 'October'.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Detective Park Doo-Man: Did you see his face?
[Girl Nods]
Detective Park Doo-Man: What did he look like?
Schoolgirl: Well... kind of plain.
Detective Park Doo-Man: In what way?
Schoolgirl: Just... ordinary
- Alternate versionsThe British DVD by Optimum Releasing has 5 minutes cut omitting the whole part of the film between the release of the last suspect and Detective Seo Tae-Yoon shadowing him. Therefore important scenes for the development of the story are missing, such as when the detectives are informed about the possibility of a DNA analysis of sperm found on one of the victim's clothes and that the sample has to be sent abroad because the required equipment is not in Korea. Also missing is the sequence where Detective Cho Yong-koo loses his leg and a scene with Kwok Seol-yung asking Detective Park Doo-Man to quit the police.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Anasuya (2007)
Featured review
I have long since heard of the excellence of this korean movie on koreanfilm.org, but it was only after reading the review in detail and realizing that the score was written by Taro Ishiwaro ( a well known Japanese musician who also wrote scores for Shohei Imamura and Japanese TV serials, including The Inanimate World ), and that the DOP was Kim Hyung-gu (who also shot Musa, One Fine Spring Day and Chen Kaige's Together) that it stumped on me I was indeed missing a masterpiece.
And a masterpiece it is, one deeply haunting and disturbing asian crime thriller. The mood invoked during the last few minutes of the film is something you would probably never forget.
Watch this film not only for its cinematic brilliance, but also because of the mezmerising score written by Taro Ishiwaro, track no 29 on the OST the favourite on my list.
And a masterpiece it is, one deeply haunting and disturbing asian crime thriller. The mood invoked during the last few minutes of the film is something you would probably never forget.
Watch this film not only for its cinematic brilliance, but also because of the mezmerising score written by Taro Ishiwaro, track no 29 on the OST the favourite on my list.
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- Also known as
- Salinui chueok
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,357
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,487
- Jul 17, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $1,210,156
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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