SOUTH KOREA · 2003

Memories of Murder

Bong Joon-ho
Korean New Wave serial killer investigation police corruption 1980s south korea violent crime institutional failure
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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.

Year2003
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorBong Joon-ho
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Cinema DNA 9 films · 5 countries
7 films that shaped it
  1. Que la bête meure 1969 · Claude Chabrol France
  2. Close-Up 1990 · Abbas Kiarostami Iran
  3. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 · Jonathan Demme United States
  4. The Face of Another 1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan
  5. The Wild Bunch 1969 · Sam Peckinpah United States
Memories of Murder South Korea · 2003
2 films it shaped
  1. Promising Young Woman 2020 · Emerald Fennell United States
  2. Parasite 2019 · Bong Joon-ho South Korea
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