![]() ![]() The movie drags on a little whilst revealing a few more murders, each with the same modus operandi: young women bound, raped and needlessly humiliated with their lingerie wrapped over their head, while Park and Cho put together a list of suspects.Īt this point, rationale is brought to the unruly duo making them a fractured trio with the introduction of Detective Seo Tae-yoon played by Kim Sang-kyung. Violent interrogations by the duo coerce suspects to a confession that isn’t necessarily true, and the detectives concoct a rather hilarious explanation to the gruesome murders. ![]() Her bound, raped and naked body is found in a ditch by Detective Park Doo-man, played by the untrained yet effortless Song Kang-ho and his side-kick Detective Cho Yong-koo played by Kim Roi-ha. The movie begins with young kids at a farm, disturbing the very unorganised investigation of the death of a young woman. Despite their deadpan expressions, this ensemble cast manages to bring drama, crime, and comedy to life in ways you wouldn’t expect.ĭocumenting Korea’s first serial murder mystery between 1986 and 1991, Memories Of Murder, released in 2003, remains to this day an internationally acclaimed – and award winning – whodunit (not really solved in reality and the movie likewise) that mirrors life with an unease that’s hard to shake off. Memories of Murder is one such South Korean classic. For long the dependence of the East on the West was dealt in ways that were either subtle or in-your-face, few classics retain the status of being untouched, kept away from remakes that somehow tarnish their cult image. ![]()
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