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Actors: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Memories of Murder |
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MEMORIES OF MURDER (Salinui chueok) is a Korean movie cowritten and directed by Joon-ho Bong in 2003. This film won several international prizes in European and Asian film festivals in 2003 and 2004.
A serial killer is at large in this little industrial South Korean town. Three young women have already been found strangled after having been raped. Inspector Park, a rather rough policeman, is in charge of the case. He soon arrests a slightly retarded teen and obtains his confession by falsifying evidences and molesting the young man. Two days later, the teen is released, the local chief of police fired and a special policeman is sent by Seoul in order to help inspector Park solve the case.
They soon suspect an ex-soldier they will carefully watch. In the meantime, they send to the U.S.A. a specimen of sperm they have found on the body of the last murdered girl and wait for the DNA analysis.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Memories of Murder |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
BIG focus on forensic evidence analysis?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- seeing nude male butt
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
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