Memories of Murder
In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, Memories of Murder stars New Korean Cinema icon Song Kang Ho as the local officer who reluctantly joins forces with a seasoned Seoul detective (Kim Sang Kyung) to investigate the crimes—leading each man on a wrenching, yearslong odyssey of failure and frustration that will drive him to the existential edge. Combining a gripping procedural with a vivid social portrait of the everyday absurdity of life under military rule, Bong fashions a haunting journey into ever-deepening darkness that begins as a black-comic satire and ends as a soul-shattering encounter with the abyss.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Kim Hyung Ku and approved by director Bong Joon Ho, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two 2003 commentaries featuring Bong and members of the cast and crew, plus a new commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns
- New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
- New interview with Bong about the real-life serial killer who inspired the film
- Documentary from 2004 on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Bong
- New interview with film scholar Jeff Smith on the use of sound in Bong’s work
- Incoherence, a 1994 student film by Bong, with a new introduction by the director
- Teaser, trailer, and TV spot
- PLUS: An essay by critic and novelist Ed Park
New cover by Greg Ruth
DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Kim Hyung Ku and approved by director Bong Joon Ho, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two 2003 commentaries featuring Bong and members of the cast and crew, plus a new commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns
- New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
- New interview with Bong about the real-life serial killer who inspired the film
- Documentary from 2004 on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Bong
- New interview with film scholar Jeff Smith on the use of sound in Bong’s work
- Incoherence, a 1994 student film by Bong, with a new introduction by the director
- Teaser, trailer, and TV spot
- PLUS: An essay by critic and novelist Ed Park
New cover by Greg Ruth
Cast
- Song Kang Ho
- Inspector Park Doo-man
- Kim Sang Kyung
- Inspector Seo Tae-yoon
- Byun Hee Bong
- Chief Koo Hee-bong
- Song Jae Ho
- Chief Shin Dong-chul
- Kim Roe Ha
- Inspector Jo Yong-gu
- Koh Seo Hee
- Officer Kwon Gwi-ok
- Jeon Mi Seon
- Kwak Seol-yeong
- Park No Shik
- Baek Kwang-ho
- Ryu Tae Ho
- Jo Byung-soon
- Park Hae Il
- Park Hyun-gyu
Credits
- Director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Screenplay by
- Bong Joon Ho
- Shim Sung Bo
- Original story by
- Kim Gwang Rim
- Produced by
- Tcha Sung Jai
- Coproducer
- Kim Moo Ryoung
- Executive producer
- Lee Kang Bok
- Cinematography by
- Kim Hyung Ku
- Lighting by
- Lee Kang San
- Production design by
- Ryu Sung Hee
- Edited by
- Kim Sun Min
- Music by
- Taro Iwashiro
- Costume design by
- Kim Yoo Sun
- Special effects by
- Jeong Doe An
A scene from Memories of Murder
