CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2012
Confession of Murder posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE2012 1h 59m KOR

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Choi Hyeong-goo (Jung Jae-young) is a detective who was in charge of hunting down a serial killer who claimed the lives of 10 women from 1986 to 1990, and whom Choi suspects is responsible for the kidnapping and possible murder of another. He managed to hunt down the killer, but lost him after a fierce fight that left Choi nearly dead and permanently scarred. Before the killer vanished however, Choi managed to shoot him in the shoulder.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jung Hae-kyun

Jung Hae-kyun

Jay

Jang Gwang

Jang Gwang

Director

Park Woong

Director Kim

Min Ji-ah

Min Ji-ah

Jung Soo-Yeon

Kim Young-ae

Han Ji-Soo