Voice of a Murderer

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Movie: Voice of a Murderer
Hangul: 그놈 목소리
Revised romanization: Geu nom moksori
Director: Park Jin-Pyo
Writer: Park Jin-Pyo
Producer: Kim Joo-Sung
Cinematographer: Wu-hyeong Kim
Release Date: February 01, 2007 (South Korea)
Runtime: 122 min.
Production Budget: US$ 4.5M
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

One day, the only son of famous news anchor, HAN Kyung-bae, disappeared without a trace. Soon, the kidnapper calls the nine-year-old boy’s mother, OH Jisun, demanding $100,000 as ransom. The police assign veteran detective KIM Wook-jung to the case and assemble a top-notch task force under his command. However, the kidnapper constantly outwits the police traps and keeps calling the parents with yet another instruction for the money drop. The only clue the police and the parents have is the kidnapper’s voice recorded on the tape; his cultured, but emotionless voice, which often gives anyone who listens goose bumps. The parents become restless and angry as days turns into weeks, and one day, when the kidnapper calls HAN Kyung-bae with another set of instructions, he turns the situation completely around and demands a direct confrontation. He starts giving instructions to the kidnapper, and…

Notes

Based on the true story of the infamous Apkujeong kidnapping and murder of 9 year old Hyung-ho Lee, which began on January 29th, 1991. 44 days later, the body of the boy was discovered in the sewers of the Han River. In the process the perpetrator called the parents numerous times. The murder was never solved and is now closed, due to the case passing the statue of limitations in Korea (15 years).

Cast



Sol Kyung-Gu	Kim Nam-Joo	Kim Yeong-Cheol	Song Young-Chang	Ko Su-Hee
Han Kyung-bae	Oh Ji-sun	Kim Ok-Jung	Captain No	Cha Su-Hee



Kim Kwang-Kyu	Choi Jung-Yoon	Na Moon-Hee	Yoon Je-Moon	Gang Dong-Won
chief detective	TV announcer	Kyung-bae'S mother	priest	murderer

Additional Cast Members:

Park Jin-Woo - Det. Park
Kim Ik-Tae - police chief
Jang Won-Yeong - Dr. Choi
Choi Sung-Ho
Lee Hyeong-Cheol
Jeon Hye-Jin
Choi Jong-Ryul
Lim Jong-Yun
Jeong Dae-Yong
Jo Seok-Hyeon - Det. Jo
Kim Young-Pil - Han In-Suk
Park Hyun-Young - police office Yeo
Hong Suk-Youn - stamp (seal) shop owner

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Film Festivals

2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 3rd-21st * North American Premiere

Comments

Comment #3
yogessegoy Says:
Nov 01 2011 4:00 am

honestly the one and a half of movie is good...in my view the director made a blunder in the climax...
Comment #2
Luisa Says:
Jun 21 2009 7:36 pm

Very nice movie, although it was scary, but it make us realize things that really happen around us, and we never want that to be happen to anyone.
Comment #1
khmerbird Says:
Dec 27 2008 12:17 pm

i just watched the film, it's a good movie to share a sad and experience of the kidnapping. the movie was well made and express in a certain way. cool one.