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- Movie: The Humanist
- Revised romanization: Hyumeoniseuteu
- Hangul: 휴머니스트
- Director: Lee Moo-Young
- Writer: Lee Moo-Young
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: May 12, 2001
- Runtime: 95 min
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Ma Tae-ho (Jae-mo Ahn) is the layabout son of an affluent retired general (Young-gye Park), a staunch Catholic who actually pays Tae-ho to attend church with him every Sunday. His only "friends" (who are more like paid hangers-on and have been since they met as children) are Euglena (Kang Seong-Jin), a sadistic nutcase who lost his testicles when a ravenous wolf attacked him as a child, and Amoeba (Park Sang-Myeon), a brain-damaged manchild. While driving under the influence, Tae-ho accidentally kills a traffic cop who was trying to arrest him. Instead of hauling Tae-ho in, the dead man's partner decides to blackmail him for $300 million won. Tae-ho is unable to get the cash out of his father and concocts a plan to kidnap him, with the help of Euglena and Amoeba. Things immediately go awry, resulting in an additional hostage, a mutilated body, and murderous betrayals in the making.
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