Park asks the girl what he had looked like, and she tells him that he had a "normal" face, and was someone who looked very ordinary. He happens to pass by the first crime scene and decides to visit it, learning from a little girl that the scene had recently been visited by an unknown man who had said that he was reminiscing about something he had done there a long time ago. In 2003, the crimes remain unsolved and Park is now a father and businessman. The sample does not match Hyeon-gyu's DNA and Park lets Hyeon-gyu go. Enraged, he attacks Hyeon-gyu until he is interrupted by Park bringing the results from America. At the crime scene, Seo recognizes the girl as the same schoolgirl he had befriended while investigating. They discover semen on one of the bodies, but because of Korea's lack of DNA analysis technology, the sample is sent to the United States to confirm if suspect Hyeon-gyu is the killer. Park learns that Cho's leg will have to be amputated because the nail caused tetanus, leaving him feeling guilty. Park and Seo chase Baek and question him, but he gets frightened and runs into the path of an oncoming train, where he is struck and killed. As people watch news and ridicule police officers, he beats everyone and Baek joins the fray, swinging a wooden board at Cho's leg and accidentally piercing it with a rusty nail. They go to Baek's father's restaurant, only to discover a drunken Cho there. Seo points out that he talks as if someone else did it and they realize he knew details of the murder because he witnessed it. Park and Seo listen to Baek's earlier confession. Cho loses control and beats Hyeon-gyu, prompting their superior to ban him from the interrogation room. Hyeon-gyu begins to show discomfort when Seo presents the peaches and they think they've found the killer. Seo notes that his hands are soft like the survivor had described. Clues lead them to a factory worker, Park Hyeon-gyu. Upon doing an autopsy of the latest victim, they discover pieces of a peach in the body. Park, Seo and Cho finally decide to work together. They realize it's raining but arrive too late, finding another woman murdered. Infuriated that they lost their suspect, Park scuffles with Seo until Kwon alerts them that the song on the radio is playing. Upon learning that the killer's hands were noticeably soft, Seo clears the man, as his hands are rough. Seo finds a survivor of the killer with Kwon's help. Park and Cho apprehend the man, brutally beating him. Officer Kwon Kwi-ok realizes that a local radio station is always requested to play a particular song during the nights the murders are committed.Īt the latest crime scene, Park, Cho and Seo all arrive to investigate in different ways, but a local man there masturbates in a woman's red lingerie. After more murders are committed, they realize that the killer waits until a rainy night and only kills women wearing red. Seo deems Baek's hands too weak and scarred to be able to commit such an elaborate crime, clearing his name. Seo Tae-yoon, a detective from Seoul, volunteers to assist them. Park uses his eye contact method, thinking Baek is responsible, and has his partner Cho beat confessions out of Baek. He decides to first question a scarred mentally handicapped boy, Baek Kwang-ho, because he used to follow one of the victims around town. Park claims he has a way of determining suspects by eye contact. Local detective Park Doo-man, not having dealt with such a serious case before, is overwhelmed-evidence is improperly collected, the police's investigative methods are suspect, and their forensic technology is near non-existent.
In October 1986, two women are found raped and murdered on the outskirts of a small town. The film received thirty awards and nominations, and was considered by many to be one of the best South Korean films ever made. The film has earned critical acclaim for its tone, cinematography, editing, score, Song's performance, and Bong's direction and screenplay.
The screenplay was adapted by Bong and Shim Sung-bo from Kim Kwang-rim's 1996 stage play Come to See Me about the same subject. The film was the second feature film directed by Bong, following his 2000 debut film Barking Dogs Never Bite. Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung star as Detective Park and Detective Seo, respectively, two of the detectives trying to solve the crimes.
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It is loosely based on the true story of Korea's first confirmed serial murders, which took place between 19 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Memories of Murder ( Korean: 살인의 추억 RR: Sarinui chueok) is a 2003 South Korean crime thriller film co-written and directed by Bong Joon-ho.