Gap-dong
| Gap-dong | |
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| Genre |
Crime Thriller Drama Mystery Action |
| Written by | Kwon Eum-mi |
| Directed by | Jo Soo-won |
| Starring |
Yoon Sang-hyun Sung Dong-il Kim Min-jung Kim Ji-won Lee Joon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Kang Hee-jun |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | 60 minutes Fridays and Saturdays at 20:40 (KST) |
| Production company(s) | Pan Entertainment CJ E&M |
| Distributor | CJ E&M |
| Release | |
| Original network | tvN |
| Original release | April 11 – June 21, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Emergency Couple |
| Followed by | Marriage, Not Dating |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Gap-dong (Hangul: 갑동이; RR: Gapdongi) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Yoon Sang-hyun, Sung Dong-il, Kim Min-jung, Kim Ji-won and Lee Joon. It aired on cable channel tvN from April 11 to June 14, 2014 on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:40 for 20 episodes.
The series is based on the real-life unsolved Hwaseong serial murders case, which involved the rape and murder of ten women from 1986 to 1991 in the Taean neighborhood of Hwaseong City. The case also inspired the 2003 film Memories of Murder.
1996, the (fictional) city of Iltan in Gyeonggi Province: A young girl gets brutally murdered by an unknown person on a dark night. As the city is gripped by a succession of serial killings, a total of nine murders within a twelve-kilometer radius since 1993, the police conclude that a man they've nicknamed "Gap-dong" is behind the crimes. But detective Yang Cheol-gon is convinced that the actual killer is Ha Il-sik, a resident of the town who is intellectually challenged. His attempt to arrest the suspect fails as Ha commits suicide to prove his innocence. His death inspires his son Moo-yeom to become a cop to clear his father's name and restore his honor.
Seventeen years later, Moo-yeom is a police detective who spends his career chasing dead ends and helping juvenile delinquents. After the statute of limitations on the case expires, Moo-yeom becomes resigned to the belief that Gap-dong is dead. But then a series of incidents occur in the town that bear an eerie resemblance to Gap-dong's crimes. Cheol-gon, now a well-decorated officer, has recently transferred back to Iltan, and to his dismay, Moo-yeom joins his investigation team to catch Gap-dong once and for all.
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