I Saw the Devil
| I Saw the Devil | |
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Korean theatrical poster
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 를 보았다 |
| Revised Romanization | Angmareul boatda |
| McCune–Reischauer | Angmarŭl poatta |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Produced by | Kim Hyung-woo Jo Sung-won Kim Jae-young Kim Jung-hwa |
| Written by | Park Hoon-jung |
| Starring |
Lee Byung-hun Choi Min-sik |
| Music by | Mowg |
| Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Distributed by | Showbox/Mediaplex |
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Running time
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141 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$6 million |
| Box office | US$12,773,990 |
I Saw the Devil (Hangul: 악마를 보았다; Hanja: 惡魔를 보았다; RR: Angmareul boatda) is a 2010 South Korean slasher film directed by Kim Jee-woon, written by Park Hoon-jung, and starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik. The film introduces the character of NIS agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), who embarks on a quest of revenge when his fiancée is brutally murdered by a psychopathic murderer, Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik). The line between good and evil begins to blur when the two play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. I Saw the Devil made its premiere in the United States at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited U.S theatrical release. The film was Choi Min-sik's first major role since the changes to the Korean screen quota system. It has received generally positive reviews with praise towards the acting, direction, cinematography and script.
Academy-bus driver Jang Kyung-chul happens upon Jang Joo-yun one snowy night and offers to help fix her flat tire. Kyung-chul kills her and scatters her body parts. When a boy discovers one of Joo-yun's ears, the police are called in under the command of Section Chief Oh and Squad Chief Jang, the latter of whom is the father of Joo-yun. Kim Soo-hyun, a secret service agent of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and Joo-yun's fiancé, vows to track down and take vengeance on Joo-yun's murderer.
Jang supplies Soo-hyun with a list of four suspects, including Kyung-chul. Searching Kyung-chul's home, Soo-hyun finds jewelry and underwear taken from (apparently) numerous victims. The discovery of Joo-yun's engagement ring proves that Kyung-chul is the killer. Soo-hyun puts a tracking device on the academy bus, following then attacking Kyung-chul while he is sexually assaulting his latest victim—one of the schoolgirls he was transporting home. Beating him unconscious, Soo-hyun places an NIS transmitter inside Kyung-chul, allowing him to track him on radar and listen to his conversations. Waking up, Kyung-chul flags down a taxi. During the ride, Kyung-chul realizes that the two men in the cab are thugs looking to rob and possibly kill him; he stabs both men to death. After finding the real taxi driver in the trunk, Kyung-chul disposes of all three bodies before going to a medical center, where he attempts to sexually assault a nurse Han Song-yi. Soo-hyun intervenes and slashes Kyung-chul's Achilles tendon before letting him go again.
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