The Chaser (film)
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Chugyeokja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch‘ugyŏkja |
| Directed by | Na Hong-jin |
| Produced by | Kim Su-jin Yun In-beom |
| Written by | Na Hong-jin Shinho Lee Hong Won-chan |
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Kim Yoon-seok Ha Jung-woo Seo Young-hee |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok Choi Yong-rak |
| Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
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123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$35,760,133 |
The Chaser (Hangul: 추격자; RR: Chugyeokja) is a 2008 South Korean film starring Kim Yoon-seok and Ha Jung-woo. It was directed by Na Hong-jin in his directorial debut. Inspired by real-life Korean serial killer Yoo Young-chul, the film was shot on location around Mangwon-dong in the Mapo District, Seoul.
Eom Joong-ho is a dishonest ex-detective turned pimp who is in financial trouble because two of his girls have gone missing. One night he sends Mi-jin, one of his few remaining girls, to a customer. He then realizes that this is the same person who was the last to see his missing girls. Believing that this man is reselling his women, he goes to look for Mi-jin, contacting his old police task force for help. But they cannot assist because the mayor of Seoul, whom they are guarding, has just been attacked. The police are now preoccupied with a media storm because they have suffered humiliation for failing to protect the mayor.
Mi-jin awakes tied up in a bathroom. Her "customer", Je Yeong-min, calmly informs her that a previous victim had her tongue cut out for screaming too much. He tries to torture her, but she resists and Je Yeong-min hurts his hand. Moments later, callers from the local church arrive, inquiring about its owner, Mr. Park. Yeong-min has no time to finish off Mi-jin so he invites the elderly couple in and butchers them.
While trying to ditch the couple's car, he collides with Joong-ho's vehicle. Joong-ho senses that the man is hiding something, and calls the customer's cellphone, establishing that this is the man he is looking for. Yeong-min tries to run away but is caught and badly beaten by Joong-ho. Both men are arrested by a suspicious local cop. At the station, Yeong-min casually admits that he has killed up to nine people. A fracas starts when competing divisions all want to investigate the high-profile unsolved murders in the area.
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