Memories of Murder
“The worst of them will stay with you... forever.”
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
CJ Entertainment
Language
ko
Status
Released
How Memories of Murder performed
Budget
$2.8M
Worldwide Gross
$26.0M
Gross Profit
$23.2M
Return
9.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Detective Park Doo-man
Song Kang-ho
Detective Park Doo-man
Detective Seo Tae-yoon
Kim Sang-kyung
Detective Seo Tae-yoon
Detective Cho Yong-koo
Kim Roi-ha
Detective Cho Yong-koo
Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
Song Jae-ho
Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong
Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
Go Seo-hee
Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
Jo Byung-soon
Ryu Tae-ho
Jo Byung-soon
Baek Kwang-ho
Park No-shik
Baek Kwang-ho
Park Hyeon-gyu
Park Hae-il
Park Hyeon-gyu
Kwok Seol-yung
Jeon Mi-seon
Kwok Seol-yung
Woman from Hill
Seo Young-hwa
Woman from Hill
Kim So-hyun
Woo Go-na
Kim So-hyun
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