Private Eye (film)
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Hangul | 그림자 살인 |
| Hanja | 그림자 殺人 |
| Revised Romanization | Geurimja sarin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kǔrimja sarin |
| Directed by | Park Dae-min |
| Produced by |
Lee Sang-yong Han Seon-kyoo |
| Written by |
Park Dae-min Lee Yeong-jong Yoon Seon-hui |
| Starring |
Hwang Jung-min Ryu Deok-hwan |
| Music by | Hwang Sang-joon |
| Cinematography | Choe Chan-min |
| Editing by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Studio | CJ Entertainment |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language |
Korean Japanese |
| Box office | $10,096,836[1] |
Private Eye (Hangul: 그림자 살인; Geurimja sarin lit. "Shadow Murder") is a 2009 South Korean period film noir directed by Park Dae-min.[2][3]
Plot
Seoul, 1910. Hong Jin-ho, Joseon’s first detective, travels around solving trivial family disputes for pocket money as a private detective. However, he is determined to go to America someday and is saving up for the trip. Then one night, Gwang-soo, a medical physician in training, discovers a corpse in the woods and secretly takes it to practice dissecting. But the corpse turns out to be the son of Seoul’s most powerful man. While planning to flee in the middle of the night and afraid of murder accusations, Gwang-soo meets Jin-ho, and asks him to find the killer. When another corpse turns up in the woods, murdered in the same way as the first victim, Jin-ho and Gwang-soo use a piece of cloth they find in the victim’s mouth as the lead they need to bring them one step closer to the real killer.[2]
Cast
- Hwang Jung-min ... Hong Jin-ho (private detective)
- Ryu Deok-hwan ... Jang Gwang-soo (medical student)
- Uhm Ji-won ... Soon-deok (inventor)
- Oh Dal-soo ... Oh Young-dal (police officer)
- Yoon Je-moon ... Eok-kwan (circus master)
Box office
According to preliminary calculations of the distributor, CJ Entertainment, Private Eye, which started screening on April 2, 2009, had attracted more than 554,000 viewers nationwide in four days, making it #1 at the South Korean box office.[4] It was #1 at the South Korean box office selling 234,715 tickets (38.6% of all ticket sales) at its opening on April 3 - June 5.[citation needed] As of May 10, 2009, the total tickets sold domestically was 1,907,094.[5]
References
- ↑ "Box office by Country: Private Eye Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Private Eye (Geurimja Sarin)(2009) KMDb
- ↑ Shin, Hae-in (2009-03-24). "Epic film noir rich in period detail". Yonhap.
- ↑ Go, Gyeong-seok (고경석) (2009-04-06) '그림자 살인', 50만명 돌파하며 박스오피스 1위 ('Geurimja sarin', taking box office no.1, selling 500,000 tickets) (in Korean) Asia Gyeongje
- ↑ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2009.05.08+~+2009.05.10
External links
- http://www.detective2009.co.kr/
- Private Eye at Naver
- Private Eye at the Korean Movie Database
- Private Eye at the Internet Movie Database
- Private Eye at HanCinema