Memories of Murder(2003)
The worst of them will stay with you... forever.
During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.
Movie: Memories of Murder
Top 10 Billed Cast
Detective Park Doo-man
Detective Seo Tae-yoon
Detective Cho Yong-koo
Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
Jo Byung-soon
Baek Kwang-ho
Park Hyeon-gyu
Kwok Seol-yung
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